The fragments of independent media dispersed on the Internet, squeezed out by the Russian authorities from the country, resumed many of their projects and programs, bring on the air of many of their former Newsmakers, trying to restore the information status quo that existed before the war. In addition to information about events in Ukraine, presenters continue their conversation about Russia. About Russian politicians, about Russia's policy, about Putin's Russia.

After the Russian attack on Ukraine, Russia's relations with the Council of Europe were discontinued. On June 11, Vladimir Putin signed a law on non -fulfillment of the decisions of the ECHR adopted in relation to Russia after March 15, 2022. For previously adopted decisions, compensation will be paid in rubles to Russian accounts.

The court in Ufa fined 50 thousand rubles of the leader of the DDT group Yuri Shevchuk under an administrative article on the discrediting of the Russian army. The reason for this was the musician about the homeland and the war at the May concert in Ufa. Shevchuk was not present at a court hearing. The defense of the musician insisted that there was no evidence of his offense, and the police incorrectly drawn up the protocol.

In the hospital on the front line in the Donetsk region, doctors work 12 hours a day or more, often without a break. Doctors treat the most severe injuries and say that they simply do their job.

The FSB opened a criminal case under an article on terrorism on the fact of undermining high -voltage power lines leading from the Kursk nuclear power plant. This is stated in the statement of the department, it is quoted by the RIA Novosti agency . It is alleged that the sabotage led to a violation of the technological process of the station. The victims are not reported. The radiation background in the nuclear power plant is normal, follows from open sources.

The President of the Media Corporation of Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty Jamie Fly called on the Ukrainian authorities to carefully investigate the likely surveillance of the Ukrainian and Russian Radio Liberty Services Vitaly Portnikov . In August, Portnikov discovered in an apartment that he rents in the Lviv region, an eavesdropping device. "Freedom of the press means freedom from persecution and intimidation.

Russian lawyer, judge of retired Constitutional Court Anatoly Kononov died on August 15. He was 75 years old. Kononov repeatedly made a sharp criticism of the KS decisions and the positions of the authorities in cases having a wide public outcry. Anatoly Kononov was elected judge of the Constitutional Court in October 1991.

The authorities of Crimea annexed by Russia due to damage to the railway track as a result of explosions in the ammunition warehouse change the route of passenger trains on the Dzhankoy-Feodosia line. Trains will stop at the Vladislavovka station, then passengers will be transferred to buses, the Russian head of the Crimea Sergey Aksyonov said in the telegram channel.

A loud investigation of “important stories”: a soldier from the Khabarovsk Territory Daniil Frolkin admitted to the murder of a civilian Ukrainian and confirmed that the soldiers of his units participated in looting and robberies. Go to YouTube and type “important stories”. There will be a video. It is important. Look. I will not spoil it, because There is a considerable risk of getting up to 15 years. But I believe that you are not lazy and you yourself will find everything. Find it.

The Moscow district court fined the Telegram messenger for 4 million rubles for the refusal to remove the personal data of Russian soldiers participating in the war in Ukraine, and for 7 million for the failure of calls for extremism. According to the judge’s decisions, Telegram is found guilty of a failure to be removed.

"I think they will defend Bakhmut. But it will probably not be half the city. They [the Russian military] do not care about anyone. They do not aim, they just beat." "They do not care about children, anyway on adults. They still do not care." The Russian army is trying to advance in the direction of Bakhmut. The city lives under constant shelling.

The Signal messenger, which is considered one of the most reliable and safe, told users about the recent phishing attack. Twilio was subjected to her, verifying for Signal, the telephone numbers say on the messenger’s website . Judging by this information, the data of approximately 1900 users were affected. We are talking about phone numbers or confirmation codes.

Jill Biden The first lady of the United States Jill Biden was diagnosed with Covid-19. According to the Voice of America , on Monday late in the evening the wife of President Joe Biden began to experience symptoms similar to a cold. The PCR test made by her later on the coronavirus infection showed a positive result. “The first lady is vaccinated twice, and also received two booster vaccinations and experiences only mild symptoms. She takes Paxlovid and ...

In the new issue of the "Humanitarian Corridor" - St. Petersburg psychologist and volunteer Margarita Yagodzinskaya and professor at the University of Concordia (Canada) Mikhail IOossel The humanitarian corridor is not only legal, legal or military. A person needs to support psychological and medicinal care, warmth and word. There are not only disasters medicine, but also the language of disasters. Several million Ukrainians left their homes.

Information digest "Freedom time", August 16 Information digest "Freedom time", August 16 The Russian authorities of the annexed Crimea take emergency measures in connection with explosions in ammunition depots in the north of the peninsula; Is the Russian military-industrial complex so successful, as Vladimir Putin says about it; Iran’s authorities reject involvement in the attempt on the writer Salman Rushdi, stating that he himself is to blame; In Russia, a sharp increase in the incidence of