Opinions Not a step forward! How the war destroyed the Russian auto industry for six months 1 September 2022 Sergey Aslanyan Automobile expert Avtoprom died. Long live the Soviet auto industry The Russian auto industry died on February 24. Some of the plants closed immediately and forever, without even resorting to self -deception about disturbed logistics corridors.

The court in Ukraine sentenced the prisoner Russian tanker to 8 years and 6 months of imprisonment, he was found guilty of violating the customs of war. This was reported by the office of the Prosecutor General of Ukraine on Facebook. The prosecutors in court proved that the commander of the tank of the 35th separate guards motorized rifle brigade consisting of the 41st combined arms army of Russia participated in a full-scale invasion of February 24.

President of the Russian Academy of Sciences Alexander Sergeyev proposed creating a structure at the Academy that would interact with security forces in case of criminal cases against scientists. In his opinion, when detained with scientists, they could handle “not so cruelly”, but “if there is an accusation under an appropriate article, then there is no other option except a person’s placement in a pre -trial detention center”.

The authorities of St. Petersburg are looking for contractors among the homeless. This was written by Rotonda with reference to a source at the NPO "Overnight", which helps homeless people in St. Petersburg and Moscow. According to him, an official from the administration of the Frunzensky district of the city came to one of the shelter of the "night". He invited NPO employees to decompose leaflets in Shelter that the authorities of St. Petersburg were looking for people to service a contract.

The US Presidential Administration Joe Biden introduced new restrictions on the sale of complex computer chips to Russia and China. According to The New York Times, new measures will affect the high -performance models of the chips, which are made by NVIDIA and Advanced Micro Devices. These chips were originally intended for video games, but subsequently began to be used for supercomputers and artificial intelligence.

A group of experts from the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) left Zaporozhye to Energodar to visit the Zaporizhzhya nuclear power plant, which plunges shelling. According to the latest information , the group had to stop at the checkpoint in Novoaleksandrovka due to shelling (they are 20 km to the front line and 106 km from Energodar). The Ukrainian Energoatom previously said that emergency defense worked at the Zaporizhzhya nuclear power plant and the 5th power unit was disconnected.

Civil society is formed in exile. Unfortunately, it so happened that the emigration of the 70s did not play any role in the changes in the 90s. The Bolshevik emigration also could not do anything - of those emigrants of the greatest successes, Lenin and Trotsky achieved the greatest successes, but it would be better if they were less lucky. The second area where it is formed in Russia. Despite total pressure, a huge number of people begin to understand what is happening.

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OPINION Not a tsar, but a man. Nikolai Svanidze on how Russia failed to embrace Gorbachev’s gift of freedom 1 September 2022 Nikolai Svanidze Historian, journalist, public figure Mikhail Gorbachev was the last of the twentieth century’s prominent politicians to pass. And he took that century with him. Now that page has finally been turned. One can argue about the scale of Gorbachev's personality, but what should we use to measure it? There is no such device.

The FSB in St. Petersburg conducts searches with the activists of the "party of the dead", arranging anti -war actions in cemetery style. About this writes "Fontanka" with reference to the source. The investigation is considered the coordinator of activists Maxim Evstropov, who went to Georgia immediately after the start of the war in Ukraine. The searches are also held with the mentor of Evstropov, the leaders of the Rosa DC, founded in 2015 by the art group “What to do”, said Fontanka.

In kindergarten No. 73 in Chita, children for participation in the contest “Mr. and Miss Summer-2022” issued letters with the emblem of Ukraine. It is reported by Chita.ru with reference to the parent of one of the children. “There was a competition on the morning of August 30“ Mr. and Miss Summer - 2022 ”, the children were asked to dress beautifully. In the evening we were given diplomas, and there in the middle of the coat of arms of Ukraine, it is directly clearly visible.

Opinions Gorbachev will return! Vladislav Inozemtsev about the inevitability of a new perestroika 1 September 2022 Vladislav Inozemtsev Economist, sociologist.

Over the six months of the war in Ukraine, Russia lost more than 900 elite experts, the preparation of which went years of effort and millions of dollars, the BBC Russian service found out . In particular, according to open data, journalists managed to establish the death of 151 soldiers of the GRU special forces, almost every fourth of them is an officer (22%).

The United States did not give the head of the Ministry of Internal Affairs of Russia to Vladimir Kolokoltsev and the delegation of a visa to visit the Summit of Ministers of the Interior in the UN, which thwarted the participation of the Russian Federation. This was stated by the constant representative of Russia when organizing Vasily Nebena, he is quoted by RIA Novosti.

Prime Minister Mikhail Mishustin approved an increase in aeronautical collections from airlines from November by 60% instead of the planned 30%. Aviation expert told The Insider that this will lead to an increase in air travel prices, which have already risen in price by 200% in a number of foreign directions. At the same time, flights around the country will also become more expensive.