In the past week, federal agents in Russia have arrested the administrators of at least half a dozen popular Telegram channels, according to multiple reports. On Wednesday, a court in Moscow jailed three of these people: journalist Alexandra Bayazitova, media expert Olga Arkharova, and publicist Inna Churilova. Only Bayazitova has maintained her innocence against charges that she extorted money from Promsvyazbank .

Updated. According to preliminary data, during the shelling of a brewery in Donetsk, one person died and two were injured, reported the DPR Ministry of Emergency Situations . The ammonia leak was stopped . In Donetsk, on the evening of August 10, there was a leak of toxic ammonia as a result of an APU strike on the territory of a brewery in the Kalininsky district of the city. This was stated at the headquarters of the defense of the self-proclaimed Donetsk People's Republic.

The Jewish Agency for Israel Sokhnut is considering the possibility of completely curtailing its physical presence in Russia and transferring work with repatriates to a remote mode. Plans to move all operations from Russia to Israel were discussed at the agency's Jerusalem headquarters on August 10, despite progress in resolving tensions between Moscow and Tel Aviv, according to a Jerusalem Post source.

A widely cited report predicting doom for the Russian economy has come under scrutiny from economists Maxim Stulov / Vedomosti / TASS Story by Margarita Lyutova . Abridged translation by Sam Breazeale.

A Ukrainian strike has significantly damaged a bridge in Nova Kakhovka, a Russian-occupied city in the Kherson region, according to the Ukrainian authorities. The Kakhovsky Bridge, which crosses over the dam at the Kakhovka Hydroelectric Power Plant, has been one of the Russian army's few remaining options for transporting supplies across the Dnipro river.

The Kuzminsky Court of Moscow sent three telegram channel administrators into custody for two months - journalist Alexandra Bayazitova, media technologist Olga Arkharova and PR manager Inna Churilova. According to TASS, all three are suspected of extorting funds from Promsvyazbank ( part 3, paragraph "b" of Article 163 of the Criminal Code , punishable by imprisonment for a term of seven to 15 years).

The US authorities believe that the Russian military has begun training on the Iranian Shahed-191 and Shahed-129 attack drones. This is reported by CNN, citing an unnamed US official. The TV channel claims that what is happening is a confirmation of Russia's intention to purchase these UAVs. “Over the past few weeks, Russian representatives have been conducting exercises in Iran as part of an agreement to transfer UAVs from Iran to Russia,” the official said.

But what really happened? And how will this affect the course of the war? Reuters / Scanpix / Leta Explosions at the Saki airbase of the Russian Air Force in Crimea in the afternoon of August 9 left many puzzles. Officially, representatives of Russia and Ukraine said that Ukraine is not related to explosions that caused great destruction on the base and in the neighboring village of Novofedorovka.

Marina Ovsyannikova / Reuters / Scanpix / Leta Marina Ovsyannikova on a picket on Sofia Embankment in Moscow. July 15, 2022 In Moscow, Marina Ovsyannikova was detained, who worked as an editor on Channel One. She had a criminal case under the article on the spread of “fakes” about the Russian army based on political or ideological hatred. The maximum punishment under this article is 10 years in prison.

Rector of the Russian Academy of National Economy and Public Administration (RANEPA) Vladimir Mau, accused in the case of fraud, returned to his official duties, Interfax writes. Since June 30, when Mau was detained in a criminal case, the duties of the rector of the RANEPA were performed by vice-rector Maxim Nazarov, and the rector himself was on a planned vacation, the press service of the university reported. Vladimir Mau was placed under house arrest on June 30.

The Investigative Committee opened a criminal case under the article about the murder, as well as an attempt to hide him in the Skopinsky district of the Ryazan region.

Kenneth Ferriera / Lincoln Journal Star / Ap / Scanpix / Leta Promotion in support of women's right to abortion. City of Lincoln, Nebraska, July 4, 2022 Two residents of Nepobrask were charged with illegal abortion after Facebook handed them to the correspondence to police officers. The investigation of the case against the 41-year-old Jessica Burgeess and her 17-year-old daughter Celeste began at the end of April 2022.

The Simonovsky District Court of Moscow imposed an administrative fine of 350,000 rubles on Novaya Gazeta under the article on the dissemination of "knowingly unreliable socially significant information" (Part 3 of Article 13.15 of the Code of Administrative Offenses of the Russian Federation), TASS reports. What exactly caused the offense, the court did not explain. Updated .

The Insider published complaints to the military prosecutor's office from Russian soldiers fighting in Ukraine and their families Alexander Ermochenko / Reuters / Scanpix / Leta Russian military in the Mariupol region, April 10, 2022 The Insider publication gained access to the archive of complaints to the military prosecutor's office of the Russian Federation, written by relatives of Russian troops who are fighting in Ukraine, the soldiers themselves, as well as those who suffered from them in

The South Korean company Samsung introduced new models of smartphones, smart watches and headphones at the presentation of the Galaxy Unpacked Event, writes The Verge. The flagship clamshell smartphones Galaxy Z Flip 4 (a larger battery, upgraded camera and a more durable main, foldable display) and Galaxy Z Fold 4 (also a more durable screen and an updated camera; the device also became a few grams lighter) were presented at the event. and a fraction of a millimeter thinner).