An explosion occurred near the Pskov International Airport, the Pskov Province publication reports , citing eyewitnesses. According to them, shooting was also heard in the area of ​​the airport. Journalist Vasily Polonsky writes that, according to local residents, dozens of explosions are heard in Pskov. The authorities of the Pskov region did not comment on this at the time of publication.

Hackers, presumably from Ukraine, attacked the Golden Crown money transfer system (KoronaPay), Kommersant reports. On August 28, payment system resources began to be marked as targets for hacktivists on shadow forums, cybersecurity experts told the publication. “Calls to attack a company, as a rule, lead to a massive DDoS attack, which is what happened with the payment system,” said one of the newspaper’s interlocutors.

How St. Petersburg officials, police, and Wagner mercenaries kept the media's eyes off Yevgeny Prigozhin's funeral Anatoly Maltsev / EPA / Scanpix / LETA On August 29, a closed memorial service was held in St. Petersburg for Wagner Group founder Yevgeny Prigozhin, who died last week when his private jet crashed in Russia’s Tver region.

The Ukrainian Dota 2 national team refused to continue participating in the playoffs of the Dota 2 World Championship, which is being held in Romania under the auspices of the International Esports Federation (IESF). This was stated by member of the Ukrainian national team Ivan Kidaro Bondarev, reports dota2.ru. “After the news and the fact that this is the final decision to unban Russia, there is no longer any desire to participate in competitions,” he said.

Channel One and NTV in their final news releases on August 29 did not notice the funeral of the founder of the Wagner PMC, Evgeny Prigozhin, which took place that day in St. Petersburg, the Agency reports. On the Rossiya 1 TV channel, Prigozhin’s funeral was reported towards the end of the episode, at the 47th minute. The presenter spoke for exactly a minute; the TV channel did not prepare a separate story about the event. Russia 1 aired footage from the Porokhovskoye cemetery in St.

The authorities of the city of Gelendzhik in the Krasnodar Territory asked local residents with equipment and fire extinguishers to help put out the forest fire. “If you have backpack and forest fire extinguishers and want to help firefighters fight a forest fire on the Markotkh ridge, then... join in extinguishing the fire. The gathering is tomorrow, at 8:00 Moscow time, at the Lukoil gas station,” reported in the Telegram channel.

Pskov Kresty International Airport was attacked by drones on the night of August 30 , said the governor of the Pskov region, Mikhail Vedernikov. According to him, the Russian military is repelling the drone attack. “I have been personally at the scene since the beginning of the incident. According to preliminary information, there are no casualties. The scale of destruction is being clarified,” the head of the region said.

Police in Moscow have found 16-year-old Russian junior figure skating champion Alina Gorbacheva, who disappeared the day before, said Russian Interior Ministry spokeswoman Irina Volk. The Moscow prosecutor's office clarified that the skater was found in a cinema in one of the shopping centers. Telegram channel Baza writes that she was found in the cinema of the Crocus City Mall. Gorbachev met the police with ice cream in her hands, adds Mash.

Airfields around Moscow have begun sharing flight information with law enforcement agencies in response to multiple incidents in which local residents mistook small aircraft for Ukrainian drones and reported them to emergency services, RBC reported on Tuesday, citing airfield representatives. Management from four airfields and flying clubs reported that residents had complained about planes at their facilities.

The FSB of Russia opened a new criminal case against mathematician and graduate student of Moscow State University Azat Miftakhov because of his comments made while watching a television program among prisoners in a colony. His lawyer Svetlana Sidorkina told Mediazona about this. What exactly Miftakhov said and what program the prisoners watched is unknown.

The Petersburg authorities, the police and mercenaries all day distracted attention from the real funeral of Prigozhin. "Paper" tells how it was Anatoly Maltsev / EPA / Scanpix / Leta In St. Petersburg, a closed farewell ceremony was held with the founder of the PMC Wagner Evgeny Prigozhin, who died on August 23 with the crash of the aircraft. The ceremony was held secretly and with elements of conspiracy.

Russia's Federal Financial Monitoring Service (Rosfinmonitoring) has added Abubakar Yangulbayev, a former lawyer for the organization Crew Against Torture, to its list of terrorists and extremists, TV Rain reported on Tuesday. The grounds for the decision have not been made public.

Apple announced on its website that it will hold a presentation on September 12 under the slogan Wonderlust. It will start at 10 am Pacific time (20:00 Moscow time). The broadcast will be available on apple.com and the Apple TV app. According to Bloomberg, four models of the iPhone 15 will be presented at the presentation.

Photos In St. Petersburg at the Porokhovsky cemetery on August 29, a closed ceremony of the funeral of the Founder of the PMC Wagner Evgeny Prigozhin, who had previously died in the collapse of the aircraft in the Tver region, was held. Information about farewell to the businessman at the request of relatives kept secret. The ceremony was attended only by relatives and friends of Prigozhin - from 20 to 30 people. Military honors that are laid by the hero of Russia did not provide Prigozhin.

Yevgeny Prigozhin was buried in St. Petersburg without military honors. Instead, a few cryptic lines of Joseph Brodsky were placed by his grave. Yury Kochetkov / EPA / Scanpix / LETA An informal memorial for Yevgeny Prigozhin in Moscow, August 26, 2023 An invitation-only ceremony for the mutinous Wagner Group founder Yevgeny Prigozhin took place in St. Petersburg today.