Anti-modern slavery organization Alternative said its leader, Oleg Melnikov, missed a scheduled morning call on August 8 and has still not been in touch. On the night of August 7, Melnikov and a friendly group of human rights activists headed to the border areas of Greater Idlib in Syria, reports the Alternatives group on VKontakte. None of the group that was with Melnikov made contact during August 8, and also by 12 o’clock Moscow time on August 9.

The Ministry of Emergency Situations in the Krasnoyarsk Territory decided to reward the teacher and head of a kindergarten in the village of Kamenka, which is located a kilometer from the military warehouse, where on August 5 ammunition began to explode uncontrollably, for saving children. The press service of the department told NewsLab.ru about the women’s actions.

Teenagers from the village of Bolshaya Koch in the Kochevsky district of the Perm Territory created a site about their village. This happened as part of the new curriculum of the educational project "Circle", the organizers said . From July 9 to 19, teachers of the "Mug" were free to teach web development of schoolchildren from Big Kochi. Miro specialists came to the village to help organize the work and search for a visual image of the village.

Residents of Arkhangelsk and Severodvinsk bought iodine en masse from pharmacies after the explosion of a jet propulsion system at a military facility, reports 29.ru. The radiation background for half an hour exceeded the norm three times. The publication's journalists contacted 15 pharmacies: most of them sold out of the drug, and where it was available, pharmacists reported high demand by the evening of August 8.

In Russia, bees die massively. The problem touched on 30 regions - many beekeepers suffer losses. According to experts, due to the death of bees, the Russian economy may lose more than trillion rubles. The Rosselkhoznadzor considers the agrarians who treat plants near the passes with pesticides, nitrates and nitrites. Two criminal cases have been instituted , commissions created in the regions that should help the injured beekeepers and investigate the causes of insect death.

In Moscow, a series of single pickets in support of Daria Belyaeva took place in pure ponds, which was charged with smuggling, the acquisition and storage of drugs for ordering an antidepressant by mail. The organizers were the activists of the “Psychoactive” movement Sasha Old age, Katrin Nenasheva and Lisa Melledina. Picket participants took turns standing at the monuments Abay Kunanbaeva and Alexander Griboedov.

In Moscow, a court arrested Aidar Gubaidulin, Sergei Fomin and Danila Beglets for two months. All of them are defendants in a criminal case regarding mass riots at an uncoordinated rally on July 27, Mediazona reports. The fugitive and Gubaidulin were arrested until October 9, Fomin - until October 8.

Shells began exploding again at the arsenal near Achinsk. Residents of Kamenka are being evacuated to a temporary accommodation center in the village of Malinovka, the press service of the government of the Krasnoyarsk Territory reports . The explosion occurred during mine clearance and emergency response in Kamenka. The Achinsk Central Hospital said that eight people were injured. UPD . A state of emergency was introduced in the Achinsk region.

Senators and members of the temporary commission operating under the Federation Council for the protection of state sovereignty and preventing interference in the internal affairs of the Russian Federation announced the preparation of a bill that would tighten the requirements for places for holding agreed public events, Kommersant reports . Senator Lyudmila Bokova spoke about the need to develop a bill during a discussion of protests over the Moscow City Duma elections.

“ Love Syndrome ” is a charitable foundation supporting people with Down syndrome in Russia. It was established by the Downside Up Charitable Foundation to convey two important functions: educational work with the population on the topic of Down syndrome and raising charitable funds for programs to help people with Down syndrome. From April to July 2019, we managed to collect 23,848 rubles for this Fund . All these funds are small but monthly donations .

The Federal Penitentiary Service of Russia will hold a paddy wagon driving tournament on August 10. Drivers from FSIN units from more than 10 regions of the country will take part in it, TASS reports. The competition will be held on the basis of the escort department of the Federal Penitentiary Service for Moscow in Kapotnya. Contestants must demonstrate skills in maneuvering with obstacles in city conditions, knowledge of traffic rules and shooting skills.

The head of the Danilovtsy volunteer movement, Yuri Belanovsky, complained that the new order of the Ministry of Health on the admission of volunteers did not facilitate access for non-medical volunteers to hospitals. The order of the Ministry of Health, which regulates the interaction of public medical institutions and volunteers, came into force on July 29.

The Union of Journalists (TU) published a statement on Facebook about massive violations of the rights of journalists during their coverage of protests in the summer of 2019 and called on colleagues not to hush up these facts, but to file complaints with the police.

The Investigative Committee issued a statement warning citizens against participating “in so-called peaceful walks” following the agreed rally on Sakharov Avenue in Moscow. Participation in “such unauthorized events” entails legal consequences, including criminal liability, the press service of the Investigative Committee reports .

Monetochka released a song about forest fires, “Burn, Burn, Burn.” The singer’s official group says that she will donate all the money raised from listening to this track on streaming services to the Greenpeace program to combat forest fires. “Starting August 16, the new track will be available on all other platforms, and as soon as the first data on listening appears, we will begin to help. Reports on this will be posted here and on other social networks,” the message says.