On July 30, on the day of memory of the director Alexander Rastorguev, Medusa **, together with Rima, posted the Lenta.doc archive - 242 documentaries shot by the team of Alexander Rastorguev in 2013-2014. What they say about Russia that we have lost, says Konstantin Shavlovsky. 1. Lenta.doc is a project that grew out of the “term” of Alexander Rastorguev, Alexei Pivovarov and Pavel Kostomarov.

On July 31, Derke Sauer, the founder of the Vedomosti newspaper, played a key role in the development of independent journalism in Russia. Our permanent author Maxim Trustlyubov for many years led the section “Opinions” in “Vedomosti”. In his column, he reflects on the type of leadership with which Sauer was associated, and how the role of such figures in today's world has changed - not only in Russia, but also beyond its borders.

Arkady Moshes Photo from the website of the Finnish Institute of International Relations Ultimatum Trump Putin. He is already forgotten as an informational noise, or after August 8, when the US president designated a deadline to stop the military aggression of Russia, will become noisy? Including this Republic talked with the director of the Eastern Program of the EU and Russia of the Finnish Institute of International Relations Arkady Moshez .

Beijing, business center AP/Scanpix The US Congress accuses the Chinese mafia of managing fraudulent centers throughout Southeast Asia. According to the authors of the report, not only mafia syndicates, but also the Chinese state itself, covering the “one belt, one path”, cost not only the Mafiose slavery and cyberspione. Beijing denies the accusations, but the numbers, facts and evidence indicate a transnational threat that US citizens primarily suffer from.