Disagreements arose in the Russian government due to how to respond to the drop in the ruble, Bloomberg reports with reference to sources. According to this information, the need to take measures to prevent the further growth of the dollar and the euro was taken when the exchange rate of these currencies crossed the mark of 100 and 110 rubles, respectively. However, the question of what they should be, and also why this happened, caused disputes in the Russian government.

The Muscovite was sentenced to four years and two months of a general regime colony for the calls that he published in his Telegram channel in the form of an audio message. This decision was issued by the 2nd Western District Military Court. Mediazona writes that most likely we are talking about a supporter of the Libertarian Party, Philippe Medvedev, who was placed in a pre-trial detention center precisely because of the audio recording in Telegram.

A new grain transaction will be concluded between Russia, Turkey and Qatar, Bild writes with reference to a closed diplomatic correspondence between Moscow and Ankara in recent weeks. We are not talking about Ukraine - the deal will only concern Russian grain. Türkiye will be the organizer of grain transportation, Qatar will be its sponsor, and deliveries themselves will be carried out to developing countries, mostly African ones. The signing of the agreement is scheduled for August 19 or 20.

Ukraine is negotiating with Sweden on the receipt of Saab JAS 39 fighters by the President of Ukraine Volodymyr Zelensky on Saturday after a meeting with the Prime Minister of Sweden Ulf Kristerson. He added that Ukrainian pilots have already begun training on these aircraft. The countries also signed an agreement according to which Ukraine will begin the production of the Swedish combat vehicle of the CV90 infantry.

Convicted for eight years and six months of colony for arson of the Z-Banner and a throw of the Molotov cocktail into the FSB building in Krasnodar Igor Pascar tried to put in the same camera with prisoners who support the Russian war with Ukraine, and some even participated in it. After trying to explain his position, Pascar received from the prisoners a “couple of cracks” and “the order to break into the reservation (door - approx.

Roscosmos reported a freelance situation with the Luna-25 station. The state corporation does not specify the details of the incident and writes that the specialists of the management group analyze the situation. “Today, in accordance with the Luna-25 flight program, at 14:10 an impulse was issued to switch the station to a premise orbit.

From the beginning of the full -scale invasion of Russia to Ukraine and until the first quarter of 2023, Russian companies, including those who have been sanctions, which produce missile systems, armored vehicles and strategic bombers, received tens of thousands of deliveries from China. About this writes The Telegraph. According to the Molfar Global research organization, the Chinese company Shantou Honghu Plastic sent 1000 drones to Russia two months before the start of the war.

The Ministry of Defense of the Russian Federation announced the attack of UAVs of the copter type on the Soltsi airbase in the Novgorod region. According to the department, it occurred in the region of 10:00. One plane was damaged, a fire arose in the parking lots. It is also said that the drone tried to impress from small arms, but the drones of drones are not reported. In 2020, the airfield used the Russian Ministry of Defense for training military pilots and exercises.

The delegation of the economic community of Western Africa (Ekovas) met in Niame with the overthrown President Niger Mohamed Bazum, RFI radio station reports . The meeting was attended by the prime minister of the country Ali Mahaman Lamin Zane appointed by the rebels. Representatives of Ekovas checked the conditions for the detention of the overthrown leader. Details of the meeting are not given.

News In the center of Chernigov, a missile blow was delivered, there are dead and wounded. The rocket hit the drama theater in which the exhibition of drones was held August 19, 2023 A missile blow was delivered in the center of Chernigov. The head of the Chernihiv regional military administration Vyacheslav Chaus writes that, probably, we are talking about the arrival of a ballistic missile. The State Emergencies Ministry of Ukraine reports the dead and the wounded.

Vladimir Putin made a trip to Rostov-on-Don, during which he visited the headquarters of the groups of Russian troops participating in the war in Ukraine, captured in June Evgeny Prigozhin and Wagnerians, TASS reports . Russian propaganda media published a video in which you can see that Putin is met by the head of the General Staff Valery Gerasimov.

The state security service of Latvia (SGB) detained a taxi driver, whose name is not called, suspected of espionage in favor of Russia, as reported in the press release of the department. According to the SGB, this person was engaged in targeted collection and transmission of information about the Anti -Fascist Baltic states in the country of the pro -Russian organization. These data can be used to the detriment of the interests of Latvia.

In Hong Kong, during an operation on the lungs ( thoracocentesis ), a dog of the Siba-Inu breed named Boltsi, also known on the Internet as Chims, died. This was reported on Instagram, which was led by the owners of the dog. More than 660 thousand users are signed on its account. Boltsi was 12 years old. The dog became popular in the early 2010s, when her photograph was encouraged on the Internet.

The Nature magazine announced the results of the rechecking of the sensational work of South Korean scientists, which stated that they managed to synthesize a substance with superconductors at room temperature and atmospheric pressure. Physics Shilin Zhilu, Wa, Lee and Jianlin Luo from the Chinese Academy of Sciences showed that the apparent superconductivity in the LK-99 material synthesized by Koreans is explained by an admixture of copper sulfide that occurs during synthesis.

The coffee manufacturer Jacobs JDE PEET's will not sell it in Russia under this brand, but is not going to leave the Russian Federation, writes The Wall Street Journal. To protect its reputation, the company is going to sell it called Monarch. According to the publication, JDE PEET's refers to those companies that decided to take a waiting position in relation to the exit from Russia.