In the city of Ussuriysk, Primorye Territory, on Airborne Forces Day, paratroopers rode in a convoy of vehicles, to one of which they attached a US flag dragging on the ground to the back. The video was noticed by Vostok-Media . Instagram block is not available The video was published by Ussuri blogger Mark Prunes, who collects photos and videos from citizens via WhatsApp. The video was sent to him by Yulia Yagolnikova, the wife of paratrooper Alexander.

Journalists from the Rossiya 24 channel, who were inspecting city highways from Moscow to Omsk, broke the suspension of their car. reports this SuperOmsk . Photo of the Omsk city government Journalists conducted a raid on Omsk roads together with officials and local resident Ekaterina Chernenko, who, during a “direct line” with the president, complained to Putin about the state of the city roads. The film crew from Moscow visited, as the journalists admitted, the worst roads in the city.

The seizure and liberation of a hydropathic clinic in Buryatia, the head of the Federal Tariff Service in the hospital, stability in Siberia and the day of the Airborne Forces. Beach in Liaoning province in northeast China. Photo by Imaginechina Capture of a hydropathic clinic in Buryatia On the morning of August 2, armed unknown people seized the building of the municipal hydropathic clinic “Nilova Pustyn” in the village of Nilovka, Tunkinsky district of Buryatia.

HBO plans to film the third season of the popular series True Detective, which was previously considered closed. This was announced by the channel's president of programming Casey Bloys. "True Detective" The media spread information that True Detective would not be continued after it became known that the show's creator, Nic Pizzolatto, had taken up a new project. Casey Bloys confirmed this information, but believes that the third season of the series may be entrusted to another writer.

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In Iran, hackers hacked more than 12 Telegram users by obtaining a code to restore access to an account via SMS, and for another 15 million users they were able to find out the usernames and associated phone numbers. reports this Reuters .

On August 2, Instagram announced the launch of an Instagram Stories section, with which users can create galleries of photos and videos that self-deleting a day after publication. In Russia, the announcement did not cause much excitement, but in the West, where the Snapchat service is popular, users accused the company of plagiarism. User anger Immediately after the announcement of Instagram Stories, English-speaking Twitter users burst out with criticism of the service.

In the city of Pechora in the Komi Republic, local authorities, instead of restoring the monument to the writer Maxim Gorky, covered it with a film depicting stonework. This was reported by “Pro City Syktyvkar” . Photo from the Pechora Info group on VKontakte An entry about an unusual restoration method appeared in the Pechora Info group on VKontakte. Well, how do you like these curtains? Banner instead of stone! And so it will do! The governor is coming soon, we need to show off!

The Corridor Digital team presented a new video, which showed a fight stylized as a 2D game. this . reports Popular Mechanics The video was created using stop-motion technology, that is, it was edited from a certain sequence of photographs. To film the video, the team attached a camera to the ceiling and filmed people fighting on the floor. As a result, the effect of free movement of video characters across the screen was created.

According to a Levada Center survey, 0.3% of Russians in the State Duma elections would vote for the Youth Party, a non-existent political organization invented by sociologists for the sake of experiment. drew attention to this The publication RBC . Photo mos.ru On August 2, Levada Center published the results of a survey conducted from July 22 to July 25 in 48 regions of Russia among 1,600 people aged 18 years and older.

During a presentation at a special event Samsung Unpacked 2016, company representatives announced the Galaxy Note 7 smartphone with a retinal scanner. The presentation was broadcast live on YouTube . Judging by the presentation, the scanner is intended for use in conjunction with the Gear VR virtual reality helmet, into which a smartphone is inserted.

In the Volotovsky district of the Novgorod region, the activity of beavers caused the destruction of local roads. This was reported by the portal “Your News” with reference to the regional department of natural resources. As stated in the department's statement, the activity of beavers led to the flooding of the local roads "Volot - Zhizlino" and "Volot - Verehnovo". The water destroyed the road surface, creating a danger for drivers.

There is a lot of profanity. The driver of a Moscow electric train published a video on the Internet in which he captured how a man was sleeping right on the tracks while the train was moving in the Tushino area. The driver clarified that this is not the first time that drunk people fall asleep on the tracks. After this, he and his colleague left the train to personally wake up the sleeping man.

On the eve of the release of the film “Suicide Squad”, actor and musician Jared Leto visited the Jimmy Fallon show. He gave Fallon a special gift from the Joker. The box contained a small snake, which made Fallon very afraid. Then she jumped out of the box onto the floor, and the presenter jumped out of his seat, squealing. The gift was accompanied by an explanatory note with a hint of an obviously sexual nature: “My dear Jimmy, enjoy my snake. It's long and thin and easy to grab.

The head of the Rosneft company, Igor Sechin, is going to sue Novaya Gazeta, the Dozhd TV channel and other media outlets over a “custom campaign” allegedly launched against its leadership. This is stated in a message on the company's website . The message does not specify which other media outlets are being referred to.