The International Swimming Federation unanimously allowed Russian and Belarusian athletes to compete under the auspices of the organization in a neutral status. This is reported on the organization's website. “The organization recognizes the dedication, commitment and talent of athletes, regardless of their nationality,” said World Aquatics Bureau President Hussein Al Musallam.

Play the modern Russian analogue "Who wants to become a millionaire?" In honor of the 25th anniversary of the program! You will not receive money (excuse me!), But you can show off with knowledge On September 4, 1998, the show “Who wants to become a millionaire?” Was on the air of British television on September 4, 1998. The analogue of the television game hit the Russian screens a year later - at first the quiz came out under the name "Oh, lucky!" At NTV, Dmitry Dibrov led it.

One of the richest and accurately one of the most famous people of Ukraine is an arrested businessman and politician Igor Kolomoisky. This is what it is important to know about it Igor Kolomoisky in the building of the Shevchenkovsky court, Kyiv, September 2, 2023.

Politician Vladimir Kara-Murza, sentenced to 25 years in prison, was transferred to a colony, said on Twitter. his wife Evgenia “In complete secrecy, in an unknown direction and before my birthday, so that, God forbid, I don’t receive words of support from all over the world on that day. This stage is very, perhaps even the most difficult and dangerous period in the life of a political prisoner,” she said. Before being transferred, Kara-Murza was in Moscow pre-trial detention center No.

At the age of 56, the ex-vocalist of the Smash Mouth group, Stephen Harvell, died. This was reported by TMZ. The musician died on September 4 in his house of Aidaho. He had the last stage of liver failure. The Smash Mouth Group gained worldwide popular after its tracks by All Star and I'M a Believer became the Squire soundtrack. Ten years ago, the musician was diagnosed with cardiomyopathy, because of which the heart could not cope with pumping blood.

Veteran Russian journalist and Nobel Peace Prize laureate Dmitry Muratov is to temporarily leave his position as Novaya Gazeta’s editor-in-chief while he mounts a legal challenge against his recent designation as a “foreign agent” by Russia’s Justice Ministry.

The head of the Palliative Assistance Center and the founder of the Hospice Charity Help “Vera” Nyutu Federmeser was excluded from the Council under the Russian government on the issues of trusteeship in the social sphere. The order signed by the Prime Minister of the Russian Federation Mikhail Mishustin was published on the portal of legal acts.

VK created two business groups within the holding, one of which was headed by Stepan Kovalchuk, the great-nephew of Putin’s friend and oligarch Yuri Kovalchuk. This was reported in a company press release. Kovalchuk Jr. headed the Social Platforms and Media Content group, which included VKontakte, Odnoklassniki, Zen, VK Video, VK Music, VK Clips and VK Messenger.

Dmitry Muratov will resign from his post as editor-in-chief of Novaya Gazeta during the trial in court, where he will challenge his inclusion in the register of “foreign agents.” This is stated in the email newsletter to Novaya Gazeta subscribers. “Muratov categorically disagrees with the decision of the Ministry of Justice and is filing a lawsuit. At his request, the editors are suspending Dmitry Muratov’s functions as editor-in-chief for the duration of the trial,” Novaya reported.

Why humanity cannot part with the main search engine of the planet after 25 years of marriage Photo: PA-EFE / FILIP SINGER On September 4, Homo Digitalis celebrates 25 years of dense cohabitation with the main search system of the planet - Google. When I met WWW in 1994, everyone was looking for information in the Yahoo!, Infoseek and Lycos catalog. Next came the Looksmart catalog and Altavista search engine. Then Hotbot came. The Yandex search engine has opened.

Screenshot: the Russian Investigative Committee Ukrainian soldier Maksym Ovcharenko has been jailed for 22 years by a court in the self-proclaimed Donetsk “people’s republic” after being found guilty of the cruel treatment of civilians, waging illegal warfare, and murder, the Russian Investigative Committee said in a statement on Monday. According to prosecutors, Ovcharenko was one of two Ukrainian soldiers who detained an “unarmed civilian” in the city of Mariupol on 5 April 2022.

"New Gazeta Europe" explains that not so with the Russian pension system 30% of the inhabitants of Russia are pensioners. The authorities create the appearance of concern for the elderly: they carry out reforms, index payments. Even raising the retirement age was served as an opportunity to increase the amount of pension. Now the state also proposes to transfer part of the salary into non -state pension funds, which does not seem promising against the background of war and a huge budget deficit.

Ukrainian Defence Minister Oleksiy Reznikov announced he had submitted his resignation to the Verkhovna Rada, Ukraine’s Parliament, on Monday. The move came following Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky’s announcement that he had chosen Rustem Umerov as the country’s new defence minister in a statement issued on Sunday. Umerov, who currently heads the State Property Fund of Ukraine, must now be confirmed by the Ukrainian parliament. “Rustem Umerov should lead the Ministry now.

Novaya-Europe’s round-up Photo: the aftermath of the strike on the Odesa region / Serhiy Bratchuk It is day 558 of the war in Ukraine. Russia attacked the Odesa region of Ukraine using Shahed-136 drones, 17 of which were downed by the Ukrainian military. The Russian Defence Ministry said it had shot down incoming drones over the Kursk region and annexed Crimea, as well as destroying four Ukrainian naval craft in the Black Sea.

How the state collapses in Afghanistan, who lived for two years under the rule of the Taliban. Reporting "Novo-Europe" Illustration: Anastasia Kshishtof, especially for Novaya Gazeta Europe On August 30, 2021, the last American aircraft flew out of Kabul's busy Taliban.