Russian cosmetics company Natura Siberica in chaos eight months after founder’s death Since the death of Russian businessman Andrey Trubnikov in January, the organic cosmetics brand Natura Siberica has gone into a tailspin. With his relatives caught up in a court battle over how to divide the company’s shares, control passed to a trustee who initiated controversial leadership changes.

Russian President Vladimir Putin has approved a national plan to combat corruption for 2021-2024. The corresponding decree was published on the official legal information portal.

The Ambassador of Russia to Afghanistan Dmitry Zhirnov said that the situation in Kabul after the Taliban came in terms of security became better than it was under President Ashraf Gani. According to the diplomat, the Taliban occupied the city without the use of weapons, and already on the evening of the first day a curfew was announced in Kabul - this immediately allowed to avoid looting. On August 16, schools were already working in the city, including for girls, Zhirnov said.

In the village of Rudny in the south of Yekaterinburg, a chemical leak occurred. This is reported by TASS with reference to a source in law enforcement agencies. According to Interfax, the incident occurred near the industrial zone, the release was accompanied by an explosion. “A cloud with a sulfuric smell covered a summer cottage near the industrial zone,” a source from the agency said. Local residents complain about the atypical smell of sulfur, reports .

Thousands of people are trying to run. The Taliban promises a peaceful life. Russia establishes contacts with him Wakil Kohsar / AFP / Scanpix / Leta Afghans are trying to get on a plane preparing for departure from Kabul airport Thousands of people are trying to fly away from Kabul airport on export flights . The airport guarded by the American military is now the only way for those who want to leave Afghanistan.

Your Browser Does Not Support the Audio Element. A detailed explanation of the causes and consequences of the capture of Kabul. Briefly: perhaps the United States concluded a deal with the Pakistanis. And now Afghanistan is a colony of Pakistan On August 15, Taliban (the organization was recognized as terrorist in Russia and is prohibited) captured Kabul and occupied the presidential palace. Now the Taliban controls almost the whole country.

The chief physician of a North Ossetian emergency hospital has been placed under house arrest for two months in connection with the deaths of 11 coronavirus patients after an oxygen supply malfunction. On Saturday, August 14, the state news agency TASS reported that a Vladikavkaz court had placed Vladimir Pliev, the head doctor at the city’s Republican Clinical Emergency Hospital, under house arrest pending trial.

A year after Belarus’s presidential election, five protesters tell Meduza how their lives have changed as Lukashenko has tightened his grip on power Natalia Fedosenko / TASS / Scanpix / LETA On August 9, 2020, Belarusians went to the polls to choose a president. According to official data, Alexander Lukashenko won in a landslide, receiving more than 80% of the vote.

What happened in Afghanistan after the seizure of power by the Taliban. How forest fires are stewed in Yakutia. Whether the vaccines protect from the Delta option 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 Prosecutor General's Office of Uzbekistan has denied reports that an Afghan Air Force plane was shot down on the country's territory. According to Nuz.uz, on August 16, three Afghan Embraer 314 attack aircraft requested landing at the airport in Karshi, they were redirected to the airport in Termez. They were accompanied by two MiG-29 fighters of the Uzbek Air Force. One of the attack aircraft collided with one of the fighters on the way to the airport.

Photographer Denis Sinyakov captures the battle against Siberia’s devastating wildfires Catastrophic wildfires are still sweeping Russia’s Siberian region of Yakutia. The authorities declared an “interregional state of emergency” on Saturday, August 13. According to the Federal Agency for Forestry (Rosleskhoz), since the start of 2021, fires have destroyed more than seven million hectares (about 17.3 million acres) of forest — an area the size of Ireland or Georgia.

In recent years, Bruce Willis has been starring in low -budget films that are scary of critics and spectators. Yes, and these tapes do not get to a wide rental (except in Russia and the CIS countries, as it was with the "gap" ). But work on them usually does not occupy the actor more than one shooting day.

Russian President Vladimir Putin has dismissed former Education Minister Olga Vasilyeva from her position as chair of the board of trustees of the Russian Academy of Education ( RAO ). The decree was published on the official Internet portal of legal information. The reasons for Vasilyeva's resignation are not given in it. Olga Vasilyeva was the Minister of Education in 2016-2018.

Uzbek air defense forces shot down an Afghan Air Force plane "while attempting to illegally cross the border," Interfax reported, citing a statement from the Uzbek Defense Ministry. The plane was shot down on the evening of August 15 in the Sherabad district of the Surkhandarya region, which borders Afghanistan. Both pilots survived but were seriously injured and were taken to hospital in Termez.

In its latest “Sanitary Case” verdict, Moscow’s Preobrazhensky District Court handed down a parole-like sentence to Alexey Navalny’s press secretary Kira Yarmysh. On Monday, August 16, the court’s press service told Meduza that Yarmysh was sentenced to one and a half years of “restrictions on freedom.” The court prohibited her from changing her place of residency without permission, attending mass gatherings, and traveling outside of Moscow and the Moscow region.