"It is good that the Ukrainians brought us water, otherwise they sat without water for a whole week. Neither light, no water, no gas, nothing." In the Russian city of Suda, captured by the Armed Forces, civilians remain. (We do not show faces and do not call the names of the inhabitants of Sudzhi, since the Russian government announced the Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty as an unwanted organization and for the interview they may face a fine or even restriction of freedom.)

Families of activists under the press of special services. The consequences of forest fires in Siberia. Why write political prisoners

In Zheleznogorsk, the Krasnoyarsk Territory was detained by a local resident on charges of destroying 13 posters with an advertisement for military service under a contract. This was reported by the Investigative Committee. It is clarified that a 38-year-old resident of Zheleznogorsk destroyed posters in June 2024.

Damaged monument to Lenin on the central square of the city of Sudzha, Kursk region, August 16, 2024 Adviser to the head of the Kursk region, Roman Alekhin, called on residents of the city of Rylsk, located about forty kilometers from the border with Ukraine, to evacuate “while it is possible and it is safe.” “Don’t wait until the last minute, like Sudzha, Korenevo, Glushkovo.

The most interesting of our common past. Incomplete story. Unjust wounds. Still live hopes. Could Russia go the other way? Radio Liberty this week 20 years ago. Archive project. Ivan Tolstoy chooses from our ether still relevant and turned out to be eternal.

Peter Weil and his guests about Vladimir Voinovich’s novel "The Life and Extraordinary Adventures of the Soldier Ivan Chonkin." Conversation with the author Vladimir Voinovich, Czech director Irji Mencice, who shot the film about Chonkin, actor Gennady Nazarov, who played the role of Chonkin, and others. For the first time on July 18, 2004.

Putin in Beslan. The death of Alena Delon

Songs and dancing for refugees

In the last round around the country behind the back of Vladimir Putin, an old and seemingly forgotten face suddenly loomed. Yuri Chaika. Suscled to the North Caucasus in the 20th. Five years after the High Investigation of the FBK. The investigator of the system Dmitry Sukharev and politician Abubakar Yangulbaev on the agenda.

The authorities of the Kursk region reported on Thursday, August 22, a little more than 133 thousand residents who left dangerous areas in connection with the fighting. Over 19 thousand people remain in their homes, said the acting governor Alexei Smirnov. We are talking about residents of 8 districts that fell into the zone of resettlement and evacuation in connection with the onset of the Armed Forces.

Kursk nuclear power plant The head of the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) Rafael Grossy plans to visit the Kursk NPP next week. He reported this to the newspaper Financial Times. Grossy intends to talk with the leaders of the station, assess the state of external power supply and access roads. He noted that as a result of promoting the Ukrainian army deep into Russia, the station is now within the reach of the artillery of the Armed Forces of Ukraine.