Authorities admit they are slowing down YouTube, but these restrictions can still be circumvented On the night of August 1, for some Russian users, videos on YouTube began to load very slowly or were not played at all, as evidenced by Downdetector data. Косвенно наличие проблемы подтверждает и то, что в этот день пользователи Google из России начали чаще искать российский видеохостинг Rutube .

The construction of Patriot Park was supervised by former Deputy Defense Minister Timur Ivanov, who was arrested in a bribery case. Security forces detained the director of the Patriot Park, Vyacheslav Akhmedov, and the deputy head of the Department of Innovative Development of the Ministry of Defense, Major General Vladimir Shesterov, the Investigative Committee reports.