Updated . From August 4, citizens of Russia and Belarus will be able to take the TOEFL exam online or in other countries, ETS told Mediazona . The American organization ETS, which conducts TOEFL English language exams for foreigners, has closed access to exams for Russian citizens. This was reported by Mediazona, citing a reader.

Update. During the seven-hour flight of Nancy Pelosi's plane from Kuala Lumpur to Taipei, a total of 2.92 million people followed at least part of the flight, specified . FlightRadar24 708,000 people watched on the FlightRadar24 service as the plane of the US Congress delegation flies up to Taipei on August 2, FlightRadar24 reports in its blog. This is the largest number of people who watched the flight in real time using this service.

Crimean resident Dmitry Shkrebets, whose son Yegor Shkrebets was reported missing after the sinking of the cruiser Moskva in April, said he had received a death certificate for his son. The document, a copy of which he posted on social networks, says that Yegor Shkrebets died on April 13. Shkrebets noted that he received the certificate on the 110th day after the death of his son.

The investigation asked the court to transfer Sergei Zuev, the rector of Shaninka, who is involved in the fraud case, from the pre-trial detention center to house arrest. It is reported by Interfax with reference to the Tverskoy Court. The application will be considered on August 3 at 11:00. What is the reason for the petition of the investigation, is unknown.

What the Kremlin’s latest propaganda guides tell pro-government media outlets to say about the war Alexander Ermochenko / Reuters / Scanpix / LETA Mariupol’s Holy Trinity Church as seen through a shattered bus window. April 2022 Story by Andrey Pertsev . Translation by Sam Breazeale . In July, the Putin administration distributed two new messaging guides to Russia's pro-government media outlets and politicians.

An American drone struck at the house of Al-Zavakhiri SITE Intelligence Group / AFP / Scanpix / Leta Aiman ​​al-Zavajeri. Frame from his video message September 11, 2012 US President Joe Bayden on August 2 stated that Al-Kedi leader Aiman ​​Al-Zavakhiri, one of the most wanted terrorists in the world, was killed during the operation in Afghanistan. He died as a result of the blow of an American house at home in the center of Kabul.

The Lyublinsky District Court of Moscow sentenced the founder of the Police Ombudsman project, Vladimir Vorontsov, to five years in prison, RBC reports . The court stripped him of his rank of major and banned him from administering websites for 10 years. He was found guilty of extortion, production of pornography and insulting a government official. The state prosecutor asked to sentence Vorontsov to six years in prison.

The Russian Foreign Ministry called the visit "obvious provocation" Med Taiwan / EPA / Scanpix / Leta Foreign Minister Taiwan Joseph meets Nancy Pelosi at Taibay Airport. August 2, 2022 The speaker of the House of US representatives Nancy Pelosi flew to Taiwan late in the evening of August 2 by local time (at about 17:45 in Moscow).

The US Treasury announced the imposition of sanctions against Alina Kabaeva. Kabaeva has a close relationship with Putin and heads the National Media Group, a pro-Kremlin media empire that includes television, radio and print organizations. Earlier, the American media claimed that the United States was afraid to impose sanctions against Kabaeva because of the possible "aggressive" reaction of Vladimir Putin.

Radio Dolin - about what the universe of one of the world's main animation studios consists “Radio Dolin” is a project for film critic Anton Dolina, where he talks about cinema and not only. The new issue is dedicated to the cartoons of the Pixar studio-from the very first “History of toys” to the “Baza Luter” and “I blush” who were published in 2022.

Your Browser Does Not Support the Audio Element. No, China is not going to invade Taiwan - at least now. And when can Beijing go for it? Explains Kitaist Alexander Gabuev On August 2, the speaker of the House of Representatives of the US Congress Nancy Pelosi flew to Taiwan as part of its tour of Asia. Whether this visit would happen, it was not known until the last moment. He was sharply opposed by China, who considers the island of its territory.

Chinese state-run TV channel CGTN reported that Chinese Su-35 fighter jets were "crossing the Taiwan Strait." The message was published 20 minutes before the plane with the American delegation led by Speaker of the US House of Representatives Nancy Pelosi landed in Taiwan. China warned the US authorities against visiting the island, which it considers its own territory, and announced military exercises and fighter flights around Taiwan.

The aircraft of the speaker of the House of Representatives of the US Congress Nancy Pelosi landed at the Sundshan airport in Taibe. This is the first visit of the speaker of the House of US representatives to Taiwan in 25 years. Shortly before planting the aircraft, the Chinese media distributed reports that the Su-35 Chinese fighters crossed the Taiwanese Strait.

Initiatives linked to ‘Putin’s confessor’ received $332 million from Russia’s government and state-owned companies Mikhail Klimentyev / Kremlin press service / TASS Metropolitan Tikhon (Shevkunov) of Pskov and Porkhov and Russian President Vladimir Putin during a visit to the Pskovo-Pechersky Monastery. November 17, 2018.

Prigozhin tried to sue Bellingcat for "slander", but the lawyers refused his case due to reputation risks Peter Macdiarmid / Getty images Boris Berezovsky near the trial in London during the trial with Roman Abramovich. October 4, 2011 London law firms began to refuse to cooperate with Russian businessmen and companies. As stated in the Bloomberg article, refusals are associated with possible risks for lawyers against the backdrop of sanctions introduced after Russia's invasion of Ukraine.