Belarusian writer, Nobel Prize winner in literature Svetlana Aleksievich appealed to the President of Belarus Alexander Lukashenko, urging him to resign amid mass protests in the country. “I want to say what Svetlana Kalinkina said beautifully - leave beautifully,” Aleksievich said in an interview with Radio Svaboda, “But it won’t work, there’s already blood. Leave before it's too late, before you throw the people into a terrible abyss, into the abyss of civil war. Leave.

The Russian Embassy in Belarus is working on the return of the Russians detained in July, whom Minsk considers to be Wagner mercenaries, RBC reports citing the Russian diplomatic service. “This task is currently a priority for the embassy,” the message emphasizes. An Interfax source confirmed that Wagner PMC mercenaries could be handed over to Russia in the near future. Recall that for the fourth day in a row protests have been held in Belarus, at which Russian citizens are also detained.

Stas Gorelik, a lecturer at the American Georgetown University, who was detained in Belarus on the night of August 12, is linked by the investigation to the case of the arrested blogger Siarhei Tsikhanouski. This was found out by Euroradio. According to him, security officials connect Gorelik with this case through another political scientist Vitaly Shklyarov, who was also detained in Belarus, but before the presidential elections.

At least three people were detained at the Belarusian Embassy in Moscow, who participated in the action in support of the protesting residents of the country, writes Rain. TASS reports at least five detainees. Today, about 150 people gathered at the Embassy of Belarus. The police are trying to disperse the audience, the action grew into a spontaneous procession: people went down the boulevard to the China-Gorod metro.

Columbine on Sakhalin: how special services are looking for "terrorists" among adolescents Illustration: Konstantin Ananas, for "New" All the first half of 2020, the FSB reported on the prevention of the so -called columbines - attacks by schoolchildren and students inspired by the attack on the American school of Columbine on April 20, 1999, to educational institutions.

Women throughout the republic line up in live chains and carry bouquets as a sign of solidarity and sorrow. Photo gallery On August 12, Belarusians have a new protest gesture - live chains. First, as a sign of reconciliation, women in Minsk, dressed in all white, began to be built into the ranks. Then peaceful actions were held in other regions of the country.

Chronicles of protest Belarus, the cruelty of the security forces and the opinion of the human rights activist known in the country, why the point of non -return has already been passed On the third day, protests against the regime of Alexander Lukashenko and the people, which were facing the streets of the presidential elections, which were facing the streets, turned out to be less massive, but the security forces showed themselves even more inhuman than in the early days.

The Leninsky District Court of Tyumen fined R. Farkhutdinov, a resident, 2,000 rubles under the article on the distribution of extremist materials (Article 20.29 of the Code of Administrative Offenses). The man published from his account on the social network "VKontakte" a picture included in the list of materials prohibited for distribution in Russia. Farkhutdinov posted it in the comments under the post of the city public “Typical Tyumen”.

Open letter to the President of Belarus Vladimir Spivakov. Photo: RIA Novosti There is a sequel Do not be jealous, lads! Earn and hand over your orders. Yuri Growth - about Spivakov and his torchors Full text Vladimir Spivakov - Alexander Lukashenko Alexander Grigoryevich!

Inside Khabarovsk uprising — Selling protected wood to China — Putin critics jailed Photo: EPA-EFE This Week’s Highlights We keep reporting from the epicenter of Russia’s largest peaceful uprising in Khabarovsk — it has been on for a month now; the Kremlin extends the crackdown on Putin critics sentencing a group of young activists in what is widely regarded as a fabricated case; officials sell out the Russian environment for profits, especially if the buyer is China; plus, we finally have the

In the Bugulma City Court of Tatarstan, the prosecutor's office asked to sentence 27-year-old Sergei Kukushkin to 14 years in a strict regime colony in the case of sexual abuse of a one and a half year old daughter. This was reported by the press service of the prosecutor's office of Tatarstan. The girl's father is accused of violent acts of a sexual nature (part 4 of article 132 of the Criminal Code).

Can it paint to make a device for catching misinformation - for 100 million rubles? We have a noble information water today-I quote the press close to the state body: “The Federal Print Agency and Mass Communications (Rospping) proposes to create a Data Service based on artificial intelligence to verify the reliability of news. This is stated in the letter of the deputy head of Rospechat Ilya Lazarev, sent to the supervisor of the Ministry of Communications on July 31.

Doctors have confirmed a stroke in actor Mikhail Efremov, who is now being accused in the case of a fatal accident on the Garden Ring in Moscow. This was reported to Novaya Gazeta by the artist's lawyer Elman Pashayev. “Now Efremov has come to his senses, his condition has improved, but doctors assess him as moderate. The actor is being treated, recovering, ”said the lawyer.

People's Artist of the USSR, outstanding violinist and conductor Vladimir Spivakov addressed an open letter to President Alexander Lukashenko amid protests in Belarus. The musician, who has repeatedly been in Minsk with concerts, criticized the actions of the Belarusian authorities and the harsh crackdown on protesters.

UPDATED 14:28 Initially, the message of the representative of the Ministry of Internal Affairs said that the police officers used firearms. However, after the media began to report on the use of live ammunition by security forces in Belarus, the post was edited and the mention of firearms disappeared. The Ministry of Internal Affairs of Belarus has officially confirmed the shooting at people in Brest. This was reported by the press secretary of the department Olga Chemodanova.