US President Joe Biden signed the protocols on the accession of Finland and Sweden to NATO. This was reported on his Twitter page. For Sweden and Finland to join NATO, all 30 members of the alliance must support their applications. According to RIA Novosti, at the moment the application has not yet been ratified by Spain, Greece, Portugal, Slovakia, the Czech Republic, Turkey and Hungary.

The Lefortovo Court of Moscow sent Yevgeny Melnik, the former CEO of the Russian Communications Corporation (RKSS), to a pre-trial detention center in the case of abuse of power (part 1 of article 201.1 of the Criminal Code) in the performance of a state defense order. This is reported by TASS with reference to the press service of the court. Melnik will be in custody until October 2.

Purina has halted production of Friskies cat and dog food due to "logistical difficulties in supplying raw materials." This was reported to TASS by the company. The production of Cat Chow, Dog Chow, Gourmet and Darling Dog feeds has also been stopped, the source said. At the same time, the Purina One, Purina One Dog, Felix, Proplan brands will continue to be sold in Russia.

About life in the front -line city, which is subject to mandatory evacuation Frequen Bok in an elegant hat - Valentina Nikolaevna, a teacher of the Russian language and retirement literature, does not want to see Russians here. Photo: George Ivanchenko In Kramatorsk is not as scary as in Kharkov or Nikolaev. There is terrible differently. We spent almost until the end of July here to document a large -scale offensive of the Russian troops, which was predicted by Ukrainian intelligence.

American actor Steven Seagal visited the colony in Yelenovka in the self-proclaimed "DPR", where Ukrainian prisoners of war died as a result of an explosion in one of the barracks. This was stated by the head of the "DNR" Denis Pushilin in his telegram channel. The actor is filming a documentary about the events in the Donbass, he talked with prisoners of war in the Yelenovsky pre-trial detention center, Pushilin said.

The Ramensky City Court of the Moscow Region, at the request of the prosecutor's office, blocked the translation of The Economist's analytical material on bribery and the causes of corruption. This was discovered by the human rights project "Roskomsvoboda" in the course of monitoring the register of prohibited information.

Ilya Azar, a journalist and municipal deputy of the Moscow district of Khamovniki, was charged with a report on the demonstration of extremist symbols (part 1 of article 20.3 of the Code of Administrative Offenses). this He announced in his Telegram channel, the case card appeared on the website of the Moscow courts. Thus, the authorities are trying to keep him out of the upcoming elections, in which he did not intend to participate, Azar said.

The former first racket of the world and one of the most successful tennis players in history, American Serena Williams said that after the upcoming US Open is going to leave sports. She spoke about her plans in an essay for Vogue magazine. Serena Williams on Vogue cover According to Williams, this decision is connected with the desire to have a second child. “While I am a professional athlete, I do not want to become pregnant for the second time.

The rapprochement of Putin and Erdogan makes Russia dependent on Turkey Vladimir Putin and Recep Erdogan. Photo: EPA-EFE/Pavel Golovkin Shortly before Putin’s meeting with Erdogan, a group of the largest Russian businessmen led by Roman Abramovich, according to Novaya Gazeta. Europe ”, met with higher Turkish officials for large investments in the economy of Turkey. The fact of the meeting was confirmed by people who are directly familiar with the situation.

Six theses of Alexander Morozov about why talk about the restoration of Russia today prematurely According to the UN, at least 10 million people left their homes after Russia's invasion of Ukraine, and seven million people became displaced people within the country. Photo: alex chan tsz yuk/getty images 1 Ukrainians will never forgive. And after 30 years, and after 50. After all, this war hit millions of families.

The chairman of the LDPR party, Leonid Slutsky, visited the Volnovakha penal colony No. 120 in Yelenovka in the self-proclaimed "DNR". about this The deputy wrote in his telegram channel. “Today we have a particularly representative team of objective international experts from a number of, primarily European countries, as well as representatives of Nicaragua, North Korea – almost all continents are in Yelenovka today,” Slutsky says in a video published on his own channel.

What happened to the head of the Kherson region installed by Russia and what residents think about his sudden ‘illness’ Volodymyr Saldo. Photo: facebook Volodymyr Saldo, head of the military and civilian administration of the Kherson region appointed by Russia, has been hospitalized in Moscow. On August 5, a social media post was published on his behalf to explain that his worsening health condition is a result of post-COVID-19 complications, stress and working without days off.

Residents of the village of Novofedorovka in the Saksky district of Crimea reported explosions in the area of ​​the Russian air base. Personnel of the consequences of the blow were distributed by local telegram channels. Novofedorovka is located about 20 km from Yevpatoria. In the village is the military airfield "Saki".

Konstantin Sonin in the podcast "What is new?" Have you thought about why democratic elections are considered the most perfect system of will? At first glance, everything is simple: citizens vote, then voices are calculated and most determines the result. But how to hold elections to take into account the preferences of all voters? Scientists have been trying to answer this question for many years. Who is Kenneth Errow and why did he put a cross on the idea of ​​democratic elections in 1951?

Ukraine returned the bodies of 17 of its fallen soldiers. This was reported by the Ministry of Reintegration of Ukraine in the telegram channel. Where the transfer of bodies took place is not specified. Whether Russia returned the bodies of its fallen soldiers is unknown, the Russian side did not comment on this information. In mid-July, the Russian Federation and Ukraine exchanged the bodies of the dead according to the formula 45 for 45.