The termination of the issuance of biometric passports with a 10-year validity period is an exclusively temporary technical measure. This was stated on the air of the Russia-1 TV channel by the official representative of the Russian Foreign Ministry Maria Zakharova. “We are talking exclusively about temporary technical measures to reformat ten-year-old passports.

Brill / UllStein Bild / Getty Images The frontman of the Canadian rock band Arcade Fire Win Batler is suspected of sexual harassment, writes PitchFork. The accusations against the musician were made by three girls and one gender-fluid person preferring to be called the pronoun “they”. According to the affairs of the victims, cases of harassment date back to the period from 2015 to 2020, all of them took place in Montreal, where the Arcade Fire group was founded and based.

The court found him insane, but he can still be sent to correctional labor In December 2021, a 63-year-old veteran of the first Chechen war, who worked as a security guard at the Yeltsin Center in Yekaterinburg, used a ballpoint pen to draw eyes on abstract figures on the canvas Three Figures by Kazimir Malevich's student Anna Leporskaya.

The Ukrainian military carried out rocket and artillery strikes on three command posts of the Russian army in Kherson, Daryevka and Nova Kakhovka, the reports . Yug operational command In addition, strikes were made on weapons depots in Lyubimovka and Kherson. As a result, 11 Russians were killed, three pieces of equipment were destroyed.

Two concerts as part of the autumn tour of the Spleen group in the cities of Russia have been canceled. The organizers of the ParkSeason Fest festival in Volgograd announced that Spleen, announced as one of the headliners of the event, will not perform at the festival on September 17th. “The organizing committee apologizes for these inconveniences, but it is not possible to influence the current situation,” the organizers said in a statement.

Just compare what they write about the president, democracy and citizens' rights with the latest news The children's section of the official Kremlin website has existed since 2004. The texts for it were prepared by Grigory Oster — as the writer himself claims, in collaboration with Vladimir Putin. The section has repeatedly attracted the attention of journalists .

Your Browser Does Not Support the Audio Element. “Son of my mother’s girlfriend”: why should I study the life of Ilya Medvedev, son of Dmitry Medvedev and “exemplary young man”? Former president (aka former Prime Minister) of Russia Dmitry Medvedev, a politician who managed to create an image at the peak of his career, perhaps one of the most liberal leaders in the history of the country.

The foreign ministers of the EU member states will support the idea of ​​abolishing the simplified procedure for issuing Schengen visas to Russian citizens, writes the Financial Times (FT) newspaper. As the three officials involved in the negotiations on this topic told the publication, this will be officially announced at a two-day meeting of foreign ministers, which will begin in Prague on August 30.

On August 28, the Moscow police stopped an unauthorized rally of owners of expensive sports cars in the Moscow City area. “The police received information about the intention of a group of citizens to hold a mass public event, which was not agreed with the authorities in the manner prescribed by law,” the said Interior Ministry .

The founder of the Foundation "Not in Voro" Ilya Fomintsev changed the approach to the treatment of cancer in Russia. But because of the persecution of the authorities, he abandoned the organization and went to Israel Oleg Yakovlev for "Medusa" In August 2022, the former Executive Director of the Medical Decisions Fund “Not in Valno” Ilya Fomintsev left the organization and flew up with his family to Israel. One of the reasons for this step was the pursuit of law enforcement agencies.

Moscow resident Elena Belova, who was detained on August 27 for setting fire to the car of a Russian General Staff employee, became a victim of fraudsters, Baza claims .

In Moscow, the film “Products 24” will be shown - about Golyanov slaves. We talked with the director and the woman who worked against the will in the store for 10 years Metrafilms On September 3, Moscow will host a charity show of the film “Products 24” Mikhail Borodin (the proceeds will be sent to the aid of funds that support refugees and migrants). This is an artistic picture of the store employees in Golyanov, who have been in slavery to business owners for years.

The leader of the Yakut punk band Crispy Newspaper, Aikhal Ammosov (Igor Ivanov according to his passport), has become a defendant in a criminal case under the article on public “discrediting” of the Russian army (part 1 of article 280.3 of the Criminal Code), OVD-Info reports.

A database of registered users of the Start online cinema has appeared on the Internet in the public domain. According to the telegram channel “Information Leaks”, the 72 gigabyte database contains information about almost 44 million people. Among the leaked data: first name/surname, email address, hashed password, IP address, country, start/end date of subscription or last login to the service.

The Armed Forces of Ukraine attacked the Russian military base in Melitopol and destroyed the building where preparations were made for a "referendum" on the entry of the occupied Zaporozhye region into Russia. This was announced by the mayor of the city Ivan Fedorov. According to him, the blows were delivered on the night of August 28.