Such a long anchorage is unusual for a commercial cargo vessel. During the same period, media outlets reported multiple drone sightings near the German Navy submarine base in Eckernförde. German police inspected the HAV Dolphin , and after the ship resumed its journey, the Dutch police, the Dutch national gendarmerie, and customs officials in Rotterdam also carried out checks. No suspicious materials were found. The crew was identified as Russian.

Sweeping reforms are set to significantly increase the tax burden carried by many Russian citizens. Although officials have promised not to raise core taxes further, they are increasing fines, excise duties and the cost of state services.

In the Kursk region, the acting Deputy Governor Vladimir Bazarov was detained. This was announced at a meeting of the regional government by the acting governor Alexander Khinshtein, TASS reports. “We detained the acting governor of the Kursk region Vladimir Bazarov. Investigative actions are being held at the moment. We are talking about the circumstances related to his previous place of work.

Fighters of the US National Guard, who, by order of President Donald Trump, patrol the streets of Washington, will begin to wear weapons from August 31. It is reported by Reuters with reference to their own sources. According to the interlocutors of the agency, the National Guard will be given either M17 pistols or M4 rifles.

Governor Pavel Malkov said that the number of those killed in the explosion at the Elastic plant in the Ryazan region reached 28 people. Rescue work is completed, the regional emergency regime has been removed. Families of the dead will receive more than 5 million rubles of compensation, including payments from the enterprise, the region and the social fund. In the hospitals of Ryazan and Moscow there are 37 victims, another 120 are treated on an outpatient basis.

In Warsaw, the girl filed an application with the prosecutor's office for Alex Leslie-“Sex Kochch”, who teaches men to pester women on the street. After one of the Warsaw trainings, Leslie posted a series of photos in which his students kiss the girls. The pictures were taken secretly and from a distance, and the faces of women are often visible - it is not known whether they gave consent to publication. Wyborcza writes about this. One of them filed an application.

Tiktok announced the creation of a team of experts in cybersecurity and counteracting disinformation on the eve of the parliamentary elections in Moldova, which will be held on September 28. As the company’s press release reported on August 25, specialists will take into account the local context and work to ensure the reliability of information for users.

Armenian banks and brokers began to collect data on the tax resident from Russian citizens with accounts in Armenia. According to RBC, this is necessary to conduct the first automatic exchange of financial information with Russia according to the standard of organizing economic cooperation and development (OECD).

Indian production fuel was mainly imported into Ukraine with tankers from Romania, according to Danube. Another 15% of the Ukrainian import of diesel fuel was set by Slovakia, then Greece, Turkey, Lithuania, Poland, Sweden, the USA, Denmark, Saudi Arabia and others follow. Until recently, India was the second buyer of Russian oil after China, which was supplied to Indian oil refineries (refineries).

President of Poland Karol Navrotsky announced a veto for a bill on amendments to the law for assistance to citizens of Ukraine, writes Rzeczpospolita. The amendments provided for the extension until March 2026 of the legal stay of Ukrainians in Poland. According to Navrotsky, the bill should be adjusted, in particular, the payment of payments should be added. “The law adopted 3.5 years ago should be adjusted today.

Russian Prosecutor General Igor Krasnov filed an application for the post of chairman of the Supreme Court. This was announced on August 25 by TASS with reference to the head of the Higher Qualification Collegium of Judges of the Russian Federation Nikolai Timoshin. The post of chairman of the Supreme Court remains vacant since July 22 after the death of Irina Podnsova, who held this position since April 2024.

ECONOMICS Tatiana Rybakova 25 August 2025 Sweeping reforms are set to significantly increase the tax burden carried by many Russian citizens. Although officials have promised not to raise core taxes further, they are increasing fines, excise duties and the cost of state services.

Disinformation websites in the Czech Republic publish an average of 120 pieces a day — more than the country’s leading media outlets. An investigation by Voxpot , carried out in collaboration with the Druit IT collective, analyzed 360,000 publications across 16 platforms over the past 25 years. They found that around 10% of the content consisted of translations or rewrites of articles from sanctioned Russian pro-government outlets, including Sputnik, RT, and RIA Novosti .

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