In the Astrakhan region, a MiG-29 fighter crashed, the pilot died. This was reported to RIA Novosti in the Ministry of Defense. “The plane crashed in a deserted place on the territory of the Ashuluk training ground. The flight was carried out without ammunition, ”the ministry said. The crash happened during a scheduled flight. To investigate the causes of the crash, a commission of the High Command of the Aerospace Forces was sent to the crash site.

Afghan President Ashraf Ghani, who fled to the UAE, addressed the citizens publicly for the first time since the Taliban took over the country*. The broadcast was conducted on the Facebook page, the main theses of the speech are published by Al Jazeera: Ghani left Afghanistan to "prevent bloodshed and a major catastrophe." Ghani's security forces forced him to urgently leave, leaving his "main assets and confidential documents" in the country.

* The Ministry of Justice has included the Golos movement in a new register of organizations performing the functions of a "foreign agent". The ministry includes in this list those associations that do not have a legal entity registered in Russia. "Voice" became the first in this register. Human rights activists have already recorded 130 visits by police officers to Muscovites whose addresses are listed in leaked databases of supporters of Alexei Navalny.

The Russian Ministry of Justice has included the Golos movement in a new register of organizations performing the functions of a "foreign agent". It is reported by Interfax. This register includes organizations that do not have a legal entity in Russia. "Voice" became the first in this list. Golos co-chair Grigory Melkonyants told Novaya Gazeta that the movement would later issue a statement on the situation.

Aeroflot pilot with 40 years of experience Andrei Litvinov goes to the polls in the district where his basic airport is located Andrey Litvinov.

The 74-year-old icon painter is fighting for the preservation of the merchant mansion of the 19th century, but the scandals around the monuments are inconvenient on the eve of the elections Vyacheslav Nikolaevich Volkov. Photo: Svetlana Vidanova / "New Gazeta" The city of Rybinsk, founded in 1777, has many unofficial names. In the past, these are the “capital of the Burlakov”, and the “bread capital of the Volga”, and “Little Petersburg”.

The Ministry of Sports of Belarus has banned athletes from traveling abroad to compete. The order applies to all sports. this Athlete Andrei Kravchenko announced on Instagram, and also said in an interview with RBC TV. runner Kristina Timanovskaya “The Minister of Sports forbade all athletes to travel outside Belarus, whether it be competitions, training camps, even vacations,” Timanovskaya said. Timanovskaya did not see the very order to ban travel abroad.

Human rights activists have already recorded 130 visits by police officers to Muscovites whose addresses are listed in leaked databases of supporters of Alexei Navalny. The number of appeals to lawyers does not stop. Maria Chashchilova, a lawyer for OVD-Info, reported this to Novaya Gazeta. The police come to people whose personal data was in the Smart Voting database, the database of participants in the Freedom to Navalny rally, or those who sent donations to FBK*.

Journalist Ivan Safronov sent to the editorial office of the “new” statistics of his stay in the Lefortovo pre -trial detention center Ivan Safronov. Photo: Vedomosti / TASS Ivan Safronov, accused of Gosizman, has been in custody for more than 13 months - he was arrested on July 7, 2020.

The regional Internet portal "Penza-Online" has been subjected to a DDoS attack since two o'clock in the morning, its website is unavailable . The acting editor-in-chief of the portal, Maria Saiganova, turned to the police with a statement about a crime under Art. 144 of the Criminal Code - obstruction of journalistic activities. This was reported to Novaya Gazeta by employees of the publication.

The provider "Maxnet Systems" did not know about the connection to its network of the structure of the company "Rostec", on suspicion of breaking into which the FSB initiated a criminal case against one of its ex-employees Nikita Demidov. This was reported to RBC by the CEO of Maxnet System Pavel Sokolovsky. He noted that critical infrastructure facilities should use dedicated channels and networks, and not the public Internet.

Aeroflot airline cancels flights from Moscow to Bangkok and back from August 24. This was announced by the Consulate General of Russia in Phuket. They clarified that flights would not resume "tentatively until the end of October." Earlier, a TASS source said that the Russian airline was suspending flights to Bangkok amid restrictions on flights over Afghanistan.

The prosecutor's office requested six years in a penal colony for MSU student Said-Mukhamed Dzhumaev (he is being tried under the name Mikail Markhiev) in the case of the use of violence against security officials (part 1 of article 318 of the Criminal Code) at rallies in support of Alexei Navalny on January 23. This was reported to Novaya Gazeta by the press service of the Tverskoy District Court of Moscow. This is the second debate in the Dzhumaev case.

Russian soldiers will prepare for a battle with the enemy with the help of a "patriotic" movie. And also with the help of "Besogon". List of "ideologically correct" paintings Deputy Minister of Defense of the Russian Federation, Colonel-General Andrei Kartapolov took up the education of Russian soldiers and firmly intends to transfer this experience to the entire adult population of the country. Among the methods are a recommendatory list of films and television programs. Andrey Kartapolov.

In what mood the conspirators conferred in the Kremlin on the night of August 18 to 19, 1991. Fragments of the indictment on the "CACP case" Photo: Alain Nogues/Sygma/Sygma Via Getty Images) From the editorial office In the below, the dry lines of the indictment in the “GKChP case” - a huge layer of facts and living evidence, a juicy description of events, assessments and replicas of the characters. Despite the seeming details, and sometimes repetitions, it is extremely interesting to read.