The Moscow Department of Culture announced the severance of labor relations with the former management of the Gogol Center. This is reported by TASS with reference to the department. The position of artistic director of the theater will be replaced by director Anton Yakovlev instead of Alexei Agranovich. Director instead of Alexei Kabeshev will be the ex-head of the Novosibirsk State Philharmonic Alexander Bocharnikov.

Walking in St. Petersburg "Putin's cook" Evgeny Prigozhin during a "special operation", which simply does not exist for residents and guests of the city Shop of merchants Eliseevs. Photo: Vera Chelishcheva “I propose to all senior officials and oligarchs to make a statement on my template:“ I, Prigozhin Evgeny Viktorovich, warmly support the special operation in Ukraine and is ready to support it both ideologically and financially.

The European Union is discussing how to allow transit through its territory to Kaliningrad of goods with goods that fell under sanctions. This was reported to Reuters by two sources familiar with the situation.

A case was started against the lawyer Dmitry Talentov under the “fake” article after the next denunciation Dmitry Talents.

The Cheremushkinsky court of Moscow arrested the president of the lawyer's chamber of Udmurtia and lawyer of journalist Ivan Safronov Dmitry Talentov until August 21 in the case of the Fakes of the Russian Army. The meeting was held closed at the request of the prosecutor's office. Photo: Andrey Karev / "New Gazeta. Europe" Judge Sergey Khomyakov satisfied the investigation to detain the lawyer Talent until August 23.

The historian Tatyana Tairov-Yakovlev was fired from St. Petersburg State University. This was announced by REGNUM by political analyst Peter Phratov. “The position of Tairova-Yakovleva after the start of a special military operation, her interview was caused by a sharply negative reaction in the company and a lot of letters to the St. Petersburg Builder, as well as to law enforcement agencies, which led to its dismissal,” he said.

The Investigative Committee (SK) on the Volgograd garrison opened a criminal case on bringing the 21-year-old conscript Daniil Radsky to suicide (part 1 of article 110 of the Criminal Code). This was reported by RBC with reference to the letter of management of the FSB for associations of long and military transport aircraft. Photo from the family archive “At 21 hours 35 minutes of the same day in the territory of military unit No.

Ukraine’s Coordination Headquarters for the Treatment of Prisoners of War has held another prisoner swap with Russia. A total of 144 people have returned to Ukraine, the Main Directorate of Intelligence of the Ministry of Defence of Ukraine reports . Ukraine points out that this is the “biggest prisoner swap since the start of the full-scale Russian invasion.” Among the swapped prisoners are 95 Azovstal defenders and 43 soldiers of the Azov battalion.

What consequences will the problem with the extension of licenses for the Cisco and IBM technique, explains Mikhail Klimarev Russian companies using Cisco and IBM equipment were not able to extend licenses for previously purchased equipment, Vedomosti said.

Petersburg officials said that the restriction of access for minors to the patriotic exhibition "Battle for Mariupol - the struggle for the Russian world" in Pushkin was due to the "incorrect" placement of the letters Z and V, which became symbols of the "special operation" in Ukraine. the corresponding explanations to Fontanka .

The Syrian Foreign Ministry decided to recognize the independence of the self-proclaimed Donetsk and Luhansk People's Republics. about this The SANA state agency writes , citing an official source in the country's Foreign Ministry. “By embodying the common will and desire to improve relations in all areas, the Syrian Arab Republic has decided to recognize the independence and sovereignty of both the Luhansk People’s Republic and the Donetsk People’s Republic,” it said.

The coordinating headquarters for the treatment of prisoners of war of Ukraine carried out an exchange with Russia, as a result of which 144 people returned to the country. This was reported by the Main Directorate of Intelligence of the Ministry of Defense of the country. It is noted that "this is the largest exchange since the beginning of a full-scale Russian invasion." Among the exchanged prisoners are 95 defenders of Azovstal, 43 of whom are servicemen of the Azov regiment.

General Surovikin is in charge of Russia’s Southern army group in Ukraine.

President of Ukraine Volodymyr Zelensky during a speech at the Summit of NATO countries said that Ukraine in the war with Russia needs support for weapons, finances and sanctions against the Russian Federation. His words are given by "European Truth." The screenshot of Zelensky's performances. “The war should not be delayed. So that this does not exist, so that we break the Russian artillery advantage, we need much more such modern systems, modern artillery, ”Zelensky said.

The countries of the organization of the North Atlantic Alliance (NATO) at the summit in Madrid adopted a new strategic concept in which Russia is called "the most significant and direct threat." This is stated in the message on the Alliance website. NATO Secretary General Jens Stoltenberg at a press conference. Screenshot: Jens Stoltenberg / Twitter “The Russian Federation is the most significant and direct threat to the security of our allies, peace and stability.