Two contracts were signed for the construction of fortifications in the border areas of the Kursk region, under which it was planned to spend 3.2 billion rubles on the construction of fortification structures. However, one of the companies that built them failed to fulfill the contract, writes Verstka. The publication reported on the conclusion of the contracts in March 2023. According to government procurement data, the contract execution deadline was set until July 5 of this year.

State Department spokesman Matthew Miller said that the US State Department has no connection to the Ukrainian Armed Forces operation in the Kursk region and was not aware of its preparation. The decision on how to conduct military operations is left to Ukraine, Miller said. US policy on strikes on Russian territory using Western weapons has not changed. Miller also noted that the US is in contact with Kiev and discussing what is happening in the Kursk region.

Antifake The Insider 7 August 2024 Speaking on the program “Time Will Tell” on Channel One, expert and CEO of the pro-Kremlin “Center for Political Information” Alexey Mukhin, commenting on the transfer of American F-16 fighters to Ukraine, stated : "Tactical nuclear weapons are being hung on the F-16.

The 2nd Eastern District Military Court in Novosibirsk found Omsk resident Maksim Prikhodko guilty of organizing a terrorist community (Part 1 of Article 205.4 of the Criminal Code), undergoing training to carry out terrorist activities (Article 205.3 of the Criminal Code), attempted terrorist attack (Part 1 of Article 30, Part 1 of Article 205 of the Criminal Code), and illegal arms trafficking (Part 1 of Article 222 of the Criminal Code).

Residents have begun to be evacuated from the border areas of the Kursk region, which have been under attack by the Ukrainian Armed Forces since yesterday, said the acting governor of the region, Alexey Smirnov, in his address. According to him, he spoke with Vladimir Putin at night and "reported on the operational situation." "The regional headquarters worked all night. More than 200 people were taken out of the combat zone by buses and personal transport.

During a raid in the Kursk region, Ukrainian military personnel established control over a key gas transit station in Sudzha. This was reported by "war correspondent" Yuriy Kotenok and the Telegram channel "Rybar" , and the Z-channel "Senior Border Guard 🇷🇺" claims that the city of Sudzha is in an operational encirclement. There is no official information about the situation at the station. Sudzha is the only station through which gas from Russia flows to Ukraine and then to Europe.

People who made donations to the “Need Help” foundation received a letter stating its liquidation. "After the foundation was recognized as a foreign agent on March 1, 2024, we looked for opportunities to continue our activities with the new status, but this turned out to be virtually impossible. The foundation's board decided to liquidate the organization," the letter says.

The news The Insider August 7, 2024 Designer Artemy Lebedev, in the framework of his news release, apologized to the head of the League of Safe Internet Ekaterina Mizulina for her words about her in an interview with Yuri Dudu. Earlier, Mizulina said that she sued the designer after he criticized her organization and compared the activities of the safe Internet league with “inferiorism”.

A participant in the Dagestan Chess Championship is suspected of poisoning her opponent, the Shot Telegram channel, which is close to law enforcement agencies, reports . The published video from a surveillance camera shows the girl approaching one of the tables in an empty competition hall and manipulating the chessboard, after which she leaves, looking around. According to preliminary data, she spilled mercury.

Ayas Saryglar, assistant to the vice-speaker of the State Duma and former head of Tuva Sholban Kara-ool, was denied registration for the elections to the Supreme Khural (the parliament of Tuva). As Kommersant writes , the candidate from A Just Russia - For Truth (SRZP) concealed his criminal record. It is not explained under what article he was convicted.

Antifake RIA Novosti Fake: French Police at Olympics Live in Unbearable Conditions The Insider 7 August 2024 RIA Novosti talks about the hard lot of French law enforcement officers in the article “‘Bedbugs, cockroaches, mice’: police officers are horrified by living conditions at the Olympics”: “Police officers working at the Paris Olympics, who were housed in student dormitories, criticized the unbearable living conditions there, including numerous parasites and the lack of the ability to heat

The Insider News August 7, 2024 Photo: Alexander Ishchenko at the Southern District Military Court on November 22, 2023. (c) Alexandra Astakhova / Mediazona Ukrainian prisoner of war Alexander Ishchenko, who served in the Azov regiment, died in a Rostov-on-Don pretrial detention center from injuries inflicted on him, a Ukrainian forensic expert has concluded . The document with the results of the forensic examination was published by the deputy commander of the brigade Svyatoslav Palamar.

Former candidate for deputy of the Tver City Duma Yevgeny Nikolsky, accused of murdering his wife, died in hospital before his trial. As Vesti Tver reports , according to preliminary data, he had a blood clot. In April, Nikolsky wrote on his VKontakte page that he had killed his wife, Ekaterina.

The customs post of the Sudzha checkpoint destroyed as a result of the fighting. Photo: Astra Russian Telegram channels are reporting that Ukrainian units have entered two cities in the Kursk region: the district centers of Sudzha and Korenevo.

State Duma deputy Dmitry Sablin, as well as a number of Z-bloggers, reported that the "war correspondent" and VGTRK correspondent Yevgeny Poddubny did not die, as previously reported by Z-bloggers and another State Duma deputy, Mikhail Delyagin. According to "war correspondent" Yuri Kotenok, Poddubny's condition is serious, but he is alive. The propaganda channel Readovka also reported that the "war correspondent" survived, but was seriously injured.