They want to give Ivan Safronov for 24 years, Mikhail Gorbachev died, Gazprom again promises record dividends TASS @ Breaking News Mikhail Gorbachev died In the 92nd year of life, the last general secretary of the CPSU Central Committee, the first and last president of the USSR, the famous reformer and laureate of the Nobel Prize of the World Mikhail Gorbachev, died .

American oil giant ExxonMobil has officially notified Russian authorities that it will sue if they do not allow the company to get rid of 30% in the operator of the Sakhalin-1 project, reports The Wall Street Journal. Western energy companies were blocked from leaving Russia in early August by presidential decree. Casey Norton, a company spokesman, told the WSJ that ExxonMobil sent a notice of disagreement to the Russian authorities.

The prosecution asked the court to sentence journalist Ivan Safronov to 24 years in prison. The former correspondent of Kommersant and Vedomosti is accused of treason. Safronov's verdict may be announced on September 2 or 5, according to a telegram channel in support of the journalist. Safronov has been in jail since July 7, 2020. In March, the Prosecutor General's Office approved the indictment in the journalist's criminal case.

The Russian Defense Ministry on Tuesday commented on the situation in southern Ukraine, where on the eve of the Armed Forces of Ukraine they attempted counteroffensives. “As a result of the defeat of the offensive of the Ukrainian troops carried out on the personal instructions of Zelensky in the Nikolaev-Krivoy Rog and other directions, the enemy suffered large-scale losses.

Finnish customs officers began to withdraw cash euros from Russians who leave Finland for Russia, writes Fontanka . According to the publication, such cases are described in the telegram chat, where reports on crossing the Finnish border are published. Petersburger Yuri, who left Vaalimaa for Torfyanovka by car last week, told the same publication. According to Yuri, he took money on a trip to Europe with him, he did not shoot anything abroad.

French energy and gas company Engie said Gazprom had notified it of a reduction in gas supplies from Tuesday. According to the company, the reason was the disagreement on some contracts. Which ones, Engie did not specify. Gazprom has not yet commented on the information. Engie assured that it has the gas reserves needed to fulfill its obligations to customers and cover its own needs.

Information about the military situation near Kherson remains incomplete and does not allow answering the main question - are local actions of the Ukrainian Armed Forces stuck in defense or the beginning of an operational offensive on the right bank of the Dnieper After the local offensives of the Armed Forces of Ukraine on August 29, Russian patriotic Telegram channels predicted a “hot night”. At 10:30 a.m. on August 30, there was no release from the Russian Ministry of Defense.

In the first half of the year, the number of fraudulent websites acting on behalf of well-known brands increased by 579% compared to the same period last year. Such data is provided by Kommersant with reference to Group-IB. The company estimates the monthly losses of users from such fraud in the world at $80 million, without singling out Russia. According to Group-IB, cybercriminals are already using more than 2,100 global brands to attract the attention of victims.

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