Hello! This week our top story is about how Russia established a new relationship with the Taliban despite decades of mutual animosity. We also look at a mass walkout at eco-cosmetics company Natura Siberica , why there was little commemoration of the 30th anniversary of the failed coup that led to the fall of the Soviet Union, a derided ‘dog poop’ statue , and independent TV channel Dozhd’s designation as a ‘foreign agent’ . Russia courts the Taliban as U.S.

Since 2019, Twitter employees have been complaining about the toxic environment and the atmosphere of fear in the team, which has led to a large churn of personnel. Responsibility for this lies with the company's vice president of design, Dantley Davis, writes The New York Times. Davis joined Twitter in 2019. After his appointment, he gathered employees in a conference room and said that Twitter was too employee-friendly and he intends to change that.

"Yandex.Taxi" from August 25 plans to increase the commission for drivers in some regions, as well as change the tariff structure, TASS writes with reference to the company's press service. Exactly how the tariffs will change is unknown. The statement said the changes were driven by rising costs in the industry. In which specific regions to expect innovations, it is not reported, however, the company clarified that they will not affect Moscow.

Vladimir Putin held a meeting with representatives of United Russia, during which he commented on the change of power in Afghanistan, the vaccination strategy in Russia, and also gave several instructions to party members. The President proposed to pay this year a one-time payment of 10,000 rubles to all pensioners, and 15,000 rubles to military personnel.

Vladimir Putin offered to pay a one-time payment of 10,000 rubles to Russian pensioners, and 15,000 to military personnel. The president stated this during a meeting with representatives of the United Russia party. During the event, Defense Minister Sergei Shoigu asked Putin to support the military, whose incomes were affected by inflation and the pandemic.

The United States plans to increase the number of air travel from Kabul at the expense of commercial airlines to evacuate people from the country after the Taliban (a terrorist organization banned in the Russian Federation) comes to power. about this Writes with reference to the sources of The Wall Street Journal. At the same time, Washington is expanding the number of US military bases that can accommodate citizens of the country who fear for their lives.

The triumphal return of the Taliban (a terrorist organization banned in Russia) to power in Afghanistan has become the main world historical event of 2021. In the final weekly newsletter, we told why the Americans recognized the failure and left Afghanistan, what the country went to the Taliban and whether there are chances for resistance.

If the word “ecosystem” has already set your teeth on edge, rejoice: big tech has a new promising concept. This summer, Facebook announced that the future of the company and the entire Internet belongs to the metaverse - the metaverse. This week the company showed the first related project. Not only Mark Zuckerberg is going to build their own metaverses, but also Microsoft, gaming giants and entire countries.

RT journalist Ilya Vasyunin, who was detained during a picket against the recognition of the media as "foreign agents", was left overnight at the police station. The rest of the detainees were released, having drawn up a protocol under the article on violation of the rules for participation in a public event (part 5 of article 20.2 of the Code of Administrative Offenses). The punishment for it is a fine of 10 to 20 thousand rubles.