The first person to be incarcerated in Russia for spreading supposed “disinformation” about the invasion of Ukraine says his health is rapidly deteriorating behind bars. Former Moscow municipal deputy Alexey Gorinov was sentenced to seven years in prison for calling Russia’s attack “a war” in a speech to his fellow council members. In a handwritten letter shared on Telegram, Gorinov said he’s developed a persistent cough and difficulty breathing, eating, and sleeping.

The ceremony of presenting the Russian television award TEFI in 2022 will not take place, its holding is postponed to the next year. This was announced by the Special Representative of the President of the Russian Federation for International Cultural Cooperation Mikhail Shvydkoy. At the same time, he promised that at the end of November the TEFI-Region competition would be held in St. Petersburg.

The daughter of a conservative Russian senator on her decision to speak out against the war — and lose her father Maxim Zmeyev for Meduza Interview by Kristina Safonova . English-language version by Sam Breazeale. One morning in April 2022, Diana Isakova, the 25-year-old daughter of Russian Senator Eduard Isakov, put out some anti-war flyers for others to find in Sochi. She was arrested almost immediately.

In the south of Italy, a 40-meter saga yacht sank in the Bay of Skoollach, reports Wesud News. The incident occurred on the night of August 21, when the ship under the flag of the Kaiman Islands followed from Gallipoli to Millato. The crew, consisting of Italians, gave a distress signal when the yacht began to draw water to the stern. The coast guard evacuated four passengers and one crew member, leaving four more to eliminate the problem, writes Daily Mail.

A Russian missile strike on a train station in Chaplyne, Dnipropetrovsk region, has killed at least 15 people and injured 50 others, Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky said during a speech at the UN Security Council on Wednesday. Update. During his evening address on Wednesday, Zelensky said that the death toll from Wednesday’s attacks on Chaplyne had risen to 22 people. “Four passenger cars are burning…Rescuers are working. But unfortunately, the number of dead may still increase.

In a public appeal on Wednesday, August 24, Pope Francis commented on six months of war in Ukraine by “implore[ing] peace from the Lord for the beloved Ukrainian people.” After warning of “the risk of a nuclear disaster in Zaporizhzhia” and recalling the children orphaned and forced from their homes by the war, Francis mentioned “the innocents who are paying for madness, the madness of all sides,” alluding specifically to Daria Dugina as “that poor girl blown up by a bomb under her car seat in

Update. As of 09:00 on August 25, due to the shelling of the railway station and the residential sector in Chaplino, 25 people were killed and 31 people were injured. This was announced by the Deputy Head of the Office of the President of Ukraine Kyrylo Tymoshenko. Among the dead are two children of six and 11 years old, said the head of the Dnepropetrovsk region, Valentin Reznichenko.

The founder of the Vedomosti newspaper, JSC Business News Media (BNM), announced a change in the owner of the publication. “100% of the shares of JSC Support, which is the sole shareholder of the company, were purchased from the previous owner Ivan Eremin by media manager Oleg Leonov,” says a press release on the publication’s website. The transaction amount is not disclosed.

In the latest of a series of incidents targeting political candidates nonaligned with the Kremlin, Communist Party Moscow municipal council candidate Sergey Burtsev was attacked outside a local election board on Wednesday, August 24. Doctors later concluded that he suffered a spinal fracture as well as numerous cuts and bruises. Burtsev told the news outlet Holod Media that a man allegedly pretending to be intoxicated assaulted him after he refused to call a taxi for him.

A municipal deputy from Moscow, Alexei Gorinov, who was sentenced to seven years under an article about “fakes” about the Russian army, spoke about the deterioration of his health. A letter from a politician from a pre-trial detention center was published in the telegram channel "Freedom to Alexei Gorinov!" I'm sick for three weeks. I experience a continuous cough that does not allow me to breathe freely, sleep, eat. I don't get any medical help. My condition is deteriorating. Please help.

Explosions hit military targets in Crimea throughout August. Many Russian vacationers remain unbothered. Reuters / Scanpix / LETA Vacationers on a beach in Novofedorivka. Clouds of smoke from a fire caused by explosions at a nearby military airfield are visible in the background. August 9, 2022. Story by Valeria Kholmova. Abridged translation by Eilish Hart. As Russia’s all-out war against Ukraine reaches the six-month mark, the fighting has begun to spillover into Crimea.

Russian actor Maxim Pinker died in Moscow at the 59th year of life. Natalia Loginova / Photoxpress According to TASS, his ex -wife Irina Pinker, the actor died in the hospital. The exact cause of death will be established after the autopsy. Maxim Pinker was born in 1964 in Moscow. In 1992, he graduated from the Moscow Art Theater School, after he served in the Mayakovsky Theater.

In Moscow, a candidate for municipal deputies in the Northern Izmailovo from the Communist Party Sergei Burtsev was beaten. In the hospital, the man was diagnosed with a compression fracture of the spine, numerous bruises and abrasions. Burtsev himself told about this to the Kholod publication. According to him, the incident took place near the building of the Territorial Electoral Commission (TEC), where he was waiting for another candidate from the Communist Party Denis Rudykh.

The Russian Ministry of Justice has included the "Citizens of the USSR" movement in the list of extremist organizations. The decision to ban and liquidate it was made on June 16, 2022, by the Samara Regional Court. "Citizens of the USSR" is an alternative name for the organization "USSR" ("Union of Slavic Forces of Russia", "Union of Soviet Socialist Republics"), which has been on the register of extremist organizations since 2019 by decision of the Supreme Court of Komi.

The Washington Post has published another big text about the beginning of the war. Here is the most important thing of it SERHIII MYKHALCHUK / GLOBAL IMAGES UKRAINE / GETTY IMAGES Broken technique of the Russian Army in the village of Moshchun in the Kyiv region.