The Russian authorities suggested that the United States include in the prisoner exchange alleged FSB officer Vadim Krasikov, who was convicted in Germany for the murder of former Chechen field commander Zelimkhan Khangoshvili. It is reported by CNN, citing sources. According to CNN's interlocutors, the request seemed "problematic" to the American side - including due to the fact that it came through an unofficial channel used by the FSB; another reason was that Krasikov was in German custody.

The Armed Forces of Ukraine, the Security Service of Ukraine, the Main Intelligence Directorate of the Ministry of Defense and the Verkhovna Rada Commissioner for Human Rights have demanded that the UN and the International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC) “immediately respond” to the deaths of prisoners of war in the colony in Elenovka .

The Office of the Prosecutor General of Ukraine announced the opening of a criminal case over a video in which “persons in the uniform of servicemen of the Russian Armed Forces torture a prisoner in the uniform of a serviceman of the Armed Forces of Ukraine.” The investigation is being conducted under the article “violation of the laws and customs of war.” The video that prompted the investigation appeared online midweek. It is unknown where and when it was filmed.

The Ministry of Justice of the Russian Federation entered the editor-in-chief of The New Times Evgenia Albats, writer Dmitry Bykov and co-founder of the Need Help Foundation Mitya Aleshkovsky into the register of media outlets - "foreign agents". Evgenia Albats told RBC that she intends to appeal this decision.

Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov and US Secretary of State Antony Blinken held their first telephone conversation since the start of the war. Blinken announced the conversation. It was an honest and direct conversation. I called on the Kremlin to accept our substantive offer to free Paul Whelan and Brittney Griner. I also stressed that the world expects Russia to live up to its commitments under the deal it has reached with Ukraine, Turkey and the UN on Ukrainian grain supplies.

The US Treasury Department announced the introduction of sanctions against Russian citizens Alexander Ionov and Natalia Burlinova, as well as organizations associated with them. Meduza has reported in detail on Alexander Ionov.

The garrison military court of Rostov-on-Don arrested Lieutenant General Viktor Voronov, Deputy Commander of the Southern Military District for Logistics. He is suspected of embezzling funds from the Ministry of Defense for personal needs. It is reported by RBC with reference to the message of the Southern District Military Court. According to the investigation, Voronov spent about two million rubles of the department on the improvement of his house and land.

Vadim Belozertsev / TASS The prison barracks in Olenivka after the strike Ukraine and Russia traded accusations on Friday after a missile strike on a prison camp in Olenivka, a village outside of Donetsk, reportedly killed dozens of Ukrainian prisoners of war. The casualties from the strike were first reported by officials from the Kremlin-controlled “Donetsk People’s Republic” on the morning of July 29.

Russian movie theaters' last-ditch effort to survive Hollywood’s boycott Vladimir Smirnov / TASS Russia’s movie theater industry is on the brink of collapse. After the country launched its full-scale war against Ukraine, Hollywood’s largest studios were quick to pull out of the market. Russian distributors initially thought they could make up for the lost movies by showing Indian and Latin American films, but filling theater seats has turned out to be harder than they anticipated.

Now the platform will make a "step back" Vahram Baghdasaryan / PhotoLure / Reuters / Scanpix / Leta Instagram will refuse some changes that caused mass criticism of the platform users - including the most popular. This was announced on July 28 by Meta , which owns Instagram .

At least three people who security forces may have suspected of being gay have disappeared in Chechnya in recent days, the Crisis Group SK SOS, which helps LGBT+ people in the North Caucasus, told Meduza. According to reports, Rizvan Dadaev was detained in Chechnya on Monday, July 25; videos allegedly filmed by police officers have circulated on social media.

The city requires "find a real killer" Denis Morgunov / Ura.ru / TASS Vitaly Berezhnoy, accused of the murder of Nastya Muravyeva, at a meeting of the Leninsky District Court of Tyumen during the hearing in his criminal case. Tyumen, January 20, 2022 On July 28, the Tyumen Regional Court dismissed the jury collegium, which acquitted Vitaly Privyzhny. The man was accused of rape and murder of eight -year -old Nastya Muravyeva.

Your Browser Does Not Support the Audio Element. The engineer, who defended the neural network, was fired from Google, because he considered it a reasonable creature. Maybe artificial intelligence is really time to protect? On July 22, Google reported that engineer Blake Lemun was fired. Earlier, he publicly stated that the Lamda algorithm created in the company has a mind. There is no confirmation of this, representatives of the corporation believe.

Politician Leonid Gozman reported that a criminal case has been opened against his wife under the article on failure to notify about a second citizenship. Earlier, a similar case was opened against him. "We were just informed that a criminal case has been opened against my wife for the same terrible crime - for failing to report her second citizenship in a timely manner! The mafia did not touch wives and children in their showdowns. They don't give a damn!" Gozman wrote on his Facebook page .

The US Treasury Department announced the introduction of sanctions against Russian citizens Alexander Ionov and Natalia Burlinova, as well as organizations associated with them. Meduza has reported in detail on Alexander Ionov.