Working with activists from Alexey Navalny’s Anti-Corruption Foundation, the organization Komanda 29 ("Team 29"), a union of lawyers and journalists dedicated to promoting transparency, has launched a project called “ Municipal Kombat ,” styled on the popular video game “Mortal Kombat.” (The project’s website is designed to resemble the video game.) Municipal Combat aims to "bring to justice" Russia's local municipal authorities who refuse to disclose vital information, such as data about their

The newspaper Kommersant has deleted from its website a series of quotes from the transcript of an interview with opposition leader Alexey Navalny. The original interviewer aired on the radio station Kommersant FM (which belongs to the same publishing house as the website). The deleted quotes include the following statement: “When I say ‘crooks and thieves,’ I am referring to Putin and Medvedev, and the Rotenbergs, and everyone else, ever.

What we know and don't know about the Russian military's role in the Syrian civil war Photo: George Ourfalian / AFP / Scanpix According to several media reports over the past several days, Russia has suddenly escalated its military presence in Syria. The US government has even reacted to the buzz, warning that Russia's expanded role risks escalating the country's ongoing armed conflict. According to unofficial reports, Russian troops are already participating in combat.

Two activists of the "God's Will" movement were fined for a pogrom at an exhibition in the Manege. This was announced by the leader of the organization Dmitry Tsorionov (Enteo). They were accused under the article of the Code of Administrative Offenses of the Russian Federation (“petty hooliganism”). According to Tsorionov, the movement does not agree with the court's decision and intends to appeal it. Dmitry Tsorionov himself will be tried on September 15.

Frame: "The other day" Someone imposed on a piece of Leonid Parfenov’s program the melody of the song “ Biography ” (Caution, 18+) of the Khothevka group. It turned out a high -quality rap about 1992: “What without which it is impossible to imagine us is even more difficult to understand.

Continued: Two activists of the movement "God's Will" fined for pogrom at the exhibition The police considered that Dmitry Tsorionov (Enteo), the leader of the "God's Will" movement, having organized a pogrom at the exhibition in the Manezh, committed petty hooliganism. This is an article of the Code of Administrative Offenses. The maximum penalty is 15 days of arrest. The hearing in this case will take place on September 15.

Frame: Dezeen / YouTube Norwegian designer Lars Beller developed a candlestick model with automatic shutdown. It works like this: a weight with a needle connected to a special lid is inserted into the candle closer to the base. When the candle burns out to the place with the needle, the flame softens the wax and releases the weight - and he pulls the lid.

Member of the DPR parliament Ellada Shaftner said that the former speaker Andrey Purgin is under arrest in the building of the Ministry of State Security of the self-proclaimed republic. Shaftner referred to information from "verified sources", which she did not disclose. According to the deputy, Purgin's wife is also in the MGB. There is no contact with the former speaker and his wife - their phones are switched off. “No charges were filed either yesterday or today.

Supporters of opposition leader Alexei Navalny have filed a notice of a protest in Moscow. The event is scheduled for September 20th. The oppositionists want to march along the Boulevard Ring and then hold a rally on Academician Sakharov Avenue. The start of the action is scheduled for 16:00. The Moscow mayor's office said they received the application.

Director of the Rossiya Segodnya agency and TV presenter Dmitry Kiselyov has challenged in court the sanctions imposed against him by the European Union. He filed a lawsuit with the European Court of General Jurisdiction. According to Kiselev's lawsuit, the European Union could not impose sanctions against him for supporting Russian policy towards Ukraine, since he does not hold high government posts, but simply expressed his opinion as a journalist.

On September 5 and 6, Moscow celebrated City Day. On the holiday, according to RBC estimates, more than 500 million rubles were spent . Another 429.9 million city paid for overclocking clouds in four holidays-May 9 and 24, June 12 and September 5-6. Ten aircraft sprayed reagents worked on the acceleration of clouds on the clouds of the city, but their efforts were in vain - according to weather forecasters, cyclone cannot be stopped with similar methods.

Several phrases of opposition leader Alexei Navalny, which he said in an interview with the Kommersant FM radio station, were removed from the Kommersant website. In particular, the editors removed the following statement from the politician: When I say “swindlers and thieves,” I mean Putin, and Medvedev, and the Rotenbergs, and everyone in the world. I don’t need any court verdict, despite the fact that I am a lawyer, they are essentially swindlers and thieves.

The Supreme Court of the Russian Federation rejected the opposition's complaint about the refusal to register the list of the Parnassus party for the elections in the Novosibirsk region. This was announced by the lawyer of the Anti-Corruption Foundation Ivan Zhdanov. The Novosibirsk Regional Electoral Commission at the end of July refused to register opposition candidates for elections to the region's legislative assembly.

Parliament member Dmitry Gudkov, the only anti-Kremlin oppositionist remaining in the Duma, has written a formal letter to Russian Defense Minister Sergey Shoigu, asking him to explain reports that Russian soldiers are fighting alongside Bashar al-Assad's forces in Syria. Gudkov uploaded a copy of the letter to his Facebook page. Gudkov asks Shoigu two basic questions: (1) are Russian soldiers fighting in Syria alongside Assad?

The most incredible theories about the most popular cartoon Shot: "Masha and the bear" In early September, it became known that the Animakkord studio temporarily suspend the filming of the animated series Masha and the Bear. Only on the official YouTube channel about Masha and the bear sheltered almost 4.5 billion times - this is one of the most popular channels in the Russian segment of the service.