Four people, including a 14-year-old girl, died in the American state of Louisian as a result of a hurricane "Laura", which fell upon the United States. They died due to the falls of trees on the residential buildings in which they were hiding, reports the Associated Press. Louisiana authorities admit that there may be more dead.

Gallery owner Marat Gelman reported on Facebook that his apartment in Moscow is being searched as part of a criminal case brought against Israeli and Russian citizen Yulia Ilyinskaya, who voted three times in Israel on amendments to the Russian Constitution. According to Gelman, "a certain court established that he lives with Yulia Ilyinskaya in an apartment on Ostozhenka Street. On Instagram, Gelman published a ruling by the Cheryomushkinsky Court of Moscow on a search of his apartment.

Chinese company ByteDance has received two offers to buy the US side of TikTok short video service. Applications were filed by Oracle and Microsoft, Bloomberg reports citing sources. Microsoft partnered with Walmart Corporation, which owns America's largest hypermarket chain. According to Bloomberg, the deal could be concluded within a week. The agency called Microsoft the main contender for the American part of TikTok. Oracle, Microsoft and ByteDance have not commented on this.

‘Meduza’ recaps the week’s worth of events surrounding Alexey Navalny’s poisoning Alexey Malgavko / Reuters / Scanpix / LETA Medical workers transporting Navalny from the Omsk hospital to the airport for evacuation to Germany. Omsk, Russia, August 22, 2020. Prominent Russian opposition politician and anti-corruption activist Alexey Navalny has been in a coma since August 20. He became violently ill while on board a plane, on his way back from a trip to Siberia.

Update. Kharkiv police reported that two people were injured as a result of shooting from a traumatic weapon. According to the prosecutor's office, four were injured. The police noted that there were no hostages and no one was killed. The attackers were detained . A minibus with members of the Ukrainian public organization "Patriots - for Life" was fired upon near Kharkov, Verkhovna Rada deputy from the "Opposition Platform - For Life" party Vadim Rabinovich reported on Facebook.

Update. The human rights center "Viasna" reported that more than 200 people were detained on Independence Square in Minsk. Belarusian riot police began to detain protesters who came to Independence Square, Radio Liberty reports. According to the publication, there are about a thousand people on the square. Radio Liberty journalists broadcast live video from the square, but after the arrest of two employees of the publication, the broadcast was stopped.

The 17-year-old was detained for a double murder at a demonstration. NBA teams will boycott matches for the first time In the city of Kenosha (Wisconsin), the fifth day has been continuing protests due to the wound of African American Jacob Blake by a police officer. The shares were accompanied by pogroms and shooting, two people were killed. Protests covered some other cities of the United States.

Another vaccine is being developed in Russia, this time a combined one. Businessmen believe that they will not survive the second wave. Putin's daughter develops antibodies Good evening, This is Meduza's mailing list about the coronavirus during the pandemic. It comes out 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 .

Russian President Vladimir Putin during a working trip to Crimea took part in the launch of traffic on the Tavrida highway. This was reported on the Kremlin website. During the ceremony, Putin drove several kilometers while driving Aurus . Before the trip, the president fastened, noting that otherwise "the fine would have to pay." Meduza Putin driving aurus In recent months, Vladimir Putin rarely appears in public.

Update. All Russian journalists detained in Minsk were released after the arrival of the Russian consul, reports . MBKh media 15 journalists were detained on the Freedom Square in Minsk, Tut.by reports. According to Reuters, about 20 people were detained. Among the detained journalists are employees of Radio Liberty, TASS, RIA Novosti, BBC, Associated Press, Reuters and a number of Belarusian publications. They were taken to the Oktyabrsky police department of Minsk for an identity check.

The Coordinating Council of the Belarusian opposition called it unacceptable that Russia created "armed groups for use on the territory of Belarus." The formation of such groups in Russia or other countries "contradicts international law and the consolidated position of the Belarusian society," the council said.

Your Browser Does Not Support the Audio Element. September elections are approaching - the most important campaign for opposition. How do the headquarters of Alexei Navalny, who were left without a leader, participate in it? On September 13, a single voting day will be held in Russia. The elections of 18 governors, as well as a large number of deputies of the regional level and municipal meetings of regional centers, will be held.

Forbes magazine removed from its website an article ( cache ) stating that the daughter of the former Deputy Prime Minister of the Russian Federation and Chairman of VEB Igor Shuvalov entered the budget department of the psychological faculty of Moscow State University. What is this article about?

The trailer for the film "Tsoi" by Alexei Uchitel has been released. The rental of the painting is still in question Sony Pictures has published a trailer for the drama "Tsoi", directed by Alexei Uchitel. The plot of the picture is a fictional story that occurred after the death of the leader of the Kino group Viktor Tsoi in a car accident in Latvia in August 1990. The main character is Pavel Shelest (played by Yevgeny Tsyganov), the driver of the Ikarus, who collided with the musician's car.

The photographer and scientist Andrew Stil spoke about his favorite optical illusion, thanks to which you can see colors in black and white photos. First, the Style shows a black and white picture of rural areas-with houses and herbs. Then he puts a black dot in the center of the photograph. Next adds orange, purple and blue colors, and also twists the effect of the image saturation. In addition, the photographer asks to look at the black dot for 10 seconds.