Orkhan Dzhemal, Alexander Rastorguev and Kirill Radchenko, who were killed in Central Africa on July 30, were going to shoot the Ndassima gold mines, the development of which, according to unofficial data, Russia agreed with the government of the Central African Republic. A consultant from the UN mission was supposed to help them agree on filming, to a meeting with whom they allegedly went at the time of their death, the reported .

The European University, which lost its license for educational activities in 2017, announced that it had successfully passed the Rosobrnadzor inspection to obtain a new license. During the inspection, which took place from July 31 to August 1, no violations were found at the university that would prevent it from receiving a license, Kommersant writes, citing a report from Rosobrnadzor.

The US Treasury has imposed sanctions on two Turkish ministers - Interior Minister Suleiman Soylu and Justice Department chief Abdulhamit Gul - because of their role in the persecution of American pastor Andrew Brunson. The sanctions mean freezing the property of Soylu and Gul in the United States and prohibiting American citizens from conducting financial transactions with them.

Ukrainian boxer Oleksandr Usyk, who defeated Russian Murat Gassiev in the final of the World Super Series and became the undisputed world heavyweight champion, asked not to give him the title of Hero of Ukraine. "Hero? I don't need any stars. For my people, for a certain number of people in my country, I am already a hero. <...> That's when you go and people say: we pray for you, we worry <...> - this is a confession, not the stars that you distribute to anyone there, ”Usyk said.

Moscow manages the fallout of three killed reporters in Africa, and Russia's federal censor cracks down on a 14-year-old letter from a terrorist Wednesday, August 1, 2018 ( Meduza 's newsletter is back, baby! We'll return to full strength tomorrow.) This day in history.

August 1. Tortured again in Russian prisons The death of journalists in the Central African Republic The clarification of the circumstances of the murder of Russian journalists Orkhan Dzhemal, Alexander Rastorguev and Kirill Radchenko continues. So far, it is not completely clear who is responsible for their death (the CAR authorities lay it on the rebels), who was responsible for their security (the route seems to have been agreed with the UN) and why they were killed at all.

Kirill Kallinikov / Sputnik / Scanpix / Leta Critic Alexei Parin spoke on the air of new performances in the Berlin Theater of the Comesh Oper. He was fired for "insulting moral standards." Russian theater expert, librettist and music critic Alexei Parin spoke about his dismissal from the Orpheus classical music radio station.

SIA Kambou / AFP / Scanpix / Let militants of the Seleka group, patrolling the road 12 kilometers from the city of Damar, January 10, 2013 In 2012, a civil war began in the Central African Republic. 90% of the country's population is Christians, but the Group "Seleka", which united most Muslim militants, eventually won. It is she who is attributed to the abduction and murder of Russian journalists Orhan Jemal, Alexander Rastorguev and Kirill Radchenko, who died on July 30.

US President Donald Trump said that Attorney General Jeff Sessions should close the investigation into Russian interference in the 2016 election, led by Special Counsel Robert Mueller's team. “This is a terrible situation and Attorney General Jeff Sessions needs to stop this rigged witch hunt so it doesn’t continue to tarnish our country.

Who was Kirill Radchenko, who was killed in the Central African Republic www.dark-rea.ru On July 31, the Central African Republic was killed by journalist Orhan Jemal, director Alexander Rastorguev and operator Kirill Radchenko. They arrived in the CAR to make a documentary about mercenaries from Russian private military companies.

In Yaroslavl, four more suspects were detained in the case of torture in colony No. 1, Mediazona reports with reference to the press service of the regional court. The names of the detained employees are not known. According to [Natalia's press secretary] Sarbunova, the investigation requested the arrest of the suspects. Tomorrow the court will choose a preventive measure against the detained employees of the Federal Penitentiary Service.

Robert Wang / Chinafotopress / Camera Press / Vida Press Google plans to launch a search mobile application in China, which will filter the issuance in accordance with censorship restrictions in China, as well as block the possibility of searching for certain requests. The intercept was told about this publication by sources familiar with the situation. Information is also obtained from the internal documents of the company.

On August 1, functions appeared in Facebook and Instagram mobile applications that should help users spend less time in them and less often distracting notifications. This is a continuation of one of the main trends in 2018: developers of popular applications and operating systems embed functions that limit the amount of time that we spend in front of the phone screen. Medusa compared what tools give Facebook, Google and Apple to its users.

We recount their arguments briefly and in the form of a dialogue. On August 1, film festival organizers, film distributors, producers, and film critics asked Putin to send back for revision a law that changes the rules for holding international film festivals in Russia. In their opinion, many festivals will simply not be able to exist because of this rule. On the same day, the Ministry of Culture explained why the law “in no way infringes” on the market.

The Federal Passenger Company (a subsidiary of Russian Railways) will create a new temporary passenger service class “economy-budget”, where old cars without air conditioning and dry closets will be used. FPC will create a separate brand for this class. Due to the lack of service, the company will be able to set reduced tariffs for transportation in such cars. The company does not specify when the low-cost carriages will be launched.