Sources say Russian officials’ corruption and negligence made Ukraine’s incursion possible — and now they fear the consequences AP / Scanpix / LETA A damaged statue of Vladimir Lenin in the Russian border town of Sudzha. August 16, 2024.

Alexander Malich was appointed director of the Alexandrinsky Theater in St. Petersburg, Russian Ministry of Culture reported. He replaced Sergei Emelyanov, who served as director since 2021. According to the theater website, Alexander Malich is a journalist, a television and radio host. He worked on the St. Petersburg channel of 100V, Rox and Neva FM radio stations, conducted projects on the TV channels, 78, Medici TV and Russia-Culture.

Pipelines are strategic and legal goals in military conflicts, Politalk Politalk said in the Politalk President Peter Pavel. So he answered the request to comment on the reports that for explosions on the Northern Stream - 1 and Northern Stream 2 gas pipelines are Ukrainians, Novinky reports. In particular, Paul was asked if he considers Russian gas pipelines the legal goal of Ukraine.

The Russian military and border guards prevented the attempt of the Ukrainian sabotage and intelligence group to penetrate the territory of the Bryansk region, said the governor of the region Alexander Bogomaz. According to him, the Ukrainian military tried to break into the Klimovsky district of the region. “At present, the situation at the place of clashes is stabilized and is under the control of the regional operational headquarters,” says Bogomaz.

Italian rescuers found the bodies of five people at the crash site of the Bayesian yacht off the coast of Sicily, BBC News reports. The bodies of the four dead were taken ashore, they are trying to extract the fifth from a sunken ship. Another person who was on a yacht is still listed as missing. The names of people whose bodies have found are not yet called the authorities of Italy.

In the Kursk region, civilians remain in the territory occupied by the Armed Forces of Ukraine. The BBC Russian Service talked with people who do not know what is happening to their relatives Kirill Chubotin / Ukraine / Sipa / Scanpix / Leta residents of Sudzhi, who remained in the city after its capture by the Ukrainian military.

The plane crash, as a result of which Iranian President Ibrahim Raisi was recognized, was recognized as an accident, the Iranian agency FARS said, citing a source in the country's special services. As part of the investigation, the Iran’s special services checked “about 30 thousand people”, excluding the version that the human factor could be the reason for the collapse of the president’s helicopter. On board, they also did not find traces of the use of any chemical or poisonous substances.

Or are the authorities trying to block telegram again? On the afternoon of August 21, many services stopped working in Russia, including WhatsApp and Telegram messengers, banks, Yandex and VKontakte sites. Quite quickly, the press service of Roskomnadzor said that the cause of the problems was the DDOS-Atak, which the experts of the department allegedly successfully reflected. However, experts doubt the veracity of this version very much.

The State Services portal sent out letters to users calling on them to help residents of the Kursk region “with the help of the Ozon marketplace.” The letter suggests buying electronic certificates worth 500 rubles on Ozon. They will be automatically sent to residents of the Kursk region who suffered from the war and who applied for support through Gosuslugi.

The court sentenced former State Duma deputy Dmitry Gudkov in absentia to eight years in prison on charges of disseminating “fakes” about the army (clause “d” of part 2 of article 207.3 of the Criminal Code), the Moscow prosecutor’s office reports . The Moscow courts website states that Gudkov's case was heard by the Khoroshevsky District Court. The hearing was completed at today's session, as follows from the case file. The verdict is not indicated in it.

Kirill Chubotin / SIPA / Scanpix / LETA Sudzha. August 16, 2024. Two weeks into the Ukrainian army’s foray into the Kursk region, officials in Moscow are over the initial shock and are now trying to spin the ongoing fighting on Russian territory as yet another “new normal,” sources close to the Putin administration and the government told Meduza.

Updated. At 18:40 Moscow time, restrictions on airport operations were lifted. No planes left for alternate airfields, a Rosaviatsia representative said. An “air threat from the use of a drone” has been identified in the Murmansk region, the head of the region, Andrei Chibis, reported . According to him, all necessary measures to improve security have been taken. Chibis did not provide any other details.

Here are two answers: as simple as possible (you will read it in a minute) and a little more complicated Natalya Kolesnikova / AFP / Scanpix / Leta As briefly (and without complex legal formulations) The new bill allows the Russians who are abroad to be held accountable for several repressive Code of Administrative Offenses. In fact, this will not affect people's lives - neither within the country nor abroad.

Moscow municipal deputy Alexei Gorinov, who was sentenced to seven years in prison in a case involving “fakes” about the army, complained about the conditions of detention in Vladimir’s pretrial detention facility No. 1, his associates said. Gorinov is alone in a cell where it is very cold because the windows are not closed. At the same time, the administration of the pretrial detention center does not provide the prisoner with a blanket. "There is no mattress. There is no hot water either.

What Russian state media write about Kursk region. Two illustrative examples "Rossiyskaya Gazeta": Kursk is a city with a special history that cannot be broken. In its mood, it resembles Kursk in 1943, when heroic history was being made. Life goes on as usual, despite the troubled times. Store shelves are bursting with goods, prices have not jumped. No queues, no panic. The aroma of fresh cookies comes from the bakery. Flowers are sold, hairdressers are open, ATMs are giving out cash.