How neighboring countries reacted to Lukashenko’s claims about closing Belarusian borders Tut.by / Reuters / Scanpix / LETA On September 17, Belarusian President Alexander Lukashenko made an appearance at the women’s forum “For Belarus,” and announced the closure of the country’s borders with Poland and Lithuania, as well as the “strengthening” of its border with Ukraine. “I’ll tell you honestly, we don’t know what they will throw [at us] next.

From September 21, Russia resumes flights with Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan and Belarus. This is stated in the message of the operational headquarters for the fight against COVID-19, received by the editors of Meduza. From September 27, it is planned to resume flights to South Korea. Flights to the listed countries will be "on a reciprocal basis with a frequency of once a week," the headquarters said.

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The best film at the festival "Kinotavr" was the drama "Scarecrow" by Dmitry Davydov. It is reported by TASS. Actress Valentina Romanova-Chykyyray, who played the main character of the film, received a prize for the best female role. Best Actor - Vladimir Anokhov in the film "Whaler" by Philip Yuriev. The same picture received the award for best director. Best debut - director Anastasia Palchikova, film "Masha".

Andrei Pertsev talks about the longest governor's career - for Evgeny Savchenko, who managed the Belgorod region, she finally ended Anatoly Zhdanov / Kommersant The head of the Belgorod region, Yevgeny Savchenko, who ruled the region for 27 years and was the last governor of the Yeltsin era, on September 17, unexpectedly announced that he was accepting the mandate of a deputy of the regional parliament and would become a senator.

Belarusian lawyer and Opposition Coordination Council Presidium member Maxim Znak has gone on hunger strike in pretrial detention after being charged with inciting threats to national security , reports the Belarusian news outlet TUT.by, citing Znak’s defense lawyer, Dmitry Layevsky.

The Moscow Arbitration Court has recovered 289.5 billion rubles in damages from the former leaders of Otkritie Bank, Prime reports. This is the largest lawsuit in the history of the Russian banking sector, satisfied by the court, the agency specifies. Losses must be jointly paid by the former chairman of the board of the bank, its former president, the founder of Otkritie and a former member of the board of a financial institution.

‘Channel One’ talk show backtracks after accusing Navalny’s team of doctored video During an episode of the Channel One talk show “Vremya Pokazhet” (Time Will Tell) aired on September 17, host Artyom Sheinin showed the video of Alexey Navalny’s team searching his room at the Xander Hotel in Tomsk — and accused them of blurring out the dial on an alarm clock in the video. The show quickly came under criticism when it turned out that Sheinin’s team was responsible for the blur.

On the Novaya Gazeta channel in Utube, a documentary was published about a journalist and adviser to the head of Roscosmos Ivan Safronov. The film lasting 59 minutes includes conversations with relatives, friends and colleagues of Safronov, as well as the narrative of the public support campaign, which lasted from the moment of his detention. In addition, the film is quoted by a journalist from a pre -trial detention center. The new newspaper is the case of Ivan Safronov.

Bonus: Kirkorov was kicked out of the Antihape Russian and Belarusian artists sang the song “The beloved do not give” in support of Alexander Lukashenko. The clip called “Artists for Peace-Favorite DO NOT give” was released on September 17 on the Utuub channel of the Belarusian group “Aura”. Music and words were written by the participants of this team, wife Evgeny Oleinik and Julia Bykov. Comments, likes and diesels under the video are disconnected.

Your Browser Does Not Support the Audio Element. We are talking with the writer Sasha Filipenko about his native Belarus. How did the latest events change Belarusians and why will Lukashenko resign during the year? Protests in Belarus last more than a month. The opposition’s coordination council is detained , and the leader of the opposition Svetlana Tikhanovskaya forced to leave the country. Protests are supported by Belarusian actors, musicians, athletes and writers.

The Russian anti-coronavirus drug Areplivir, which is now approved for outpatient use, will retail for 12,320 rubles per package . This was reported to TASS by the head of the drug manufacturer Promomed, Andrei Mladentsev. According to him, the retail price should be the same as the price for government supplies. Earlier, Promomed reported that Areplivir could appear in Russian pharmacies on September 21. It will be sold by prescription.

Maksim Znak, a member of the presidium of the coordinating council (CC) of the Belarusian opposition, has declared a hunger strike in a pretrial detention center after being charged under the article on threatening national security . This was reported by Tut.by with reference to lawyer Dmitry Laevsky.

The US Department of Commerce has ordered app stores to make it impossible for US users to download TikTok and WeChat. The ban will take effect from September 20. The ministry stressed that this is done for security reasons - since, according to US authorities, these applications can transmit information about American users to Chinese intelligence agencies.

The founder of Belarus’s most popular opposition Telegram channel talks to Russian YouTuber Yuri Dud In his latest interview, Russian YouTuber Yuri Dud sits down with Stepan Putilo (Stsiapan Putsila), the Belarusian blogger who founded the mega-popular opposition telegram channel Nexta Live.