The German director Wolfgang Petersen died in his house in Brentwood. He was 81 years old, reports Deadline. Petersen died on August 12 from pancreatic cancer, but it became known about his death only today. Photo: IMDB Wolfgang Petersen was born on March 14, 1941 in Germany. After school, he worked as an assistant to the director in Hamburg, studied theatrical studies there, and then moved to West Berlin to study at the Academy of Cinema and Television.

"Tank battles" in the border with Russia of the Estonian city: the authorities dismantled the Soviet military T-34 in Narva In Narva, a monument to the Soviet tank T-34 was dismantled. He will be moved to the Estonian Military Museum in Viimsey. On the day of dismantling the monument in the city, roads were closed, as well as the border post of Narva - Ivangorod, the mayor of Narva, Katri Raik, advocated the transfer of the monument, but proposed to save it in the limits of Narva.

Police have filed charges against the team of Novaya Rasskaz-Gazeta, a new magazine issued by the team of Novaya Gazeta (Moscow), for “discrediting” the Russian army, the editorial office reports. According to Russia’s censorship agency Roskomnadzor, articles written by Aleksandr Minkin , Andrei Kolesnikov and Kirill Fokin contain information that “discredits” the Russian armed forces. They were published in the first print issue of the magazine and on the project’s website.

In Moscow, the security forces were taken to the Investigative Committee for a survey of the journalist of the Moscow Komsomolets Leo Speransky. About this writes RIA Novosti. A screenshot of a video published by the Moscow Komsomol. According to Speransky himself, we are talking about a criminal case of extortion of 50 thousand dollars in 2018. A phone, flash drive and a computer were seized from him at home. Later, the OVD-Info project said that Speransky was released.

In Ukraine, there was a new exchange of bodies of dead soldiers. This was reported by the Ministry for the Reintegration of the Temporarily Occupied Territories of Ukraine. “Another operation was carried out to transfer the bodies of the fallen soldiers. Ukraine has returned the bodies of another 19 of its defenders,” the ministry said in a statement.

A local woman was killed in the shelling of Orekhiv, a city in Ukraine’s Zaporizhzhia region, by Russian troops, regional governor Oleksandr Starukh said on his Telegram channel. Photo: Starukh's Telegram channel Six local residents were injured in the shelling, including three power company workers that were fixing the power lines. According to Starukh, the attacks from multiple rocket launchers lasted several hours.

The editors of the Novaya rasskaz-gazeta magazine were issued a protocol on the “discrediting” of the Russian army (Article 20.3.3 of the Code of Administrative Offenses). This was reported to the editor. Roskomnadzor believes that the materials of the authorship of Alexander Minkin , Andrei Kolesnikov and Kirill Fokin will discredit the Russian army . They were published in the first printed issue of the magazine, as well as on the website of the publication.

As a result of the shelling of the city of Nuts, a local resident died by Russian troops. This was announced in the telegram channel by the head of the Zaporizhzhya regional military administration Alexander Old Woman. Photo: Telegram channel of the old woman Six more people were injured, three of them are employees of the energy company who restored the networks. According to the old woman, the shelling of volley systems lasted several hours.

Russian activist Petr Trofimov, who has resided in Finland since August 2019, has been charged by the Russian police for organising an unsanctioned rally, Free Russians Global movement reports on Facebook. Information about the case was published on the website of a St. Petersburg court. Photo: Petr Trofimov at a rally in Helsinki on 9 May 2022 / the activist’s social media “A notice was sent to my home address in St.

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The monument to the Soviet T-34 tank in Estonia’s Narva has been dismantled by order of the country’s government. The monument will be transported to the Estonian War Museum in Viimsi, rus.err.ee reports . The dismantling process took about three hours, during which the surrounding roads were cordoned off. Sections of the motorway connecting Narva and Narva-Jõesuu are guarded by police.

Russia’s Federal Security Service (FSB) claims that Ukraine’s subversive groups thrice blew up power transmission tower masts on the way to the Kursk Nuclear Power Plant, which led to the disruption in the plant’s work, reports Russian state news agency TASS, citing the FSB press service.

From September, the Finnish government will reduce the issuance of tourist Schengen visas for Russian citizens to 10% of the current level, Finnish Foreign Minister Pekka Haavisto said. His words are quoted by Yle. “After the coronavirus, there has been a noticeable increase in the flow of tourists from Russia when we are trying to help Ukrainian refugees. It is inappropriate that Finland has become a stopover for holidays in Europe,” said Haavisto.

Confirmation codes and numbers of 1900 users of the Signal messenger have been leaked. This is stated in a statement on the company's website. The leak occurred due to a hack in the Twilio database that checks numbers. Signal assured that the message history, contact list, hidden profile information and other personal data were not affected. At the same time, attackers could re-register account numbers, which allowed them to send and receive messages.

In Crimea, for the slightest hint of disloyalty to Russian troops, they are ready to demolish entire car services and plant for a long time. But people still rebel against war Photo: Contributor/Getty images Since the beginning of the war in Ukraine, on the annexed peninsula, the authorities and the security forces launched repressions against Crimeans with an anti -war position. In the features of the Crimean “Witch Hunts” specifically for the “Novaya Gazeta.