Unidentified perpetrators stole and beheaded a sculpture of Marshal Konstantin Rokossovsky in the city of Legnica in western Poland, local website LCA.pl reports. The sculpture was stolen on the night of July 30 from the city cemetery. In the afternoon, a monument to Rokossovsky without a head was found in a field. The police are looking for other elements of the sculpture and those involved in the crime.

Vasily Fedosenko / Reuters / Scanpix / Leta at least 63 thousand people came to the authorized rally in Minsk in support of the presidential candidate Svetlana Tikhanovskaya, the Vesna human rights center reports . This is one of the most massive protests in the history of modern Belarus and the largest rally in 10 years . Svetlana Tikhanovskaya is considered the main rival of Alexander Lukashenko in the election of the President of Belarus, scheduled for August 9.

Belarusian and Russian political experts explain the Kremlin’s options in Minsk ahead of an uncertain presidential election Dmitry Astakhov / Poll / TASS / Scanpix / LETA Belarusian President Alexander Lukashenko (Alyaksandr Lukashenka) and Russian Prime Minister Mikhail Mishustin in Minsk on July 17, 2020 Less than two weeks before Belarus holds presidential elections, the country’s intelligence services arrested nearly three dozen Russian nationals supposedly acting as mercenaries.

The Ministry of Economic Development refused to use the proposals from the initiative of the politician Alexei Navalny "Five Steps for Russia", which was supported by more than 103 thousand Russians on the state portal "Russian Public Initiative". This is reported by Open Media with reference to a representative of the ministry. What did Navalny offer?

on its first day on Kickstarter . The development team behind Flipper Zero, a handheld multi-tool that allows you to control multiple electronic devices, raised more than $500,000 Pavel Zhovner, the author of the project, a member of the community for technoenthusiasts Neuron Hackspace, said on Twitter that the first 60 thousand dollars needed to start production were raised in eight minutes.

Russian President Vladimir Putin said that the city of Usolye-Sibirskoye in the Irkutsk region had not resolved environmental problems for a long time, which arose because of the chemical plant Usolyehimprom , which was closed in 2010. "The chemical production waste storage facilities are really in a state of emergency," Putin said at a meeting on the situation in the city. "To be honest, no one has ever really dealt with this.

Vasily Fedosenko / Reuters / Scanpix / LETA At least 63,000 people joined an authorized rally in support of presidential candidate Svetlana Tikhanovskaya (Sviatlana Tsikhanouskaya) in Minsk on the evening of July 30, the Belarusian human rights center “Vyasna” reported . This is one of the biggest protest rallies in the history of modern Belarus and the largest demonstration the country has seen in 10 years .

Based on the results of an internal audit, Sberbank decided not to fire the head of projects, Sergei Minenko, who was accused of harassment. It is reported by The Bell with reference to the press service of the bank. During the investigation, Minenko was suspended from work. Minenko was accused of harassment in mid-July. Together with him, Sberbank's SMM manager Ruslan Gafarov was accused - immediately after that, by his own decision, he resigned from the company.

Member of the Legislative Assembly of St. Petersburg from the "United Russia" Roman Koval was detained on suspicion of taking a bribe on an especially large scale, according to the Investigative Committee of the Russian Federation. Deputy assistant Andrey Grishin, suspected of mediation in bribery, was also detained.

In Minsk, about 63 thousand people came to an authorized rally in support of the presidential candidate of Belarus Svetlana Tikhanovskaya. This was reported by the human rights center "Vesna". Update. Updated information on the number of rally participants has been added to the material. The authorities of Belarus warned of possible provocations during campaign rallies - allegedly they were intended to be arranged by foreign "militants".

The incidence of Covid in Moscow will not decrease. The European Union will not open borders for Russians until the end of summer. In the USA and in Germany - a record fall in the economy Good evening, This is the Medusa newsletter about the coronavirus during the pandemic. She comes out on weekdays instead of the "evening jellyfish." If one of your friends sent this letter to you and you have not yet been subscribed to the newsletter, subscribe here .

At least 15 of the 33 Russian citizens arrested in Belarus have been confirmed as mercenaries with ties to the private military company (PMC) “Wagner,” according to documents published by the independent Russian newspaper Novaya Gazeta. The documents identify the “group’s leader” is 42-year-old Alexey Sapronov, who has been working for the Wagner PMC since 2014.

In Kaliningrad, the historical building of the “Krouts-Apteki” was reconstructed-it turned out so eccentric that the whole country is now discussing the construction Alexander Podgarchuk In Kaliningrad, the reconstruction of the pre-war German building “Krouts-Apteki” is completed: the investor is rebuilding the house that has practically converted into ruins into a modern business center.

At least 15 out of 33 Russians detained in Belarus are indeed Wagner fighters. Documents confirming the cooperation of the detainees with the company were published by Novaya Gazeta. The publication calls the “senior of the group” 42-year-old Alexei Sapronov, who has been working at Wagner since 2014.

“Belarus 1” Terrorism and mass riots The Belarusian authorities have launched a criminal case for organizing terrorist acts against the suspected mercenaries from the Russian private military company (PMC) “Wagner,” who were arrested outside of Minsk on Wednesday, July 29, said the State Secretary of the Belarusian Security Council, Andrey Ravkov (Andrey Raukou).