Michael Calvey, the founder of the Baring Vostok fund, has been sentenced to five years and six months probation in a criminal case on the theft of funds from Vostochny Bank. The sentence was announced by the Meshchansky Court of Moscow.

Russian authorities launch probe into Moscow play after veterans’ rights groups say it offends them Sergey Karpukhin / TASS A scene from “First Bread.” July 23, 2021 Investigative Committee head Alexander Bastrykin has ordered a probe into Moscow’s Sovremennik Theater for staging a play that allegedly “offended veterans.” The play, which is called “First Bread” and stars actress Liya Akhedzhakova, has been the target of complaints from several veterans’ organizations that say it contains

In June 2021, 16,406 people died in Moscow, which is 7,138 people more than in pre-pandemic June 2019 , according to Rosstat data . This is the highest increase in deaths in a month since the start of the pandemic in Moscow. Before this, the worst month was December 2020, when 16,546 people died in Moscow (+5,988 people compared to December 2019). In total, 185,655 people died in Russia in June 2021, which is 48,418 more than in June 2019.

A court in Korneuburg, Austria, has sentenced 48-year-old Sarali Akhtaev to life in prison after finding him guilty of the murder of Chechen blogger Mamikhan Umarov. As reported by the newspaper Die Presse, Akhtaev — who is also from Russia’s Chechnya — pleaded not guilty, claiming that the murder was committed by someone else. “The real perpetrator fled,” he said.

Belarus says suspected ‘detention camp’ is a military arms depot built in the 1950s On August 5, CNN released a report on a “possible prison camp for political dissidents” located outside of Minsk. The Belarusian government didn’t respond to requests for comment prior to publication, CNN said.

The jury at a hearing in the Belgorod Regional Court unanimously delivered a verdict of not guilty in the case of a woman who was accused of killing her paralyzed husband. She is acquitted in the absence of a crime event. According to investigators, the woman strangled her husband in November 2019. At that time, she was 59 years old, and her husband, according to Komsomolskaya Pravda, was 76 years old. The Investigative Committee and the court did not disclose their names.

Philologist, human rights activist and journalist Arina Ginzburg died in Paris at the age of 83. reported this on Facebook Literary critic Nikolai Podosokorsky and journalist Mikhail Gokhman . Representatives of the Ginzburg family confirmed this to Novaya Gazeta. Arina Ginzburg is the widow of dissident, journalist and publisher Alexander Ginzburg.

A court in the Austrian town of Korneuburg sentenced 48-year-old Chechen native Sarali Akhtayev to life imprisonment, finding him guilty of murdering Chechen video blogger Mamikhan Umarov. As reported by Die Presse, the defendant did not admit guilt in the crime, stating that another person committed the murder. "The real criminal escaped," Akhtayev said.

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Co-chairman of the party "A Just Russia - For Truth" Zakhar Prilepin filed a lawsuit against Facebook over a blocked Instagram account. This was reported by Interfax with reference to the politician's press service. In a lawsuit filed in Moscow's Presnensky District Court, Prilepin demands that the "illegal suspension of services" be stopped and that his account be unblocked. As the politician’s press service emphasized, a copy of the lawsuit was sent to Facebook headquarters in California.

In July, Russian banks issued mortgage loans worth 436.7 billion rubles, which is 20.8% less than in June, RBC reports, citing preliminary data from the analytical company Frank RG. The publication noted that in 2021 the volume of mortgage loans issued was below 500 billion rubles only in January and February, when a seasonal decline is traditionally observed, and also in May due to the large number of days off.

Ukraine’s first Black lawmaker won the country’s first gold at the Tokyo Olympics Piroschka Van De Wouw / Reuters / Scanpix / LETA Greco-Roman wrestler Zhan Beleniuk won Ukraine’s first gold medal at the Tokyo Olympics on August 4. The 30-year-old Kyiv native, who became Ukraine’s first Black lawmaker in 2019 and was subsequently sanctioned by Russia, celebrated his win with a traditional folk dance.

The bear from South Dakota fell into a difficult situation - his back was terribly combed out. No one helped, so I had to cope myself. But nothing, the animal was not at a loss and took advantage of the nearest pillar with the inscription "Do not enter!". From the pillar it turned out to be a great clove for the back, just under the growth of a bear. From the side it looked as if the animal was either dancing, or flirting. However, what to guess, the bear has achieved his own in any case!

Your Browser Does Not Support the Audio Element. During the time past from the war of 2008, Russia managed to almost irrevocably tear off South Ossetia and Abkhazia from Tbilisi. What will Moscow do with them? On August 4, Russian President Vladimir Putin approved a preliminary double citizenship agreement between Russia and the unrecognized Republic of South Ossetia. Now such an agreement is valid only with Tajikistan.

The Belarusian Defense Ministry reported that the "possible camp for political dissidents" in the village of Novokolosovo , which was reported by the CNN television channel , is in fact a military unit. This was stated in the Defense Ministry's Telegram channel. Every child in the village of Novokolosovo in Stolbtsy District knows this military unit very well. It has been here since the 1950s.