Russian citizen Irina Vikholm has been in custody in Belarus since the end of May on charges of slandering President Alexander Lukashenko. This was reported by the human rights organization "Spring". According to human rights activists, now 58-year-old Vikholm is being held in a pre-trial detention center in Brest. The woman was charged under part 2 of article 367 of the Criminal Code of the Republic of Belarus (slander against the president).

In Guinea, a military group announced it had seized power in a coup and arrested the incumbent, 83-year-old Alpha Condé. In a national television report, rebel leader Colonel Mamady Dumbua said the country's constitution is being suspended and the parliament and government are being dissolved. He also ordered the closure of the outer borders and urged military personnel to remain in their barracks.

The Taliban movement has issued a ban on shooting into the air throughout Afghanistan, the movement's spokesman Zabihullah Mujahid reported on Twitter.

Two people died as a result of a mass brawl between prisoners in penal colony No. 14, the regional Investigative Committee department reported. According to the department, four more people were injured, one of them was hospitalized.

Hu Huhu / Xinhua / Zuma / Scanpix / Leta in Tokyo hosted the closing ceremony of the Paralympic Games. It was attended by 105 Paralympicians from Russia, and the Znanov Zhdanov swimmer became the banner of the national team - since the flag of the Russian Federation is prohibited, he carried a banner with the symbol of the Paralympic movement "Agitos". The victory in the team standings of the Paralympics by a huge margin was won by the Chinese national team, which won 96 gold medals.

Girls Aloud singer Sarah Harding has died of breast cancer. The mother of the singer announced this on Instagram. Harding was 39 years old. The singer publicly announced her illness a year ago. By that time, the tumor had already spread to other organs and tissues - Harding later stated that the doctors then told her that she "won't live until next Christmas." Girls Aloud was formed in 2002 from members of the reality show Popstars: The Rivals.

Savo Prelevic / AFP / Scanpix / Leta supporters of Dzhukanovich on the road in Cetin, September 5, 2021 On September 5, the new Metropolitan and Primorsky Serbian Orthodox Church (SKC) Joannikiy was intronized in the monastery of the city of Cetin in Montenegro on September 5. Intronization was accompanied by protests and riots that activists, led by President Milo Dzhukanovich, opposing the presence of the SPC in Montenegro.

Crimean solidarity of detention at the FSB building. Simferopol, September 4, 2021 In Simferopol, on September 4, the police detained several dozen Crimean Tatars gathered at the FSB building to learn about the fate of five people who were previously detained as part of a criminal case of damage to the gas pipeline. The gas pipeline in the village of Perevalnaya, which is located between Simferopol and Yalta, was damaged in late August.

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Yuri Kochetkov / EPA / Scanpix / Leta The soloist of the Rammstein group Till Lindemann performed on Red Square on September 4. He became a special guest of the Military Mushroom Festival "Spasskaya Tower". Lindemann, dressed in a white jacket, sang in Russian the song of Mark Bernes "Favorite City".

Interviews of the founders of the “culture” Yegor Yeremeyev and Alina Muzychenko - they make clothes and help political prisoners. Now they have left Russia Alexey Winner In 2017, a married couple-IT specialist Yegor Yeremeyev and theater director Alina Muzychenko-founded a brand of clothing “Culture”.

A video message from Khalimat Taramova, who was forcibly taken to Chechnya from a women's shelter in Makhachkala in June, has spread across social networks. At the beginning of the video, Taramov names the time and date: September 4, 17:20. She says that she is “forced” to record a video message because “people are spreading false rumors” that she was “killed, kept in a basement, and oppressed.” I want to let you know that I am fine, I was not killed.

The Marathon "Summer Agents" is completed, champagne Depito, the cake is subsidized and even the final podcast is recorded. As they say, listen to him right now! Your Browser Does Not Support the Audio Element. How we became agents of summer. Summing up the music marathon "Medusa" The agents of this summer together with us became 114 artists from almost the whole world-from Moscow, St. Petersburg, Kazan, Yekaterinburg and Novosibirsk to Riga, Minsk, Tbilisi, Berlin and New York.

The Moscow Arbitration Court has banned Google and Yandex from showing the phrase "smart voting" in search results. The corresponding decisions ( 1 , 2 ) were made on September 3. The bans were issued as interim measures in response to claims filed by the Stavropol company Vulintertrade, which sells sheep wool. In July, the company registered the trademark "Smart Voting", identical to the logo of the eponymous project of Alexei Navalny.

The author of the “taxi driver” and the “frantic bull” Paul Schroeder again tells about the injured man. In the title role - Oscar Isaac Focus features The screenwriter of the “taxi driver” and “a frantic bull” Paul Schroeder shot a picture that again telling about a strong injured man. The Cold Calculation was shown at the Venice Film Festival (the premiere of the picture in Russia will be held on September 23).