Steven Seagal, the American actor perhaps best known for stabbing Tommy Lee Jones in the head in the 1992 film “Under Siege,” is reportedly filming a documentary film about the “war in the Donbas,” according to Denis Pushilin, the head of the self-declared Donetsk People’s Republic.

The FSB and the Ministry of Internal Affairs detained the administrators of several large telegram channels, writes Baza. This was previously reported by Readovka. According to Baza, we are talking, in particular, about the telegram channels Financial Guard (81,000 subscribers), Infernal Grandmas (38,000 subscribers), Mamkin Financier (84,000 subscribers), E-Magic ( 120 thousand subscribers), Riddle (99 thousand subscribers), SCANNER Project (199 thousand subscribers).

The U.S. and its allies want to limit the price of Russian oil to hinder Moscow's ability to fund the war. Would that work? Yegor Aleyev/ TASS So far, in 2022, Russia has made record profits from oil exports, despite the war in Ukraine and Western sanctions. Story by Ekaterina Mereminskaya . Abridged translation by Sam Breazeale. For months now, Western countries have been talking about implementing a price cap for Russian oil.

Twitter reportedly froze the Russian Foreign Ministry’s official English-language account for seven days in response to a tweet by the agency on August 4 claiming that “the U.S. and its allies in Ukraine and elsewhere” may be “involved” in the “emergence of COVID-19.” (Making these allegations, Russia’s MFA singled out the U.S.

The authorities of the LPR are inclined to believe that they will not restore the city of Popasnaya. This was stated by the head of the self-proclaimed republic Leonid Pasechnik, reports TASS. “Perhaps we will not restore Popasnaya, because there is no particular point. The city is really destroyed almost completely. But I repeat once again, the final decision has not been made,” said Pasechnik.

Wared tells how it happened - and what will happen next Syspeo / SIPA / Scanpix / Leta MVA-Bn Ospa Oxpes (trademark in Europe IMVANEX) On July 23, the World Health Organization announced the outbreak of monkeys of monkeys with an emergency situation of international significance. On July 27, she revealed statistics: then it was known about 18 thousand cases of infection in 78 countries.

Officials in the self-declared Luhansk People’s Republic are considering not rebuilding the city of Popasna, which is on territory that they control. “There wouldn’t really be a point. The city is truly almost completely destroyed,” said “LNR” head Leonid Pasechik. While a final decision has not yet been made, he said, the Russian-backed administration is "leaning towards" leaving the town as it is and relocating its residents. Russian troops first occupied Popasna on May 9.

“The second Chernobyl is waiting for us”-is it an exaggeration or is it not? Andrey Borodulin / AFP / Scanpix / Leta Russian military equipment passes through the gate of the nuclear power plant in early August 2022 Zaporizhzhya NPP - the largest nuclear power plant in Europe - has been under the control of the Russian military since the beginning of March. Right at the station, the American Institute for the Study of War reported , heavy military equipment can be stored.

The Russian-backed occupation authorities in Ukraine’s Kherson region are planning to incorporate the parts of the Mykolaiv region that have been captured by Russia into the Kherson region, according to Kherson occupation administration representative Ekaterina Gubareva. “We’ve decided to make the liberated territories a part of the Kherson region, so that it will be possible to pay out pensions and welfare benefits, as well as to provide cell service," said Gubareva.

Pet food manufacturer Purina has halted the production and sale of Friskies food in Russia due to logistical difficulties. This was reported to the TASS agency on the company's hotline. “Due to logistical difficulties with the supply of raw materials, the production and sale of Friskies food for cats and dogs, Cat Chow, Dog Chow, Gourmet and Darling Dog has been stopped,” the agency’s source said.

American actor Steven Seagal visited a colony for Ukrainian prisoners of war in Elenovka, where one of the barracks was destroyed in an explosion . Russian TV presenter Vladimir Solovyov reported on Seagal's visit to Elenovka on his Telegram channel. Seagal was shown, among other things, “fragments of American missiles, which confirm Kyiv’s involvement in the mass murder of its own military,” Solovyov said.

American tennis player Serena Williams plans to retire from tennis. This is stated in an essay by Williams, published in the latest issue of Vogue magazine. I never liked the word "retirement". It doesn't seem modern to me. <…> Perhaps the best word to describe what I'm going to do is "evolution". I am here to tell you that I am evolving from tennis to other important things. A few years ago, I quietly founded Serena Ventures, a venture capital firm. Shortly after that, I started a family.

In the Saksky district of Crimea, evacuation was announced TASS View of the village of Novofedorovka in the Crimea, where explosions occurred On the afternoon of August 9, a series of explosions occurred in the resort village of Novofedorovka in the Saksky district of Crimea. Locals told Reuters that they saw black smoke rising from the Russian military air base.

Brittney Griner’s imprisonment reveals Russia’s embrace of pariah identity By Kimberly St. Julian-Varnon Earlier this month, a court in Moscow sentenced Brittney Griner to nine years in prison for bringing cannabis oil into Russia in February 2022. If forced to serve her full term, the American basketball star would be almost 40 before she’s free to come home.

In Europe, many have long been wanting to provide visas to citizens of the Russian Federation. But a total ban is hardly possible Nick Hannes / Reporters / Scanpix / Leta On August 8, President of Ukraine Vladimir Zelensky in an interview with The Washington Post called on the Western countries to ban the entry into their territory to all Russian citizens. “Let them live in their own world until they change their philosophy,” Zelensky said.