In the Kursk region, the third day the battles between the Russian military continues and, as stated, the Armed Forces. On the morning of August 8, the acting head of the Kursk region, Alexei Smirnov, said that seven missiles and six drones of the Armed Forces of Ukraine had shot down over the area of air defense. During the night, a missile hazard regime was declared several times. Ukraine still does not comment on the attack on the Rosia region.

The court in Pskov sentenced a local resident to 9 years in prison in the case of confidential cooperation with a foreign state and. This was reported in the press service of the courts of the region. The message does not indicate the name of the convict, he is indicated simply by the letter "G". The case card on the court website does not indicate either the name of the accused, or even his lawyer. Earlier, the North Reali has already paid attention to this matter.

Most Ukrainian prisoners of war - 95% - are tortured in Russia. This was stated by the head of the UN Monitoring Mission to Human Rights in Ukraine Daniel Bell in an interview with the Netherlands television channel NOS. “They are beaten with metal sticks and batons, they are tortured with electric shock, they are stripped naked. It's just awful. The worst that I saw in my 20 -year career visits to prisoners on behalf of the UN.

In Estonia, complete customs control was introduced on the border with Russia. Before that, it was carried out selectively. This is written by Err. For crossing the border, full customs control means checking each person and his baggage. If a person crosses the border by car, the vehicle itself and things inside it will be checked. The measure applies to the border points of Narva, Koydula and Luhamaa.

Almost 35% of the candidates were refused registration in the governor's elections in Russia. This is more than in past years, the Voice report says . In September, the governors will be elected in the 21st region. 147 people tried to nominate their candidacy for them - one and a half times less than five years ago.

Konstantin Petrov In Murmansk, a criminal case was terminated on the rehabilitation of Nazism against the Izhevsk blogger and businessman Konstantin Petrov, who stated that there were too many military monuments in Murmansk. He reported this in social networks. The decision on the termination of the criminal case states that the actions of Petrov did not find a corpus delicti.

Maxim Khamyalyainen (right) with the stepmother Olga and half -sister Olga The 21-year-old STRA Maxim Khamyalyainen was captured in the Kursk region, where from 8 am on Tuesday there are battles between Russian and Ukrainian troops. His father Pavel Khamyalyanen from the city of Inta suddenly came a video with captured Russian military soldiers. On one of them, relatives saw their maxim: every time they talked, they reminded him "for nothing to sign" a contract. But he was still in the war.

Nikita Linnik Petersburg activist Nikita Linnik entered Nevsky Prospekt with a poster "Putinism is a restoration of Stalinism." This was reported by the North. Realists were reported by readers. According to them, Linnik stood in the city center for about two hours, there were no detention. Passing by people "supported [Nikita]" and "praised for courage." Linnik repeatedly held single pickets against repressions in Russia in St. Petersburg. In October last year, the activist went to the St.

Russian President Vladimir Putin signed a law that allows bailiffs to use firearms, electric skiers and batons. The law was proposed by the Russian government, the State Duma adopted it at the end of July.

Yulia Navalnaya The widow of politician Alexei Navalny, Yulia, recorded a video message in which she commented on the prisoner exchange between Russia, the United States and Germany. According to her, this gave hope to many political prisoners remaining in Russian prisons. Yulia Navalnaya noted that Alexei Navalny’s associates reported about a possible exchange six months ago. Navalny himself was supposed to take part in it.

Russian YouTube video hosting users reported that it stopped opening on computers and mobile devices. Service SLAM.rf said that at the moment more than 10 thousand complaints about the work of the video hosting have already received. More complaints were recorded on August 1 - 14 thousand. Downdetector specified that YouTube malfunctions are recorded throughout Russia - from Kaliningrad to Vladivostok. Most messages from Moscow, St. Petersburg and Yekaterinburg.

Igor Rogov, in an interview with "Real Time" after beating and deportation from Belarus in August 2020 In Poland, the former coordinator of Open Russia Igor Rogov was arrested for three months. He is accused of preparing the explosion, the new newspaper Europe and the publication "like this" reported with reference to the Polish prosecutor's office. According to "like this," the Russian activist moved to Poland to study several years ago.