Users from Europe and North America experienced a Facebook outage on September 17, according to Mashable. According to the DownDetector service, there were massive complaints about the inaccessibility of Facebook from nine to ten in the evening Moscow time. A Facebook spokesperson told Mashable that the access issues were "due to a change in network configuration." A company representative did not provide details. In March 2019, Facebook was down for eight hours for a similar reason.

Former convict added to federal wanted list following the brutal murder of two children in Rybinsk Russian Investigative Committee for the Yaroslavl Region Update: Police have arrested the suspected killer, Vitaly Molchanov, and released a video where he confesses to murdering the two children. On the night of September 15, two young girls were killed in Rybinsk , Yaroslavl Region: 8-year-old Elena and 13-year-old Yana.

The Ministry of Health has allowed the treatment of outpatients with COVID-19 with two drugs, Vedomosti reports, citing the ministry. “The Russian Ministry of Health has amended the registration certificates of two domestic drugs <…> with the international non-proprietary name (INN) favipiravir, allowing their use on an outpatient basis,” the newspaper quotes the ministry’s message. Previously, these drugs could only be used in hospitals, the publication clarifies.

Belarus is closing its borders with Lithuania and Poland, and “strengthening the border” with Ukraine, announced President Alexander Lukashenko, as quoted by RIA Novosti. Update: The border service at the Belarusian-Lithuanian border hasn’t received any information about the border closure, reports Onliner. “There’s no official information about closing the border with Poland,” the Grodno border service told the publication.

The Belgorod Region’s long-time governor, Evgeny Savchenko, has resigned ahead of schedule, reports Interfax, citing a press release from the region’s administration.

Belarus is closing its borders with Lithuania and Poland and "strengthening the border" with Ukraine, Alexander Lukashenko announced. His words are reported by RIA Novosti. Updated. Belarusian, Lithuanian and Polish border guards say they did not receive information about the closure of the borders, the movement is going on as usual. This is written by Onliner and the telegram channel "Tea with raspberry Varennem" . As adds , what this means in practice is not yet clear.

Former model Amy Dorris spoke to The Guardian about being sexually assaulted by US President Donald Trump. At the 1997 US Open in New York, Dorris said she ran into Trump (he was in business at the time) as she was leaving the restroom. After a brief conversation, Trump allegedly started hugging her. “I couldn’t get out of his arms,” Dorris said in an interview with the publication.

Andrey Pivovarov, the executive director of theorganization Open Russia, was arrested at the exit of a special detention facility in Moscow, where he had just finished serving 14 days administrative arrest, reports the independent Russian newspaper Novaya Gazeta. Pivovarov published a video from the police van on his Telegram channel, explaining that he was arrested by officers from the Anti-Extremism Center (Center E).

Maxim Martsinkevich, Russia’s media-savviest neo-Nazi, is dead and leaves behind a legacy of hate speech, violence, and viral popularity Zurab Dzhavakhadze / TASS / Scanpix / LETA Maxim Martsinkevich, charged with extremism, is arraigned in a Moscow courtroom on February 7, 2014 On Wednesday, September 16, 2020, thirty-six-year-old Maxim Martsinkevich, better known by his nickname “Tesak” (Hatchet), died in his prison cell.

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Your Browser Does Not Support the Audio Element. The history of the neo -Nazi Maxim Martsinkevich. During his lifetime, he inspired horror and disgust, but after death, many suddenly began to sympathize with him On September 16, in the chamber of the Chelyabinsk pre -trial detention center, Maxim Martsinkevich was found dead - a ultra -right politician, also known under the nickname Tesac. According to preliminary data, Martsinkevich committed suicide.

Belarusian riot police are using sexual violence against protesters Sergey Gapon / AFP / Scanpix / LETA Warning. This text describes scenes of violence. On September 14, the international rights organization Human Rights Watch (HRW) published a report on the “systematic beatings and torture” of demonstrators arrested during the protests in Belarus. The report included a collection of first-hand accounts from victims of police brutality.

Governor of the Belgorod Region Yevgeny Savchenko resigned ahead of schedule. This was reported by Interfax with reference to the press service of the regional administration.

The military investigative department of the Kaliningrad garrison opened a criminal case under the article on insulting religious feelings after the two military personnel of the Baltic Fleet washed the shoes in holy water. This was reported by Interfax with reference to an informed source. The Prosecutor General, in turn, was informed that they were checked by what happened for extremism.

In Moscow, more new cases of COVID-19 began to be recorded due to an increase in the number of tests. This was stated by Moscow Mayor Sergei Sobyanin, his words are reported by TASS. At the same time, Sobyanin asked elderly Muscovites to minimize contacts, and recommended to company executives "if possible, extend the remote work regime," the agency writes. “The chief doctors of coronavirus hospitals say that the virus has become less vicious and the disease has become less severe.