The court in St. Petersburg sentenced activist Nikita Chirkov to one year restrictions on freedom for drawing the letter Z and swastika on the monument to Chernyshevsky and equated them to each other. This was reported by the press service of the city courts. According to the court, on March 23, 2022, Chirkov "based on political hatred" drew black paint on the monument to the writer Nikolai Chernyshevsky letter Z, sign = and swastika.

Monument to Soviet soldiers in Riga The Investigative Committee of Russia opened a criminal case due to the demolition of the monument of the Soviet army in Riga. The case was opened on behalf of the head of the UK, Alexander Bastrykin. The case was brought up on the fact of the destruction of military graves or monuments of the Great Patriotic War. The article provides for up to five years in prison. Work on the dismantling of the monument began on the morning of August 23.

Gennady Tychin Teacher of secondary school No. 109 in St. Petersburg Gennady Tychin challenged the dismissal from school for an anti-war position and sued the school salary. It is reported by "Paper". The court issued a decision in the case after seven meetings. According to the decision, Tychin should have been restored as on August 11, but they still did not. From this day, he has the right to receive a salary.

Alexander Vasiliev The performance of the St. Petersburg rock band "Splin" at the festival "Music with a strong character", which will be held at VEB Arena in Moscow on August 26, has been canceled. This was reported by "Kommersant" with reference to the leader of the group Alexander Vasiliev.

Politician love sable The leading show "Popular Policy" and supporters of the opposition Alexei Navalny were accused of creating "fakes" about the army and justification of terrorism. This was announced by the telegram channel "Siren", created by the Fund for the fight against corruption. According to the channel, we are talking about the statements of the leading war in Ukraine during the air of "popular policy".

The court in St. Petersburg terminated the criminal case on violation of security rules during construction against the foreman Dmitry Volkov, under which the worker Matvey Kucherov died during the demolition of the SCC. This was reported by the press service of the city courts. Volkova was accused of not providing Kucherov by means of protection, did not fenced the dangerous sections of the building and did not control the work of his subordinate.

July 28, 2014, Independence Square in Kyiv The migration crisis caused by the war in Ukraine is called the largest in the 21st century. Over the past six months, more than 11 million people have left Ukraine, another 8 million moved from their region within the country. Russian aggression forced not only the inhabitants of Ukraine, but also Russians to leave the houses: more than 500 thousand people left Russia in six months.

Vladimir Putin in the Yandex office in Moscow Yandex announced plans to sell its news aggregator and Zen Platform of VK. As the new main village, Yandex will develop ya.ru, it is through it that the Mail and Yandex ID will take place. Yandex also intends to buy from the VK Service for Delivery Club food and products. It is reported that the company will continue to develop the brand: the application and the site will work as before.

Sofya Rogacheva Exactly half a year ago, February 24, my eldest son and I went out into the kitchen in the morning and saw a half of the notebook sheet of paper on the table, on which one word was written in huge letters: "War". The leaf was left by the youngest son, who left the house the first and first included "Echo of Moscow". Then no one knew that this word in Russia would be prohibited, municipal deputy Alexei Gorinov had not yet received 7 years in a colony for him.

An illustrative photo The Canadian company IMAX, who left the Russian market in early summer, banned the use of its equipment in Russia, despite the fact that it formally belongs to the owners of filming. The ban applies even to the show of Russian films in this format. This was reported to RBC by the general director of the united film network "Sinema Park" and "Formula Cinema" Alexei Vasin. “A technically projector can show any film.

Plane in Vladivostok (archive photo) The deputy of the Kurkiyok rural settlement of Karelia reported by phone about mining in Pulkovo an airplane in Samara because he and his son were late for this flight. This was announced by the Telegram channel Shot. Mikhail Baev called the police. He hoped to catch the flight while he would be checked for the presence of a bomb. However, Smartavia and law enforcement officers conducted a check quickly, and the plane flew away on time.

Polina Kostyleva The Ministry of Justice announced the exclusion from the register of the media-foreign agents Polina Kostyleva, the coordinator of the voter rights movement "Voice". "This decision was made on the basis of an exclusion application, as well as received documents from authorized state authorities," the Ministry of Justice said. Kostylev was included in the register in September 2021.

Pigeons on the sign of the cinema The situation in the field of film distribution in Russia is worse than in the pandemic, due to the departure of Hollywood blockbusters from the Russian market, RBC, the general director of the United Cinema, Alexei Vasyasin told RBC. According to him, in the pandemic, the distributors knew that Hollywood films will sooner or later appear on the screens in Russia.

In Riga on the morning of August 23, work began to dismantle the monument to the soldiers of the Soviet Army. This was reported by the Latvian edition of Delfi. According to the publication, an excavator works at the foot of the monument, which dismantles the steps. The object is fenced, the fences near the monument are equipped with a light -resistant film. Police officers are also on duty at the monument, several police minibuses stand around the site.

In St. Petersburg, police detained the participants of the Yav art group, who painted on the fence on the Staro-Petergof Graffiti Prospekt Goolag in the form of the main page of the Google search engine. About this "Mediazone" was told by the group of the group Anastasia Vladychkin.