The Federal Court of New York declared illegal and overturned the State Department's decision to ban the issuance of immigrant visas to citizens of 75 countries, including Russia. The fact that the US State Department decided to stop processing immigrant visas for citizens of 75 countries, including Russia, became known in early 2026.

Smith has always maintained his innocence Francis Clifford Smith, a former convict who served what was likely the longest prison sentence in US history, has died at the age of 101. He died in his sleep at the end of June at 60 West, a specialized center for ex-convicts in Rocky Hill, Connecticut, a spokesman for the facility told the BBC. Smith was incarcerated on charges of murdering 68-year-old Grover Hart, a security guard at the Greenwich Yacht Club in Connecticut.

Putin talks about Ukraine’s attacks on Russia. The shortest retelling Getty Images What kind of text is this? This is the briefest retelling of Vladimir Putin’s statements in an “interview” with VGTRK propagandist Pavel Zarubin. The meaning and context are fully preserved, but some parts of the conversation may have been edited or swapped. Read the full text on the Kremlin website.

In Krasnodar, employees of the Center for Combating Extremism handed a warning to the city Duma deputy from the Communist Party of the Russian Federation, candidate for the State Duma, Alexander Safronov. Safronov said that the police threatened him with a protocol on abuse of freedom of the media (Article 13.15 of the Administrative Code). He did not specify what exactly they considered such a violation.

In the annexed Sevastopol, “debris” of a downed Ukrainian drone fell on a regular bus, said the Russian-appointed head of the city, Mikhail Razvozhaev. As a result, the bus caught fire. Two people died, five received burns and injuries. Two victims are in moderate condition, three are in serious condition. Razvozhaev later clarified that ten people were injured. Ukraine is waging a military campaign aimed at isolating annexed Crimea from Russia.

In Moscow, two people were detained near the building of the Russian Presidential Administration during an action by animal rights activists and environmental activists, RusNews reports. The National Bolshevik, a participant in actions in defense of the Elk Island National Park and the Russian-Ukrainian War , Benes Ayo , as well as a girl who came to the presidential administration with a pitchfork, were detained. It is unclear whether they intended to file appeals.

Read the chapter on “nullification” - extrajudicial executions that became the norm at the front Writer Ivan Filippov has been reading Z-channels for the fifth year now, trying to understand how its supporters, disillusioned with the official media, think and talk about the war. He talks about his research into the Z-community in the telegram channel “All Quiet on the Zzzzz Western Front.” Now Freedom Letters has published a book by Filippov, where he sums up the interim results of this work.

In the Perm region, 29-year-old blogger Alexander Chugainov, the author of the YouTube channel “Voron TV”, died, reports 59.ru. The death of the blogger, who became famous for saving and taming the raven Gosha, was confirmed to journalists by his brother Alexey. Raven TV/Youtube Alexander Chugainov died on August 19. Two days later, his brother published a post about this in the VK public “Obituary - Lysva”. On August 22, a farewell to the blogger was held in Lysva.

The Lublin court in Moscow ordered 10 days of administrative arrest and ordered the expulsion from Russia of two foreigners, Khasanchon Rakhimov and Yorgibegi Saizoda, who were accused of distributing “LGBT propaganda,” writes Current Time. According to the case file, Rakhimov and Saizoda were detained on the evening of August 18 at the Sadovod market.

The previous, third season seemed final. Was it worth continuing? Apple TV The fourth season of Ted Lasso, the football sitcom about the world's kindest coach, is coming to Apple TV. It would seem that three years ago we said goodbye forever to Ted, to the club owner Rebecca, and to the players: their stories had clearly come to an end.

1641st day. After a month of attacks on Wildberries, Ukraine hit an Ozon warehouse for the first time. In Krivoy Rog, 16 died after Russia struck a shopping center Since February 24, 2022, Meduza has been broadcasting live about the Russian-Ukrainian war. We publish your letters every day because we are sure that we need to continue talking about the war. Share with us your thoughts about the war. What feelings are you experiencing?

Russia has sent notes to the diplomatic departments of all countries with a request to ban demonstrations at embassies on the day of the State Duma elections, said Maxim Rider, deputy chairman of the Russian Foreign Ministry’s election commission. According to him, in these notes Moscow asks “to take adequate measures to protect polling stations, including a ban on demonstrations on election day.” How the shares threaten voting security is not specified.

The US's Eastern European NATO allies are going to propose measures that will allow Washington to reduce the cost of maintaining its military on the territory of these states. In this way, they hope to keep the Donald Trump administration from reducing the American military presence in the region, Bloomberg sources say. According to them, the countries of NATO's eastern flank are going to bear most of the costs.

Is it dangerous? And how can you eat cold food without unpleasant consequences? No, it’s just hot now, people eat ice cream, and this can cause a headache, one of the most common types of headaches . Officially, this condition is called “headache caused by ingestion or inhalation of a cold irritant.” The old names, however, were more vivid and understandable: “ice-cream headache” and “brain-freeze headache.” No one can say with certainty, but there are assumptions.

Update. Another victim of a Ukrainian drone attack has died in a hospital in Yeisk, the operational headquarters of the Krasnodar region reported. A total of three people died, including two children. Another victim remains in the hospital. Ukrainian drones attacked civilian infrastructure and residential buildings in the Yeisk district of the Krasnodar Territory, said the head of the region, Veniamin Kondratyev. According to him, one drone fell in the private sector.