Sergey Fadeichev / TASS / Vida Press At the age of 19, Sochi Winter Olympics champion Yulia Lipnitskaya announced this Monday that she is retiring from figure skating. According to Lipnitskaya’s mother, Daniela, she informed Russia’s Figure Skating Federation of her decision back in April, after returning from three months of treatment for anorexia. Meduza reviews this star athlete’s career following her breakout success at the Sochi Olympics in 2014.

The Kuibyshev Court of St. Petersburg sentenced Dmitry Sergeev, director of the Baltstroy company, to four and a half years in prison on probation, who was accused of embezzling money during the restoration of the Novodevichy Convent in Moscow and other objects. The court also imposed a fine of 800 thousand rubles on him.

Three inspiring speeches from the award ceremony MTV VMA-2017 On the night of August 28, California hosted the awarding ceremony of the winners of the MTV Video Music Awards 2017. Ed Shiran became an artist of the year, and rapper Kendrick Lamar received a prize for the best clip. Medusa talks about the main videos with MTV VMA-2017.

Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg has given birth to his second daughter. They named her August. Published by Mark Zuckerberg on August 28, 2017 In his welcome letter, Zuckerberg expressed the hope that until his daughter grows up, she will have time to enjoy all the joys of childhood. “I hope you will run around our living room and garden as much as you like. I also hope you get a lot of sleep. I hope you'll be good at this.

At a traffic police post in Krasnodar, an attack was made on police officers who stopped a Toyota Camry car for inspection. The report of the Investigative Committee says that there were three people in the car. The driver hit the policeman and then opened fire on other traffic police officers, injuring one of them. One of the Toyota passengers left the car and fled, the second was detained. The driver of the Toyota left the traffic police post, during the pursuit he fired back at the police.

Sergey Fadeichev / TASS / Vida Press Olympic champion Sochi Julia Lipnitskaya at the age of 19 ended her career. As her mother Daniel Lipnitskaya said, the skater reported this federation of figure skating as early as April when she returned from Europe after a three -month course of treatment from anorexia. Medusa tells how the career of the young Olympic champion after a triumphal performance in Sochi took shape.

Former German chancellor Gerhard Schroeder will become chairman of the board of directors of Rosneft. This was reported by Interfax, citing a source familiar with the text of the draft government directive. The directive itself was agreed upon by the relevant ministries and sent to the government.

25-th of August ↓ It became known that 29-year-old Petersburger Stanislav Dumkin died in the hospital from head injuries. He was beaten on August 13 in Moscow's Gorky Park. Public Mash (linked to Life) reported that Dumkin was approached by drunken hooligans and beaten because he was wearing a hat, that is, he was dressed “out of line”.

August 28. Game of Thrones is over. Finally! The main thing for the day in one line The seventh season of “Game of Thrones” has ended, Cate Blanchett and Teodor Currentzis (and more than 30 other cultural figures) stood up for Kirill Serebrennikov (and more than 30 other cultural figures), IS claimed responsibility for the attack in Dagestan. And now the details IS, "Islamic State". It claimed responsibility for the attack on a police squad in the Dagestan Kaspiysk on the morning of August 28.

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The daughter of a buried Russian miner describes how a town lost eight men Mikhail Puchyev / TASS / Scanpix / LETA On Monday, August 28, Yakutiya declared a day of mourning for the miners killed in a recent flooding accident at the “Mir” diamond mine, owned by the “Alrosa” company. The August 4 incident forced the evacuation of 143 people and trapped eight miners underground.

Misprints were found on the banners installed as part of the My Street improvement program in Moscow. On one of them, instead of "Krasnopresnenskaya embankment", it was written "Krasnopresnenskaya embankment", and on the other - "metro Dabrynenskaya" instead of "metro Dobryninskaya". On August 23, a photo of both banners was posted on Instagram by Muscovite Alexei Odintsov. But almost no one noticed his post.

The militants of the "Islamic State" claimed responsibility for the attack on a police unit in Kaspiysk, Dagestan. This is reported by SITE Intelligence Group with reference to the terrorist-controlled agency Amaq. The report said the attackers were "IS soldiers". The attack on the police took place on the morning of August 28. It was reported that the outfit was attacked with knives when the Interior Ministry officers refueled the car.

The American Civil Liberties Union (ACLU) has filed a lawsuit against US President Donald Trump, demanding that the ban on transgender people from serving in the military be lifted. This was reported on the website of the union. The lawsuit was filed in Maryland on behalf of six military personnel. The document states that Trump's decree is discriminatory, as it violates the constitutional guarantees for equality.

Shiho Fukada / The New York Times / Scanpix / Leta On August 25, the Chinese Cyberspace Administration published a document that further tightened control over the Internet in the country. Internet companies were obliged to confirm the identities of users and check their comments before the publication. New rules come into force on October 1. Medusa briefly talks about innovations in the publications in the publications of The Diplomat and South China Morning Post .