President of Ukraine Vladimir Zelensky arrived on a visit to the United States. As the politician writes in his Telegram channel, he flew to New York and immediately went to the Armed Forces of Ukraine who are undergoing treatment and rehabilitation in the United States.

Updated : The wreckage of an F-35B Lightning II fighter jet that crashed Sept. 17 in South Carolina has been found in Williamsburg County, two hours northeast of Joint Base Charleston, the U.S. military said . The cause of the crash is unknown, and the military is investigating. The US Air Force is searching for an F-35B Lightning II fighter jet that went missing near Charleston, South Carolina.

Writing from prison, the opposition politician Alexey Navalny protested the Russian authorities’ persecution of Azat Miftakhov, arrested earlier this month as he was leaving the penal colony after serving a six-year sentence. Navalny called the new case against the former Moscow State University grad student a “torture extended in time”: He was sentenced to six years on fabricated charges.

The State Duma Council unanimously adopted a decision according to which, from 2024, deputies, while exercising powers in their constituencies, will be provided only with cars manufactured in Russia. According to State Duma Speaker Vyacheslav Volodin, in Moscow deputies have already begun to replace official vehicles “as they are retired” with domestic brands.

The President of the Russian Federation signed a decree according to which an electronic ID card through the mobile application of the Gosuslugi portal is equivalent to presenting a paper version of a passport. The document notes that the provision of personal information through a mobile application is carried out by citizens voluntarily.

The Ukrainian authorities have submitted demands for consultations with Poland, Hungary and Slovakia within the framework of the World Trade Organization (WTO). The lawsuits were initiated due to the fact that these three European countries extended the ban on the import of Ukrainian agricultural products, contrary to the recommendations of the European Commission. “It is fundamentally important for us to prove that individual member states cannot ban the import of Ukrainian goods.

A new package of EU sanctions against Russia will be presented in October, Bloomberg reports, citing its own sources. According to the agency, the 12th package of sanctions may include a ban on the import of diamonds from Russia, restrictions on liquefied natural gas from the Russian Federation, as well as the Russian IT sector.

How E.U. countries’ bans on Russian vehicles have caused disabled refugees from Ukraine to suffer Janis Laizans / Reuters / Scanpix / LETA A crossing point on the Russian-Estonian border On September 8, the European Commission released a set of guidelines for how E.U. countries should implement bans on importing sanctioned goods, including personal vehicles, clothing, and hygiene products entering those countries from Russia.

Politician Alexei Navalny demanded that the criminal prosecution of mathematician Azat Miftakhov, who was detained immediately after his release from prison on charges of “calls for terrorism,” be stopped. The oppositionist, who himself is serving a prison sentence in a colony in the Vladimir region, described what was happening to Miftakhov as “torture extended over time.” “He was given six years for a fabricated case.

Your Browser Does Not Support the Audio Element. What happens to independent humor from Russia (while the mainstream comedians go with concerts to annexed Donetsk)? On September 8, 2023, comedians Azamat Musagaliev and Denis Dorokhov took part in a concert at the Saur-Mogil Memorial in the annexed Russian Federation Donetsk.

The Oscar Committee of Ukraine has chosen the film that will represent the country at the 96th Academy Awards ceremony. Committee members voted to nominate Mstislav Chernov’s documentary “20 Days in Mariupol ,” which tells the story of the first days of the Russian invasion of Ukraine, for nomination in the “Best International Feature Film” category. took part in the national selection for the Oscar .

Russian President Vladimir Putin handed over five of the six Prime Prime printing houses of the Norwegian AMedia Norwegian Media Holding to the Temporary Directorate of the Federal Property Management Agency. The corresponding decree is published on the portal of legal information. The holding of the holding in printing houses in Moscow, Yekaterinburg, Novosibirsk, Chelyabinsk and Voronezh was transferred to the Office of the Federal Property Management Agency.

Five American citizens who were being held in Iran's Evin prison for political prisoners have flown out of Tehran. This happened as part of a deal brokered by Qatar between Iran and the United States, Reuters reported , citing sources, and the White House soon confirmed this information. The plane carrying five Americans, who hold both Iranian and US citizenship, and accompanied by the Qatari ambassador, departed for the Qatari capital Doha. They will then fly from there to the US.

Getty images On September 21, 2023, it will be exactly a year since the beginning of mobilization (Vladimir Putin did not sign a decree on its completion). That day changed the lives of thousands of Russians - if not millions. Some, not wanting to go to war, left the country. Others began to hide from the military registration and enlistment offices within Russia. Someone went to the front. Tell us "Medusa" how mobilization influenced you and your loved ones.

"The stage of recovery of the Russian economy" is complete, Vladimir Putin said at a meeting with the Russian government on the draft federal budget for 2024-2026. "We have withstood absolutely unprecedented external pressure, the sanctions onslaught of some ruling elites in the so-called Western bloc - some ruling elites in individual countries that we call unfriendly.