Russian authorities unveil new high school history textbook that includes section on war in Ukraine The Russian authorities have unveiled a new set of general history and Russian history textbooks for 10th and 11th graders.

Financial Times - about the prospects for the adoption of Ukraine to the European Union (and that this prevents this) Yurii Rylchuk / ukrinform / Zuma Press Wire / Scanpix / Leta the head of the European Commission Ursula von der Lyain at a conference in Ivano-Frankivsk.

A Russian draftee was hanged after abandoning his position. The authorities call it a suicide, but his family is skeptical. On March 20, Russian draftee Alexander Samoilov was found dead near the village of Chervonopopivka in the self-proclaimed “Luhansk People’s Republic” with rope marks on his neck. Earlier that month, after abandoning his post and getting drunk with other soldiers, he had been taken to a military commandant’s office and held captive there.

Shashank Joshi on what military analysts have learned in Ukraine and what the conflict foreshadows for the future of warfare Bernat Armangue / AP / Scanpix / LETA Ukrainian National Guardsmen during exercises in the Kyiv region, April 27, 2023 In July, The Economist released an extended special report called “Battlefield Lessons,” authored by the publication’s defense editor, Shashank Joshi .

In Los Angeles, American film director William Fridkin died, Variety reports. Friedkin was 87 years old. Laura Lezza / Getty images Fridkin is one of the main directors of the New Hollywood . Its most famous films are “French coherent” and “expulsing the devil”. For the first of them, he received an Oscars, for the second - the Golden Globe. Among the other works of Fridkin-“Live and die in Los Angeles”, “Sorcerer”, “Seeking”, “Driven”, “Glucks”.

Answer the questions that appeared after the sentence Included on the territory of the correctional colony of special regime No. 2 in the village of Shara-Gorokhon of the Karymsky district in the Trans-Baikal Territory On Friday, August 4, the Moscow City Court announced the verdict to Alexei Navalny and former technical director of the Utuub-channel “Navalny Live” Daniel a cold in an “extremist” case.

The United States approved the shipment of the first batch of Abrams tanks to Ukraine. This was reported by CNN with reference to the head of the US Army procurement department, Doug Bush. Bush estimates that the tanks will arrive in Ukraine in early fall. “They need to be delivered to Europe, and further to Ukraine, along with everything that comes with them: ammunition, spare parts, fuel equipment, repair equipment. These are not just tanks, they are the complete package,” Bush said.

A court in Ukraine has sentenced Metropolitan Ionafan (Anatoly Yeletskikh) of the Tulchin Diocese of the UOC to five years in prison. This was reported by the SBU. Jonathan was found guilty under the articles of the Ukrainian Criminal Code on denying Russian aggression, encroachment on the territorial integrity of the country, actions aimed at overthrowing the constitutional order and violating the equality of citizens based on religious beliefs.

“This is a unique time. Russia is a country of opportunities " The Russian authorities presented in Moscow new textbooks on universal history and history of Russia for 10th and 11th grades. They were presented by the Minister of Education of the Russian Federation Sergey Kravtsov and assistant to the President of Russia Vladimir Medinsky. The updated manual consists of four books. Medinsky participated in writing each of them.

Your Browser Does Not Support the Audio Element. The colonies of the "special regime" in Russia are known for very cruel orders. Navalny was sentenced to conclusion in one of these for 19 years. What can wait for him? On August 4, the Moscow City Court sentenced the policy of Alexei Navalny to 19 years in prison in the case of “extremism”. Navalny’s punishment is highly likely to serve in the “special regime” colony.

In the Kaliningrad region, Evgenia Baryshnikova, the 96-year-old mother of civil activist Igor Baryshnikov, who was sentenced to a real prison term in the “fake” case, died. This was reported by the human rights organization OVD-Info with reference to lawyer Maria Bonzler, who represents the interests of the activist. A court in Sovetsk, Kaliningrad region, in June sentenced 64-year-old Igor Baryshnikov to seven and a half years in prison in the case of “fake news” about the Russian army.

The viceroy of the Kiev-Pechersk Lavra, Metropolitan Pavlo (Lebed) of the Ukrainian Orthodox Church , was released from the pretrial detention center on bail of 33 million hryvnias (895 thousand dollars). This was reported by his lawyer Nikita Chekman. According to Chekman, the money to pay the bail was collected by believers - more than a thousand donors in total. Metropolitan Pavlo is accused of inciting interreligious hatred and justifying or denying Russia's armed aggression against Ukraine.

Zelensky administration advisor Mykhailo Podolyak said Monday that one of the most challenging issues at this weekend’s talks in Saudi Arabia was the fact that not all participating countries understand why the war can’t end until Russia is fully out of Ukraine’s territory. According to Podolyak, some countries believe that there are “some sort of territorial disputes between Russia and Ukraine,” and that Russia invaded Ukraine for the sake of the Donbas territories.

The administration of maximum security colony No. 6 in Melekhovo, Vladimir region, sent Russian politician Alexei Navalny to a punishment cell (punishment cell) for 14 days. This was reported by the politician’s press secretary Kira Yarmysh. “Alexey was immediately placed in a punishment cell again after the verdict. Before that, he was also kept there, he came out just before the verdict,” Yarmysh wrote on Twitter.

During the negotiations in Jeddah, one of the most difficult issues was that not all countries understand why Russia should leave the territory of Ukraine to end the war, Mikhail Podolyak, adviser to the head of the office of the President of Ukraine, said on Radio Liberty.