Laughing about Russia's GRU assassin, poison and mercenaries in Africa, and burning bridges to the West Friday, September 28, 2018 This day in history. On September 28, 2010, President Dmitry Medvedev fired longtime Moscow Mayor Yuri Luzhkov, citing a “loss of confidence.” In the week before Luzhkov's dismissal, state-controlled television stations broadcast investigative reports criticizing the mayor's handling of peat fires earlier that summer.

Dozhd A former officer in one of Russia’s intelligence agencies told the independent television network Dozhd that he survived an attempted poisoning in August 2018. The man, who only agreed to speak on the condition of anonymity, suspects that he was targeted because he was investigating the activities of various private military companies. The officer says he started investigating information about mercenary casualties after one of his close friends died in eastern Ukraine.

Your Browser Does Not Support the Audio Element. Who and why poisoned the Pussy Riot participant Peter Verzilov? Sasha Sulim and Evgeny Berg are trying to understand the mysterious story with the poisoner of the Mediazone publisher and the Pussy Riot art group, Peter Verzilov, restoring the course of events with the help of Verzilov’s friend, Nicky Nikulshina, Pussy Riot lawyer Pavel Chikov and the journalist of Mediazone.

Facebook has announced that a cyberattack was carried out on the social network, affecting almost 50 million accounts. The attackers exploited a vulnerability related to the "View As" feature; they managed to steal access keys that allow users not to enter a username and password every time they use the social network. With these keys, hackers could gain control over accounts. Facebook does not yet know if any accounts were eventually stolen.

September 28th. Do his doubles from Red Square look like Lenin? Does Buzova look like a McGregor fan? And what about Boshirov? (New permanent section). Following independent publications, the history with Chepiga-Boshirov began to develop state agencies (with an obvious result).

Ukrainian director Oleg Sentsov, who has been on a hunger strike since mid-May , was taken from the penal colony to the Labytnangi City Hospital for a routine examination. This was announced by the press service of the Federal Penitentiary Service Directorate for the Yamalo-Nenets Autonomous Okrug. According to the ombudsman's representative Tatyana Moskalkova, doctors at the hospital held a consultation and "adjusted" Sentsov's treatment. His condition is assessed as "stable".

Investigation "Rain" "Rain" The former officer of one of the Russian special services talked with the Rain television channel and said that they tried to poison him in August 2018. He believes that this happened due to the fact that he investigated the activities of private military companies. According to the officer who agreed to speak on the terms of anonymity, he began to investigate information about the losses of PMC after the death of a close friend in the Donbass.

Gaudilab / shutterstock.com Belgorod officials were forbidden to criticize the authorities in social networks In September 2018, the Belgorod administration approved the new edition of the Ethics Code and the official behavior of municipal employees.

Alexander Rodnyansky will act as a producer of the film "Interrogation of the President" about the last days of the ousted Iraqi leader Saddam Hussein. This was reported to Meduza by Rodnyansky's AR Content. The film will be based on the book of the same name by CIA investigator John Nixon, who was the first American to interrogate Hussein after his arrest in 2003.

In Denmark, as part of a police operation on Friday, traffic was temporarily suspended on the Øresund Bridge connecting Copenhagen and Swedish Malmö, and ferries to Sweden and Germany were also canceled. The police announced that a black Volvo V90 car with Swedish numbers was wanted in connection with a serious crime, in which there were three people. Law enforcement agencies did not disclose any other details of the operation. According to Danish media, we are talking about kidnapping.

On September 9, Ivan Belyakov, a participant in a protest against raising the retirement age in Moscow, was accused of violence against an employee of the National Guard, TASS reports. The investigation petitioned for the arrest of Belyakov, but on September 27, the Khamovnichesky Court refused to satisfy this petition. What the court motivated its refusal, is not specified. Previously, the case against Ivan Belyakov was not reported.

Fans of the Russian fighter of mixed martial arts Khabib Nurmagomedov accused the singer and former member of Dom-2 Olga Buzova because of the photo on Instagram. This was noticed by Twitter's user under the nickname Yana_Dorn. Buzova posted a photo in the sweater of the Tractor hockey club, which mentioned the names of the team sponsors - the Konar industrial group (produces flanges ) and the CHTPZ group (Chelyabinsk Pipel Plant).

The city of Pala on the Indonesian island of Sulawes suffered from the tsunami . He was caused by an earthquake that occurred in the region, of which the US geological service appreciated the magnitude of 7.5. After the earthquake, the emergency services of Indonesia announced a warning about the dangers of the tsunami, but they soon removed it . The wave came immediately after the authorities canceled the warning of danger.

Before his murder on July 30, Russian journalist Orkhan Dzhemal was reportedly investigating the possible shipment of Russian firearms to private military companies operating in the Central African Republic, sources told the independent television network Dozhd . One source close to the Russian Federal Security Service claims he had advised Dzhemal about the weapons transfers, saying that the reporter went to Africa to film documentary evidence of the shipments.

Anatoly Chepiga's former commander at the Far Eastern Military Command Academy told the news agency RIA Novosti that media reports about Chepiga's alleged role in the Salisbury attack are “a bit schizophrenic.” Alexander Borzhko said the academy trained Chepiga to be a soldier, not a spy, and he confirmed that Chepiga fought in Chechnya.