Doctors at Berlin's Charité hospital who are treating Alexei Navalny have contacted their Bulgarian colleagues because of possible similarities between the poisoning of the Russian politician and the assassination attempt on Bulgarian businessman Emilian Gebrev, who was allegedly poisoned with a Novichok -class nerve agent, according to a joint investigation by Der Spiegel and Bellingcat.

Police in Russia’s North Caucasus suspected of driving elderly man to suicide Police officials in Russia’s Kabardino-Balkarian Republic have called for an internal investigation into the circumstances surrounding the suicide of 85-year-old Nikolai Zakharchenko. Local police in the town of Nartkala had previously launched a criminal case against the elderly man for illegally manufacturing narcotics.

Yauhan Yerchak / EPA / Scanpix / Leta The 48-year-old resident of Minsk Denis Germanov shot on the video how riot police officers harshly beaten the detained protests that began after the elections of the President of Belarus, TUT.by reports. On August 10, Germanov was detained on the prospectus of the winners, where he stood in the “chain of solidarity”. According to him, he did not resist the riot police and even raised his hands up.

The Bureau of Industry and Security, an agency of the U.S. Department of Commerce, is set to impose sanctions on three Russian research institutes on August 27. They are suspected of working on chemical and biological weapons, the bureau said in a statement ( .pdf ).

For the first time, the writer has an ordinary woman in the main role. The author also did not forget about the pandemia On August 27, the new novel by Victor Pelevin “The Invincible Sun” is released. The literary critic Galina Yuzefovich tells how the author tried to fit and comprehend in his new book and the main event of 2020 - the pandemic - and, more unexpectedly, the professional pathos.

The story behind one of the most famous photos from the Belarus protests Vasily Fedosenko / Reuters / Scanpix / LETA The above photograph, taken by Vasily Fedosenko for Reuters, has become one of the most famous snapshots from the start of the protests Belarus. It was taken during the night of August 9–10, near the Hero City Obelisk in downtown Minsk, where most of the mass arrests took place.

Vladimir Putin has expressed interest in a “thorough and objective investigation of all the circumstances” surrounding Alexey Navalny’s sudden illness, the Russian president said in a phone call on August 26 with Italian Prime Minister Giuseppe Conte, according to a Kremlin readout of the conversation. President Putin also stressed his objections to “hasty and unfounded accusations” in connection with “A. Navalny” (as he is identified in the Kremlin’s press release).

Russian President Vladimir Putin said that he is interested in a thorough and objective investigation of all the circumstances of what happened to Alexei Navalny . He said this in a telephone conversation with Italian Prime Minister Giuseppe Conte, the Kremlin press service reported. During the conversation, Putin also called the “hasty and unfounded accusations” in connection with Navalny’s hospitalization unacceptable.

The New York State Parole Board has refused to release Mark Chapman, the murderer of musician John Lennon, from prison. Chapman denied parole for the eleventh time. He can submit the next petition in 2022. Mark Chapman killed John Lennon on December 8, 1980. According to the verdict, Chapman received a term of 20 years to life, which means that he had to spend at least 20 years in prison, after which, under certain circumstances, he could be released.

Anton Novoderezhkin / TASS / Sipa / Vida Press The Government of the Russian Federation adopted the " Concept for the development of regulation of relations in the field of technologies of artificial intelligence and robotics until 2024. " The concept provides that the development of such technologies "should be based on basic ethical norms." These norms are listed in the concept. Some of them are very similar to the famous laws of robotics, formulated by the science fiction writer Isaac Azimov.

What is known about repeated infections. During the pandemic, the number of unemployed people in Russia increased by almost one and a half million. Phuket opens in October (but not for us yet) Good evening, This is Meduza's newsletter about the coronavirus during the pandemic. It is published on weekdays instead of Evening Medusa. If this letter was sent to you by someone you know and you have not yet subscribed to the mailing list, subscribe here .

An arbitration court in Moscow has ordered anti-corruption activist Alexey Navalny (now in a coma in Berlin after an apparent poisoning) to pay more than 3.3 million rubles ($47,725) to the “Druzhba Narodov” meat-processing plant in a defamation lawsuit. According to the Telegram channel Law FBK , the amount of money awarded corresponds to the company’s legal fees in its defamation case against Navalny.

The evacuation at the Omsk airport on the afternoon of August 20 was carried out due to a call about mining and was not associated with an emergency landing of the plane with Alexei Navalny. It is reported by Znak.com with reference to the statement of the leading specialist in internal corporate communications of the Omsk airport Galina Gavrish.

The FSB special forces came to a 14-year-old girl at 5 in the morning Nine schoolchildren in Krasnoyarsk were sent for examination to the neuropsychiatric dispenser due to the fact that they were in a closed group in VKontakte and, according to law enforcement agencies, “prepared for active actions”. This was reported by the TVC Krasnoyarsk TV channel with reference to sources in law enforcement agencies.

Russian President Vladimir Putin has instructed the prosecutor's office to check the legality of the reduction of the state's share in the Bashkir Soda Company. As RIA Novosti reports, Putin expressed bewilderment at the fact that in early 2013, "in an absolutely miraculous way," through a number of associations, the state's share was reduced below the controlling stake. "The state had 62%, and suddenly it became 38%. And as a result, the company's work priorities have changed dramatically.