Russian artist Artem Loskutov is auctioning off a work of art online in support of the television network Dozhd and other media outlets that the Russian authorities have labeled “foreign agents.” The art piece, titled “Pink on White,” is inspired by the Dozhd logo and was created using Loskutov’s signature artistic technique , “Dubinopis” (painting using the blows of a truncheon).

Russia’s Central Election Commission (CEC) has decided to file lawsuits with the Supreme Court seeking to bar a number of candidates from running in September’s State Duma election because they own foreign assets. As reported by Kommersant, the lawsuits concern seven candidates from the Party of Growth and Russian Party of Freedom and Justice (RPSS). A source told the newspaper that election officials may also file a similar claim against candidates from the Yabloko Party.

Artist Artem Loskutov has put his painting “Pink on White” up for online auction in support of the Dozhd TV channel and other media outlets declared “foreign agents” by Russian authorities. “Dedicated to all foreign agents, and also to apples in the snow,” Loskutov wrote on Instagram, announcing the auction.

One of the founders of the group "Smyslovye Gallyutsinatsii" Vladimir Burdin is in a coma in hospital. This was reported in his group on VKontakte. The musician's brother, Timofey Burdin, wrote that the patient is in extremely serious condition - he is on a ventilator with 80% of his lungs damaged.

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For Afghan nationals stranded in Russia, obtaining refugee status is easier said than done John Moore / AP / Scanpix / LETA A wagon carrying women and children through a war-torn area of Kabul in 1996 Over the course of two weeks in August, 95 Afghan nationals reached out to the Moscow-based charity Civic Assistance Committee for help. They had all come to Russia before the Taliban seized power in Afghanistan; most came to study or to work. Now, they’re seeking asylum, but this is no easy feat.

The alleged photo of Victor Pelevin, 2020. Blueprint Writer Viktor Pelevin is the author of cult novels, such as Generation P, Chapaev and Emptiness, IPhuck 10. His books are published almost annually (the last - “Transhumanism Inc.” - saw the light of August 26). But the writer himself has not seen in public for a very long time. The last famous photo of Pelevin was taken in 2001 at a literary symposium in Tokyo - he sat in sunglasses next to Tatyana Tolstoy and Vladimir Sorokin.

Portuguese striker Cristiano Ronaldo has moved from Juventus to Manchester United. This is reported by the official instagram of the club. "Welcome home Cristiano," the post read. The details of Ronaldo's contract and the amount of the transfer are still unclear. According to The Telegraph, Manchester United offered Juventus $ 25 million for the striker's transfer.

Who are the Khorasan Vilac - a branch of ISIS in Afghanistan - whose terrorist attacks even condemn the Taliban Wakil Kohsar / AFP / Scanpix / Leta volunteers and doctors load the bodies of the dead in double terrorist attack at Kabul Airport, in which at least 170 people died. The “Islamic state in Afghanistan” took responsibility for the terrorist attack. August 26, 2021 On August 26, 2021, two explosions thundered near the Kabula airport, which were arranged by suicide bombers.

Including how they entrusted the “*******” protesters and arrange “corn hunting” on them "Cyber ​​Partizans" according to Cyber ​​Partizans, these are footage from surveillance cameras in the IVS in Oskos in Minsk, where after the start of the protests they were tortured by protesters “Cyberpartisans” is a grouping of hackers from Belarus, who declared itself in September 2020, in the midst of protests against Alexander Lukashenko.

The social network "VKontakte" will limit listening to free music. This follows from the new press release of the social network dedicated to updating the music section. Now you can listen to music for free only in the desktop version and in the open music application.

Your Browser Does Not Support the Audio Element. Merkel promised that after 25 years Europe would no longer need Russian gas. Does she exaggerate or is the transition to green energy are about to take place? On August 22, 2021, the German Chancellor Angela Merkel during a visit to Kiev stated that in a maximum of 25 years Europe would cease to need Russian gas supplies. She had in mind that by this time the EU would switch to alternative energy sources.

Leonid Volkov interviews - about how a “smart vote” will work in the conditions of extreme pressure of the authorities Evgeny Feldman One of the most common versions why the authorities in recent months sharply increased the pressure on the opposition, civil society and journalists is the fear that the elections will not be held according to their scenario. Moreover, not only the Duma this September, but also the presidential, which (so far) are scheduled for March 2024.

How the authorities divide the labor of crushing Russia’s free press The nature of political violence in Russia changed in the summer of 2021. What was once a disparate collection of draconian laws and legislative amendments (four categories of “foreign agent,” a registry for “undesirable” organizations, and a growing list of “extremists”) has now coalesced into a single campaign. Having destroyed the anti-Kremlin opposition, the Russian authorities have turned their attention to the free press.

A Su-24 bomber crashed in Perm, REN TV reports. The pilots managed to eject. According to a TASS source, the incident occurred immediately after takeoff. An informed source of Interfax reported that the failure of the equipment became the cause of the crash. The aircraft was on a training flight. Update . According to a TASS source, the ejected pilots were hospitalized with broken arms. On August 18, a MiG-29 crashed in the Astrakhan region. The pilot is dead.