Rapper Oksimiron announced his resignation from the post of executive director of the Booking Machine label, he will also not cooperate with BM as an artist. The performer said this from the stage of the Booking Machine Festival. “No matter how much I love and respect Booking Machine and no matter how much effort I have invested in Booking Machine over the past seven years, everything turned out so that today our paths diverge,” Oksimiron .

In Moscow, for the first time in a month, a rally concert was held, which did not accompany protests. Reporting Christina Safonova Vladimir Astapkovich / Sputnik / Scanpix / Leta On August 24, a rally of the 350th anniversary of the Russian flag was held in Moscow on Sakharov Avenue on Sakharov Avenue. The Flag Day itself is celebrated on August 22, but the Moscow authorities decided to extend solemn events.

Disney has unveiled the first poster for Star Wars: The Rise of Skywalker at D23. Sunrise". In the center of the poster, Rey and Kylo Ren are the main characters of the new parts of Star Wars. Above them is Emperor Palpatine! Here's the entire poster: Palpatine is the main villain of the Star Wars movie saga, appearing in almost all episodes of the first two trilogies. In Return of the Jedi (1983), Darth Vader killed Palpatine by throwing him into the second Death Star's reactor.

NASA NASA astronaut Ann McClain suspected in unauthorized access to the accounts of her spouse from a computer on board the International Space Station, writes The New York Times. Speech, as notes the publication, can be the first violation of the law in space in history. Wife McClain Summer Warden-US Air Force Intelligence Officer-several months ago found that someone was looking at the data about her banking account using her own login and password.

Brazilian President Jair Bolsonaro sent the military to fight forest fires. “While serving in the military, I learned to love the Amazon forests and I want to help protect them,” Bolsonaro said in a televised address. The decree issued by Bolsonaro, writes BBC News, states that the military will be sent to reserves, to territories inhabited by indigenous peoples, as well as border areas.

The refusal to register Dmitry Gudkov as a candidate for the Moscow City Duma has been appealed to the Supreme Court. Gudkov's team filed a lawsuit with the Supreme Court, while the unregistered candidate for deputies himself is serving an administrative arrest. “We have no illusions, but we consistently stick to our line,” Gudkov’s headquarters told Interfax. Former State Duma deputy, chairman of the unregistered "Party of Change" Dmitry Gudkov tried to run for the Moscow City Duma.

Sergey Petrov / TASS / Scanpix / Leta on August 24 in Moscow on Sakharov Avenue, where the city hall forbade opposition shares, organized a large-scale rally concert with the participation of show business stars (performed, including Philip Kirkorov, Grigory Leps and Timati) in honor of the 350th anniversary of the Russian flag (although this anniversary was last year) .

Federation Council member and former Human Rights Ombudsman Vladimir Lukin has submitted a bill to the State Duma that would require police officers and members of the National Guard to wear a "clearly distinguishable identification number" during service. The number, at the suggestion of Lukin, should be "on the uniform or ammunition" of employees serving in public places.

The US Embassy in Russia has tweeted a call to release American Paul Whelan , accused of espionage, from the Lefortovo pretrial detention center. Whelan's health is at risk, the report said, and prison authorities are not allowing an independent medical examination. One of the comments under the US Embassy's message was left by the official account of the Russian Foreign Ministry. "There are millions of prisoners in the US, of which over 50 are Russian citizens, many are sick.

Update. In the department, a report was drawn up against Frenkel on disobedience to a police officer (he was sent to court), since he allegedly refused to get into the paddy wagon, and on violation of traffic rules (the journalist was given a warning). Mediazona correspondent David Frenkel was detained in St. Petersburg during protests against hushing up homophobic crimes.

Disney, at the D23 festival, introduced the first Mandalorian trailer, the new series of the Star Wars universe. Star Wars "Mandalorets". Trailer in English The creator of the series is John Favro, who shot the "Iron Man" and the new "King of the Leo". In the title role - Pedro Pascal, who played Ober a Martell in the “Game of Thrones”. The action of the series takes place after the events “The Return of the Jedi” - the Galactic Empire has already fallen, and the first order has not yet arisen.

Russian Ambassador to the UK Alexander Yakovenko completed his mission on August 24, Interfax reports, citing a statement from the embassy. Counselor-envoy Ivan Volodin has been appointed charge d'affaires. Yakovenko has headed the Russian Embassy in London since 2011. In April, Kommersant wrote that Russia would soon replace its ambassador to the UK.

Update : Among those detained are Alexey Popov, Vladislav Vostrikov, Alexander Chernov, Nikolay Glukhin, Anton Omariev, Alexander Teplyakov, Alexander Rudenko, Arkady Galker and Olga Misik, Interfax reports. Misik, Galker and Rudenko were released immediately after their detention. The rest are being taken to the Troitsky police station. One of the detainees, minor Alexander Chernov, felt ill , and an ambulance was called for him.

Forbes magazine has published its annual ranking of the highest paid actresses. The first place, like a year ago, was taken by Scarlett Johansson. Participation in films based on Marvel comics, where she plays the role of Black Widow, brought the actress $ 56 million in 2019. Coming in second with $44.1 million is Sofia Vergara, co-star of Modern Family. Reese Witherspoon came in third with $35 million.

The police of the Moscow region is checking reports of collectors who fired at a man with a child in Krasnogorsk, RIA Novosti reports with reference to the press service of the Main Directorate of the Ministry of Internal Affairs of Russia for the region.