The Commissioner for Human Rights in the Russian Federation Tatyana Moskalkova flew to the Ukrainian capital, where she would stay one day. This was reported to TASS in the press service of the Russian Embassy in Ukraine, adding that the purpose of Moskalkova’s visit is still unknown. The Commissioner of the Verkhovna Rada for Human Rights Lyudmila Denisov is also located in Ukraine, but whether she will meet with Moskalkova is also unknown.

The second racket of the world, Spaniard Rafael Nadal, did not rule out that he could well have become a football player if his life had not been connected with tennis. The legendary athlete achieved more in this field than he could have dreamed or expected. “I know that sport is my passion, and if it weren’t for tennis, I would probably want to become a football player, but you will never know,” said 33-year-old Nadal in an interview with TASS.

The floating power unit "Academician Lomonosov" went from Murmansk to the place of permanent base in the Poveki of the Chukchi Autonomous Okrug, the correspondent of Interfax said from the ceremony. The power unit will have to overcome the path of more than 4700 km.

CSKA hockey players beat Spartak in the match of the traditional pre-season Moscow Mayor's Cup. The meeting ended with a score of 5:2 in favor of the army team. Among the winners were Mikhail Grigorenko, Kirill Kaprizov, Sergei Andronov, Pavel Karnaukhov and Alexander Popov. Ilya Talaluev and Robin Hanzl scored goals for Spartak.

The Interjet Mexican airline is looking for buyers for Russian Sukhoi Superjet 100 (SSJ100) aircraft. Sources close to the Ministry of Transport and the Civil Aircraft of the Sukhoi (GSS) were told about the intention to get rid of Russian aircraft Vedomosti . Interjet is the last foreign airline operating this type of vessel and the second largest operator SSJ after Aeroflot.

Anybotics Swiss company introduced an updated version of the four -legged Anymal robot, ready for commercial use. This was reported on the website Anybotics. According to N+1 , a robot called Anymal C is noticeably different from the previous prototypes. He has a full -fledged body that protects the “insides” of the robot from dust and water according to the IP67 standard.

The opposition politician and founder of the Corruption Fund Alexei Navalny left the special special receiver on the morning of August 23, where he was serving administrative arrest of 30 days. This was reported on Twitter by his press secretary Kira Yarmysh. Near the special receptionist there were police officers in the morning, but, as Yarmysh noted, they did not detain Navalny, writes Meduza .

The bankruptcy trustee of the Russian Film of the Group (RFG) requires to recover 216.6 million rubles. With the Chinese China Film Group, as well as with actors Jackie Chan and Arnold Schwarzenegger. This follows from the statement of manager Kirill Bodrov to the Moscow Arbitration Court, which is quoted by Vedomosti .

Brazilian President Zhair Bolsonaru said that French leader Emmanuel Macron criticizes fires raging in the forests of the Amazon, only to obtain political benefits, and accused him of colonialism. On Friday night, the French president called the crisis of international significance the forest fires in Brazil and suggested discussing this topic at the upcoming Summit of the G7 countries, which will be held in Biaritset from August 24 to 26. "Our house is on literally.

The American Corporation Google deleted 210 channels on YouTube video hosting, whose users distributed video related to protests in Hong Kong. This is stated in a statement published on Thursday on the company's information page.

In Ukraine, an audit of the Ukroboronprom State Conduct is being prepared, which should identify economic problems. In addition, an audit of employees with the help of a polygraph is scheduled to identify "proteges of pro -Russian forces who artificially destroyed the country's defense enterprises." About this, as TASS reports, said Sergey Krivonos, Deputy Secretary of the Council of National Security and Defense (NSDC).

Russian woman Maria Sharapova will play with American Serena Williams in the first round of August 26 in New York in the U.S. Open Tennis Championship in the season of the Big Slam series tournament. Principal rivals in the first circle brought the draw for the main grid of the female tournament, which took place on Thursday. Serena is the most uncomfortable of the rivals of Mary. She loses to an American in personal meetings with a score of 2:19, and lost to her in the last 18 games.

Lawyer Maria Michenkova, representing the interests of the Twitter microblogging service, filed a complaint with the Supreme Court of the April decision of the justice of the peace, who fined the company for 3 thousand rubles for the failure to provide information on the localization of Russian users. According to Kommersant in the press service of the Armed Forces, Michenkova’s complaint is under consideration, which may take 2-3 months.

The salaries of state employees who fell under the May decrees of President Vladimir Putin from 2012, in the first half of 2019, formally reach the target values ​​in all categories of workers in only four regions of Russia. These are the Leningrad and Penza regions, the Altai Territory and the Chechen Republic.

The cost of the Russian luxury car Aurus Senat Sedan in the basic configuration will be 18 million rubles. Aurus CEO Adil Shirinov announced this on August 23 at the opening of the first Aurus showroom. “The car that is presented here before you today – Aurus Senat Sedan – the price in the basic configuration is 18 million rubles,” TASS quotes Shirinov as saying. However, he noted that the car will not go on retail sale in 2019.