US President Joe Biden officially announced his intention to appoint Lynn Tracy to the post of US Ambassador to Russia. This was reported on the White House website. Photo: Lynn Tracy Now Tracy is holding the post of head of the American diplomatic mission in Armenia. The media reported about her possible appointment by the ambassador to Russia a week ago. Tracy in 1986 received a bachelor's degree on the research of the Soviet Union at the University of Georgia.

How they will haunt those who do not want to fight with Ukraine Photo: Era On September 20, the State Duma at once in two readings adopted a bill, which makes amending the Criminal Code.

What threaten “referendums” and new Russian laws: a lawyer look Photo: EPA-EFE/Anatoly Maltsev There was no legal news for a long time. Looks like they saved up so that experts would not strain one at a time, but so that all at once. And here it is in one bottle-the referendums of the “LPR-DNR”, military and military-economic amendments in the Criminal Code, coupled 8% of the gas within Russia (this is non-legal, but one bottle).

The “heads” of the self-proclaimed “LPR” and “DPR” as well as the occupation “authorities” of Ukraine’s Kherson and Zaporizhzhia regions announced today, 20 September, that they would conduct referendums on joining the Russian Federation . The “referendums” will take place from 23 to 27 September. Germany’s Chancellor Olaf Scholz announced that the country would not recognise them.

Mothers of conscripts who serve in the Leningrad region said that their sons are going to be sent to "strengthen the border" with Ukraine or have already been sent to the border areas of the Belgorod region. It is reported by TV channel "Rain".

The Kuntsevskaya Interdistrict Prosecutor's Office sent a 18-year-old blogger Veronika Loginova a warning about the inadmissibility of violation of the law due to her page on Instagram. This is the first such case in Russia, notes Roskomsvoboda. Photo: Veronika Loginova/social networks The girl said that on August 17, police officers came to her registration address. Two security forces tried to present a “warning”, but Veronica herself was not at home.

As a result of the shelling of the village of Grushevka in the Kupyansky district of the Kharkov region, two people were killed. This was reported by the head of the regional administration Oleg Sinegubov. “2 people died. 9 civilians were injured. Including 4 children,” he wrote in his telegram channel. Now all the wounded have been hospitalized. Doctors assess their condition as moderate. Earlier it was reported that over the past day in the Kupyansky district, three people were injured.

Germany’s Chancellor Olaf Scholz has announced that the country would not recognise the referendums on the Luhansk and Donetsk “people’s republics” (“LDPR”) and the occupied territories of Ukraine’s Kherson and Zaporizhzhia regions joining the Russian Federation, reports Der Spiegel, citing Scholz’s remarks upon arriving in New York to participate in the United Nations General Assembly.

German Chancellor Olaf Scholz said that Germany does not recognize referendums on the entry of the "LDPR" and the occupied territories of the Kherson and Zaporozhye regions into Russia. Der Spiegel, Scholz announced this According to upon his arrival in New York to attend the UN General Assembly.

The Russian national football team will not take part in the draw for the European Championship 2024, which will be held in Germany. This was reported on the website of the Russian Football Union (RFU). “The reason is the February decision of UEFA to suspend the participation of Russian teams and clubs in competitions under the auspices of the organization, by default acting “until further notice,” the message says.

Russia purchased the Iranian UAV SHAHED-136 and is already using them in Ukraine. We figure out what kind of drones are and how they got to Putin Drone Shahed-136. Photo: screen video In mid-September, the Armed Forces of Ukraine for the first time stated that they managed to bring down the Iranian unmanned aerial vehicle of the Shahed-136, which, as experts previously suggested, Russia can purchase for its military needs from a prominent Iran.

Seven Sri Lankans living in Ukraine said that since May they were held captive by the Russian military in Volchansk, where they were beaten, tortured and forced to work. This was reported by the Russian service of the BBC. Six men (almost all of them in their early 20s) and one 50-year-old woman came from Sri Lanka to Ukraine in search of work and study and lived in Kupyansk, the publication claims.

The Central Election Commission (CEC) of the Russian Federation organizes polling stations in Russia for voting in referendums announced by the self-proclaimed "DPR" and "LPR" and the occupying "authorities" of the Zaporozhye and Kherson regions. RIA Novosti about this Nikolay Bulaev, deputy head of the commission, told . He also stated that there would be many observers at the referendums, including those from the Russian Central Election Commission.

The occupied part of the Zaporizhzhia region of Ukraine will hold a referendum on joining the Russian Federation from 23 to 27 September 2022, reports the Russia-appointed “head” of the region's administration Yevhen Balytskyi. Screenshot: Yevhen Balytskyi's Telegram channel “Today, I signed a decree on conducting a referendum regarding the territorial affiliation of the Zaporizhzhia region. It will take place from 23 to 27 September,” Balytskyi said.

In the occupied part of the Zaporizhzhya region, they decided to hold a referendum on the entry of the region into the Russian Federation from September 23 to 27. This was announced by Evgeny Balitsky, calling himself the "head" of the region. Photo: Evgeny Balitsky “Today I signed a provision on the referendum on the territorial affiliation of the Zaporizhzhya region. It will be held from September 23 to 27, ”Balitsky said.