One of the convicts in the case of the murder of the politician Boris Nemtsov, Temirlan Eskirkhanov, signed a contract from the Ministry of Defense in the colony and went to the war to Ukraine. This was reported by TASS with reference to a source in law enforcement agencies. Temirlan Eskirkhanov, photo: social networks According to the interlocutor of the agency, Eskirkhanov concluded an annual contract with the Ministry of Defense in March 2024.

In Moscow, two men attacked an 87-year-old pensioner. It seemed to them that he called the killers of the fighters of the PMC Wagner Updated The text includes amendments regarding the second striker. In Moscow, two passengers of the bus No. 528 beat 87-year-old pensioner Dmitry Greenius. According to the attackers, Greenchiy said the "killers" when the bus drove past the memorial to the mercenaries of the "PMC Vagner" on Barvarka Street.

A column of Russian equipment and a military airfield burned down in Lipetsk Ukrainian troops have been attacking the Kursk region for the fourth day. According to open data, the Ukrainian Armed Forces are advancing deeper. Russia is transferring forces from other parts of the front. On the night of August 8-9, a column of Russian equipment was destroyed. Experts believe that up to several dozen soldiers could have died.

The situation in the Kursk region. Photo: Sipa / Kommersant / Vida Press The Ukrainian military for the fourth day continues an offensive in the Kursk region. Against the backdrop of what is happening, the regional authorities have introduced the emergency regime of federal significance, residents of three areas are evacuated. Meanwhile, the Armed Forces managed to break the column of Russian military equipment. The military leadership is preparing to send conscripts to the border regions.

Russian men are lining up at a recruitment office in the southern Rostov region during the mass draft effort in September 2022. Photo: EPA-EFE/ARKADY BUDNITSKY Despite the intensification of fighting in Russia’s southwestern Kursk region over the past few days as an unprecedented Ukrainian incursion shows no sign of slowing, Russian lawmakers were at pains to stress on Friday that a second wave of mobilisation would not be necessary.

Collected the reaction of the authorities and propaganda The Russian tank T-72 near the city of Sudzha, Kursk region, August 8, 2024. Photo: Anatoly Zhdanov / Kommersant / AFP / Scanpix / Leta In the Kursk region, the onset of the Armed Forces continues. The official position of the authorities of the Russian Federation: "Everything is under control." At the same time, the Z-bloggers and military commissars claim that the Ukrainian army managed to practically capture the city of Sudzha.

A car damaged in fighting near Sudzha in the Kursk region, 8 August. Photo: Anatoly Zhdanov / Kommersant / Sipa USA / Vida Press Residents of border towns and villages in Russia’s Kursk region are continuing to evacuate from the area independently amid the ongoing Ukrainian incursion and despite the absence of any state support. However, many older residents are unable to leave, Novaya Gazeta Europe has learned.

Kursk Nuclear Power Plant, Kurchatov. Photo: Wikipedia Having gained a foothold in Russia’s southwestern Kursk region in the past few days, the Armed Forces of Ukraine (AFU) are now fast approaching the Kursk Nuclear Power Plant in the city of Kurchatov, the city’s mayor Igor Korpunkov warned on Friday.

Concerts of the singer in Austria were canceled due to the threat of a terrorist attack. Thousands of fans are experiencing all together - because for them it is not just a show. Reportage Fans of Taylor Swift hang the bracelets on a tree in the lane Cornelius, Vienna, August 8, 2024. Photo: "New Gazeta Europe" On August 7, in Vienna, due to the threat of a terrorist attack, all three concerts of Taylor Swift-pop stars, which ends the European part of its world tour.

At least 159 military service soldiers died after the start of the full -scale invasion of Russian troops in Ukraine. Their number was calculated by the Russian BBC Service together with the Mediazone. Infographics: "Russian BBC service" Journalists have determined the number of dead conscripts by media and necrologues in social networks. They note that the real figure can be much larger.

On the morning of August 8, the Federal State Unitary Enterprise Main Radio Frequency Center (GRFC) requested data from telecom operators on the IP and physical addresses of Google servers in Russia, Kommersant reports, citing a letter from GRFC.

Yaroslav Shekhovtsov in court. Photo: 7x7 Horizontal Russia A court in Russia’s western Voronezh region sentenced a former Wagner Group mercenary to 16 years in prison on Thursday for the murder of two fellow soldiers during the group’s failed rebellion in June 2023, state-affiliated local news agency RIA Voronezh reported .

Ihor Klymenko / Telegram Ihor Klymenko / Telegram A total of 14 people were killed and another 43 injured in a Russian missile strike on a busy supermarket in the city of Kostyantynivka in eastern Ukraine’s Donetsk region, the Ukrainian Interior Ministry said on Friday. Following the strike, a large fire engulfed the complex but was later extinguished, Ukrainian Interior Minister Ihor Klymenko said , adding that residential buildings, shops and cars at the scene were severely damaged.

Despite the fact that active military actions have begun in the Kursk region, the mobilization of Russian troops is not required, Viktor Zavarzin, a member of the State Duma Defense Committee, said in an interview with the radio station Govorit Moskva. According to him, there are currently about 700 thousand contract soldiers serving in the Russian army, and they will be enough to displace the Ukrainian troops. "There is no such question yet, no such goal has been set.

Memorial chairman Oleg Orlov describes his ordeal in prison and the run up to last week’s prisoner swap Oleg Orlov.