Policeman Gennady Shevchenko of the Ukrainian city of Kramatorsk outraged Internet users with his avatar in the Viber messenger, in which he took a selfie next to a beaten prisoner. reports this Life .

Tonga Olympic taekwondo team member Pita Nicholas Taufatofua walked around the opening ceremony with his country's flag half naked and covered in oil. Social network users, especially their female half, could not help but replace this naked torso and wide smile. Before leaving the ceremony in Rio half-dressed, Pita wrote on his social networks: “Olympic opening ceremony today! We have a little surprise for you. Don’t blink, otherwise you’ll miss everything.” ’s Instagram .

The first teaser for the series “Chance” has appeared online, in which the “House” star will once again return to the role of the doctor. This time he will play a forensic psychoneurologist who is “drawn time after time into the world of police corruption and diseases of the mind.” The series will be released on the online cinema Hulu, which immediately ordered the production of two seasons of 10 episodes each.

Jamaican running champion Usain Bolt explained his absence from the opening ceremony of the Summer Games in Rio de Janeiro as simple laziness. writes about this The Telegraph . Usain Bolt It seems that our entire team walked through the stadium at the opening ceremony of the Olympics. But I was too lazy that day. I didn't want to make any unnecessary movements. Usain Bolt, athlete Twitter users did not notice Bolt at the parade either.

The International Paralympic Committee (IPC) intends to ban the entire Russian Paralympic team from participating in the 2016 Olympic Games. This was reported by The Guardian . According to the publication, the decision of the IPC to suspend the Russian national team will be announced on August 7 at a press conference in Rio. It is linked to data released on July 18 in a report by independent expert Richard McLaren. He spoke about the use of doping by Russian athletes.

On the morning of August 6, a wooden model of the Bronze Horseman, mounted on a miniature raft, floated along the Neva. " reports this The newspaper " Paper . @feskobar The entire structure was tied to a miniature vessel, which pulled the rider along with it. It is not reported what this action refers to, however, on the figure itself, “OCHTAE CENTRUM” is written in large letters, which may be a distorted variation of the name of the Okhta Center, a skyscraper being built in St. Petersburg.

On August 6, the editor-in-chief of Echo of Moscow, Alexei Venediktov, announced new details in his program about the Bombardier aircraft, which in mid-July was in the center of the scandal with the participation of Deputy Prime Minister Igor Shuvalov. Fresh details of the loud story became the main theme of the day in social networks.

An Air Algerie Boeing 737-600 flying from Algeria to Marseille disappeared from radar over the Mediterranean Sea. This was reported by the RIA Novosti agency with reference to data from the Flightradar service . Update: An Algerian Airlines source said the plane landed successfully at Algiers airport. It disappeared from radar due to a technical failure.

The opening of the Olympics in Rio, the explosion of the car of the head of the LPR, the tragedy in a French bar, Isinbayeva on the reasons for missing the games and the incident at the Snoop Dogg concert in our morning briefing. Opening ceremony of the Rio Olympics Opening of the Olympics On the night of August 5-6 in Rio de Janeiro, the opening ceremony of the 2016 Summer Olympics took place at the Maracanã stadium.

www.prokurat-so.ru As reported on the website of the prosecutor's office of the Sverdlovsk region, on August 5, the Zheleznodorozhny District Court of Yekaterinburg sentenced 18-year-old Sergei Abakin, accused under Part 1 of Article 282 of the Criminal Code of the Russian Federation (inciting hatred or enmity). The court sentenced Abakin to 1 year 8 months of restriction of freedom.