In the United States, at the age of 97, one of the oldest billionaires of the world Sumner Redstone, who headed the National Amusements holding company, died . Through it, the businessman controlled about 80% of Viacom and CBS shares. In 2020, Forbes estimated the fondance of Redstone $ 3 billion (804th place in the list of the richest people in the United States). However, at the peak, all the assets of the billionaire were estimated at more than $ 80 billion, notes The New York Times.

Three months left before the election of the US president, and at the beginning of the week the rival of Donald Trump Joe Biden decided his candidate for the post of vice president. The Bell was versed in what was happening on the political field of the United States and what are the chances of re -election at Donald Trump. What's happening?

There are three months left before the election of the US president: we evaluate whether Trump can defeat Biden Three months left before the election of the US president, and at the beginning of the week the rival of Donald Trump Joe Biden decided his candidate for the post of vice president. The Bell was versed in what was happening on the political field of the United States and what are the chances of re -election at Donald Trump.

More than 300 founders, managers and employees of IT companies from Belarus signed an open letter: they called for an end to violence against the citizens of the country. Representatives of the IT industry noted that in recent months they have seen a "spiral of violence unwinding." “We assume that the presidential elections in the Republic of Belarus were rigged. Thousands of people have been arrested and convicted. Peaceful protests are dispersed with inadequate use of force.

Lithuania, Latvia and Poland have prepared a plan to get Belarus out of the crisis, Lithuanian President Gitanas Nausėda said at a press conference on Wednesday. In case of refusal of the proposed measures, both national and European sanctions can be applied against the country. Nauseda presented three points of the plan that Belarus should follow: An end to the use of force against protesters over the results of the presidential election. Release of detainees.

33 Russians who served in PMC Wagner, detained near Minsk before the presidential elections in Belarus, can be returned home within a week, reports citing an informed source. Interfax "It is possible that the detainees will be handed over to the Russian side for further investigation in the near future, possibly before the end of the week," the source said.

The Prosecutor General's Office of Ukraine sent a request to Minsk for the extradition of 28 mercenaries of the Wagner private military company detained in Belarus. These people, according to the department, participated in the armed conflict in the Donbass. Among the 28 people whose extradition Kiev is seeking, nine are citizens of Ukraine, the Prosecutor General's Office said on Facebook.

American media mogul, chairman and CEO of National Amusements, Sumner Redstone, has died at the age of 97. One of the world's oldest billionaires has managed to turn his family's movie theater chain into a multibillion-dollar empire that includes CBS and Viacom. Sumner Redstone was born in 1923 to Russian immigrants. In the family film distribution business since 1954, since 1967 - CEO of National Amusements.

Tesla's board of directors approved a five-for-one share split. This will make one of the fastest growing stocks on the market more accessible to retail investors: on the news of the split, Tesla quotes jumped 7% after the close of trading. “Each registered shareholder will receive a dividend of four additional shares of common stock per share on August 21 of this year, which will be distributed after the close of trading on August 28,” Tesla said.

President of Belarus Alexander Lukashenko held a meeting during which he instructed unemployed protesters to find work and warned "bourgeois citizens" against fake employment certificates. According to Lukashenka, most of the protesters in Belarus are people with a criminal past and the unemployed. Everyone who is unemployed today "should be studied" and employed, the President of Belarus stressed. “There is no work, which means,“ walk uncle along the streets and avenues.

The Belarusian power fell into the situation of the narrowest space for the maneuver in its history. The society has been angry, the economy has been stagnating for ten years, it is scary to do reforms, relations with the West have been preparing for freezing, and in order to get Russian support, it is necessary to share sovereignty. Therefore, now the most important question for Lukashenko is money, they are time.

The Belarusian police used firearms against the protesters and officially confirmed that the shots were to kill. The security forces explained this by the aggressiveness of the citizens who took to the streets. The Ministry of Internal Affairs of Belarus confirmed that the security forces had to use firearms in Brest. “In Brest, police officers were attacked by a group of aggressive citizens with rebar in their hands. The warning shots up did not stop them.

Valery Tsepkalo, who was not admitted to the presidential elections in Belarus, announced the creation of the National Salvation Front of the Republic of Belarus. He calls on citizens to mobilize and demand new presidential elections.

Used car dealer Mikhail Simakov was detained as a provocateur of protests in Minsk, Open Media found out. The money found on him, he probably received from the transaction. The state media of Belarus on the morning of August 12, citing the country's Ministry of Internal Affairs, reported the detention of "coordinators of mass riots." How many people were detained and who they were, the message did not specify.

The FSB insisted that the well-known blogger Andrey Pyzh, known as Andrey MSH, be sent to Lefortovo until October 5: he is charged with illegally obtaining state secrets, writes Open Media. The blogger is accused of illegally obtaining information constituting a state secret, associated with the dissemination of this secret or with the movement of its carriers abroad (paragraph "e" of the second part of Article 283.1 of the Criminal Code of the Russian Federation).