Vyacheslav Prokofyev / TASS / Profimedia On August 20, Vladimir Putin visited the town of Beslan, the site of the 2004 school siege that killed 333 people and saw more than 1,000 taken hostage. For the first time in two decades, Putin met with members of Mothers of Beslan, an advocacy group for parents whose children were victims of the attack.

How Russia lured hundreds of men from Nepal to fight in Ukraine, leaving many of their families in financial ruin In the summer of 2023, an unlikely trend began dominating TikTok feeds in Nepal: dozens of videos showed Nepali men bragging about having joined the Russian army. According to these foreign fighters, the service conditions were comfortable, the work was safe, and the salaries were higher than anything on offer back in Nepal.

Vladimir Putin, who came on a visit to Chechnya, visited the grave of Akhmat Kadyrov and met with volunteers going to war at the Russian University of Special Forces in Gudermes, the Kremlin reports. And also became an honorary citizen of the republic. At the grave of Akhmat Kadyrov, which was the first point of the visit program, Putin said that the head of the republic who died in the attack was his close friend and called him “a very talented, expressive and decent” person.

After the Polish prosecutor’s office stated that at the request of Germany, Berlin decided to achieve this at the level of the Polish government at the request of Germany at the request of Germany, suspected of involvement in explosions. But he was refused there, writes The Wall Street Journal with reference to sources. The arrest of the Ukrainian diver Vladimir Zhuravlev, suspected of involvement in explosions on the gas pipeline, was sent to Poland in June.

In the Kurchatov district and the city of Kurchatov, where the Kursk nuclear power plant is located, from August 21 a ban on the retail sale of alcohol from 17:00 will be introduced, the temporarily acting governor Alexei Smirnov said. The operational headquarters made such a decision to ensure public order and safety in connection with the action in the Kursk region of the regime of a counter -terrorism operation, Smirnov explained. The ban will not affect catering enterprises, he added.

The Russian military fired at the village of Malokaterinovka in the Zaporizhzhya district of the Zaporizhzhya region, a 15-year-old teenager died, the office of the Prosecutor General of Ukraine said . The shell hit the cafe building located next to the playground. Four more were injured: 18-year-old girl and children 11, 14, and 17 years old. The head of the regional military administration, Ivan Fedorov, previously announced the shelling of a children's cafe in Malokaterinovka.

Meduza’s readers weigh in on Ukraine’s ongoing foray into Russia’s Kursk region Taras Ibragimov / Suspilne Ukraine / JSC «UA:PBC» / Global Images Ukraine / Getty Images A Ukrainian soldier in Sudzha, Kursk region. August 16, 2024. In an interview with Meduza last week, top Zelensky aide Mykhailo Podolyak said that Ukraine’s ongoing incursion into the Kursk region aims “to shift the war to Russia’s territory” and highlight the failure of the country’s military and civilian leadership.

Only Putin speaks on this entry. The meeting participants almost do not get into the frame Vyacheslav Prokofiev / TASS / Profimedia Russian President Vladimir Putin on August 20 came to Beslan in North Ossetia and met with representatives of the Beslan Mother public organization. Putin arrived in Beslan 12 days before the 20th anniversary of the school capture by terrorists, whose victims were 334 people.

The President of Ukraine Volodymyr Zelensky called on the authorities of the Western countries, where Ukrainians left after the start of the war, to help return male recruiting age, Bloomberg writes. According to him, the Ukrainian leader asked the Allies about this in the framework of bilateral meetings. However, the agency approves, politicians “from Poland to Hungary” said they would not send Ukrainian refugees to their homeland while the war continues.

Vladimir Putin arrived on a visit to Chechnya, said the head of the republic, Ramzan Kadyrov. According to him, as part of the visit, a “rich program” is planned. The Kremlin press service posted a video in which Kadyrov meets Putin at the airport. In Chechnya, Putin was the last time in December 2011-even as the prime minister.

The Kyrgyz MBANK and Keret Bank suspended money transfers through the mobile applications of Russian Sberic, MTS Bank and T-Bank (the former name is Tinkoff). The message on the website of the Bank "Keret" says that the transfers in both directions are suspended "for an indefinite period." This also applies to transfers through the operator of the National Payment System "NSPK". The reason for the suspension is not indicated.

The shortest retelling of this speech We meet on the eve of the anniversary of a large tragedy, which claimed 334 people, including 136 children . They say: “You can’t wish the enemy,” but our enemy is not like us. We know that they tried not only to justify from abroad, but also provided assistance to terrorists, including moral and moral. But these people have neither morality nor morality, there are only their interests. We still see that they are doing there.

The questions of the questionnaire Boris Akunin are answered by the figures of modern Russian culture and political prisoners In 2023, Boris Akunin (Grigory Chkhartishvili) compiled the Auto-Grase questionnaire-13 questions about "simple, basic things explaining what you really are." Famous figures of modern Russian culture and journalists - Leonid Parfenov, Dmitry Muratov, Lyudmila Ulitskaya and many others were the first to go through the questionnaire.

The Southern District Military Court sentenced Igor Korchinsky to 18 years in prison, Melitopol, who, according to investigators, was preparing the car of the Russian head of Crimea Sergei Aksenov. The Prosecutor General’s Office reported the verdict of Korchinsky. The case card is also on the court website. The first four years, the convict will have to spend in prison, the rest of the term in a maximum security colony. In addition, the court set a fine of 350 thousand rubles.

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