About 640 fishermen went missing in India. According to Xinhua , men disappeared off the coast of the state of West Bengal in Bengal Gulf. They fished on about 40 ships. Fishermen have been at sea for several days. The connection with them was lost on the night of August 4 during the storm.

In the north of Moscow, a girl died from a shock taking a bath with a tablet included in the outlet. According to the source of Interfax , the deceased was 17 years old, ITAR-TASS reports about the 18-year-old deceased. The girl took a bath with an iPad, which was connected to a charger. Probably, the tablet fell into the water, which led to death. Mother discovered the girl at 11:30 Moscow time and called the police. At the scene, the investigative-operational group works.

Approximately 150 people were evacuated from two passenger ships who had suffered near the Swiss Basel, Blick.ch reports. The publication notes that none of the passengers was injured, there are also no missing people. The accident happened on the Rhine: the barge loaded with the crushed stone hit two passenger vessels. The incident occurred around 8:00 local time (10:00 Moscow time). According to Badische Zeitung , the barge lost control and rolled over.

The only Russian low-cost airline, Dobrolet Airlines, ceased its work due to the sanctions of the European Union. Thus, Kommersant notes, statements by Russian officials that Western sanctions will only be “empty cotton” for domestic business. On the evening of August 3, the status of all flights of Aeroflot's subsidiary “Goodlet” at once on the Sheremetyevo airport has changed at once - they were canceled.

At least ten people were killed, two more were injured from the Typhoon “Screw”, which fell upon the southern regions of the DPRK. It is reported by ITAR-TASS with reference to the Korean Emergency Agency. In the provinces of Cholla-Namdo and Ksnsan-Potho, more than 13 thousand houses were left without light. Rains brought by typhoon flooded 3.3 thousand hectares of agricultural lands, over ten roads were destroyed. 16 buildings are also flooded, six fishing schooners sank due to storms.

Russian businessman Gennady Timchenko is ready to build a tunnel under the Kerch Strait for 40 billion rubles. He reported this in an interview with ITAR-TASS . “Experts are inclined to build a bridge in the Tuzla area, it is strategically correct, but such a project will cost at 300 billion rubles. In addition, it was ordered to open movement on the bridge by December 31, 2017, which is very tough in terms of terms.

The volunteer Ukrainian detachments of Azov and Shakhtersk began the assault on Donetsk, in which the main forces of the militias are located. This was announced on his Facebook page by the head of the press service of the Azov battalion Igor Mosiychuk. "Attention! The battalions "Azov" and "Shakhtersk" began the cleansing of Donetsk! Good luck, brothers! " - wrote Mosiychuk. A few hours earlier, Ukrainian security forces announced the capture of the city of Yasinovataya in the Donetsk region.

Prime Minister of the self-proclaimed Donetsk People’s Republic (DPR) Alexander Borodai canceled the press conference, which was supposed to take place after his return to Donetsk from Moscow, the DPR press center reports “The press conference was canceled for technical reasons,” the leadership of the self-proclaimed republic explained. On August 4, the DPR press center said that Alexander Borodai returned to Donetsk and will hold a press conference in the government of the government.

The Trinity Court of Moscow pleaded the guilt of the Armenia citizen Grachy Arutyunyan, who was driving KamAZ during a collision of a truck with a regular bus near Podolsky, ITAR-TASS reports. As follows from the court sentence, Harutyunyan’s guilt in violation of the rules of the road and the operation of vehicles has been fully proved.

The Ukrainian Foreign Ministry sent a note to Moscow colleagues “in connection with acts of aggression against the state that were committed from August 1 to 3”, Interfax-Ukraine reports with reference to the Ukrainian foreign policy.

In the border department of the FSB of the Russian Federation in the Rostov region, they have information that another group of military personnel from Ukraine on Monday, on August 4, intends to go to Russia from the territory of the neighboring state. This was reported by Interfax with reference to the head of the press service of the border administration Vasily Malaev. The exact number of military personnel who intend to cross from Ukraine to Russia is not yet known.

Dangerous substances were detected in American Bourbon whiskey, in addition, these alcohol products did not go through state registration for compliance with the requirements of the Customs Union, reports Rospotrebnadzor, writes RIA Novosti .

Militias of the self-proclaimed Donetsk People's Republic on Monday announced the liquidation of one of the units of the Ukrainian Dnepr battalion, reports . the Novorossiya agency According to the report, a DPR sabotage group conducted a special operation in Zaporozhye, as a result of which, allegedly, one of the units of the Dnepr battalion was completely destroyed. At the same time, all “combat commanders” of this unit were eliminated.

According to a survey conducted by the Public Opinion Foundation (FOM), 12% of Russians would like to go abroad forever. Among the youth, 24%expressed such a desire, among young people with higher education - 29%. According to one fifth part of the respondents (20%), in the coming years the number of people who go abroad forever will increase, almost a quarter (24%) are confident in the opposite. At the same time, only 4% of respondents have real opportunities for emigration.

The police of Odessa started two criminal cases of riots that the activists of the Right Sector and the Freedom Party arranged during the concert of the Ukrainian singer Ani Lorak in the Ibiza nightclub. It is reported by ITAR-TASS . The guilty faces up to five years in prison. “The actions of activists ...