Russian extremism case suspect begs for help, as co-defendants are released on house arrest Radio Liberty Dmitry Poletaev (center) in court, May 8, 2018 Anna Pavlikova and Maria Dubovik, the two teenage women locked up as members of the “ Novoe Velichie ” (New Greatness) extremist movement, went “free” on house arrest last week.

The Pussy Riot: Riot Days performance received the Scottish newspaper Herald's Angels award at the Fringe arts festival in Edinburgh, Radio Liberty reports. During the award ceremony, Pussy Riot member Maria Alyokhina expressed gratitude for the award, and the play's director Yuri Muravitsky called for the Russian authorities to release Oleg Sentsov and Kirill Serebrennikov . The play Pussy Riot: Riot Days is based on Maria Alyokhina's book Riot Days.

US national security adviser John Bolton said in an interview with ABC News that in addition to Russia, three other countries - Iran, China and North Korea - could potentially interfere in the US midterm elections in November 2018. Bolton talked about the "enough concern" that exists in the United States because of the possible interference of four countries in the elections.

US President's wife Melania Trump chose new furniture for the White House before moving from New York to Washington, but her husband Donald Trump changed the furnishings to suit his own tastes, The New York Times reported, citing two anonymous sources. What furniture Melania Trump chose and what the president replaced it with is not specified.

Jordan Strauss / Invision / Ap / Scanpix / Leta On August 17, the Club of billionaires entered the American rental - a criminal thriller about Harvard graduates who decided to get rich with the help of a financial pyramid.

On the evening of August 18, the match of the seventh round of the Football National League between the teams Nizhny Novgorod and Sochi took place at the Sochi stadium Fisht. Before the start of the match, during the performance of the Russian anthem, the players of both teams lined up on the field and turned to face the Russian flag. The only one who did not do this was the Ukrainian defender of Nizhny Novgorod Vitaliy Fedoriv. He continued to stand facing the stands.

Volgograd schoolboy Ivan asked local residents to help find the Nimotop pills his 43-year-old mother needed. He pasted up an announcement in his area: “Dear residents. We ask you not to be callous and indifferent, we really need medicine ... Help me cure my mother! Thank you Ivan". On August 1, the boy's mother was admitted to intensive care with a stroke. When she was discharged, she was prescribed a medicine that tones the vessels of the brain.

Thin humor, parodies on Trump and “Game of Thrones” and quotes from Shakespeare Netflix The first season of “Disappointment” - the new cartoon Matt Graining, the creator of Simpsons and Futurama, was published on Netflix. The main characters are a bunter princess, an elf-neurstenik and a zinic demon. Decorations - fantasy turned inside out from the "Game of Thrones" and "Lord of the Rings", but all the jokes - about our life.

Summer Asian games are really interesting! In Indonesia, the 28th year Asian games began. They pass once every four years and in the format they most resemble the Olympics - there are 37 sports disciplines. In addition to the regional restriction, these games have its own specifics. Some sports are so exotic that you can only see them here. A selection of these types was made by the BBC. "Medusa" studied them - and recommends finding a broadcast from Indonesia.

Ambulances took away the coordinator of the "Left Front" Sergei Udaltsov from the detention center, who was arrested on August 14 for 30 days. This was reported to TASS by the executive secretary of the Public Monitoring Commission (POC) of Moscow, Ivan Melnikov. Udaltsov was hospitalized "for medical reasons" after he was examined by a doctor, Melnikov said.

On August 18, going to negotiations with the Chancellor of Germany, Vladimir Putin made a private visit to Austria to the wedding of the head of the local Foreign Ministry Karin Knaisl. The Russian president, who called the minister his first friend in Austria, brought with him the Kuban Cossack choir, who performed Russian folk and Austrian songs for the newlyweds. During the ceremony, Putin danced with the bride, and also uttered a toast in German.

The Investigative Committee for the Moscow Region suspects several employees of the Rocket and Space Corporation (RKK) Energia of taking bribes, according to Roskosmos, which participated in the investigation. The suspects are now confessing. According to an anonymous source of Interfax , a whole team of top-level specialists is suspected of taking bribes. As expected, on August 20, the court will choose a measure of restraint for the defendants in the case, the source said.

What we learned from them The headquarters of Donald Trump sued Omaros Manigolt Newman, a former assistant to the president who wrote a scandalous book about her chef. This is not the first book in which former administration employees share their memories. One of the reasons may be that in the turmoil of the first days of Trump’s reign with some of them, they did not manage to sign an agreement on non -disclosure of work details.

The defendant in the case of "New Greatness" Dmitry Poletaev asked the pre -trial detention center for help Radio Liberty Dmitry Poletaev (in the center) in court, May 8, 2018 One of the defendants in the case of “ New Greatness ”, 30-year-old Dmitry Poletaev, handed over a letter to the human rights media project, which stated that “he really needs any support, moral and financial.” Poletaev asked him to help him free from the pre -trial detention center, where he has been on March 16, 2018.

The US government has prepared a bill on sanctions that could prevent the completion of the Nord Stream 2 gas pipeline between Russia and Germany. New sanctions could be introduced within weeks, The Wall Street Journal reported, citing current and former US officials. Restrictions are planned to be introduced in relation to companies involved in the construction of the gas pipeline, or banks and other firms financing Nord Stream 2.