Why did the Russian leadership "Crimean Platform" cause such irritation? What are they going to do next in Kyiv? Guests of Vitaly Portnikov - Akhtem Chiygoz, deputy of the Verkhovna Rada of Ukraine and Dmitry Oreshkin, Russian political scientist.

Ursula von der Layen The EU leadership announced the achievement of the previously set goal completely vaccinated from the coronavirus infection of the COVID-19 by the end of the summer of 70 percent of the adult population. On Twitter, the head of the European Commission Ursula von der Layen wrote that at the moment, more than 250 million people are vaccinated in the Blok Member States. She called it a "significant achievement." “But we must continue to move forward.

The Russian Prosecutor General’s Office recorded 24 and a half thousand cases of corruption in the first six months of 2021. This is a maximum of the last eight years, the collection of the department "On the state of crime in Russia" published on Monday. About half of cases of corruption are bribes, the size of which in a third of cases does not exceed 10 thousand rubles. Most often they took and gave bribes in the Perm and Stavropol Territories, as well as in St. Petersburg.

Everything you need to know early in the morning of August 31 Good morning! The astronauts examined the Russian segment of the ISS and discovered unnecessary cracks on another module - “dawn”. There are fears that over time they will also begin to creep, as happened earlier on the “Star” module. Whether the station will reach until 2025 is not yet clear.

The Kurgan Regional Court released two Jehovah's Witnesses with disabilities from the investigative insulator. This was announced on Tuesday by the organization itself, noting that the decision on the affairs of Alexander Lubin and Anatoly Isakov was adopted on August 28 after the claim of the European Court of Human Rights (ECHR). As noted, both accused are disabled people of the second group. The 56-year-old Isakov oncological blood disease, multiple fractures of the spine and ribs.

Angelina Melnikova performs in Tokyo Russian winners and prize -winners of the Olympic Games in Tokyo will have to spend 7 days in a quarantine in the hotel and during this time to pass the Test for Koronavirus three times to meet with Russian President Vladimir Putin. This follows from the words of the Olympic champion in sports gymnastics Angelina Melnikova.

In many countries of the world, demonstrations were held in support of Afghanistan and Afghan women after the country was under the power of the Taliban terrorist and prohibited movement in Russia. In Moscow, however, the pickets of solidarity with the women of Afghanistan ended with detentions and thousands of fines. On August 23, a single pickets in support of Afghan women took place near the Afghanistan embassy in Moscow - the police detained six people.

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The project "Information Culture", which is engaged in the study of open data, refused to cooperate with the journalist Alesya Marokhovskaya due to its status "Foreign Agent". She herself told about this on Facebook. According to Marokhovskaya, the "information culture" invited her to be a mentor at Hakaton in December in Yekaterinburg.

A survey of passers -by on the streets of Moscow

During a trip to Volgograd, the Minister of Foreign Affairs of Russia and the second number of the United Russia list, Sergei Lavrov, decided to talk about the figure of Stalin. The words of the minister greeted the entirely expected indignation. Lavrov: Attacks on Stalin are part of an attack on the results of the war. On Stalin, the responsibility for the death of millions of people. He signed the shooting lists, he evicted the peoples, his politics led to starvation. Stalin - criminal.

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The jury court in Krasnoyarsk recognized the businessman and politician Anatoly Bykov, known for the nickname of Tolya-Byk, guilty of organizing a double murder committed more than 20 years ago. See also the court arrested businessman Anatoly Bykov in the murder case According to investigators, in 1994, Bykov survived after the assassination, when his car tried to blow up.

The President of Ukraine Volodymyr Zelensky visits the US visit. His negotiations with President Joe Biden will be held, as expected, on September 1. In their anticipation, Zelensky met in Washington with a number of representatives of the American administration. Zelensky, in particular, met with the Minister of Defense Lloyd Austin. After the meeting , an agreement was signed between Ukraine and the United States on the foundations of defense partnership.