The government aircraft involved in the “cocaine case” was used by Nikolai Patrushev The Il-96 aircraft of the Rossiya flight squad with tail number RA-96023, which serves the top officials of the state, at 7:50 Moscow time on August 14 took off from Moscow to Anchorage, where Vladimir Putin is scheduled to meet with Donald Trump, according to Flightradar data. The flight should arrive at the destination airport at 17:43 Moscow time.

There are at least three victims in Belgorod, 13 in Rostov Belgorod on Thursday, August 14, was massively attacked by Ukrainian drones. The attack began early in the morning. As a result of the strikes, three people were injured: one local resident is in serious condition with multiple shrapnel wounds, his wife received burns, the third victim was taken to the hospital with a leg wound and barotrauma. Several times drones attacked the government building of the Belgorod region.

In total, at least 33 conscripts are known to have died in the Kursk region After April 26, when the Russian Ministry of Defense announced the “complete liberation” of the Kursk region from the Armed Forces of Ukraine, at least five Russian conscripts died in the region, Vorstka calculated based on messages on social networks.

Authorities call this the creation of a “priority reporting” system. The presidential administration has set the task for officials to switch to the Max messenger: it is there that exclusive news from government officials will appear first, an interlocutor close to ANO Dialog i and the presidential administration told Vorstka, and was also confirmed by two sources in regional administrations.

Trump estimated the probability of failure of negotiations with Vladimir Putin in Alaska at 25% The meeting between US Presidents Donald Trump and Russian President Vladimir Putin will take place on August 15, 2025 in Anchorage, Alaska , at Joint Military Base Elmendorf-Richardson. The start of negotiations is scheduled for 11:30 local time (22:30 Moscow time). At the end of the talks, the leaders will hold a joint press conference.

Demand for cosmetology has increased, but many clients complain of complications from counterfeit or untested drugs In the first half of 2025, Russia recorded a record demand for botulinum toxin preparations, which are used for various cosmetic procedures. “Verstka” found out that an increase in the turnover of such drugs has been observed since the beginning of a full-scale war in Ukraine.

Among the Ukrainians who returned to their homeland there are also civilians On August 14, Russia and Ukraine conducted another prisoner exchange using the “84 to 84” formula. The Russian Ministry of Defense was the first to report this. Later, Ukrainian President Vladimir Zelensky wrote about the exchange. Exchange details 84 Russian military personnel returned to Russia. After their release, they were taken to Belarus, where they receive medical and psychological support.