Evgeny Petrosyan A large and resonant event in the life of Russian society is the divorce of famous humorists Evgeny Petrosyan and Elena Stepanenko. They write, Stepanenko and Petrosyan are divorced. The end of the world is close, I really tell you. - iVan davydov (@ivan_f_davydov) August 3, 2018 Damn, even if Petrosyan and Stepanenko divorced, with which we all got, that our relationship will be perfect - TGRNCHSH (@TGRNCHSH) August 3, 2018 Petrosyan and Stepanenko are divorced ??????

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On September 9, a protest rally has been appointed in many large cities of Russia. After the summer hibernation, civil activity increases: taxes have increased in the summer months and retirement age has been reduced. Other reasons that previously encouraged citizens to reach rallies also did not disappear. In this video, I share my personal thoughts on the topic of why it is worth maintaining a civil protest.

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The President of Georgia talks about the unification of the country through a European future, people in Tbilisi call Russia an invader. "Five -day war" 10 years later.

The Ukrainian Ombudsman Lyudmila Denisova announced her readiness to discuss with the Russian side "on any conditions" the exchange of Oleg Sentsov. The Ukrainian director, convicted in Russia on charges of terrorism, holds a hunger strike for 87 days and is in serious condition. Denisova wrote about this on her Facebook page. The Ukrainian Ombudsman turned to the Commissioner for Human Rights in Russia Tatyana Moskalkova and the chairman of the Human Rights Council Mikhail Fedotov.

Destruction from the earthquake on the island of Lombok, Indonesia The number of victims of the earthquake in Indonesia has increased on Wednesday to 347. This is, with reference to the local authorities, the Antara News website reports . The earthquake on the island of Lombok magnitude 6.9 caused the destruction of houses and interruptions in electricity. Most of the dead were victims of the fall of the fragments of buildings.

Search in the office of the news portal TUT.BY in Minsk Employees of the Investigative Committee of Belarus on Wednesday came with a search to the apartment of the Minsk correspondent of the German Wave Pavlyuk Bykovsky. The journalist wrote about this on Facebook. Investigators explained to Bykovsky that they came to do an audit at the address, and not to him personally, and that the prosecutor had a warrant. Bykovsky at the moment does not have the status of a suspect.

How to survive in the world of post -truths? From the word of the year according to the Oxford dictionary "postravda" turned into political reality. We live in the hybrid world of simulations and fakes. The post -truth is considered to be information that is based not on facts, but on emotions and personal beliefs. Everyone constructs his own reality and projects it outward.

Since 2019, the American movie academy has been introducing a new Oscar film award - for an outstanding popular film. Change is coming to the #OSSCARS . HERE%27S What You NEED to KNOW:- A New Category is Being Designed Around Achievement in Popular Film.- We%27ve Set An Earlier Airdate for 2020: Mark Your Calendars for February 9.- We%27re Planning a More Globally Accessible, Three-Hour Telecast.

The US State Department imposes sanctions against Russia because of the poisoning of former GRU officer Sergei Skripal and his daughter Julia in the British city of Salisbury. The corresponding application is published on the website of the State Department. The representative of the State Department Hizer Neurt clarified that, using a neuro-paralytic substance in the UK, Russia violated international law. New restrictions will enter into force on August 22.

The arrested in the case of the organization "New Greatness" by Anna Pavlikova and Maria Dubovik is not required emergency treatment. Their condition is evaluated as satisfactory. This was stated in the Moscow Department of the Federal Penitentiary Service (FSIN). Earlier, the mother of 19-year-old Maria Dubovik reported that her daughter had a tumor. She also has problems with the thyroid gland, vision and digestion.

Former British Foreign Minister Boris Johnson refused to apologize for a joke about traditional Muslim clothes, despite the requirements of the Chairman of the Conservative Party. This was reported on Wednesday by the BBC media corporation. The politician fell under a wave of criticism after saying that women in Islamic clothes covering their face are similar to mailboxes. Johnson also compared Muslims in Burki with banks robbers.

In Magnitogorsk, police officers beat a local resident after he appealed to them with a statement of robbery. Sergei Fedotov was threatened with rape if he does not take the complaint. This was reported by the publication "Verstov.info". Fedotov turned to the police after he was beaten and robbed by unknown people in his own house. The victim notes that the money disappeared after the police arrived at the scene.

Protest against raising the retirement age On Wednesday, the Central Election Commission of the Russian Federation recognized issues proposed by three initiative groups for submitting to the All -Russian referendum on raising the retirement age. Now the initiators will need to create a referendum group of at least 42 Russian regions, and then collect 2 million voter signatures. In one region, you can get no more than 50 thousand signatures.