The former head of the counterintelligence department at the FBI in New York, Charles McGonigal, admitted that after his resignation he worked for Russian businessman Oleg Deripaska and collected compromising information about his competitor, Norilsk Nickel President Vladimir Potanin. McGonigal stated this in court in New York. “I have agreed...

The State Border Guard of Latvia announced that from August 15 it will mobilize additional border guards in order to strengthen the border with Belarus. The border guard stopped providing leaves to employees, and also called back to work those who were on leave, the service said in a statement.

Russian journalist Elena Kostyuchenko recounts surviving an apparent poisoning attempt in Germany Elena Kostyuchenko Elena Kostyuchenko is one of the finest and most intrepid Russian journalists working today. On day one of Russia’s full-scale invasion, Kostyuchenko left for Ukraine to cover the war for Novaya Gazeta. Her reporting provided powerful testimony about the war crimes the Russian military committed against Ukraine’s civilian population.

Ukrainian Foreign Ministry representative Oleg Nikolenko commented Tuesday on an earlier statement from NATO official Stian Jenssen in which the latter suggested Ukraine might ultimately have to cede part of its territory to Russia in exchange for joining the transatlantic alliance. “Any talk of Ukraine’s membership in NATO in exchange for giving up part of its territory is absolutely unacceptable.

Denis Sharonov, the former agriculture and consumer market manager of Russia’s Komi Republic, fled to the U.S. and requested political asylum after he “started getting signals” that it would be dangerous for him to remain in Russia, the TV network RTVI reported on Tuesday, citing the minister himself. Journalists from RTVI learned about Sharonov’s story from a clip on the YouTube channel New Americans in which he mentions that he used to be a Russian minister but does not reveal his name.

The Russian Investigative Committee said that an explosion in Makhachkala, in which 35 people died, could occur due to a violation of the rules for storing fire hazardous agricultural chemicals. According to the investigation, the fire began in a car service, after which the fire spread to the next room, in which, according to preliminary data, a flammable fertilizer was stored. Then there was a powerful explosion, and the flame spread to the nearby gas station.

Al-Hilal Football Club of Riyadh in Saudi Arabia has announced that Brazilian striker Neymar has joined the club. A message about this appeared on the club’s Twitter. “I am here in Saudi Arabia. I am an Al-Hilal player,” Neymar says in a video published by the club. 31-year-old Neymar, who has played for the French PSG since 2017, according to the sports newspaper LʼEquipe, agreed to move to the Saudi club for two seasons with the possibility of extending the contract.

Photos On the evening of August 14, an explosion occurred in Makhachkala at a car maintenance station. The fire that began after the explosion extended to the gas station, which was nearby. “It seems like a war here,” said one of the eyewitnesses of the disaster. As a result of the fire, 35 people died, another 75 were injured.

The representative of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Ukraine Oleg Nikolenko commented on the statement of the head of the office of NATO Secretary General Stian Jenssen, who said that one of the possible options for ending the war could be that Ukraine would cede part of its territories in exchange for membership in NATO. “Talks about Ukraine joining NATO in exchange for giving up part of Ukrainian territories are absolutely unacceptable.

Your Browser Does Not Support the Audio Element. We are talking with Dmitry Kuznets about the counter-cost of the Armed Forces of Ukraine and how Ukraine has already begun to prepare for the operations of spring-2024 The Armed Forces of Ukraine have achieved “tactically significant” progress in the counterattack. This was reported by The New York Times, referring to analysts, Ukrainian officials and Russian military bloggers.

Former Komi Minister of Agriculture and Consumer Market Denis Sharonov left for the United States and asked for political asylum after he “began to receive signals” that it was not safe for him to remain in Russia, RTVI reports, citing Sharonov himself. Journalists learned about the Russian official who left for the United States from a video on the YouTube channel "New Americans". It shows a man (his name is not given) who says that he was a minister.

At least three Russian journalists and activists appear to have been poisoned abroad since fall 2022 The independent outlet The Insider has published an investigation into a series of poisoning attacks targeting Russian journalists and activists in Europe. In October 2022, Elena Kostyuchenko, a journalist for Novaya Gazeta and Meduza, was poisoned in Munich, and Irina Babloyan, who works for Ekho Moskvy, was poisoned in Tbilisi.

Leave your email and you will be the first to know that it has already been released Important news No. 1 Meduza is launching its own book publishing house. And this will be a very unusual publishing house. First of all, in the Meduza application, which can bypass blocking, all books can be read completely free of charge.

The Russian Ministry of Digital Development proposed allowing telecom operators to index tariffs every year, including above the inflation rate. This is stated in the draft industry development strategy for the period until 2035. The department explained that in order to develop the industry and maintain existing infrastructure, it is necessary to increase the investment capabilities of operators.

The athlete claims that they did not adopt him - and were enriched at his expense George Gojkovich / Getty Images The former player of the US National Football League (NFL) Michael Oer, the hero of the book and the film “Invisible Party”, filed a lawsuit in the Tennessee Court, claiming that his foster family of Tui filed a guardianship of him and enriched him at his expense, the ESPN channel reports .