Cover photo: De Havilland Canada DHS-8-400 aircraft of Russia’s Aurora Airlines RU Miami Technics, a Florida-registered company, shipped two consignments of Timken bearings for DHS-8-400 aircraft to Russia this year, according to an investigation by The Insider , which analyzed Russian customs transaction databases. These parts, classified under code 848220, are subject to a U.S. trade embargo, meaning they are banned from export to Russia by default.

Kharkov tractor driver Viktor Rudenko was sentenced to 10 years in prison in Russia, according to the decision of the St. Petersburg City Court, in a case of espionage (Article 276 of the Criminal Code). According to the investigation, in March 2022, he collected information harmful to the security of the Russian Federation, on the instructions of the SBU, while being on the territory of Ukraine.

Economics 19 August 2024 Ilon Musk arranged an interview with Donald Trump. And he is far from the only American billionaire who actively supports the candidate from the Republicans. The Republican Party and Trump personally received tens of millions of dollars of donations to participate in the presidential race from representatives of the Forbes list. Including those who had to avoid politics before.

The news The Insider August 19, 2024 Altai Reserve. Photo: Pavel Filatov A bill was introduced to the State Duma, on the basis of which it will be possible to cut down most of the reserves and national parks of Russia, for example, for the development of real estate. The document was introduced by the authorities of the Stavropol Territory, and this is the second attempt by the regions to push this bill, previously tried to make Chuvashia.

ECONOMICS Elizaveta Mironova 19 August 2024 The upcoming winter in Ukraine is expected to be even tougher than the last one. Russia has shifted its tactics, targeting not only electricity grids but also power generating facilities. Over the past six months, Ukraine’s largest energy holding company, DTEK, has seen 90% of its thermal power plant capacity destroyed or damaged.

The cost of the Baikal aircraft, which is to replace the Soviet An-2 , in the first year of expected delivery (2025) is 455 million rubles. As RBK writes , this follows from a letter from the State Transport Leasing Company (GTLK) to potential operators of the aircraft. In 2019, when ordering the aircraft, the Ministry of Industry and Trade indicated that its price should not exceed 120 million rubles.

Russian Post reported that the work of its regional office in Germany was “limited,” Kommersant reports . At the same time, according to company representatives, the delivery of parcels from abroad is proceeding as usual. Earlier, on August 13, the German General Administration notified of searches at two unnamed companies located in Berlin that were suspected of violating sanctions.

Vladimir Putin signed a decree according to which the reason for obtaining a temporary residence permit in Russia may be a person’s sharing of “traditional Russian spiritual and moral values.” According to the decree, such people can apply for a temporary residence permit without speaking Russian and without proving knowledge of the history and fundamentals of Russian legislation. They can be either foreign citizens or stateless persons.

Novikova herself did not admit guilt, stating that on August 2 she saw the balloons lying on the ground and took a photo of them, but did not post the photos or pass them on to the media. Her lawyer believes that the accusation against Novikova of organizing the protest is based on speculation, while there is no guilt or elements of an offense in her actions.

In the United States, American TV presenter Phil Donahue, who during the Soviet era hosted the famous teleconferences between the United States and the USSR together with Vladimir Pozner, has died at the age of 88, The Washington Post reports .

On Friday, Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi is set to visit Kiev for the first time since the war began. According to Bloomberg sources, he wants to “balance ties between Washington and Moscow” and has agreed to relay messages between Putin and Zelensky. At the same time, Modi has rejected any form of peacekeeping between the sides in the Russia-Ukraine conflict.

The World Health Organization (WHO) has recorded 1,940 attacks on health facilities in Ukraine since the war began in February 2022. This is the largest number of such attacks the organization has recorded in any humanitarian disaster in its history. 86% of the attacks were carried out with heavy weapons. Since December 2023, they have “significantly increased” and now occur almost every day.

The news The Insider August 19, 2024 The mother of the Akhmat special forces fighter, who died when beating in the Makhachkala police department, turned to the authorities demanding to hold her son guilty of death. This was reported "Caution, news." Police officers detained 48-year-old Ahmed Dazhababilov in Makhachkala on July 9, when he, according to the police, behaved inadequately and ran along the street with a knife. Dzhabrailov died in the police department on the same day.

The news The Insider August 19, 2024 In today's report: In the Kursk region, Ukrainian troops from two sides are advancing to the Korenevo district center and move to the Rylsk -Kursk highway The Armed Forces of Ukraine were destroyed or damaged by all bridges across the Sejm River in the Glushkovsky district - Russian forces were in the "bag" One of the looters robbing the mobile phone salon in the Glushkovo district center is identified as an employee of the Chechen law enforcement agencies

The online performance of literary critic Galina Yuzefovich at the Krasnaya Stroka festival was cancelled after several denunciations from Z-patriots. She wrote about this herself on her Telegram channel. In addition, the appearances of "several wonderful colleagues" of Yuzefovich were cancelled. As she writes, in the texts of the denunciations she found that Z-patriots called her "zakhokhlukha" and "ethnic liberal".