The director of the Institute of the USA and Canada of the Russian Academy of Sciences, Valery Garbuzov, has been removed from his post, two acquaintances of the scientist told Meduza. On the morning of September 1, Garbuzov was removed "by decision of the founder ," one of Meduza's sources claims. The scientist is still listed as director on the Institute of the USA and Canada's website. The removal was not officially announced. Garbuzov himself declined to comment. Update.

Belarus’s State Border Committee said Friday that a Polish Mi-24 attack helicopter violated the country’s airspace by flying into its Hrodna Region. According to the Belarusian authorities, the helicopter crossed the border at an extremely low altitude before returning to Poland. The State Border Committee published a video of the incident on Telegram. The footage shows the helicopter returning to Poland.

Russia’s General Prosecutor has declared the Free Buryatia Foundation, which is registered in the U.S. and which has been outspoken against Russia’s invasion of Ukraine, an “undesirable” organization, reports Russian state news agency RIA Novosti. The Prosecutor General’s office called the foundation a “pseudo-rights group,” noting that its leadership resides permanently in the U.S., Czechia, Poland, and the U.K.

Russia’s Justice Ministry has added Novaya Gazeta editor-in-chief Dmitry Muratov , a winner of the 2021 Nobel Peace Prize, to its list of “foreign agents.” According to the agency, Muratov "used foreign platforms to disseminate views intended to form negative attitudes towards Russia's foreign and domestic policies" and took part in the creation and distribution of content from other "foreign agents." In addition, the ministry added comedian Ruslan Bely, economist Konstantin Sonin, journalist

The Russian Ministry of Justice has updated the register of “foreign agents” to include the editor-in-chief of Novaya Gazeta and Nobel Peace Prize laureate Dmitry Muratov.

Valery Garbuzov, the director of the U.S. and Canada Studies Institute at Russia’s Academy of Sciences, has been fired, according to two of Garbuzov’s acquaintances who spoke to Meduza. On the morning of September 1, Garbuzov was removed from his position “by decision of the founder” of the institute, says a Meduza source. He is still listed as director on the institute’s website. There have been no official reports of his firing. Garbuzov himself declined to comment.

The administration of US President Joe Biden will announce the first deliveries of depleted uranium armor-piercing shells to Kiev next week, Reuters reports, citing sources. According to the agency, such shells will be included in a new aid package for Ukraine. Depending on what else is included, this aid package will cost between $240 million and $375 million, one of the US officials said. According to Reuters sources, the cost and contents of the aid package are still being clarified.

On the afternoon of September 1, a Polish military helicopter Mi-24 violated the Belarusian border in the Berestovitsky district of the Grodno region, the State Border Committee of Belarus said. The agency claims that a Polish helicopter crossed the border at an extremely low altitude, flying 1,200 meters into the territory of Belarus, and then returned back. The State Border Committee published a video of the incident. The published video shows the helicopter returning to Poland.

It seems that the “veteran of Svo” Sergey Sokol will not be able to compete for the post of head of Khakassia-due to illness.

The Feminist anti -war resistance was awarded the Achaeen Prize of the World In Germany, on September 1, the Achaen Prize of the World was awarded. In 2023, the Israeli “Foundation of Human Rights Defenders” and the Russian Feminist Anti -Veneral Resistance Fund, formed after the start of the full -scale invasion of the Russian Federation into Ukraine, became its laureates.

The International Olympic Committee (IOC) has not allowed athletes from Russia and Belarus to participate in the Asian Games, which begin on September 23. The Indian Express about this . told The Olympic Council of Asia (OCA) “There will be no Russian or Belarusian athletes at the Asian Games. This is the decision of the IOC, not the OCA,” the Asian Olympic Council told the publication.

The Nobel Foundation has announced that it will change the rules for inviting guests to the Nobel Prize ceremony. In particular, the organizers of the event decided to invite ambassadors of all countries whose diplomatic missions are represented in Sweden and Norway. This is stated in a statement from the foundation. “The world is increasingly divided into areas where the possibility of dialogue between those who hold different views is limited.

Denis Lovrovic / AFP / Scanpix / Leta On September 1, 2023, the first began processing from mosquitoes that carry the Denge virus - Aedes albopictus (Asian tiger mosquitoes). This happened after a resident of the city returning from the journey was discovered by Denge. The authorities decided to spray trees, green zones and other places with an insecticide where mosquitoes could be located, within a radius of 150 meters from the house of the sick.

After Kazakhstan’s deadliest wildfires in years, locals blame corruption — but not climate change Turar Kazangapov Wildfires in Kazakhstan’s Abai region, June 2023 Story by Emily Laskin for The Beet . Edited by Eilish Hart . With a summer of record-breaking heat drawing to a close, wildfire season is still in full swing (just this week, acres upon acres of forest were burning in western Canada, northeastern Greece , and along Russia’s Black Sea coast ).

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