Journalists publish leaked indictment in Safronov treason case as verdict looms Evgeny Razumny / Vedomosti / TASS The investigative outlet Proekt has published an in-depth study of the indictment in the treason case against former journalist Ivan Safronov. According to Proekt’s analysis, the case against Safronov lacks evidence and is based on inconsistent arguments from investigators.

President of Ukraine Volodymyr Zelensky awarded state awards to famous foreigners who supported Ukraine after the start of the war. This was stated by the head of the Office of the Ukrainian President Andriy Yermak. “Vladimir Zelensky awarded state awards to friends of Ukraine who have supported us from the very beginning.

What we know about Ukraine’s southern offensive Leo Correa / AP / Scanpix / LETA Ukrainian troops in the Donetsk region. August 28, 2022 The Ukrainian army has announced the start of its long-awaited counteroffensive on its occupied southern regions. “The Ukrainian Armed Forces have begun offensive operations in many directions in the south of Ukraine, including in the Kherson region,” said Nataliya Humenyuk, a spokesperson for Ukraine’s Operational Command South, on Monday.

Liberal Russian politician Leonid Gozman has been arrested in Moscow for a Facebook post he made in 2020, according to OVD-Info. Gozman is facing charges of equating the USSR’s actions with those of Nazi Germany. In the offending post , Gozman criticized the Russian authorities’ desire to sign into law the very ban he now stands accused of violating: the ban on comparisons between the Soviet Union and Hitler’s Germany. “[Actually,] in this case, I want to express support: they can’t be compared.

Acting Moscow Prosecutor Sergei Savenkov demanded that "in the interests of the Russian Federation" the works of rapper Oksimiron (real name Miron Fyodorov) be declared extremist. This was reported to TASS by the Zamoskvoretsky Court of Moscow, where the corresponding administrative claim was filed. “The claims include recognition of information materials distributed via the Internet as extremist,” the court said.

The former CEO of Kino Group, Dmitry Bolshakov, received five and a half years in prison in the case of bribes for blocking streets in Moscow for the filming of the Chikatilo series. This was reported to TASS in the press service of the Shcherbinsky District Court. Bolshakov was found guilty of mediating bribes (Article 291.1 of the Criminal Code of the Russian Federation). Filming of the series about the killer Andrei Chikatilo took place in 2020.

Rafael Grossi, Director General of the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA), has announced that a delegation from the organization will visit the Zaporizhzhia Nuclear Power Plant later this week.

The Telegram team has deactivated channel addresses that have been empty or inactive for the past year. This is 70% of all usernames in the messenger, they were occupied by cybersquatters from Iran, said Telegram founder Pavel Durov. "Until recently, 70% of all Telegram usernames were reserved in inactive channels by Iranian cybersquatters.

The main thing about what is happening in the south of Ukraine Leo Correa / AP / Scanpix / Leta Ukrainian military in the Donetsk region, August 28, 2022 The Ukrainian army announced the beginning of the long -expected attack in the occupied south of the country . “The Armed Forces began offensive actions in many areas in the south of Ukraine, including the Kherson region,” said Natalya Gumenyuk, an official representative of the South Protection and Defense Forces.

Russian President Vladimir Putin supported the initiative of the head of the Federal Agency for Nationalities Affairs (FADN) Igor Barinov to create adaptation centers for migrants. The transcript of the meeting between the president and the official was published by the Kremlin website.

Among the attackers was the lieutenant who returned from the war Social and recreational center "Golovka" In early August, four men, including a Russian contractor who returned from the war in Ukraine, in a state of intoxication entered the protected territory of the sanatorium in the Smolensk region, where Ukrainian refugees are located. For an hour they knocked on the door of the rooms, threatened the refugees with weapons and demanded to bring men from Kyiv and Chernigov to them.

Alexei Kovalev, deputy chairman of the administration of the occupied Kherson region for agriculture, was found dead in his house, TASS and Interfax write with reference to the Investigative Committee of Russia. The cause of Kovalev's death was a gunshot wound, the department said. “The attack was committed at his place of residence on August 28, 2022. The victim of the intruders was also a girl who lived with the deceased, ”the ministry said in a statement.

Politician Leonid Gozman has been detained in Moscow. This was reported by Yulia Tregubova, a lawyer from OVD-Info who helped him. Gozman is charged with the article on identifying the actions of the USSR and Nazi Germany ( part 1 of article 13.48 of the Code of Administrative Offenses ). The politician will remain overnight at the Tverskoy Department of Internal Affairs until the trial. The reason for the protocol was Gozman's post on Facebook , written in October 2020.

On the Internet there is almost all the “secret information” allegedly transferred to them to the West Evgeny Reasonable / Vedomosti / TASS The project “Project” studied the documents in the case of journalist Ivan Safronov, accused of Gosizmen , and came to the conclusion about the insolvency of the majority of the arguments of the investigation - as well as the presence in the open access of almost all “secret” information that Safronov allegedly handed over to the employees of Western special

He is accused of financing “extremist activity” due to the transfer of a thousand rubles of the FBK. This is the first such thing Sergey Ermokhin / Photoxpress.ru In Moscow, a physicist, journalist and co-founder of the Dissernet project, Andrei Zazakin, was detained . According to the New Gazeta. Europe ”, Zayakin was detained the day before, his apartment was searched, and he himself was sent to the insulator at night.