A disabled Ukrainian man was nearly tortured to death in occupied Melitopol. Now he’s back in Russian captivity. Personal archive of Leonid Popov’s family As the war drags on, Russian soldiers are continuing to abduct and torture civilians in Ukraine’s occupied territories. One of these civilians is Leonid Popov, a 22-year-old Melitopol resident diagnosed with schizophrenia.

Russia’s Justice Ministry has updated its register of “foreign agents” to include, among others, Ukrainian SSR-born Israeli writer Linor Goralik. The ministry also designated economist Andrey Illarionov; political scientist Andrey Piontkovsky; deputy head of the Congress of the Oyrat-Kalmyk nation Vladimir Dovdanov; the head of the social movement Citizen. Army. Rights.

Democracy in the West is “rule not by the majority, but by the minority,” says the chair of Russia’s Central Election Commission Ella Pamfilova. She adds that Russia doesn’t need democracy in the Westerns sense of the word. Pamfilova’s remarks came during a presentation at the Territoriya Smyslov (Territory of Meaning) forum, a yearly educational event, after a participant asked her to comment on presidential press secretary Dmitry Peskov’s recent remarks on democracy.

Your Browser Does Not Support the Audio Element. Is it true that Putin is still popular in Europe-even despite the war? And how can the Kremlin use this? On August 15, the ally of Alexei Navalny Leonid Volkov said that the sociological service of the FBC revealed significant support of Vladimir Putin in at least two European countries - Germany and France.

Some US military and officials of the US President Joe Biden are skeptical of the Ukraine strategy, which implies blows on the annexed by the Russian Federation of Crimea in order to violate chains of Russian military logistics. It is reported by CNN with reference to sources. The channel claims that some of the US military and officials consider Ukrainian attacks on Crimea at best a distracting maneuver, and at worst - an empty waste of valuable resources.

Arrested by Grigory Melkonyans. "Medusa" tells the story of one of the main people in the Russian movement of observers (very important for the opposition) Alexander Zemlyanichenko / AFP / Scanpix / Leta Grigory Melkonian in court. Moscow, August 18, 2023 In Moscow, Grigory Melkonets, the co -chair of the movement in defense of the rights of voters “Voice” and just one of the most famous people in the Russian movement of observers in the elections, was arrested.

We retold this two -hour sight "Central Partnership" On August 17, the film “Witness” directed David Dadunashvili was released in Russian cinemas. According to the plot, the Belgian violinist and his manager come to Moscow for a music competition, get acquainted with the Ukrainian oligarch and find themselves in Kyiv - after which a full -scale war begins. He becomes a witness to inhuman crimes, which, according to the script, are committed by the Ukrainian military.

Human Rights Council member Eva Merkacheva asked FSIN Director Arkady Gostev to transfer Volgograd resident Nikita Zhuravel, accused in the Koran burning case , from Chechnya to a service facility in another region. She published the appeal on her Telegram channel. "For security reasons, I ask that Nikita Zhuravel be urgently transferred to an FSIN facility in another region.

Authorities in Russia’s Arkhangelsk region summoned a nine-year-old and a 10-year-old for questioning as witnesses in a criminal case against their mother, lawyer Lidia Prudovskaya, who is charged with “discrediting” the Russian army. According to the website Advokatskaya Ulitsa, the interrogations took place on July 31. The children were reportedly questioned separately for about 15 minutes each and were informed of their right against self-incrimination ahead of time.

The Russian legal entity of Danone - Danon Russia JSC - will be renamed Eich and Nutrition in September, Interfax , RIA Novosti and specialized media reports. In turn, LLC Danon Trade will be called “Aych End En Trade”, the organization’s letter says to its counterparties, which was at the disposal of journalists. The company did not comment on the name change.

The Russian Orthodox Church’s diocese in the town of Velikiye Luki announced Friday that it will investigate the actions of a priest who blessed a new statue of Joseph Stalin at the monument’s opening ceremony earlier this week.

The Russian Ministry of Justice has updated the register of "foreign agents". In particular, it includes writer Linor Goralik. The agency also declared economist Andrei Illarionov, political scientist Andrei Piontkovsky, deputy chairman of the Congress of the Oirat-Kalmyk People Vladimir Dovdanov, head of the public movement Citizen. Army.

A jury at Manchester Crown Court has found 33-year-old Countess of Chester Hospital neonatal nurse Lucy Letby guilty of murdering seven newborn babies, the Associated Press and the BBC report. Letby was also found guilty of attempting to kill six babies. The jury was unable to reach a verdict on six other charges of attempting to kill newborns. Prosecutors asked the court for 28 days to decide whether to seek a retrial on those counts.

A Moscow judge has granted a request from the Russian Justice Ministry to dissolve Sakharov Center, one of the country’s oldest human rights organizations. The Justice Ministry's Moscow branch submitted the request in July. Sakharov Center was founded by Elena Bonner, a human rights activist and the wife of dissident physicist Andrey Sakharov. Its mission is to educate the public about human rights and preserve Sakharov’s legacy.

Film critic and curator of the 2morrow and Mirror film festivals Alexei Medvedev, who disappeared about a month ago, was found dead, the reported . Lisa Alert search team According to Kommersant, the body was found in the Moscow region. Where exactly is not specified. Medvedev lived in Mytishchi, near Moscow, where he was last seen alive - it was July 21. According to his wife Natalya Pylaeva, that day her husband left the house and did not return.