The international journalistic expert group Bellingcat has released a report stating that since 2014, the Russian Ministry of Defense has massively awarded servicemen with medals "For Combat Distinction". According to the group, the number of medals awarded in 2014-2015 has increased significantly compared to the number of medals awarded before 2014. As Bellingcat found out, the Russian military posted on their social networks medals for combat awards, which have a serial number.

The Meshchansky District Court fined four members of the Moscow Waiting Order movement who were detained during a hunger strike near the office of United Russia in Moscow, reports . OVD -Info The court ordered them to pay 10 thousand rubles for each violation of the rules for holding a public event. On July 1, people on the waiting list were detained twice, and once again on July 2, the protesters were detained.

The head of the Turkish Ministry of Internal Affairs, Efkan Ala, has been dismissed. This was announced by Prime Minister Binali Yildirim, reports . Anadolu agency Suleiman Soylu, who previously held the post of Minister of Labor and Social Security, has been appointed as the new Minister of Internal Affairs of Turkey.

Indian freestyle wrestler Yogeshwar Dutt will refuse the silver medal of the Olympic Games in London, which may be deprived of the deceased Russian athlete Besik Kudukhov. about this He wrote on his Twitter page. Yogeshwar Dutta, the bronze medalist of the 2012 Olympics, got a chance to get silver after a doping test of the Russian wrestler gave a positive result after a recheck. “Besik Kudukhov is a great wrestler. I respect him as an athlete.

The tractor march of the Kuban farmers to Moscow was dispersed by the police, the participants were arrested. Now farmers Nina Karpenko, Igor Maslov and Alexander Matvienko turn to President Putin. They ask him to begin a real fight against corruption in the Krasnodar Territory and help detained tractor drivers who tried to protect their land from agricultural holdings.

Brazil's Federal Senate approved the resignation of President Dilma Rousseff, TASS reports . 61 parliamentarians voted for the impeachment of the incumbent, 20 members of the Senate voted against. Thus, Rousseff, who was previously temporarily suspended from the post of President of the Republic, will finally leave her post. Until the end of 2018, Brazilian Vice President Michel Temer will serve as head of state. Earlier, Brazilian deputies voted for the impeachment of the president .

The Dissernet community found incorrect borrowings in the scientific papers of 33 candidates for deputies of the State Duma. The results of the study are published on the community website.

The statements of the Russian Ministry of Defense about the assassination of one of the leaders of the terrorist organization "Islamic State" banned in Russia, Mohammed al-Adnani, as a result of a strike by Russian air forces, are a "joke". This was reported to Reuters by representatives of the US defense sector. “The Russian allegations are a joke,” the source said.

The Belgian intelligence services have added to the list of potential terrorists, which included 29 Russian citizens. It is reported by the news portal Knack. A total of 614 people were added to the list. Most of them are citizens of Belgium, another 119 people have foreign citizenship. In addition to 29 Russians, the list included 39 Moroccans, 16 Frenchmen, 13 Algerians, seven Dutchmen, six Italian citizens, three Syrians, three Tunisians and two Macedonians.

Azerbaijan will not accept three licenses of Russian Paralympic athletes, which were handed over to the national team, reports . Trend “Azerbaijan has received three licenses. But we have not earned these licenses. How can an athlete who has not earned a license take part in the Olympics?” Azad Rahimov, Minister of Youth and Sports, said. He added that he did not understand how licenses could be distributed among other countries without a court order.

The Russian team was finally suspended from participation in the Paralympics in Rio de Janeiro, the Federal Court of Switzerland made the corresponding decision, reports R-Sport. The court dismissed the appeal of the Russian Paralympic Committee against the decision of the Court of Arbitration for Sport in Lausanne (CAS). Recall that on August 8, the International Paralympic Committee (IPC) suspended the entire Russian Paralympic team from the Games in Rio de Janeiro.

Prime Minister Dmitry Medvedev, during his visit to the Sosnovy Bor Lipetsk Regional Rehabilitation Center for the Disabled and Elderly, spoke about how the government decided to replace the indexation of pensions with a one-time payment of five thousand rubles, leaving, he noticed how patients were studying an article of the Criminal Code Russia “Fraud. On Wednesday, August 31, writes .

The Ukrainian authorities have expanded the list of Russian citizens against whom personal sanctions are imposed. This was announced by the country's First Deputy Prime Minister Stepan Kubiv, RIA Novosti reports. The sanctions list additionally included 250 citizens and 46 companies. In total, restrictive measures apply to 638 individuals and 150 companies from Russia.

Sergei Katasonov, First Deputy Chairman of the Committee on Budget and Taxes of the State Duma, said that he does not support the introduction of taxes on food products. This is reported by the agency Moscow. “We must deny ourselves what? In food? Therefore, my position is that if there is no money, and we cannot index salaries and pensions, then it is absolutely impossible to introduce a fiscal burden that would increase the cost of products today,” he said.

The Basmanny Court of Moscow accepted for consideration the lawsuit of Olga Sechina against Novaya Gazeta. This was announced by the press secretary of the court Yunona Tsareva, reports RNS. “She managed to eliminate a number of inaccuracies in the statement on time. Now the lawsuit is pending before the court, ”said the representative of the court. The press service did not specify the date of the pre-trial preparation for the claim.