Why the West puts pressure on Ukraine Why the West puts pressure on Ukraine The meeting between Putin and Poroshenko in Minsk (which took place instead of their failed meeting in Berlin) ended in absolute zero. Vladimir Putin said that it is necessary to negotiate peace in Ukraine not with him, but with the DPR and LPR, and Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov announced the imminent dispatch of a new humanitarian convoy. After the fact, the idea of ​​a convoy becomes clear.

In early September, the German Olympic Committee, according to the broadcaster ARD, must decide which of the two candidate cities - Berlin or Hamburg - will be nominated by Germany as the capital of the 2024 Olympic Games. Local authorities in both cities are actively preparing for the nomination procedure, advertising booklets have been printed, videos are being made about city attractions, sports arenas and stadiums, Olympic champions of the past and present are being counted.

Paratroopers from Kostroma, detained in Donbass, gave a press conference today at the Kiev department of the SBU, Ukrayinska Pravda reports . Soldiers of the 98th Svir Red Banner Airborne Division stated that they did not know about the border crossing. One of the detainees, junior sergeant Yegor Pochtoev, blamed the officers for his entry into foreign territory. “The fact that we stopped by here, you can say that it is because of the commanders. They led us,” Pochtoev said.

Producer: Natalia Sokolova Special correspondent of Novaya Gazeta Pavel Kanygin - about the hopes of residents and promises of separatists, open stores and closed banks, regular shelling of the city and a general situation in Donetsk.

Deputies from the Communist Party headed by Gennady Zyuganov submitted to the State Duma a bill on state and municipal regulation of food prices, ITAR-TASS reports . According to the document, the government is given the right to set limits on trade markups for certain types of agricultural products and foodstuffs, including essential goods.

In the investigation "African Passion for Pisces" in No. 94 of 08.25.2014 we showed that the corrupt system does not take into account changes in external circumstances, including the introduction of sanctions that hit Russian fishermen and consumers. And how the industry itself feels in this situation The chairman of the Union of Fisheries of the North Vladimir Yuryevich Grigoryev, whom we met in Murmansk, described the processes in the Russian fish market not so rosy.

The Federal Antimonopoly Service opened a case against Yandex for advertising bookmakers. The corresponding definition is published on the official website of the department. The text of the document says that the Yandex.Direct advertising block included websites of bookmakers operating on the Internet. Because of this, when entering some queries into the search engine, the user is given an advertisement for bookmakers.

The management of Sheremetyevo suspended the chief doctor of the airport Artur Bunin for the period of investigation into the death of passenger Artem Chechikov, who became ill during the flight. As reported on the airport's website, this decision was made in connection with the internal investigation of this incident. The subject of the investigation is the circumstances of the provision of medical assistance to the passenger.

Three summer months, the project of the Book in Parks reminded Muscovites of the joy of reading in the fresh air Three summer months, the project of the Book in Parks reminded Muscovites of the joy of reading in the fresh air Photo: RIA Novosti In the seven Moscow parks, Gogol-Modules were installed-mini-stores for the sale of quality literature, and on weekends interesting free meetings with the authors were held.

The National Security and Defense Council of Ukraine announced that the Ukrainian security forces had taken control of the city of Novoazovsk in the southeast of the country. “After reinforcements approached the Ukrainian military, Novoazovsk was taken under the full control of the combined forces of the ATO,” the National Security and Defense Council tweeted .

Employees of the capital's criminal investigation department detained two more people in the case of painting a star on the spire of a Stalinist skyscraper in the center of Moscow in the colors of the Ukrainian flag. It is reported by "Yod" with reference to its source. According to him, roofers Kirill Vselensky (Ishutin) and Vladimir Podrezov were detained. This was also reported by the source of the Russian Planet.

The OSCE Representative on Freedom of the Media, Dunja Mijatović, condemned the attacks on journalists in the Pskov region and called on the Russian authorities to investigate the incident, according to the OSCE website. “I call on the authorities to promptly and thoroughly investigate the attacks and bring the attackers and masterminds of the attack to justice,” Mijatović said in a letter to Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov.

The 71st Venice Film Festival will take place from August 27 to September 6 The 71st Venice Film Festival will take place from August 27 to September 6 In the main competition, Andrey Konchalovsky's film "White Nights of the Postman Alexei Tryapitsyn", filmed in an improvisational way (practically without a script) in a northern village with local residents in the role of "themselves". Judging by the review by Dmitry Bykov ( Novaya Gazeta, No.

Switzerland has expanded the anti-Russian sanctions list, according to the official website of the Swiss Federal Council. The list includes 11 people and 5 banks. What specific individuals and legal entities fell under the sanctions is not reported. “The Federal Council has decided to expand the current policy and take all necessary measures to ensure that the latest European Union sanctions cannot be bypassed through Swiss territory,” the said in a statement on its website.

The surroundings of Mariupol under fire. Who shoots is not important local. The result is one The surroundings of Mariupol under fire. Who shoots is not important local. The result is one Burning cemetery. Photo by the author The governor of the Donetsk region Sergey Taruta said that Mariupol’s safety is not threatening anything - and left the city where the Donetsk administration is now located in Slavyansk. Mariupoltsev did not reassure this.