Pavel Kushnir, photo: Sverdlovsk Regional Museum of Local Lore After a dry hunger strike, the activist Pavel Kushnir died in the Birobidzhana of the Birobidzhana, reports “like this” with reference to the girlfriend of the deceased, pianist Olga Shchkunova. The head of the Rus Sitting Foundation Olga Romanova, in an interview with the publication, confirmed this information.

Yashin made an emotional speech at a press conference in Germany. "New Europe" understands how his words are important Photo: Ina Fassbender / AFP / Scanpix / Leta A press conference was held in Germany with the participation of Ilya Yashin, Vladimir Kara-Murza and Andrei Pivovarov.

In pictures: the dramatic exchange of 24 prisoners between Russia and the West An honour guard at Moscow’s Vnukovo Airport awaits the arrival of eight freed Russian prisoners from Ankara, 1 August 2024.

In Germany, the press conference of Ilya Yashin, Vladimir Kara-Murza and Andrei Pivovarov took place. Collected the main points Photo: Victoria Litvin / for "Novy-Europe" In the German city of Bonn, a press conference was held with the participation of Ilya Yashin, Vladimir Kara-Murza and Andrei Pivovarov. The place was attended by the correspondents of Novaya Gazeta Europe.

Relatives of the 18-year-old native of Dagestan Aishat Magomedova, who decided to interrupt communication and live separately from them in Moscow, arrived in an apartment to the girl, beat her and took her to Kizilyurt’s hometown. This was reported by the human rights organization "Marem".

"Terrible News" With Kirill Martynov An exchange of prisoners took place between Russia, Germany, the United States and four other countries. 26 people were exchanged at Ankara airport - 10 of them have already arrived in Russia, 13 in Germany, and three more in the United States. How were the liberated prisoners received in Russia, the US and Germany? Why was this exchange possible? And are similar exchanges in the future?

The exchange of prisoners took place, but at what cost? And what will happen next? Novyevropa asked political scientists Vladimir Putin meets liberated Russian citizens at Vnukovo International Airport in Moscow, August 1, 2024. Photo: Kirill Zykov / satellite / kremlin / epa-efe Yesterday the largest exchange of prisoners between Russia and Western countries took place. Several Russian Politseks were released. This really happy and joyful event causes complex emotions.

Security forces have detained Senator Dmitry Savelyev on suspicion of preparing to murder a business partner. This was announced by the Investigative Committee. The events took place in 2023, Kommersant writes . Then Savelyev decided to kill his business partner, whose last name was Ionov. He had embezzled money from their joint company - and for this he had already been in prison. Savelyev organized the crime through intermediaries for a reward of $100,000.

Released FSB officer Vadim Krasikov and Vladimir Putin at Moscow's Vnukovo Airport, 1 August 2024. Photo: Mikhail Voskresenskiy / Sputnik / Kremlin pool / EPA-EFE Released FSB officer Vadim Krasikov and Vladimir Putin at Moscow's Vnukovo Airport, 1 August 2024.

Novyevropa says what is happening with the liberated Russian Politsyki and what their relatives expect Photo: Telegram channel Ilya Yashin Liberated Russian political prisoners, who were sent from Ankara to Germany, are now in the hospital in Koblenz. According to the rain, they can stay there until Sunday, August 4. Those who flew to the United States have already met with President Joe Biden and Vice President Kamal Harris.

The Southern District Military Court sentenced Daniil Kamnev, a participant in the hostage taking in the Rostov-on-Don pretrial detention center, to 23 years in a maximum security penal colony in the case of preparing a terrorist attack in Kislovodsk, Interfax reports . The state prosecution asked for a 28-year prison sentence.

Who were the 24 prisoners freed in the unprecedented exchange between Russia and the West? US President Joe Biden and Vice President Kamala Harris greet former US Marine Paul Whelan upon his arrival at Andrews Air Base, Maryland, 1 August 2024.

Liberated FSB officer Vadim Krasikov and Vladimir Putin, photo: Mikhail Voskressenskiy / Sputnik / Kremlin Pool Mandatory Credit / Epa-Efe The freed down as a result of the exchange, Vadim Krasikov, is the current FSB officer, and earlier he served in the Alpha special forces group. This was announced by the Kremlin representative Dmitry Peskov.

How Russian politicians and propagandists reacted to exchange Russian citizens who were released as a result of exchanging prisoners in Turkey leave the plane at Vnukovo Airport in Moscow, August 1, 2024. Photo: Sergey Ilyin / Sputnik / EPA-EFE Passing telegram channels so far react to a large-scale exchange of prisoners between Russia and several Western countries in restrained mode.

Google denies that YouTube's slowdown in Russia is the company's fault. A Google representative told Kommersant. He said the video hosting site's outages "are not the result of any technical problems" on the company's part.