What did it mean - no one understood, and they did not give questions to reporters to ask questions Vladimir Putin . Negotiations were held in a constructive atmosphere. Our countries are close neighbors. When I left the plane, I said: "Good afternoon, dear neighbor!" What is happening in Ukraine for us is a tragedy and pain. We always considered the Ukrainian people fraternal people. For sustainable settlement, it is necessary to eliminate the root causes of the conflict.

Andrew Harnik / Getty Images / AFP / Scanpix / Leta Vladimir Putin and Donald Trump met at the Elmendorf Richardson in Anchorida. The presidents flew to Alaska on their aircraft with a difference of 20 minutes. They simultaneously left the liners, met on the red carpet and shook hands. During photographing, journalists tried to ask questions to the leaders of the United States and Russia.

Updated . The negotiations of Putin and Trump in the narrow composition of “three by three” ended, the Kremlin said two and a half hours after the start of the summit in Alaska. Vladimir Putin and Donald Trump began negotiations on the military base of Elmendorf Richardson in Ankoridge. The meeting takes place in the “three by three” format, although it used to be reported that the heads of Russia and the United States will meet one on one (in the presence of translators).

Former Deputy Minister of Communications of Russia and one of the founders of Runet Alexei Soldatov was released from the colony, replacing him with a prison term with a fine, his son, journalist Andrei Soldatov, said “My father, Alexei Soldatov, went out of prison, he was replaced by a final imprisonment,” his son wrote, adding that his father was already at home.

The Perm administration withdrew the consent to the rally for the free Internet, which was going to hold on August 16 the local branch of the Dawn party, journalist Ekaterina Duntsova. The reasons for the refusal are not called. The organizers called it "the result of the mass and popularity of the action, which is gaining momentum every day." “We will continue the action for free Internet, agree on a rally where there is no Covid, and all the details will be reported later,” they wrote.

A thousand two hundred and sixty -ninth day. In Alaska, a meeting of Putin and Trump was held. Online "Medus" Donald Trump and Vladimir Putin held negotiations in Alaska - this was their first personal meeting after the start of a full -scale invasion of Ukraine. Putin and Trump gathered in Anchorida to discuss the Russian-Ukrainian war. The meeting lasted almost three hours. After her, Putin and Trump briefly spoke to the press and parted, not answering the questions of journalists.

RusNews journalist Maria Ponomarenko, convicted of “fakes” about the Russian army and attack on colony officers, from July 30 to August 9, three times tried to commit suicide, her lawyer Dmitry Shitov said. The defender called the attempts of suicide Ponomarenko “protest behavior” due to the conditions of content in the PFRSI (premises functioning in the investigative insulator) correctional colony No. 9 in Rubtsovsk, the Altai Territory, where Ponomarenko was located until mid-August.

Wu Xiaoling / Xinhua / Zuma Press / Scanpix / Leta You can read This Story in English Geree . Putin will indicate Trump for the “inconsistency of Kyiv”, the Kremlin is ready “for different scenarios of the development of negotiation events”, and the head of Russia “sets the prospect of Russian-American relations”.

Director Andrei Ayrapetov turned her archive into a documentary Joanna Stingray "Kino-Film) Documentary August 15, 2025 The documentary “Kino-film” about the “Kino” group was shot by director Andrei Ayrapetov, who has already released films about Mike Naumenko (“Star of Kok-n Roll”) and the Bravo group (“bravostory”). Kino-film went to the 35th anniversary of the death of Viktor Tsoi. The producer of the project was the American singer Joanna Stingrey.

US President Donald Trump talked on the phone with Alexander Lukashenko. The first conversation was reported by the press service of Lukashenko. Later, the negotiations were confirmed by Trump himself. “The purpose of the call is to thank [Lukashenko] for the release of 16 prisoners. We also discuss the possibility of releasing another 1300 prisoners. The conversation went very well. We touched on many topics, including the visit of President Putin to Alaska.

The Ministry of Justice of the Russian Federation updated the register of "foreign agents". The list included the Syktyvkar independent cultural space “Revolt-Center” and the journalist Radio Liberty Mark Krotov (Krutova). The agency also declared the “foreign agents” of the former priest of the Russian Orthodox Church. Hieromonk John Kurmoyarov, Kaliningrad journalist Igor Rudnikov and publicist Mark Solonin.

We remind the positions of the parties in front of the summit in Alaska. As short as possible Russia Official position . The ceasefire is only after the "elimination of the root causes" of the conflict. Four regions and Crimea must be recognized by Russian. Sanctions must be lifted. Ukraine must refuse to join NATO. Unofficial . Ready for the complete freezing of the conflict if the Armed Forces of Ukraine leave the Donbass.

The Ministry of Internal Affairs of Belarus included the 78-year-old Belarusian activist Nina Baginskaya in the "List of extremists", Mirror reports with reference to the department's website. Baginskaya was introduced into the register in connection with the entry into force of the decision of the court of the Pervomaisky district of Minsk in the case of an activist.

The Odintsovo City Court sentenced the former director of Patriot Park Vyacheslav Akhmedov, TASS reports. Akhmedov was appointed five years of a general regime colony and a fine of 500 thousand rubles.

The General Staff of the Armed Forces of Ukraine said that the Ukrainian military attacked the seaport of Olya on August 14 in the Astrakhan region, which, according to Kiev, Russia uses to deliver military goods from Iran. The General Staff said that they were amazed at the port of Port Olya-4 , on which there were components to shock drones of the Shakud type and ammunition from Iran.