Russian opposition leader Alexei Navalny is seriously ill after being poisoned on his way home from a trip to Siberia. The poisoning appears to be deliberate. There is no suspect at the moment, but we will look at who might have the capability and motive to do such a thing. Navalny was taken ill Thursday morning on board a flight from the Siberian city of Tomsk to Moscow. A passenger on the plane uploaded a clip of the incident on Instagram that showed Navalny unconscious.

The use of the Russian vaccine against the Sputnik-V coronavirus before full-fledged tests could lead to the mutation of the virus, believe . scientists interviewed by Reuters Virologists the agency spoke to fear that the use of a vaccine that may not provide full protection against COVID-19 could increase “evolutionary pressure” on the pathogen, leading to a worsening situation.

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Last year, there was no more scandalous topic in the world of venture than the failure of the MegaFond Vision Fund to the Japanese company SoftBank. And what about him now? Recently, the fund presented the results of work for the year. The Bell asked the author of the Telegram channel @Proventure Denis Efremov to interpret them. This article was written specifically for the weekly technological email mailing of The Bell. You can subscribe to it here .

Alexander Lukashenko instructed from Monday, August 24, to close all Belarusian enterprises whose workers went on strike. Speaking at a rally in Grodno, Lukashenka said : “If the enterprise does not work, from Monday there will be a lock on the gate, we will stop it! People will cool down, we will figure out who to invite to this enterprise later.

Vladimir Putin believes Alexander Lukashenko will retain power despite protests, two sources close to the Kremlin told Reuters. According to them, Putin enjoys watching Lukashenko weaken, trying to cope with the opposition, which is in the interests of the Kremlin. The Kremlin wants to deal with a weakened Lukashenka, sources say. “Lukashenka will be critically weakened. You can make stuffing out of it. Our guys will definitely take advantage of this, ”Reuters quotes one of them.

The Belarusian Association of Journalists (BAJ) demanded that the authorities stop pressure on the press and unblock the websites of independent publications. On Friday evening, the Belarusian Ministry of Information restricted the access of Belarusian users to more than 40 sites.

Viber is thinking about stopping investing in the Belarusian economy. The developer of the messenger closed his office in Minsk after the security forces came to the office of Yandex and Uber, , said in an interview with Forbes. Jamel Agawa, CEO of Rakuten Viber After Viber management learned that the Minsk offices of Yandex and Uber "were taken over by armed men," the messenger's local office was immediately closed, Agawa said. “We have decided to evacuate our office for safety.

On Monday, TikTok owner China's ByteDance will appeal Donald Trump's Aug. 6 order to block the service, CNBC reported , citing sources. The company will also challenge its classification by the White House as a national security threat. ByteDance declined to comment, as did a White House spokesperson. TikTok's lawsuit is not related to the Aug. 14 executive order requiring the company to sell all U.S. assets within 90 days, a document that is not subject to appeal in court, CNBC sources say.

The plane carrying Alexei Navalny landed at Berlin Schönefeld Airport, according to FlightRadar data. The opposition leader will undergo treatment at the Charité university clinic. At about 2:00 Moscow time on Saturday, the politician was taken out of the hospital in an ambulance to Omsk airport. At about 5:00 am, the plane took off for Berlin Schönefeld Airport.

In the history of the poisoning of Alexei Navalny, not a single version appeared in two days, but many questions appeared to the authorities and official comments of doctors “Black Swan”, without one of which in Russia rarely costs at least one August, this year was the mysterious poisoning of opposition Alexei Navalny.