Ivan Korolev, a lieutenant in the Russian armed forces, illegally crossed the border into Lithuania and requested political asylum, reports BBC News Russian, who Korolev himself contacted. According to BBC News Russian, Korolev reached the city of Vilnius, where he was detained by Lithuanian border guards at a bus station on August 10. He was then taken to a border checkpoint for 24 hours.

The Ministry of Digital Development of the Russian Federation is preparing amendments to the decree of the Russian President on deferment from the army for IT specialists and proposes to increase the permissible age for it to 30 years. This was announced by the head of the Ministry of Digital Development, Maksut Shadayev.

The Russian government has approved a decree according to which college and university students who participated in the war in Ukraine will have the opportunity to transfer to a free form of education, even despite the lack of budget places. this with reference to the press service of the Cabinet of Ministers. reports Interfax “The rules imply the possibility of transferring vacancies from one specialty, area of ​​training or enlarged group of professions to another.

Alexander Dudka, the Russian-appointed head of the village of Lazurne in the annexed part of the Kherson region, said that village residents without Russian passports will not be given medicine “purchased from the Russian budget.” This was reported by the Telegram channel Sirena . “First of all, this concerns those who need insulin, who already feel what it means to be a citizen of a different country.

The drones shot down on August 9 and 10 while approaching Moscow could have been used for reconnaissance purposes rather than for strike purposes. This version is supported by the investigation, which is investigating drone attacks on the capital, writes Kommersant.

Russia’s new law banning gender changes has made life unbearable for many trans people — but emigration isn’t easy Fabrizio Bensch / Reuters / Scanpix / LETA A common room in a shelter for LGBTQ+ people in Berlin. February 20, 2016. Interview by Meduza . Translation by Emma Fringuelli . In July, the Russian government passed legislation banning gender transition (or “sex changes,“ as it appears in the law).

Lieutenant of the Russian Armed Forces Ivan Korolev illegally crossed the Lithuanian border and requested political asylum. This was reported by the BBC Russian Service, which Korolev himself contacted. The serviceman served in military unit 59313-39, the "United Strategic Command of the Eastern Military District." In normal times, this unit is stationed in the village of Teisin in Khabarovsk Krai, the BBC reports.

On the morning of August 11, Russia carried out a military strike on Ukraine’s Ivano-Frankivsk region, reported the regional head Svitlana Onyshchuk. She said that several people were injured and one child was killed in the attack. Ukraine’s Prosecutor General specified that the Russian strike was carried out using air-launched ballistic missiles.

Multiple Telegram channels shared a video Friday in which a Russian soldier at a military airfield in the Rostov region complains that numerous injured soldiers, including some who are unable to walk, were left waiting on the tarmac after their flight to Moscow was postponed due to a drone attack on the city. We were brought here at 9:00 a.m. They banned flights in Moscow because there was a drone attack there. Well that’s fine, we understand.

Your browser does not support the audio element. ‘Goodbye, Eastern Europe’ with Jacob Mikanowski “This is a history of a place that doesn’t exist. There is no such thing as Eastern Europe anymore. No one comes from there.” These are the opening lines of Goodbye, Eastern Europe , a new book by writer and historian Jacob Mikanowski that offers a sweeping history of a region that he argues is disappearing.

The explosion in Sergiev Posad occurred due to sabotage. This was stated by the technical director of the Piro-Ross company, Sergei Chankaev, in the Sergiev Posad city court, where the investigation’s request for his arrest was considered. “I think it was sabotage, there could be no other reasons,” quotes him as saying. Interfax Chankaev also stated that he does not admit guilt. The court agreed with the investigation's request and sent Chankayev under arrest for two months.

Journalists from BBC News Russian and the independent outlet Mediazona, working with a team of volunteers, have used open sources to confirm the identities of 30,003 Russian soldiers who have died in the full-scale war against Ukraine. 1,351 soldiers have been added to the list in the last two weeks. The number of missile and artillery troops killed during this period was higher than average, according to the journalists’ report.

The Moscow prosecutor's office will check actor Alexei Panin for public calls for terrorist activity and violation of Russia's territorial integrity, as well as "discrediting" the Russian army. This was reported by TASS, citing a source in law enforcement agencies. The agency's source said that the investigation would be conducted before the beginning of September.

Your Browser Does Not Support the Audio Element. What does the FSB already know and still learn about Yandex taxi users in Russia and abroad? We speak with reporters Svetlana Reiters and Denis Dmitriev On September 1, the FSB of Russia will receive round -the -clock access to the Yandex GO taxi service and its foreign analogue of Yango, Medusa found out . These services are stored in Russian data centers without separation by traveling in Russia and abroad.

The Moscow prosecutor's office released a statement saying that information was appearing on social networks containing "inaccurate information" about "events and incidents in the capital." The department called on “not to succumb to provocations.” The prosecutor's office also noted that “copyright content appears on social networks, based only on the subjective judgments of its creator, who does not have verified data about the true causes and conditions of what happened.” “The spread of such