Petersburg "Zenith" defeated "Utrecht" in the playoff round of the Europa League and advanced to the group stage of the tournament. In the first match, Zenit lost 0:1, but in the return game on August 24, they won 2:0. Both goals were scored by Alexander Kokorin (on the 9th and 105th minutes). According to the results of two matches, Krasnodar lost to the Serbian team Crvena Zvezda.

The former head of Rosneft, the owner of the Independent Oil and Gas Company (NNK), Eduard Khudainatov, owns more than 62 percent of the Fort company through offshore companies, the rest of which is owned by the entourage of businessman Ilya Traber, known as Antikvar. It is reported by "Rain".

Russian state television broadcasts a series of glowing reports about life in North Korea Earlier this month, a morning program on Russian station television started airing short news segments from Pyongyang. In each broadcast, Pervyi Kanal correspondent Marina Kim focuses on one aspect of the apparently wonderful lives enjoyed by North Koreans. Meduza reviews the content of these strange broadcasts from the world's last remaining Communist dictatorship.

Activist Ivan Skripnichenko, who participated in vigils at the scene of the murder of Boris Nemtsov on the Bolshoi Moskvoretsky Bridge, died a few days after the attack while on duty. Activist Andrei Margulev told Mediazona about this. According to him, on the evening of August 15, an unknown man approached Skripnichenko on the bridge and tried to speak; the activist turned away and the man punched him in the nose.

Members of the European Film Academy released a statement calling on the Russian authorities to release director Kirill Serebrennikov, who is under house arrest on charges of fraud. “There is every reason to believe that the arrest of Kirill Serebrennikov is politically motivated, and we respectfully call on the Russian authorities to immediately release him and guarantee freedom of movement and artistic expression,” the statement said.

Tinkoff Bank filed a lawsuit to protect its business reputation against bloggers Mikhail Pechersky and Alexey Pskovitin, who run the Nemagia channel on YouTube. On August 8, this channel released a video in which the bank's founder Oleg Tinkov was portrayed in a negative light. "We don't like it when unscrupulous bloggers throw mud at the company, its employees, its founder and his family, and our clients.

The military investigation department of the Investigative Committee for the Pskov garrison reported that in connection with the death of paratrooper Vasily Prokofiev during the exercises on August 11, a criminal case was initiated against his colleague Esenbulat Gadzhimagomedov. The case is being investigated under the article “violation of the rules for handling weapons, resulting in the death of a person” (Part 2 of Article 349 of the Criminal Code of the Russian Federation).

Real Madrid's Cristiano Ronaldo for the second year in a row . has been named European Footballer of the Year In a message on the UEFA website, they noted that Ronaldo became the top scorer of the last Champions League draw (he scored 12 goals) and helped Real Madrid win this tournament for the second year in a row. The winner was determined by voting, which was attended by 80 coaches and 55 journalists.

“It smells of freshness and our deep respect for the leader” The Good Morning morning program on Channel One began showing short reports from North Korea in mid-August: in each episode, correspondent Marina Kim describes how good life is for ordinary Koreans. Meduza briefly retells the content of the reports from Pyongyang. 17 August .

The draw ceremony for the group stage of the Champions League took place in Monaco. Spartak will play in Group E with Sevilla, Liverpool and Maribor. CSKA is in Group A and will face Benfica, Manchester United and Basel. The last time Spartak played in the Champions League was in the 2012/2013 season, but did not advance beyond the group stage. For CSKA, this season will be the fifth in a row in the tournament, but in none of them did the team leave the group.

24 August. Putin has a new dacha, North Korea invites to visit Main At least ten acquaintances of Artur Gadzhiev , who attacked passers-by on August 19, found out were detained in Surgut, Radio Liberty ; officially there is no such data. officially recognized the attack According to the publication, two were charged with complicity in the commission of a terrorist attack, despite the fact that no one as a terrorist act .

The quartermaster of the Zurich Opera House Andreas Khomiki issued a statement in support of Kirill Serebrennikov, who was placed under house arrest on August 23. “The criminal case against Kirill Serebrennikov looks like not just a lawsuit on spending funds, but also an act of political intimidation. We hope that all charges against Kirill will be dropped, and he will be able to go free! – to start implementing their creative projects as soon as possible,” said Khomiki.

Russian police in Surgut have refused to say it was terrorism when 19-year-old Arthur Gadzhiyev non-fatally stabbed seven pedestrians over the weekend, but sources tell Radio Svoboda that officials have nonetheless charged two of Gadzhiyev’s acquaintances with aiding and abetting terrorism. According to Radio Svoboda ’s sources, the two men — Ilnar and Usman — are both from Dagestan, like Gadzhiyev, who was shot and killed by police after the stabbing spree.

Nikita Mikhalkov accused Natalya Timakov of Russophobia and left the Board of Trustees of the Film Foundation. Colleagues in bewilderment Valery Sharifulolin / TASS / Scanpix / Leta On August 23, director Nikita Mikhalkov at a meeting of the Board of Trustees of the Film Foundation said that he was leaving his composition because of the disagreement with the press secretary of the Prime Minister of the Russian Federation Natalya Timakova: he accused her of Byzantium and Latent Russophobia.

A Sydney resident named Guy Blomberg asked his followers if they had ever boiled their underwear in a kettle. Blomberg noted that he himself had never done this, but his acquaintances say that many travelers solve the problem with dirty laundry in this way. “Important question: did anyone I know wash their underwear in a kettle while traveling?” Subscribers did not answer Blomberg's question, but promised never to use kettles in hotels again.