The Investigative Committee of Russia has opened a criminal case against the deputy commander of the Leningrad Military District, Valery Mumindzhanov. He is accused of accepting a bribe on an especially large scale (Part 6, Article 290 of the Criminal Code of the Russian Federation), the Investigative Committee reports . Mumindzhanov has been detained, and the question of choosing a preventive measure for him is being decided.

In January 2024, Russia purchased cash dollars from the African state of Rwanda in the amount of 29 million 210 thousand dollars. This was reported by Verstka, citing closed data from Russian customs statistics. The cash was purchased from the Rwandan Ministry of Defense. On the Russian side, the buyer was Rosoboronexport, the only state intermediary for trade in military products. According to the publication, the shipment contained $100 banknotes, weighing a total of 292 kg.

The Central Election Commission of Russia proposes to restrict photo and video filming at polling stations in border regions for everyone except accredited media during the elections . This was reported by Deputy Chairman of the Commission Nikolai Bulaev. According to Bulaev, the electoral commissions of the country's constituent entities will be able, on the recommendation of operational headquarters, to make decisions to ban photography and video filming at polling stations and near them.

Turkey has formally applied to join BRICS, Bloomberg reports , citing people familiar with the matter. They say President Recep Tayyip Erdogan's administration is seeking to build ties beyond the West, believing the geopolitical center of gravity is shifting. According to Bloomberg's sources, Turkey applied to join BRICS several months ago, as nearly a decade of talks on the country's accession to the European Union have led nowhere.

The news The Insider September 2, 2024 In educational publications of some Russian schools on the map of Russia, Ukrainian cities have already been added as Russian territories. It is reported by the Pikuli Telegram channel. So, according to new maps, the city of Kherson belongs to Russia. In addition, the textbook talks about the “referenda” in 2014 and in 2022.

Police in South Korea have launched an investigation into Telegram, Yonhap News Agency reports . The company is suspected of instigating and aiding the creation and distribution of deepfake pornography. Korean police regularly receive complaints from people whose faces are used to create deepfakes. From August 26 to 29 alone, 88 reports of deepfake porn were received and 24 suspects were identified.

In the elections in Thuringia and Saxony, the far-right Alternative for Germany and the far-left Sahra Wagenknecht Alliance did achieve their greatest success in their history, although not enough to form a ruling coalition (if we do not take into account the purely theoretical possibility of a coalition of the far right and far left). In Thuringia, Alternative for Germany gained 32.8% of the vote, Wagenknecht Alliance 15.8%. In Saxony, Alternative for Germany gained 31.9%, Wagenknecht 11.8%.

The Insider, which was blocked in Russia immediately after the full-scale invasion began, is now available to Russian readers again. A mirror system updated in real time allows the site to be opened from Russia without a VPN. Up-to-date links to articles can be found in The Insider Telegram channel . Roskomnadzor promised to block The Insider back in December 2021 on the grounds that the publication refused to put the "foreign agent" label.

The search operation in the area of ​​the helicopter crash in Kamchatka has been completed, the bodies of 19 tourists and three crew members have been found, the Russian Emergencies Ministry said in a statement. All the victims have been taken to Petropavlovsk-Kamchatsky for identification. The Mi-8 helicopter crashed on the morning of August 31 - it took off from a site near the Vachkazhets volcano to the village of Nikolaevka and almost immediately disappeared from radar.

The news The Insider September 2, 2024 In the Oryol region, several criminal cases are being investigated against Sergey Lezhnev, a former adviser to the governor of the region. Lezhnev became famous for carrying humanitarian assistance to Russian soldiers fighting in Ukraine, and Z-publicity accused him of publishing photographs from the standpoint of the Russian units, thereby helping the Armed Forces of Ukraine geolochet them.

The news The Insider September 2, 2024 In today's report: Deepstate - Ukrainian troops in the Kursk region expand the zone of confident control north of the Suda district center A Russian column of pontoon parks and an already blocked crossing on the site of the destroyed bridge were broken near the Deva River.

This summer saw a surge in Russia of children's “military-patriotic camps.” At these camps, children hear speeches from well-known propagandists and other figures involved in the invasion of Ukraine, learn to operate drones, and weave camouflage nets for the military. Although these camps began to take shape in 2020, they have only now become widespread. Most attendees participate for free, thanks to funding from the state.

Researchers have found a possible location of the Burevestnik nuclear-powered missile on satellite images. According to Reuters, the location is near Vologda. The images, dated July 26, show objects located near a nuclear warhead storage facility in the area of ​​the military town of Vologda-20, located in the vicinity of the village of Chebsara, approximately 70 kilometers west of Vologda and 500 kilometers north of Moscow.

Iranian opposition blogger Hossein Shanbehzadeh has been sentenced to 12 years in prison for a response to a post by Iran's Supreme Leader Ali Khamenei in which he left only a period, Iran International reports , citing the convicted man's lawyer.

Following the election results, the ruling New Azerbaijan Party of the current head of state, Ilham Aliyev, received the majority of seats in parliament. This was announced by the Chairman of the Central Election Commission of Azerbaijan, Mazahir Panakhov. Aliyev's party receives 68 of the 125 seats in parliament, that is, a majority. Voter turnout was 37.27% - 2.1 million voters out of 6.4 million registered voted.