The United States has launched an investigation into the case against Americans who worked with Russian television channels. This was reported by The New York Times, citing sources. According to the publication, we are not just talking about ordinary users who watch Russian state channels or write about them on the Internet, but about those who deliberately spread disinformation from Moscow.

Hungarian oil and gas company Mol has proposed a new scheme for the transit of Russian oil through Ukraine, under which it will be responsible for deliveries. This is reported by RBC, citing Reuters. As the head of the office of Hungarian Prime Minister Viktor Orban, Gergely Gulyas, said, Mol is negotiating this issue. He noted that using the new scheme, transit will be more expensive and risky.

Society Maria Alekseeva 22 August 2024 The Kursk region has become the first Russian region since the Second World War, which has been under the control of the Armed Forces of a foreign state. Locals feel abandoned, and even the most loyal citizens lose confidence in the authorities, the correspondent of The Insider, who visited Kursk and the region, notes.

The news The Insider August 22, 2024 The Telegram Channel Black Mirror, known for its calculations of the correspondence of officials and security forces , published a photo of General Komkov in the company of friends at the billiard table, accompanying this with the signature “From the archive exhibiting in the private channel”. To the question of The Insider, whether it is about the archive of the electronic correspondence of Komkov, the channel administrators answered in the affirmative.

Orenburg authorities paid 16 million rubles in fees to the "patriotic singer" Yaroslav Dronov, also known as Shaman, despite the fact that residents of the region have still not received compensation for property and real estate lost as a result of the flood. State Duma deputy Nina Ostanina drew attention to this in a letter to the region's governor Denis Pasler. "16 million rubles have been allocated from the Orenburg city budget to pay the artist's fee.

The number of SVO participants and their family members admitted to universities under the quota has almost doubled in a year, Interfax writes , citing the press service of the Ministry of Education and Science. In 2024, Russian universities admitted more than 14.9 thousand people to budget places under the quota for SVO participants and their family members, which is 6.3 thousand more than in 2023.

Political scientist Bahruz Samadov was detained in Baku. According to OC Media, he was accused of drug possession. Samadov's friends and colleagues reported on the evening of August 21 that he was missing. The next morning, the researcher’s relatives said that he had been detained, and the family’s apartment was searched. Azerbaijani journalist Nurlan Libre told OC Media that detaining political activists on drug charges is a popular practice in Azerbaijan.

“The Kiev regime made another attempt at a terrorist attack on the territory of the Krasnodar Territory - a railway ferry with fuel tanks in the port of Kavkaz was attacked. Emergency and special services are on site. The area of ​​the fire and information about the victims is being clarified,” the channel “Operational Headquarters - Krasnodar Territory” said in a statement. According to the Crimean Wind channel, the Aquatrader ferry, loaded with railway tanks with fuel, was attacked.

The Russian FSB has opened a criminal case for illegally crossing the state border against CNN journalist Nick Peyton Walsh, as well as Ukrainian correspondents Olesya Borovik and Diana Butsko. As Interfax reports , citing the special service, the journalists are accused of illegally crossing the Ukrainian-Russian border and "filming reports in the Sudzha area of ​​the Kursk region." The FSB promised that all three would soon be put on the international wanted list.

The news The Insider August 22, 2024 In today's report: The Ministry of Defense of the Russian Federation declares stabilization of defense, and the "Wild Division of Donbass" - the first recaptured village in the Kursk region There was a recording of epic battle in the Russian hemp between the Russian BMP-3 and several Ukrainian armored vehicles “So that they are in the Kremlin, everything is restrained, bitches” - The Insider published a report on refugee moods in the Kursk region The Russian

The news The Insider August 22, 2024 The Russian government for the third time since the beginning of the war increased state fees from wines from the so -called unfriendly countries. This will lead to a significant increase in prices for products from the European Union, Australia, New Zealand and the USA. According to The Insider, the shelves of Russian stores will not have wines from these regions are cheaper than 850 rubles per bottle.

The advance of Russian troops, which, according to McGregor, has already forced the Ukrainian president to pack his bags, is noted only in the Donetsk region. In May 2023, Russian troops captured the city of Bakhmut. In August 2024, fighting is underway for the city of Chasiv Yar. The distance between these two cities is about 15 km.

RU The Telegram channel Black Mirror , known for exposing the correspondence of Russian officials and law enforcement personnel , has published a photo of General Alexei Komkov — the newly-appointed head of the FSB’s Fifth Service.

In Moscow, Dmitry Zhuravlev, deputy director of the department for coordinating the activities of organizations in the field of agricultural sciences at the Russian Ministry of Science and Higher Education, was arrested in a bribery case. As TASS reports , the official is accused of receiving a bribe on an especially large scale (Part 6, Article 290 of the Russian Criminal Code). Also arrested was the executive director of KM-FINANCE LLC, Aleksey Evdokimenko.

Russia’s Federal Security Service (FSB) has launched a criminal case against CNN reporter Nick Paton Walsh and Ukrainian correspondents Olesya Borovyk and Diana Butsko for illegally crossing Russia’s border. According to a report from the Russian news agency Interfax , which cited the FSB, the journalists are accused of unlawfully crossing the Ukrainian-Russian border and filming reports in the Sudzha area of the Kursk Region.