The series based on the works of writer John Ronald Reuel Tolkien, tentatively titled The Lord of the Rings, will be released on Amazon Prime Video on September 2, 2022. This is stated in the message of the film company Amazon Studios. The series takes place in the Second Age of Middle-earth, thousands of years before the events described in Tolkien's novels The Hobbit, or There and Back Again and The Lord of the Rings. Filming of the first season of the TV show took place in New Zealand.

At least three people, including a child, died as a result of a hurricane that occurred in the Tver region on August 2, RIA Novosti reports citing emergency services. Ten other people, including two children, were injured. In the city of Andreapol, a hurricane wind knocked down trees, 65 private residential buildings were damaged, TASS reports citing the Ministry of Emergency Situations. In 90 settlements, where 2,278 people live, power supply is partially disrupted.

The founder of Microsoft, American billionaire Bill Gates and his wife, philanthropist and entrepreneur Melinda Gates have officially divorced, Business Insider reports, citing court documents. The court made the decision on August 2. Court documents say Bill and Melinda Gates entered into a separation contract, agreeing to split property, debts and legal costs. Bill and Melinda Gates announced their divorce in May after 27 years of marriage, during which they raised three children.

Moscow traffic police began checking after a video of a young woman tied to the roof of a moving car was circulated online. This is reported by the agency "Moscow", referring to the press service of the State traffic inspectorate. on his Instagram on the evening of August 1 by Such a video was posted blogger Sergey Kosenko, whose account has five million subscribers.

Participants of the Lev Protiv movement, which opposes drinking alcohol in public places, came to Moscow's Gorky Park on the evening of August 2, where former paratroopers were celebrating Airborne Forces Day. REN TV published a video where activists of the movement ask the paratroopers why they drink alcohol in the park and ask them not to do so. One of the activists noted that the vacationers are "indignant" because of such requests, but all communication is "polite".

Valery Karpin left the post of head coach of the Rostov football club, according to the club's twitter. “We have decided that I am leaving the post of head coach of Rostov. This is a very difficult, painful decision for me. But it will be better for everyone - both for FC Rostov and for the Russian team, ”said Karpin, whose words are quoted by TASS. July 23 Karpin led the Russian national football team. Karpin's contract runs until the end of 2021 with the possibility of extension.

The first transgender woman to compete at the Olympic Games was New Zealand weightlifter Laurel Hubbard. Hubbard competed in the over-87 kilogram weight class. All three of her attempts were unsuccessful - she failed to lift 120 kilograms and twice - 125 kilograms. The New Zealand athlete came in last place. The winner was Chinese Li Wenwen. After her speech, Hubbard placed her hands on her chest, folded them into a heart shape, and thanked the audience, who responded with applause.

The Belarusian runner, which they tried to forcibly remove from Tokyo, received a Polish visa. Why we still have not coped with Pandemia. How to cook kvass so that it is loved Good evening, This message (material) was created and (or) widespread by a foreign media that performs the functions of a foreign agent, and (or) a Russian legal entity that performs the functions of a foreign agent This is the daily newsletter of "Medusa" about important news of the day.

The US authorities handed over to Russia a list of 24 Russian diplomats who must leave the country by September 3. Russian Ambassador to Washington Anatoly Antonov said this in an interview with The National Interest magazine. Antonov attributed this to the fact that the US State Department in December 2020 limited the period of business trips for Russian diplomats to a three-year period.

Beginning in August, Nasiliu.net will provide emergency accommodations in Moscow hotels and hostels for victims of domestic violence, the advocacy group stated in a message to Meduza. These emergency accommodations will be made available to women over the age of 18, who, due to their living circumstances, face physical violence, the threat of physical violence, or persecution at the hands of a former partner.

Update. The death toll in an accident in Antalya has risen to four, according to the tour operator Intourist. The company noted that they do not yet know whether the fourth deceased is a Russian citizen. A bus carrying Russian tourists got into a road accident in the Turkish province of Antalya. According to the newspaper Milliyet, three people were killed in the accident, and 16 others were injured.

The Tomsk Regional Court acquitted Nikolai Kuzmichev (Kolya Tomsky), who was tried under the criminal article on “occupying the highest position in the criminal hierarchy” (210.1 of the Criminal Code of the Russian Federation). The case of Kuzmichev was considered by the jury. Half of them considered him guilty, half - not guilty, so the final verdict was not guilty. Kuzmichev was released in the courtroom.

Arina, an illustrator and tattoo artist from St. Petersburg — also known by her Instagram handle awaystland — has announced plans to auction off a “foreign agent” tattoo in support of Meduza and the advocacy group Nasiliu.net (No to Violence). The auction will take place on Arina’s Instagram beginning at 12:00 p.m. Moscow time on Tuesday, August 3.

Smoke from forest fires turns the sky red in Russia’s Yakutia Milena Nagovitsyna / TASS No, it’s not photoshop. Smoke from the forest fires that are still raging in Russia’s Far Eastern region of Yakutia has turned the sky red over the village Chagda (Kobyaysky District). As of Monday, August 2 , there are 164 active forest fires spread across 16 of Yakutia’s districts. The picture above was taken in Chagda at 3:30 p.m. local time.

On August 1, the "Human Life" project closed the competition for a grant named after oncologist Andrey Pavlenko, within the framework of which journalistic projects about oncology were financed every month. A message about this appeared on the grant page . Unfortunately, during the existence of the grant, we have not received the number of interesting and promising applications that we expected at the very beginning of our work.