Driss Oukabir, who was said to be the driver of the van that hit people in Barcelona, ​​went to the police and claimed that his passport had been stolen. Reported by Ia Vanguardia. Oukabir also told the police that he was in the city of Ripoll (province of Girona) at the time of the attack. In addition, he explained that he decided to contact law enforcement agencies after seeing his photograph in the media.

The terrorist organization Islamic State, banned in Russia, has claimed responsibility for the attack in Barcelona, reports . ​​Reuters This is also reported by the IS-affiliated agency Amaq. Police confirmed the arrest of two suspects. The first detainee is possibly Driss Oukabir. The identity of the second suspect has not been released. According to unconfirmed reports, one of those involved in the attack was shot dead .

Russian President Vladimir Putin allowed the Ministry of Defense to seize land for state needs. The corresponding decree is published on the official portal of legal information.

Police have arrested an alleged participant in a pedestrian collision in Barcelona. The video of the arrest was published by Newsweek En Espanol. According to the publication, the detainee is Driss Oukabir. He was previously called involved in the attack. Information about the detention is confirmed by the RTVE TV channel. However, the identity of the detainee is not specified. The police managed to find the second van, which is related to the attack.

As a result of the terrorist attack in the center of Barcelona, ​​at least 13 people were killed, reports . radio Cadena SER The information is confirmed by the source of El Pais. The Catalan police said that one person was killed, another 32 people were injured, 10 of them are in serious condition. On the Rambla, a van drove into pedestrians. According to eyewitnesses, the minibus moved from Pelay Street, then moved down to Rambla Street. The driver fled the scene. The van was rented.

The ex-minister personally confirmed this on the first day of the court Photo: Agency Moscow At the first court hearing, the ex-Minister of Economic Development, Alexei Ulyukaev, announced what they whispered in the corners for a long time: Igor Sechin persuaded him to come to the Rosneft office. He told the court that the giving bribe was a provocation from Sechin and the then head of the Rosneft Security Service Feoktistov.

Why were everyone outraged by the transfer of Lake Sweet to Kazakhstan, which actually was not? Google map All week in Russia and Kazakhstan they discuss the news about the transfer of Lake Sweet in the Novosibirsk region from one country another. On August 10, a message appeared on the website of the Kupinsky district administration (already deleted, but was available in the Google cache) that after the border demarcation, Russia gave the lake to friendly Kazakhstan.

Photo: Andrey Nikerichev / Agency "Moscow" The leader of the Khaltai-Boltai hacker group Vladimir Anikeev testified at the court session in the Moscow City Court against members of the hacker group Konstantin Teplyakov and Alexander Filinov. About this Novaya Gazeta was told by Anikeev’s lawyer Khazret Bijoev. According to the lawyer, the interrogation of Anikeev lasted almost the whole day.

The scandal around Ukraine and the DPRK can be in the hands of those who opposed the supply of lethal weapons to Kyiv The launch of the North Korean missile, which entailed the scandal. YouTube screenshot The other day, The New York Times suggested: the success of launching North Korea missiles was provided by engines on the black market of engines - it is possible, from the Ukrainian plant "Yuzhmash" from the city of Dnieper, the former Dnepropetrovsk.

How Sevastopol is preparing for the first election of the governor Dmitry Ovsyannikov. Photo: RIA Novosti The first election of the governor of Sevastopol will be most likely to win Vladimir Putin. For this, the president comes to the hero city on Friday This has not happened with Sevastopol for 23 years.

The Chinese energy company Huaxin (CEFC) is discussing the purchase of a stake in Rosneft, Reuters reports citing sources. Since July, Rosneft CEO Igor Sechin has met twice with CEFC Chairman Ye Jianming. A CEFC spokesman told the agency that the companies had signed a cooperation agreement on August 2, but he did not specify whether a possible sale was discussed at the time.

UPDATE HISTORY. NEW INFO - ABOVE 00:30 & (MSK) & Salman and Sultan Taramovs (father and uncle of Magomed Taramov), as well as Magomed Tazbiev (uncle of Jamalai Tazbiev) were released from the building of the Regional Department of Internal Affairs of the Staropromyslovsky district. Eyewitnesses report that they were beaten. 22:42 (Moscow time)& Lawyer Vladimir Rutkovsky announced the intention of his clients Magomed Taramov and Jamalai Tazbiev to refuse his participation in their trial.

At least two people died in the explosion of an unidentified device in the Khasavyurt district of Dagestan. Two more were hospitalized. This was reported to TASS by a source in emergency services. According to the interlocutor, the explosion occurred in a field one kilometer from the village of Novogagatli. The source added that law enforcement officers are currently working at the scene. They establish the causes of the explosion and the circumstances of the incident.

Report from the border of North Korea and China Photo: Reuters/Damir Sagolj Economic sanctions imposed by China under the pressure of the world community painfully hit the north-east of the Middle Kingdom, causing a wave of discontent in the border areas. Chuanhe - a border cross between the DPRK and China - on August 16 more resembled a worried beehive. It is called the main gate to China for North Korean seafood.

More than 150 Chechens turned to Yuri Chaika. (After the publication of the "new" they were beaten!) Photo: RIA Novosti Updated August 17, 17:40 Moscow time Relatives of the Chechens from the village of Krasnaya Turbin, about whom the New Gazeta told about today, called to a meeting with the Lord Daudov and beaten. We turned to the country's leadership. The defendants of Taramov and Tazbiev show the “place of crime”: their own beds ...