In early August, the piloted Crew Dragon of SpaceX, launched in May, was successfully returned to the International Space Station (ISS). The participants of the test mission were NASA astronauts Bob Benken and Dag Hurli, who became the first people since July 2011, who went to the ISS not on the Russian Ship "Soyuz", and the first in history members of the crew created by a private company.

Alexander Morozov “Everyone is asked: what will happen? What to do? To answer this question, you need to understand that it is not“ Ukraine ”, but“ Tunisia ”or“ Egypt ”. Maidan cannot be a model example, because from the very beginning there were factors that are not in Belarus, the position of the Kyiv City Hall. Therefore, an“ autonomous zone ”was possible in Khreshchatyk, and that's why the schedule of buildings, etc.

Apple was the first American company in history, the capitalization of which exceeded $ 2 trillion. It is reported by CNN . Two years ago, Apple became the first American company with a capitalization of more than $ 1 trillion. Since the beginning of 2020, the company's capitalization has grown by almost 60%.

The French Paris Saint-Germain players largely outplayed the German Leipzig in the semifinal match of the Champions League and first in history reached the final of the main European Cup. The meeting in Lisbon ended with a score of 3-0 in favor of the Parisians, who distinguished Markinos (13 '), Angel Di Maria (42') and Juan Bernat (56 '). The best player in the match was Di Maria, who added two assists to the blue.

Dutchman Ronald Kuman was appointed to the post of head coach of the Spanish football club Barcelona. According to the press service of the Catalans, a contract with a 57-year-old specialist is designed until June 30, 2022. He replaced in this position to Kika Naze, who was dismissed on Monday after the devastating defeat of the team in the quarterfinals of the Champions League from the Munich Bavaria (2: 8).

The judge of the Ramensky City Court Tatyana Suvorova arrested until October 17 the video blogger Jan Katelevsky, which covers the violations of the security forces. The blogger is charged with extortion (Article 163 of the Criminal Code) of more than one million rubles from an traffic police officer. The conclusion of Yana Katelevsky in custody reports the telegram channel of his associates "Katelevsky and the Info roads" .

The Investigative Committee called the businessman Konstantin Ponomarev, who suited 25 billion rubles from the Swedish IKEA, the largest income tax in Russia in Russia. According to the agency, the businessman did not pay taxes for almost 10 billion rubles. The Investigative Committee of Russia completed an investigation on the case of tax failure in the amount of 9.7 billion rubles against entrepreneur Konstantin Ponomarev, who in 2010 sued 25 billion rubles from the Swedish IKEA.

The security forces in the morning of August 19 blocked the entrance to the Yanka Kupala National Academic Theater in Minsk, whose director lost the post after the support of the protesters. The entrances to the building are blocked, the police do not let actors and employees who submitted the dismissal. Announcement on the doors says that in the theater, a sanitary day, August 19 and 20, was declared days off.

The Ministry of Internal Affairs of Belarus denies the use of firearms against participants in protest shares in the country, insisting that in the arsenal of the security forces there was only non -lethal. Documentary certificates and official statements confirm that during the dispersal of protests, rubber bullets, light -shiman grenades and tear gas were used.

Yandex announced the launch of the Yandex GO application, which will replace the Yandex.Taxi service application, combining several company services. This was reported on the Yandex blog . Yandex Go will help to quickly and profitably get to the right place, tell you the schedule of the nearest bus and suggest that you order a watermelon or pizza with a fox from your favorite restaurant.

Yekaterinburg "Ural" on Wednesday divided points with the Moscow "Lokomotiv" in the match of the 3rd round of the Russian Premier League. The meeting at the Ekaterinburg Arena stadium ended with a score of 1: 1. For the goal of the hosts performed by the midfielder Andrei Egorchev (74 '), the guests three minutes before the end of the main time responded with the exact blow of the striker Fedor Smolov.

In 2021, it is planned to launch the federal housing-rental platform in Russia. This was announced on August 19 by the general director of the state -owned company "Dom.rf" Vitaly Mutko. According to him, various services will be built into the platform, and the purpose of its creation is the formation of a civilized rental housing market in the country, RIA Novosti reports.

President of Belarus Alexander Lukashenko announced a number of instructions following a meeting of the Security Council, in which the heads of the regions took part.

In Minsk, on Tuesday evening, the aircraft of the special flight squad "Russia" Tu-214 PU landed. According to the Flightradar service, a plane with an on-board number RA-64523 flew out of Vnukovo and at 20:18 landed in the Belarusian capital. According to open sources, the liner refers to the FSB aircraft and is used for flights of the director of the special services of Alexander Bortnikov, writes RBC .

President of Belarus Alexander Lukashenko appointed Roman Golovchenko as head of government, BelTA reports. All ministers are also appointed. Thus, the former composition of the government has not changed. According to Belarusian legislation, the government must compare its powers to the newly elected president, after which a new government of the government must be formed.