45% of Russians believe that the Kherson and Zaporizhia regions of Ukraine should join Russia, according to a poll by the Levada Center . The results of the study were published by Novaya Gazeta. Europe. Another 21% are of the opinion that the Kherson and Zaporizhia regions should become independent states, 14% - that they should remain part of Ukraine. People over 40 are more likely than others to support the regions joining Russia.

A significant part of the Zaporizhzhya Nuclear Power Plant's safety systems are working relatively well, but the physical integrity of the NPP is a cause for concern. This was stated at a press conference in Vienna by IAEA Director General Rafael Grossi, who visited the plant the day before. He said there had been security outages, including damage to cables and “certain systems” that had not yet been fully restored.

Ukrainian socialist Taras Bilous serves in the Territorial Defense Forces. He’s also fighting the Western Left’s stereotypes about Ukraine. Cristopher Ollsøn Interview by Alexey Kovalev. Abridged translation by Eilish Hart. Tara Bilous is a Ukrainian socialist, editor of the left-wing publication Commons: Journal of Social Criticism , and an activist with the organization Sotsyalnyi Rukh (“Social Movement”).

"Important Stories" published a decoding of the record from the patriotic lesson Artem Geodakyan / TASS The publication “Important Stories” published a transcript of the record from the patriotic extracurricular lesson “Talk about the important”, which was held on September 1 in one of the schools in Moscow. A 13-minute entry was handed over to the journalists by students. In which class they study, is not specified.

45 percent of Russians believe Ukraine’s Kherson and Zaporizhzhia regions should become part of Russia, according to a new survey from the independent Levada Center that was published by Novaya Gazeta Europe. 21 percent of respondents said they believe the regions should become independent states, while 14 percent said they should remain part of Ukraine. Annexation of the territories found the most support among people older than 40.

The Ministry of Justice of the Russian Federation has included TV presenter Mikhail Shats in the register of mass media - "foreign agents", and musician Andrei Makarevich, journalists Dmitry Gordon and Katerina Gordeeva in the list of individuals - "foreign agents". In addition, the editor- in -chief of Novaya Gazeta.

There is very little information, but you can still draw some conclusions Dimitar Dilkoff / AFP / Scanpix / Leta hostilities on the border of the Nikolaev region. August 30, 2022 The Ukrainian offensive on the border of the Nikolaev and Kherson regions, which began on August 29, almost stopped on September 2.

Journalists from the BBC Russian Service and Mediazona , as well as a team of volunteers, have established from open sources that at least 6,024 Russian servicemen have died since the beginning of the war in Ukraine. The largest number of fatalities were in Dagestan (278 people), Buryatia (256 people) and Krasnodar Krai (227 people), writes the BBC.

What Russians think about the Kremlin's new pro-war lesson series Donat Sorokin / TASS When Russian students returned to school this week, many of them learned that Mondays are now going to look a little different from what they’re used to. First of all, each week will start with a flag-raising ceremony and the Russian national anthem.

Kherson journalist Konstantin Ryzhenko said what was happening in the occupied city. He lived in it for six months Alexander Medvedev / NV On February 24, a full -scale invasion of Ukraine began, and already in early March, Russian troops occupied Kherson. Journalist Konstantin Ryzhenko lived in an occupied city for almost six months. Leaving him, he gave a great interview to the New Time publication, in which he spoke in detail about what happened in the city all this time.

Channel One has decided to return entertainment content to its broadcasting schedule, which was removed after the war in Ukraine began. The channel's general director, Konstantin Ernst, said this during the Znanie society marathon, as reported by TASS. Ernst noted that on February 24, after the start of the “special military operation,” the channel was the first to change its broadcast schedule.

Alexey Navalny seen back in court after third solitary confinement Dmitry Serebryakov / AP / Scanpix / LETA The court hearing for Alexey Navalny’s lawsuit against the maximum-security prison where he is currently serving a nine-year sentence got underway in the Vladimir region on Friday, September 2. The Russian opposition leader filed the lawsuit against Penal Colony No. 6 in August, after its administration refused to disclose the purchaser of the products he manufactures in the prison.

Maintenance of the only working turbine of the Nord Stream revealed malfunctions, the gas pipeline will not work until they are fixed. This is stated in the statement of the corporation "Gazprom", reports "Interfax" . During scheduled maintenance on the gas compressor unit at the Portovaya compressor station, oil leaks were discovered, explained the press service of Gazprom . Rostekhnadzor warned the corporation that such malfunctions prevented safe operation of the gas turbine engine.

Igor Kubedinov / TASS The Board of Directors of Gazprom for the first time in the history of the company recommended that shareholders pay intermediate dividends for the first half of 2022. At the same time, just two months ago, the meeting of shareholders refused to pay dividends for 2021: the amount of the controller - the state - the state, decided to pick up the amount of taxes planned for payments.

The Russian Ministry of Defense has offered to grant veterans and award-winning participants in the war in Ukraine land plots in the Moscow region, Sevastopol and Crimea free of charge. This is reported by "Parliamentary newspaper" with reference to the published draft decree .