For half a year, Yakutsk resident Alexander Gabyshev had been walking on foot toward Moscow, thousands of miles and six time zones west of his hometown. Gabyshev describes himself as a “warrior shaman,” and he plans to defeat “Putin the Demon” at the conclusion of his journey.

The person involved in the "Moscow case" Pavel Ustinov, who was released from the pre-trial detention center on the evening of September 20, thanked those who supported him. His video message appeared on the MBH Media channel. “I thank everyone, the entire community. And Konstantin Arkadyevich Raikin, and Alexander Pal - for launching this whole [human rights] campaign and actively developing this activity. Sasha, thank you very much!” Ustinov said.

Scientists in New Zealand have named a newly discovered grass flea species after the Lord of the Rings character Frodo Baggins, the hobbit. The species was named Psylla frodobagginsi, according to an article in the scientific journal PLOS ONE. Briefly reported by The Guardian. The grass flea is scientifically named because of its small size and because it lives on New Zealand's South Island, where the films The Lord of the Rings and The Hobbit were filmed.

Subscribe to our YouTube on September 20, millions of people around the world entered a climatic strike . The action in 2018 was invented by the Swedish schoolgirl Greta Tunberg. She announced that she would not go to school on Fridays until the authorities fulfill the terms of the Paris Climate Agreement. Today, the idea of ​​Tunberg was supported around the world - from Australia to America.

American Randy Betz from Delaware works as a representative of a pharmaceutical company. In his free time, he breeds turtles. A couple of months ago, Betz had a baby turtle with a deformed back. Its hind legs were bent up and almost did not work. The turtle, which was named Helix, could not move normally, eat and communicate with other turtles. Helix was going to be euthanized, but Betz, who often deals with back injuries at work, had another idea.

Actor Pavel Ustinov , a defendant in the "Moscow case" who was sentenced to three and a half years in prison, has been released from pretrial detention. Ustinov's sister Yulia told Deutsche Welle journalists that her lawyer Dmitry Cheshkov had told her about this. Cheshkov himself, as reported by a Meduza correspondent, confirmed to journalists that Ustinov had been released, but did not specify where this information came from.

US President Donald Trump announced the introduction of sanctions against the National Bank of Iran, Reuters reports. Trump did not elaborate on the sanctions. US Treasury Secretary Steven Mnuchin said the National Bank of Iran is Tehran's last source of funds. Earlier, the United States accused Iran of attacking oil facilities of Saudi Aramco, the national oil company of Saudi Arabia.

Canadian scientists suggest that the health of Western diplomats in Cuba has deteriorated not because of "acoustic attacks", but from insecticides - the means used to control insects, Reuters reports. Scientists from Dalhousie University and health officials from Nova Scotia examined Canadian diplomats immediately after they were evacuated from Cuba. In addition to people, they also examined one of the dogs that lived in the family of employees of the Canadian diplomatic mission in Cuba.

The authorities of the Irkutsk region have approved the Rules for organizing tourism and recreation in the Baikal region . Previously, such rules did not exist; they were developed over a year and a half, the regional government website reports. The rules establish 11 places where tourists can rest. The government does not specify where these territories are located and whether they affect popular routes . The adopted rules are not yet publicly available.

The Russian Football Union refused to register Zenit player Alexander Kokorin to participate in the Russian Football Championship. This was announced on Instagram by the head coach of Zenit Sergey Semak. “Not only did he (Kokorin) spend a year for an offense committed by 99% of the male population (who did not suffer a similar punishment), but now they decided to leave him without football for another 5 months,” Semak wrote.

The Alexandrov Song and Dance Ensemble of the Russian (formerly Soviet) Army is known throughout the world. Its artists usually perform to classical and folk music. But what if they slightly change their repertoire - and include songs by Britney Spears? Or Gorillaz. Or even Emsy Hammer! This is exactly what the host of the “Soviet soldiers are dancing” Twitter account (although they are not soldiers), to which more than 90 thousand people have subscribed since August 2019, is doing.

Matthew Pendleton / Swns / Scanpix / Leta Western meadow corporate The population of birds in North America over the past half a century has declined by almost 30%. This is stated in the report of the group of American and Canadian researchers published in the journal Science .

The insurance payment for the emergency landing of the Ural Airlines A321 in a cornfield in the Moscow region will be 46.1 million dollars. This was stated by Ilya Kabachnik, deputy director of the AlfaStrakhovanie company, which insured the plane. The specified amount includes only the loss of the airliner, but not compensation to passengers, RBC reports. According to the publication's data, the payment for the A321 will be the largest for the Russian aviation insurance market in a year.

Shealah Craighead / Zuma Press / Scanpix / Leta An unnamed American intelligence officer complained about US President Donald Trump because of his communication with one of the foreign leaders. Their conversation concerned Ukraine, reports The Washington Post with reference to two sources. They tried to lower the complaint on the brakes, but this only filed a scandal. The US intelligence has received an important complaint from the informant.

The man who attacked Vasily Dyachenko, a member of the precinct commission No. 1619 with an advisory vote, in St. Petersburg probably controlled the "carousel" at that precinct. This is the conclusion reached by Sergei Piskunov, coordinator of the "Voice" movement in Kemerovo Oblast, who studied video recordings from the precinct.