As a result of the privatization of the Bashkir Soda Company (BSC), Bashkiria suffered a loss of 34 billion rubles. This is stated on the website of the head of the republic, Radiy Khabirov. BSK was created in 2013 through the merger of Soda, which was controlled by the authorities of Bashkiria, and Kaustik. As part of the transaction, the shares of two enterprises were converted. As a result, the authorities of Bashkiria lost control over Soda when it became part of the new company.

A court in Yekaterinburg has fined a local woman 20,000 rubles ($270) for trying to organize an unpermitted protest through the video-sharing social network TikTok. According to the newspaper Kommersant , Kristina Altshuler shared a message on TikTok on July 29, calling on city residents to gather outside the Sverdlovsky Drama Theater to support protesters in Khabarovsk. The video attracted almost 190,000 views and 31,000 likes, says the news website Znak.com .

Alexander Lukashenko has dismissed Pavel Pustovoy, the Belarusian ambassador to Spain. This was reported by Lukashenko's press service. Pustovoy was stripped of his diplomatic rank “for improper performance of official duties.” He was also relieved of his post as permanent representative of Belarus to the World Tourism Organization. On August 17, Pavel Pustovoy called the situation in Belarus "unacceptable" for a European state in the 21st century.

Belarusian Presidential Administration News Service Alexander Lukashenko meets with state journalists on April 10, 2018 According to a new report by the news outlet RBC , Belarus’s National State TV and Radio Company is leaning on Russian state journalists — especially staff from Russia Today — to maintain operations after hundreds of employees walked off the job to protest against police brutality and censorship following Alexander Lukashenko’s most recent re-election.

The FBK investigations department film crew was attacked while filming in Tatarstan, the department's head Georgy Alburov said on Twitter. According to him, FBK employees came to Tatarstan to film an investigation about a "very important person." The guards of the facility where the filming was taking place blocked the FBK employees' car on ATVs and damaged it, Alburov said . The film crew called the traffic police.

The headquarters of the former applicant for the post of President of Belarus, Viktor Babariko, intends to create a political party "Together". This is stated in the video message, which is posted in the telegram channel of the headquarters. The video consists of two parts: the appeal of Viktor Babariko (obviously, it was recorded even before his arrest) and the appeal of the leader of his headquarters Maria Kolesnikova.

A court in Yekaterinburg fined a local resident Christina Altshuler for a video about a solidarity action with protesters in Khabarovsk, posted on Tiktok. Altshuler was found guilty of organizing an unsanctioned rally, writes Znak.com.

Mikhail Mettsel / TASS / Scanpix / LETA Kremlin spokesman Dmitry Peskov (left) and former Economic Development Minister Maxim Oreshkin The Kremlin ditched it as a national development goal just a month ago, but Vladimir Putin’s advisers now say Russia is one of the world’s top-five major economies.

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Svetlana Tikhanovskaya, the main rival of Alexander Lukashenko in the presidential elections in Belarus, warned Russian President Vladimir Putin against sending Russian law enforcement officers to the republic. “We demand from all countries to respect the sovereignty of Belarus. At the same time, we are extremely concerned about Mr. Putin's statements to send Russian OMON to Belarus.

Yegor Zhukov was beaten in Moscow . The 22-year-old blogger and host of Ekho Moskvy, who became famous last year as a defendant in the "Moscow case" , was attacked near his home on Rashchupkina Street. It was reported that there were two attackers, who fled on scooters. Zhukov was diagnosed with a concussion and a closed craniocerebral injury. He was taken to hospital, but refused hospitalization. A criminal case has been opened for assault. Zhukov himself contacted the police.

Your Browser Does Not Support the Audio Element. Teachers, dismissed from the "tower", organized a free university - without bureaucrats and censorship. Here's what they think about the crisis of state education An independent free university is launched in Russia. The training in it is free, and the lectures will be mainly online. So far, a set for the courses "Constitutional Law" and "Political Philosophy" is planned.

The shortest retelling of the testimony of Mikhail Efremov in court I vaguely remember that day. I drank a bottle of vodka at home that day. Then I went by taxi, looking for beer. I remember that I needed money, I climbed into the car for a card. I don't remember where she stood - at the pub or at the house. My friend told me that I called him at 12 noon completely drunk. Even two friends said. But it is better not to take into account my testimony.

The Anti-Corruption Foundation has published part of the investigation Alexey Navalny was compiling before he was poisoned on August 20. The 40-minute documentary film, titled “ Who Captured Siberia’s Capital and How to Liberate It ,” focuses on City Duma deputies and City Hall officials in Novosibirsk who are also the beneficiaries of major construction companies and municipal services enterprises.

The history of the appearance, heyday and the almost complete defeat of Russian drug activism told by Medusa Grigory Tambulov / Kommersant Promotion Front Aids near the Government House on a hunchback bridge: activists require an affordable treatment for HIV-positive people. Moscow, December 2004 After the collapse of the Soviet Union, Russia was overwhelmed by a wave of drug use.