Russia has raised duties on goods from "unfriendly" countries for the second time this year, almost doubling the list from 36 to 57 items, mainly due to confectionery and lead batteries. This is a response to sanctions and an attempt to support domestic producers. The government decree was adopted , the new rates are valid from the end of July until December 31, 2024.

Photo: Dmitry Patrushev and his unofficial wife, to whom he registers the property Deputy Prime Minister Dmitry Patrushev , son of presidential aide and former FSB chief Nikolai Patrushev, received a dacha from Sergei Novikov, owner of the Agropromkomplektatsiya agricultural holding. This was reported by the investigative project Sistema. Novikov previously admitted that his agricultural holding had become "one of the largest players" precisely thanks to Dmitry Patrushev.

The Konrad Adenauer Foundation has been recognized in Russia as an “undesirable organization” by a decision of the Prosecutor General’s Office. The foundation was created in Germany, its main office is in Berlin. It arose from the Society for Christian Democratic Educational Work, and is named after the first Federal Chancellor of Germany, Konrad Adenauer.

Unknown individuals are breaking into the apartment of civil activist Andrei Litvin in Petrozavodsk, as reported in the Telegram channel From Karelia with freedom . According to the channel, the day before, Litvin took part in the mourning events in Krasny Bor, dedicated to the Day of Remembrance of the Victims of the Great Terror, and today he was planning to go to the same events in Sandarmokh. It was not possible to contact the activist himself.

The European Union has banned the supply of any products under codes 340319 and 340399 , which include special industrial lubricants, to Russia. However, as The Insider has established, according to customs data, more than 60 tons of special industrial lubricants under such codes have been sent to Russia via the German city of Lübeck since the beginning of the year. The supplier was VIP Resource Limited, with an address in Hong Kong.

The European Union has added 28 representatives of Belarusian law enforcement agencies to its sanctions list. Sanctions have also been imposed against the general director of the BELTA agency. Restrictive measures were applied, in particular, to two deputy heads of the Main Directorate for Combating Organized Crime and Corruption ( GUBOPiK ) of the Ministry of Internal Affairs.

The Malian government has severed diplomatic relations with Ukraine after Kiev came out in support of rebels who are fighting government troops and the Wagner PMC . A document on the immediate severance of relations was published on the Malian government website.

OPINION 5 August 2024 Nikita Smagin Journalist, author of Irandezhurniy Telegram channel The assassination in Tehran of Ismail Haniyeh, the head of Hamas's political bureau, presents a significant challenge for Iranian authorities. They failed to protect a key foreign guest in their own capital — a guest who was there for the inauguration of the country's new president.

An explosion occurred on the territory of the Avangard plant in Strelitamak. The plant operates within the framework of a defense order - it produces components for multiple launch rocket systems. 100% of the shares belong to Rostec. As reported by RBC, the emergency occurred in one of the workshops where employees of the contractor organization Rustech worked. The workers were dismantling a pipeline using flameless cutting when a flash occurred. The entire team died.

Lieutenant Colonel Irek Magasumov, who was sentenced by the "LNR" court in late June to 11 years in prison for the murder of an 18-year-old resident of Luhansk, has returned to the front. This was reported by the Kazan publication "Business Online", and confirmed by Magasumov's wife, who identified him in a video of the interrogation of a captured Ukrainian soldier, which was published on August 4 by the Telegram channel "Mad Dogs".

Volkswagen cars are officially on sale in Russia again, but the company pretends that it has nothing to do with this. This is reported by the German Zeit. In early July, the Jetta car officially entered the Russian market - a sub-brand of Volkswagen and FAW cars, which was created and launched on the Chinese market in 2019.

The plane of Sheikh Hasina, who resigned as Prime Minister of Bangladesh today and fled the country, landed at the Hindon air base near Delhi. The Indian broadcasting corporation NDTV, citing its sources, reports that Sheikh Hasina is planning to fly to London soon. The Bangladesh Foreign Ministry informed Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi about the situation in the country. It is unknown whether he will meet with Sheikh Hasina.

Deputy Economy Minister of the Hamas government in the Gaza Strip, Abdel Fattah al-Zariyeh, was killed in a bomb blast, Al Mayadeen reports . According to the channel, a bomb hit his home in the city of Deir el-Balah in the central part of the exclave, killing his mother along with him. This information was confirmed by Hamas. On July 31, Hamas Politburo chief Ismail Haniyeh was killed in a raid on his residence in Iran.

Bangladesh Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina has resigned and fled her residence in the capital Dhaka. Protesters have stormed the palace where the residence is located, AFP reported , citing a source close to Hasina. Her sister Sheikh Rehana disappeared along with the prime minister. According to the source, Hasina wanted to record an address to the people, but she was unable to do so. Bangladesh Army Chief Waqer-uz-Zaman said that an interim government would be formed.

Opinions 5 August 2024 Evgeny Bai Independent political observer, expert in Latin America After Nicholas Maduro falsified the results of the vote and declared himself a winner in the elections of the President of Venezuela, the country is torn by protests. The EU after the United States did not recognize the re -election of Maduro as president.