Information digest "Freedom time", August 16 Information digest "Freedom time", August 16 The Ministry of Defense of Ukraine announced the capture of the Armed Forces of the Armed Forces of the Armed Forces of the village of Revolutionary in the Donetsk region; The Ukrainian authorities warn of the special danger of minefields left by Russian troops, their neutralization will take many years; The journalist of Novaya Gazeta Elena Kostyuchenko spoke about her poisoning in Germany, presumably

The first civilian ship left the port of Odessa on a temporary corridor in the Black Sea, created after Russia exit from a grain transaction. This was announced by the Minister of Infrastructure of Ukraine Alexander Kubrakov. The containers "Joseph Schulta" under the flag of Hong Kong keeps a course on the Bosphorus. According to the minister, the ship was in the port of Odessa since February 23, 2022.

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Frame from the film by Sergey Eisenstein "Ivan the Terrible" Nikita Sokolov, Vasily Zharkov, Ilya Budraitskis: Oprichnina as an eternal plot of Russian history Sergey Medvedev : And the day lasts longer than a century - the day of the oprichnik. In the new history textbook, which will fall on the desks of Russian schoolchildren on September 1, the role of Ivan the Terrible and his oprichnina in Russian history continues.

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The cycle of Peter Vail about the popular among Russians of the twentieth century of literary heroes. Fictional characters in real life and popular consciousness. August 17, 2003.

On the night of August 16, Russian troops attacked the port infrastructure in the Odessa and Nikolaev regions of Ukraine. For strikes, Shahed Drones were used, 13 of them managed to bring down, - the command of the air forces of Ukraine reported . How many drones were released in total, is not reported.

Moscow Mayor Sergei Sobyanin said that about 45 thousand inhabitants of the Russian capital are fighting in the zone of the so -called "special military operation" in Ukraine. According to him, about 20 thousand of them are mobilized, about the same - volunteers and contractors, and at least 5 thousand are professional military.

Second on the right-Colonel General Gennady Liquo The Governor of the Khabarovsk Territory Mikhail Degtyarev announced the death of Colonel General Gennady Liquo . He, according to previously reported, from May to last July commanded Russian troops at the front against Ukraine. It was 57 years old, he was sick for some time. In the past, he participated in the Russian operation in Syria. He headed the headquarters of the group of Russian troops there.

As part of an unofficial dialogue about improving relations, the United States is trying to convince Iran to refuse the sale of drones that are used in the war against Ukraine. It is reported by Financial Times with reference to sources familiar with the course of indirect negotiations between Washington and Tehran in Qatar and Oman.

The Russian authorities are discussing the return of the mandatory sale by exporters of foreign exchange earnings. It is reported by Reuters with reference to five unnamed sources. The authorities are trying to stop the fall of the ruble, which has reached a mark of 100 rubles per dollar against the backdrop of a year and a half of the war with Ukraine.

The military court sentenced a resident of Krasnoyarsk Andrei Petrauskas to ten years in the colony for trying to set fire to the military enlistment office. It is reported by the "Zone of Solidarity". The 24-year-old Krasnoyarsk was charged with an article on the attack. According to the investigation, in October 2022, Petrauskas threw two bottles of incendiary mixture at the local military registration and enlistment office. The fire that the guards extended began.

The National Security Committee of Kyrgyzstan detained a local resident who fought in Ukraine as part of the Wagner PMC. He was recruited in the Russian colony, where he was serving his sentence. In July, he returned to his homeland and was detained. For participation in hostilities on the side of a foreign state, he can face up to 10 years in prison. As the wife of the detainee told the Kyrgyz Radio Service, her husband left for Russia to work in early 2022.

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