Almost all Russian citizens detained in Belarus returned to Russia, the Prosecutor General's Office reported. 32 people are already in the Russian Federation, one remained on the territory of the republic due to his Belarusian citizenship. The release states that the transfer of the Russians was carried out after the relevant request of the Prosecutor General of Russia Igor Krasnov.

Alexander Lukashenko again spoke about the sixth day in a row of protests in Belarus. At a meeting with the members of the Security Council, he said that “the planters and protest organizers are from abroad,” and open aggression began against Belarus. He urged people "not to lean out into the street." While thousands of people in Minsk approached the government of the government in Minsk, Lukashenko once again called on citizens not to go out for protest.

In 2019, Vladimir Putin earned 9.7 million rubles - 1.1 million more than in 2018. Mikhail Mishustin earned twice as much - 18.2 million rubles. Putin owns a 77-meter apartment and garage with an area of ​​18 square meters, and uses an apartment of 153 square meters. He has traditionally has two GAZ M21 cars, as well as Niva and a car trailer. The head of the presidential administration Anton Vaino earned 11.5 million rubles, his wife - 4 million rubles.

US President Donald Trump announced the signing of an agreement on the complete normalization of relations between Israel and the UAE. This is a historical event: after the Emirates, other Arab countries can begin to restore relations with the Jewish state, Oman, Egypt and Bahrain supported the agreement.

The Russian Defense Ministry has submitted for discussion an amendment on official secrecy in the field of defense. The ministry wants to classify almost all information not only about the creation of military equipment, but also about its economic activities. The Ministry of Defense proposes to classify "information generated during the implementation of measures in the field of defense, and ‎not constituting a state secret" as confidential and, accordingly, to punish its dissemination.

The workers of the Minsk Tractor Plant (MTZ) and the protesting residents of Minsk came in columns of 10-15 thousand people to the central area of ​​independence, where the house of the country's government is located. They require the resignation of Alexander Lukashenko. The security forces do not interfere with the procession. Protesters came to the Independence Square by two columns.

A criminal case has been opened against the founder of the main opposition Telegram channel in Belarus, Nexta (more than 2 million subscribers). this The channel itself announced . The channel published a resolution dated August 14 on the search for Stepan Putilo, born in 1998, under Article 293 of the Criminal Code of Belarus (mass riots). The resolution was signed by Colonel Maksim Svirid, head of the main department of the Criminal Investigation Department of the republic's criminal police.

Svetlana Tikhanovskaya announced the creation of a coordinating council to ensure the transfer of power in Belarus, which will have to enter into a dialogue with the current authorities of Belarus.

In Belarus, mass strikes are held with a demand for the resignation of President Alexander Lukashenko and new elections. The Bell figured out how important enterprises are important to the economies of Belarus and Russia. Who is striking? The updated list of large Belarusian enterprises joining strikes, as of August 14, published opposition Telegram channels. They have almost all the key enterprises of the Belarusian economy - with a characteristic exception to a large extent non -state food.

The Central Election Commission of Belarus approved the results of the presidential elections. For Lukashenka - 80.1% of the vote. “Alexander Grigoryevich Lukashenko has been elected President of the Republic of Belarus,” the CEC said in a statement. According to the CEC, Lukashenka won 80.1% of the vote, opposition candidate Svetlana Tikhanovskaya - 10.1%. None of the other candidates, according to the CEC, managed to gain even 2%.

Evgeny Prigozhin regularly called officials from the Presidential Administration, and Vagner controls the activities of his Internet three and PMCs directly, found Bellingcat, The Insider and Der Spiegel in a joint investigation. They also found other key persons of private military operations, which were almost not known before. We retell the main thing from the investigation of colleagues.

Epic Games, the creator of one of the world's most popular online games, Fortnite, is suing Apple and Google after they blocked it from their app stores. Before that, the developer himself provoked the tech giants, intentionally violating their policies, writes The New York Times. The day before, Epic Games allowed users of the Fortnite mobile app to pay for it directly, rather than through Apple or Google.

Rosneft's net loss from January to June 2020 amounted to 113 billion rubles, last year the profit reached 325 billion rubles, the company said in its IFRS financial report. The company's revenue for the first half of 2020 decreased by 33.4% to RUB 2.8 trillion. In the second quarter, Rosneft's revenue almost halved compared to the first (1.039 trillion rubles against 1.765 trillion), but the company went from a net loss (156 billion in the first quarter) to a profit of 43 billion rubles.

Presidential candidate Svetlana Tikhanovskaya, who left Belarus, today made a new appeal. The main thing in it is that it is addressed not only to the people, but also to the grassroots authorities in the person of mayors. Tikhanovskaya called for mass actions on the weekend of August 15 and 16.

President of Belarus Alexander Lukashenko for the first time commented on the strikes of workers at enterprises. According to him, if the work of enterprises stops, the industry of Belarus will never be untwisted, quotes the president. the Belta agency Lukashenka said he did not leave the country because of the protests. “For starters, I am still alive and not abroad, as some of our respected “friends” are promoting here: the President has left the country and is abroad.