On August 16, the sixth Cassation Court in Samara recognized the transfer of the convicted person in the “Network” case of Viktor Filinkov to a chamber -type premises (PKT) and to the penalty area (schizo), as well as recognition of his “malicious offender”. It is reported by the Rupression Telegram channel. Earlier, the Orenburg Regional Court also decided in favor of Filinkov, but the IK-1 administration of Orenburg filed a complaint against this court decision.

Zelensky posted the pictures from the meeting in the Telegram channel and commented on Erdogan's visit: “The visit of the President of Turkey to Ukraine is a powerful support signal from such a powerful country. During the meeting in Lviv, we discussed with Recep Tayyip Erdogan the possibility of improving grain initiative, the situation around the Zaporizhzhya NPP and nuclear blackmail of the invaders, and large -scale theft of grain in the temporarily occupied territory of Ukraine.

The Yekaterinburg journalist and human rights activist Elena Shukaeva, who was arrested for 14 days for the post with the video of the FBK “He is not Dimon”, made in 2017, announced a hunger strike as a sign of “protest against the arbitrariness of the police”. This was reported in Telegram "Like" with reference to her statement to the head of the special receiver.

As for surveys, in June, the European Parliament published Eurobarometer - the results of a study of the mood of Europeans in connection with the main problems of our time.

The European Union will not completely stop issuing Schengen visas to Russian citizens. They will continue to be issued for humanitarian reasons. This was announced by the representative of the European Commission (EC) of Anitta Hipper at a daily briefing in Brussels. At the same time, EU member states can independently decide on the ban on the issuance of visas to Russians.

Confession “Prigozhin says right away 80% will not be coming back”. How inmates are recruited into Wagner PMC to fight in Ukraine Alyona Koroleva 18 августа 2022 The owner of Wagner PMC Evgeny Prigozhin has been personally recruiting prisoners in Russia's penal colonies, offering them release in six months for participation in hostilities in Ukraine, the convicts themselves told The Insider.

News Retailers asked the Russian authorities to legalize the parallel import of alcohol - "Kommersant" 18 August 2022 The Association of Retail Companies (Acort) asked the Russian government to resolve the parallel import of alcohol. This was written by Kommersant with reference to the letter of the Chairman of the Management Acot of Akort Igor Karavaev for Deputy Prime Minister Dmitry Grigorenko. It says that the main alcoholic distributors are already working with products.

The Central Electoral Commission (CEC) said that the media do not have the right to appeal the refusals of accreditation to the elections. This was reported by IA "Law". “The media and their representatives are not one of the indicated in paragraph 10 of Art.

Confession "Prigogine immediately says that 80% will not return from the front." How prisoners are recruited to Wagner PMC for war in Ukraine Alena Koroleva August 18, 2022 The owner of the PMC Wagner Evgeny Prigozhin personally recruits prisoners in Russian colonies, offering exemption in six months to participate in military operations in Ukraine, the convicts themselves spoke about this.

On August 3, Governor Vyacheslav Gladkov said that in the five districts of the region in the five -kilometer border zone, schools and kindergartens will be temporarily closed, and on September 1, children will be forced to go to institutions in other areas. Gladkov also claimed that some local residents deliberately damage their homes to make repairs at the expense of the authorities who must compensate for the damage to the victims as a result of shelling.

The owner of Wagner PMC Evgeny Prigozhin has been personally recruiting prisoners in Russia's penal colonies, offering them release in six months for participation in hostilities in Ukraine, the convicts themselves told The Insider. According to them, Prigozhin does not hide the fact that Vladimir Putin personally sanctioned the recruitment of criminals for the war (whether true or not, but the FSIN has been fully assisting «Putin's chef» in interviewing inmates in penal colonies).

Russian car insurance workers are forced to change the principles of work in the Russian market after the mass outcome of car manufacturers and spare parts. Companies can hardly satisfy the needs of customers in repair: it is necessary to supply spare parts from third countries, and the prices for components have risen multiplying. In such conditions, insurers began to offer customers instead of repairs to “pick up with money”.

The strong wear of Russian tanks used in the war in Ukraine is probably due to the fact that Russia could not establish dynamic armor on them. About this writes intelligence of Great Britain in its daily report. With proper use, dynamic protection reduces the effectiveness of approaching shells before they get into the tank. According to British intelligence, problems with it are not in a novelty for the Russian army. The same situation was during the First Chechen War of 1994.

Earlier, the Russian Ministry of Defense said that explosions in a warehouse with ammunition in Crimea near Dzhankoy - sabotage. Due to damage to the railway in the Dzhankoy district, passenger trains, following from the mainland, were stopped at the Vladislavovka station.

Murzagulov emigrated from Russia to the UAE after the outbreak of war in Ukraine, in April this year he stated that he was ceased to be a member of the Public Chamber of Bashkiria. In exile, the ex-pirusman makes anti-Russian statements and criticizes the war in Ukraine. In 2019, Murzagulov was the chairman of the Board of Directors of the Bashinform State Holding and coordinated the state media information policy in the AP.