"Medusa" publishes the first interview of Andrei Pivovarov after liberation Evgeny Feldman / "Medusa" The opposition policy Andrei Pivovarov was convicted under the article on “participation in the activities of an unwanted organization” one of the first. The former director of Open Russia, arrested in May 2021, decided to exchange for Russian spies and send it to Germany a month before the release.

The human rights activist, the former co -chair of the Memorial Center Oleg Orlov, released as a result of a large -scale exchange of prisoners between Russia and Western countries, did not ask for the President of the Russian Federation on pardon. Orlov fell this information in an interview with Medusa on August 3. “I do not plead guilty.

Human rights activist Oleg Orlov - at large. He refused pardon and did not want to leave Russia Gleb Dorogov Oleg Orlov, after leaving the hospital, where former Russian prisoners were taken for examination from Cologne Airport. Germany, August 3, 2024 “As I have not been in the rain for a long time,” said Oleg Orlov, a human rights activist and one of the founders of the Memorial Center.

For the fourth day in a row, China held the lead in the medal standings of the Olympics - on August 3, three more were added to its 13 gold medals, in table tennis, badminton and tennis. The French team is in second place with 12 gold medals. Australia, which is third, has the same number. American gymnast Simone Biles took her third gold in Paris, in the vault, and brought the US team its 11th highest award. The USA continues to lead in total medals (51).

That's just Algeria Iman Helif - not a transgender person Richard Pelham / Getty Images Iman Helif at the Olympic Games in Paris In social networks and the media, the match between Algeria Iman Helif and Italian Angela Karini at the Olympic Games have been discussing the match between Algeria for three days. Karini, performing in the welter weight category (up to 66 kilograms), was defeated by Helif - and calculated the blows of the opponent too painful.

The US Embassy in Beirut on August 3 called on the Americans to leave Lebanon with any available flight. The embassy’s report says that many airlines suspended or canceled flights to Beirut, and tickets for many flights have already been sold out.

The jihadist group “Jamaat Nusrat al-Islam Val-Muslimin”, associated with the Al-Qaeda terrorist organization, claims to keep two Russians in Niger, Reuters reports on August 3. The group distributed a video on August 2, which shows two men who speak English with a Russian accent. They called themselves Russians and stated that they were taken hostage in Mbang, a area located about 60 kilometers west of the city of Niamay, the capital of Niger.

The YouTube video hosting has ceased to play high quality video in almost all browsers working in the desktop version in Russia, the TASS Russian State Agency reported on August 3. According to him, high quality video is not played in the Browsers Google Chrome, Opera, Mozilla Firefox, Mi Browser . At the same time, the Safari browser in the mobile version redirects the user to the YouTube application.

Why will we remember this prefix On July 29, Microsoft closed the Xbox 360 digital store. Now the console owners cannot buy games and additional content on this platform. The store lasted almost 18 years - longer than any other console (although PlayStation 3 still has a chance to beat this record). This decision by Microsoft actually puts an end to the history of the most successful game system of the company. Medusa recalls why gamers fell in love with Xbox 360.

The head of the Pentagon Lloyd Austin on August 2 annulled the previously pre -trial agreement with three out of five accused of a terrorist attack on September 11, 2001 in the United States, which are contained in an American military prison based on Guantanamo, Reuters reports. Lloyd Austin was deprived of the brigadier General Susan Eskalier, who oversees the Pentagon of the Military Court of Guantanamo, the authority to conclude such agreements and took this responsibility for himself.

Residents of Russia began to massively receive SMS with an appeal to go to the war with Ukraine. The first on the night of August 3, the director of the Internet Protection Society Mikhail Klimarev announced this on the night of August 3. The publication of Sota also wrote about this. In addition, the reader of Medusa told about the same SMS. “Conclude a contract with the Ministry of Defense: at once from 800 thousand rubles and benefits. Call 117!

The Corps of the Guardians of the Islamic Revolution of Iran (Ksir) promised to avenge the murder of one of the leaders of the terrorist group Hamas Ismail Hania, committed in Tehran on the night of July 31. This is stated in the statement of Xir, which was distributed by the Iranian agency IRNA on August 3. In Russian, TASS quotes the statement. Ksir accused of organizing the murder of Hania Israel and the USA.

As part of the exchange, Belarus released one citizen of Germany - and not a single political prisoner. Interview of the former Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the country Pavel Slyunkin AFP / Scanpix / Leta Russia, Belarus and Western countries on August 1 conducted a large -scale exchange of prisoners. Moscow handed over to Germany and the USA of their citizens, as well as a group of Russian political prisoners; Belarus is Rico Kriger, who was sentenced to the death penalty of a German citizen.

Ivan Vyrypaeva - 50 years. Here is his interview Aleksandra Kononchenko / Archive of Ivan Vyrypaeva On August 3, it turned 50 to the playwright and director Ivan Vyrypaev, one of the key theater authors writing today in Russian. He has been living in Poland since 2014, and his performances - laconic, like a stand -up or lecture - have not been going on in Russia for a long time.

The founder of Telegram, Pavel Durov, is the father of three children of the natives of St. Petersburg Irina Bulgarians, now living in Switzerland, the Forbes magazine reported on August 3, referring to the documents provided by the Bulgarian.