Ukrainian Defense Minister Stepan Poltorak fired photographer Dmitry Muravsky, who was at the center of a scandal over suspicions of staging a photograph from a war zone in Donbass, from his post as an adviser to photographer Dmitry Muravsky. “Dmitry Muravsky, as an adviser to the Minister of Defense, represents not only his vision, but the entire defense department.

In the Leningrad region, traffic police inspectors staged a shooting chase for an Audi car on the Sortavala highway. Interfax, citing the traffic police, writes that the offenders drove into the oncoming lane several times. According to 47news.ru, they were driving towards the traffic, turning around in their lane, and allegedly throwing "sachets with a powdery substance" out of the windows. The police managed to stop the car on the third try.

Scottish police detained two pilots of the American airline United Airlines who were drunk at Glasgow airport. According to the BBC, the pilots were detained directly in the cockpit shortly before departure. This happened on Saturday, August 27th. As a result, a flight to New Jersey carrying 141 passengers was delayed by 10 hours. On Monday, August 29, the pilots will appear before the court of the city of Paisley. The airline suspended both of them from work.

Gypsies will leave the village of Loshchinovka in the Odessa region of Ukraine after a demand from local residents to evict them in connection with the murder of an eight-year-old girl. According to the head of the Izmail district administration, Valentina Stoikova, the Roma will be allowed to “peacefully pick up their belongings and leave the village” on the morning of August 29.

Vice-Chancellor and Minister of Economy of Germany Sigmar Gabriel announced the virtual failure of negotiations between the US and the EU on a free trade agreement (TTIP). “In my opinion, the negotiations have de facto failed, although no one will admit it,” the Associated Press quoted him as saying. According to him, the parties held 14 rounds of negotiations, but did not come to an agreement on any of the 27 points.

In the Krasnodar Territory, 12 farmers who participated in protests against illegal seizures of land were arrested for holding an unsanctioned rally. This was reported to the "Caucasian Knot" by Olga Golubyatnikova, a member of the Public Monitoring Commission of the Krasnodar Territory. According to her, the organizer of the tractor run to Moscow, Alexei Volchenko, was arrested for ten days, and another 11 people - for a period of five to ten days.

The Kyrgyz authorities declared August 29 a day of mourning for 14 women who died in a fire at a warehouse in Moscow, as well as for nine who died in an accident on the Bishkek-Osh highway. "Deeply grieving for the dead and expressing sincere condolences to their families and friends, it is decided to declare August 29, 2016 a day of mourning in Kyrgyzstan," the decree reads.

President of Uzbekistan Islam Karimov has been hospitalized. This was reported by the press service of the government of Uzbekistan. “According to experts, a full medical examination and subsequent treatment will require some time,” RIA Novosti quotes the report. The Fergana news agency, which covers what is happening in Central Asia, writes that on August 27, its sources reported that 78-year-old Karimov allegedly suffered a stroke.

Russian Prime Minister Dmitry Medvedev lifted the ban on charter flights to Turkey. The corresponding decree is published on the website of the Russian government. The government recommended that airlines take additional security measures when flying to Turkey. Russia banned charter flights to Turkey after Turkish fighter jets shot down a Russian Su-24 attack aircraft on a combat mission in Syria in November 2015.

The head of the Yandex automobile laboratory - about unmanned vehicles and their prospects Photo: "Yandex" Yandex and Kamaz signed an agreement on cooperation in which companies will develop cars with a semi -automatic department. The Internet company is also going to introduce its services in the trucks and participate in the creation of an unmanned minibus.

The authorities of the Nizhny Novgorod region suspended the work of the Nightingale children's camp, in which eight children were poisoned on August 27. This was reported by the regional prosecutor's office. “Since August 27, the shift of the Nightingale Children’s Center has been closed, anti-epidemic measures are being taken,” the ministry said. Earlier, the local administration of the UK announced the beginning of an investigation into the incident.

Residents of the village of Loshchinovka, Odessa region, where an eight-year-old girl was found killed, destroyed several gypsy houses. According to Interfax-Ukraine, this happened after the arrest of a murder suspect, a 20-year-old local resident of Roma origin. Between 200 and 300 people took part in the pogroms. The Gypsies managed to leave the village before the riots began, there were no casualties.

In the Philippines, militants from the Maute Islamist group stormed a prison in the city of Marawi and released eight of their supporters who had been arrested the other day. About 20 people participated in the attack on the prison. They disarmed the guards and stole two guns. Another 15 non-Islamist prisoners also managed to escape. Among them are people accused of murder and drug trafficking.

Biography of Marseille Duchan, one of the most influential artists of the 20th century. Fragment Photo: Michel Sima / RDA / Getty images In early September, at the Moscow Publishing House of AD Marginem, a biography of Marseille Dyushan is published as part of a joint publishing program with the Museum of Modern Art.

The Kyiv police are considering suicide and his professional activities as the main versions of the death of Russian journalist Alexander Shchetitin. Andriy Krishchenko, head of the city police, told 112 Ukraine TV channel. According to him, the circumstances of the incident indicate that Shchetinin committed suicide, but until the completion of all examinations and "establishing all the facts," the police will investigate the case as a case of premeditated murder.