Politicians and political analysts disagree about the impact of a new strategic voting campaign in Russia Petr Kovalev / TASS / Scanpix / LETA Following elections on September 8, nearly half of the Moscow City Duma — 20 of 45 seats — now belong to members of the “systemic opposition” (registered parties and candidates that ostensibly oppose the ruling party, United Russia).

The chairman of the Russophiles movement Nikolay Malinov has been detained in Bulgaria. This was reported by the publications 24 Hours and Bulgarian National Radio without citing sources. According to 24 Hours, the arrest is related to a case of espionage. One of the secretaries of the Russophiles, Yuri Borisov, was also arrested in this case, the Duma publication wrote . He was later released without charges.

There was a shooting in the Dutch city of Dordrecht. As a result, three people were killed and another seriously injured, Rotterdam police said. Police at the crime scene According to the Nos channel, the shooting was opened in a residential building. A man and two children were among the dead, and a woman was wounded. According to Algemeen Dagblad, citing neighbors, the deceased man and the injured woman were divorced.

Internet scammers tried to steal an unpublished manuscript of The Testaments, a sequel to The Handmaid's Tale. This BBC said the author of the works, Canadian writer Margaret Atwood. According to her, she received phishing emails, the purpose of which was to gain access to the manuscript. “They really wanted to steal it, and we had to use a lot of code words and passwords,” Atwood said.

Demonstrators have assembled without a permit in the central square of Ulan-Ude, a city in East Siberia. According to the news website Babr24 , protesters initially demanded that police release the arrested followers of Alexander Gabyshev, a Yatkutsk resident who calls himself a “ warrior shaman ” and since March has been traveling on foot to Moscow, where he intends to perform an “exorcism” to remove the spirit of Vladimir Putin from the city.

How the Moscow government diversified its online election interference strategies this summer Maxim Polyakov / Kommersant Young men wearing T-shirts with a hashtag opposing independent candidates attend the March Against Political Repressions in Moscow on August 31, 2019.

Updated . Bair Tsyrenov and some of his supporters stayed overnight in the square. A spontaneous rally began on the central square of Ulan-Ude, Babr24 and Irkutsk Today reported.

Petr Kovalev / TASS / Scanpix / Leta As of the evening of September 9, in St. Petersburg, the results of the municipal elections that were held in the city on a single voting day on September 8 have not yet been summed up. At the same time, the results of similar elections have already been announced in the Leningrad Region. Oppositionists report mass fraud when counting votes. In St.

Jessica Taylor / UK Parliament / AFP / Scanpix / Leta Boris Johnson during his first speech in the House of Communities as Prime Minister on September 4, 2019 For the sake of Brexit, Prime Minister Boris Johnson went to a constitutional coup (at least his opponents think) Boris Johnson became Prime Minister at the end of July, promising at all costs to withdraw the UK from the European Union on October 31, 2019 (initially it was planned to do this in March).

What Navalny thinks about it - and how are those who won thanks to him Petr Kovalev / TASS / Scanpix / Leta According to the results of the elections at the Moscow City Duma on September 8, 20 out of 45 seats were received by candidates from the system opposition. Aleksey Navalny called on vote for them.

Moscow's Basmanny Court has arrested Bakhyt Karabalaev, the alleged burglar who broke into the home of Central Election Commission head Ella Pamfilova, for two months. Karabalaev was charged with robbery with breaking into a home . He pleaded guilty. According to the accused, he chose Pamfilova's house by chance. On the night of September 6, a burglar broke into Ella Pamfilova's country house in Istra, Moscow Region.

Queen Elizabeth II of Great Britain has approved a bill that prohibits the country from leaving the European Union without a deal on October 31. This was reported by the House of Lords, the upper house of the British parliament. Thus, the document acquired the status of law. The British parliament approved a bill to stop a hard Brexit last week.

The "apple tree" Daria Besedina went to the Moscow City Duma - and immediately demanded her self -growing. We talked with her Karina Gradusova On September 8, Moscow chose a new composition of the City Duma. The system opposition, supported by the “smart vote” of Alexei Navalny, received almost half of the places: candidates from the Communist Party, “Fair Russia” and “Yabloko” went to 20 mandates out of 45.

The second season of the project “This is a real story” comes out - about the affairs of the Khachaturian sisters and “GTA gangs”. We talked with its creators "Amur waves" On September 12, the second season of the documentary project “This is a real story” will begin on the TV channel, which talks about the most high-profile and ambiguous criminal cases in Russia.

In 2017, US intelligence smuggled out of Russia one of its most valuable agents, who worked for the Russian government. CNN writes about this, citing sources in the administration of US President Donald Trump. This spy passed on information about the internal activities of the Kremlin, as well as the plans of Russian President Vladimir Putin and his opinion on various issues.