Meduza’s dispatch from a concert by one of Russia’s most popular pro-war singers On September 9, the Russian singer Yaroslav Dronov, better known by his stage name, Shaman , performed at St. Petersburg’s Gazprom Arena. The Putin-praising 31-year-old, known for his support of Russia’s war against Ukraine, kicked off his latest show with a dramatic short film, shared a heartfelt letter by a fan from the Donbas, and even caused one audience member to faint from one of his romantic ballads.

The US Aerospace Agency presented a report on the activities of an independent expert group that spent a year studying data on unidentified anomalous phenomena (as the agency proposed to call UFOs), ABC News reports. itself The report was published on the NASA website. “The main takeaway is that we still have a lot to learn.

After Meduza publisher Galina Timchenko revealed that her phone had been infected with Pegasus spyware, developed by the Israeli cyber-arms company NSO Group, press freedom organizations are voicing concern over unaccountable use of spyware licensed exclusively to governments, supposedly for keeping tabs on dangerous criminals and terrorists.

Hunter Biden, the son of US President Joe Biden, was charged with illegally acquiring and possessing weapons while he was using drugs, CNN reports. According to the TV channel, two counts of indictment are related to the fact that in 2018, the son of the US President, when buying a pistol, lied about not using drugs. The third count alleges that Hunter Biden owned a firearm while using drugs. CNN clarifies that both are federal crimes.

Russian entrepreneurs who try to shed Western sanctions by making public statements condemning the invasion of Ukraine are “traitors,” said the Kremlin spokesman Dmitry Peskov. The Russian news outlet Mayak posted Peskov’s comments about the way different members of the Russian business community are dealing with European sanctions. “We can understand neither the logic of the sanctions themselves, nor the logic of how they’re removed.

Russian journalist Yevgeny Erlikh, who previously served as the editor-in-chief of a Baltic-based news program for the outlet Current Time, revealed in a Facebook post Thursday that he received a notification from Apple that said his iPhone may have been targeted by “state-sponsored attackers.” Meduza’s publisher and general director Galina Timchenko received a similar message in June, shortly before cybersecurity experts determined that her device had been infected with Pegasus spyware.

Your Browser Does Not Support the Audio Element. What happens to the Russian air industry? And how did Western sanctions affect flight safety? On September 12, the Airbus-A320 Air Airlines, flying from Sochi to Omsk, made an emergency landing in the field in the Khusinsky district of the Novosibirsk region. Telegram channels and the media write that the possible cause of the accident is a leak or refusal of a hydraulic system in flight.

A resident of the village of Tetkino in Russia’s Kursk region was killed Thursday by a shelling attack from the Ukrainian side, according to Governor Roman Starovoit. “Incoming strikes were detected near the distillery. A forklift operator was fatally injured; the man died before the ambulance arrived,” Starovoit wrote on Telegram. In addition to Tetkino, three other villages in the region were targeted in shelling attacks, according to the governor. He reported that other person was wounded.

The Kremlin tells propagandists not to try refuting putative fake news about the rumored new round of mobilization. The best policy, it stresses, is to ignore them. Russia’s pro-Kremlin media has received a new set of guidelines from the President’s Administration. This time, they contain an “urgent request” to talk as little as possible about the rumors that Russia might be getting ready for a new round of mobilization.

Organizers have cancelled the Kazakhstan tour of the popular Russian sketch comedy group Kamyzyaki after the comics faced backlash in the country for visiting Russian-occupied territory in Ukraine. “In light of the public’s widespread negative reaction to the high-profile public actions of the artists in Kamyzyaki, the team of organizers has made the decision to cancel Kamyzyaki’s entire tour in Kazakhstan,” organizer Olga Li wrote on Instagram.

The US authorities have imposed sanctions against several dozen companies, including AvtoVAZ, Moskvich and A1, the investment division of Alfa Group. The updated sanctions list is published on the website of the US Department of the Treasury. The list also included Rosavtodor, Transmashholding, Mosinzhproekt, United Metallurgical Company, Russian Copper Company and Ak-Bars Bank.

A field office of the International Criminal Court has opened in Kyiv, reports the Office of the Prosecutor General of Ukraine. “This is a new chapter of our cooperation. The work of the office will help strengthen interaction between Ukraine and the International Criminal Court. It will increase the efficiency and speed of response to the crimes that Russia continues to commit daily against Ukraine and Ukrainians,” said Prosecutor General of Ukraine Andrey Kostin.

Former editor-in-chief of the Baltic program. Week" of the TV channel "Current Time" Evgeny Erlikh said that he received a notification from Apple on his iPhone that his phone could be attacked by pro-government hackers. The general director and publisher of Meduza, Galina Timchenko, received the same notification, after which it turned out that her iPhone was infected with the Pegasus spyware. According to Erlich, his iPhone had a Latvian SIM card, just like Timchenko.

The European Parliament has passed a resolution condemning the regime of Belarusian leader Alexander Lukashenko for its “involvement in Russia’s unjustified, illegal and unprovoked war of aggression against Ukraine.” The document accuses the Belarusian authorities of “promoting hate speech, disinformation and propaganda echoing Moscow’s bellicose rhetoric,” as well as providing ammunition and military equipment to Russia and training Russian troops and Wagner Group forces in Belarus.

The Ethics Committee of the Russian Football Union suspended coach Leonid Slutsky from any football activities for a year. This was reported on the RFU website. Slutsky was also fined 100 thousand rubles.