Updated . BelaPAN journalist Tatyana Korovenkova was released from the temporary detention facility, reports . Radio Liberty The Investigative Committee of Belarus announced the release of some of the journalists detained in the case of “stealing news” from the state agency BELTA.

The Booking Machine association, led by Rapper Oximiron, released a joint nine -minute song and a clip for it - “Konstrukt”. Nine artists participating in the label participated in her records: in addition to Oximiron, Porchy, May Wave $, Jeembo, LoqieMean, Thomas Mraz, Tveth, Souloud and Markul read their purchases.

On the evening of August 9, the St. Petersburg football club Zenit lost 4-0 to Minsk Dynamo, having suffered the biggest defeat in European competition since 1989. This was the first match of the 3rd qualifying round of the Europa League; now, in order to go further, Zenit needs to score at least five goals against Dynamo in a home game and not concede at the same time. Zenit head coach Sergei Semak said that the team has a chance to do it.

Central African police found a laptop, hard drives and a mobile phone in the car and hotel of the dead Russian journalists. This was told to journalists by the representative of the Russian Foreign Ministry Maria Zakharova, without specifying where exactly each of the things was found. Earlier it was reported that the criminals took equipment, money and documents from the dead. Zakharova also said that the staff of the Russian Embassy managed to meet with the surviving driver.

Assistant to Russian President Vladimir Putin Andrei Belousov proposed seizing 513 billion rubles from excess profits from metallurgical and chemical companies to finance the new “May Decree.” This was reported by RBC, which obtained a letter from the adviser to the president. Belousov listed 14 metallurgical, mining and chemical companies from which excess profits could be seized, including Norilsk Nickel, Alrosa, Sibur, Evraz, Severstal, Polyus, Mechel and NLMK.

Anna Pavlikova, 18, sits in the "aquarium." Her face is colorless. The lawyer asks to release her, the judge refuses - "it's for safety." The investigator demands to leave her in the pretrial detention center, "considering the gravity of the crimes and the personality of the defendant." Pavlikova coughs. Lawyer: "Pavlikova is very ill. There are all the certificates, letters of authority and guarantees. Her father is an Afghanistan veteran. Her mother is disabled.

The investigation into the murder of Orkhan Dzhemal, Alexander Rastorguev and Kirill Radchenko in Central Africa will be funded by the RIA FAN agency. This was told to RT by FAN correspondent Kirill Romanovsky, who intends to join the group of investigators. According to Romanovsky, journalists can go to the CAR in the near future, although the exact dates are still unknown and recruitment to the group has not yet been completed.

Samsung introduced three new devices on August 9: the Galaxy Note 9 phone with a stylus, the Galaxy Watch and the Galaxy Home smart speaker with the Bixby voice assistant (it used to be in the company's phones). Unlike speakers released by other major manufacturers - Amazon, Google and Apple - Galaxy Home is equipped with three legs. Therefore, the column reminded Twitter users of a turret from the game Portal, a Yakut vessel, a barbecue, and even a cow's udder.

August 9. Washington introduces “dragon” sanctions against the Russian Federation because of the Skripals case Briefly about sanctions The State Department announced that the United States will impose new sanctions against Russia-this time due to the poisoning of the Skripals. The Foreign Ministry calls the restrictions "dragon" and promises a mirror response.

The actor and director, screenwriter and teacher Dmitry Brusnikin died. He was the artistic director of the Practice Theater. Information about the death of the director was confirmed by the theater press service. Artem Geodakyan / TASS Brusnikin was 60 years old. He was a professor at the Moscow Art Theater School, since 1982 he was an actor of the Moscow Art Theater and staged performances in this theater.

Gennady Gulyaev / Kommersant In early August, it became known that the UK opened a criminal case of abuses in the Fair Assistance Foundation, which was founded by Elizabeth Glinka, who died in 2016 (Dr. Lisa). The journalist and close friend of Glinka Ksenia Sokolova, who headed the fund after her death, announced the “raider seizure” of the fund - “Medusa” wrote in detail about this .

The Dorogomilovsky District Court of Moscow left under arrest 18-year-old Anna Pavlikova, one of the defendants in the New Greatness case. This was reported by a Meduza correspondent from the court. The arrest has been extended until September 13. The medical documents provided by the defense, according to Judge Yulia Rudakova, do not indicate that Pavlikova has any diseases.

The American publisher Rockstar Games, producing the GTA series games, showed the gameplay of Western Red Dead Redemption II. The game takes place in 1899 in the United States; The plot is dedicated to the sunset of the Wild West, when the authorities pursued the remaining gangs. The six -minute video describes the game process and tells about the protagonist of the new part - Arthur Morgan.

The Meshchansky Court of Moscow sentenced lawyer Dionisy Zolotov (first name Denis Tumarkin) to seven and a half years in a penal colony and a fine of 14 million rubles. He was found guilty of fraud for 80 million rubles - he received the money from his cellmate, the former top manager of Roscosmos Vladimir Evdokimov. For this amount, Zolotov promised to help him get out of the pre-trial detention center and change the charge to a less serious article.

Matt Petit / Ampas / Getty images On August 8, the American Film Academy announced that since 2019 it has been introducing a reward in the new category - "For outstanding achievements in the field of popular cinema." The decision, about which the Academy President John Bailey and the Executive Director Dounced Hudson announced in a letter, caused mainly negative responses - including because the criteria for which the “popular film” can be nominated to an Oscar, so far unknown to anyone.