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10 авг. 2026 г.Where did the ivory trade go after China banned elephant tusks? North, into the Russian permafrost — where an estimated 10M frozen mammoths lie waiting, and a kilogram of tusk fetches up to $1,900.
Sylvain Cordier / Gamma-Rapho / Getty Images Mammoth tusks came to be known as “ethical ivory” after China banned imports of elephant tusks in 2017, closing the market that elephants were being slaughtered to supply. China and Hong Kong are home to the world’s most developed tusk-carving industry, in which a single piece can sell for as much as billions of rubles (tens of millions of dollars). Meeting that demand fell to Yakutia‘s tusk hunters, who dig the frozen ivory out of the permafrost.
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10 авг. 2026 г.Novosibirsk hastily repaved its roads and planted new lawns before Putin’s visit. In his last two stops, gas prices mysteriously dropped when he arrived — and rose again once he left.
Vladimir Putin traveled to Novosibirsk after a working visit to Buryatia, the Kremlin press pool reported. The visit’s agenda focused on regional issues as well as scientific and technological development, Russia’s state news agency Tass said. Local media in Novosibirsk reported that preparations for Putin’s visit had begun well in advance, with crews hastily repaving asphalt in the city center, laying new lawns, and repairing sidewalks and building facades.
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10 авг. 2026 г.Sanctioned Russian tanker leaks oil off Oman after mystery explosion
The tanker Caroline Bezengi , part of Russia’s “shadow fleet,” leaked oil after running aground off the coast of Oman. The resulting slick, covering roughly 390 square kilometers (about 150 square miles), lies northeast of the Hallaniyat Islands, Oman’s Environment Authority said. The slick sits about 7 kilometers, or roughly 4 miles, from shore, according to the agency.
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10 авг. 2026 г.The Kremlin let Russia’s only anti-war party, Yabloko, onto the ballot to bleed protest votes. But when it started polling at 6%, the Supreme Court stepped in.
Igor Ivanko / AFP / Scanpix / LETA“Yabloko” supporters outside the Supreme Court building. August 10, 2026 Update: On the evening of August 10, Russia’s Supreme Court removed Yabloko from the ballot for the State Duma, the lower house of the country’s parliament, ruling in favor of a suit filed by the Rodina party. What’s happening with Yabloko ahead of the election?
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10 авг. 2026 г.Yabloko chairman Yavlinsky says barring the party from Russia’s parliamentary race means the Kremlin admits its fear
Grigory Yavlinsky, chairman of Yabloko’s federal political committee, said that the Supreme Court’s decision to remove the party from the election shows the authorities are scared. The party had been campaigning for the State Duma, the lower house of Russia’s parliament, on antiwar slogans. Yavlinsky said Yabloko ran on the platform “For Peace and Freedom!” Its members support a ceasefire, diplomacy, and peace, and oppose nuclear war and political repression.
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10 авг. 2026 г.After courts banned an antiwar party from the ballot, opposition politician Ilya Yashin’s allies pick a new weapon: showing up to vote, all at the exact same minute
The bureau of Ilya Yashin’s Peaceful Russia party has proposed a coordinated voting action for September 20 — the main day of voting in Russia’s State Duma election. In a statement, the party said: ”[The party] is proposing that everyone who disagrees with Putin’s policies vote on the same day and at the same time: exactly at noon on September 20. This will let citizens express their protest against the war and the dictatorship through legal means.
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10 авг. 2026 г.Navalny’s widow Yulia Navalnaya urges Russians to vote for any party except United Russia in State Duma election
Yulia Navalnaya, the widow of Alexei Navalny and head of the Anti-Corruption Foundation he founded, released a video address after Russia’s Supreme Court removed Yabloko from the State Duma race — a party she had urged Russians to support. In just a matter of days, Yabloko turned into a rallying point for a striking range of political forces and pulled off something close to unprecedented — uniting a fractured society, and doing it, seemingly, without even trying.
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10 авг. 2026 г.Путин приехал в Новосибирск. За несколько дней до его визита город начали ремонтировать
Владимир Путин после рабочей поездки в Бурятию приехал в Новосибирск, сообщили журналисты кремлевского пула. Как сообщает ТАСС, программа визита посвящена региональным вопросам, а также научно-техническому развитию. В Новосибирске, сообщали местные СМИ, к визиту Путина готовились заранее — в центре города спешно перекладывали асфальт, укладывали газон, ремонтировали тротуары и фасады зданий. В прошлый раз Путин приезжал в Новосибирскую область в 2018 году.
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10 авг. 2026 г.Нефтяное пятно у берегов Омана расширилось до 400 квадратных километров. Оно появилось после взрыва на борту танкера «теневого флота» России
Из танкера российского «теневого флота» «Кэролайн Безенги» (Caroline Bezengi), севшего на мель у берегов Омана, произошла утечка нефти. Нефтяное пятно площадью примерно 390 квадратных километров движется на северо-восток от островов Эль-Халланият в сторону материка, сообщили местные власти. Пятно находится примерно в семи километрах от берега, заявило управление по охране окружающей среды страны. Ведомство предпринимает меры по ликвидации утечки.
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10 авг. 2026 г.A ChatGPT-generated image, a photo of Hiroshima, and a line from a Soviet song: the copyright case that helped boot Russia’s only antiwar party off next month’s ballot
Pavel Bednyakov / AP / Scanpix / LETAYabloko leader Nikolai Rybakov at the Supreme Court hearing Russia’s Supreme Court has ruled to remove the opposition party Yabloko from the ballot in the election for the State Duma, the lower house of Russia’s parliament. The Rodina party filed the lawsuit last Friday, accusing Yabloko of an assortment of violations that included copyright infringement, illegal campaigning, and support for extremism.
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10 авг. 2026 г.Ukrainian drones hit a petrochemical plant more than 2,200 kilometers from the border, deep in Russia’s Tyumen region
Several Ukrainian drones struck a plant in Russia’s Tyumen region on Monday, Governor Alexander Moor confirmed. Moor did not specify which plant was hit. No deaths or injuries have been reported. The Ukrainian Telegram channels Supernova+ and Exilenova+ claimed that the strike targeted the ZapSibNeftekhim petrochemical complex, a Sibur subsidiary. The following video contains profanity.
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10 авг. 2026 г.Russian distributors postponed Spider-Man to clear the way for ‘Kolobok.’ In St. Petersburg, the seats are still empty.
Five screenings of Posledniy Bogatyr: Kolobok (“The Last Warrior: Kolobok”) played in theaters in St. Petersburg on Friday, August 7, without selling a single ticket, the local news outlet Rotonda reported. Twenty auditoriums sat empty for Kolobok on Sunday, August 9. The film again drew no interest from city residents on Monday, August 10: In 28 auditoriums, not a single seat was filled during the first half of the day. St.
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10 авг. 2026 г.Юлия Навальная призвала россиян на выборах в Госдуму голосовать за любую партию, кроме «Единой России»
Юлия Навальная, призывавшая голосовать за «Яблоко» на выборах в Госдуму, выпустила видеообращение после того, как Верховный суд снял партию с выборов. «Яблоко» буквально за несколько дней стало точкой сбора самых разных политических сил, вызвало невиданную консолидацию общества. Даже не прилагая к этому почти никаких усилий. Антивоенное большинство россиян увидело, что у него есть уникальный шанс высказать свою позицию, проголосовать за антивоенную партию. Этого в Кремле допустить не могли.
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10 авг. 2026 г.Russia’s parliamentary race loses antiwar party that attracted young volunteers ‘because they don’t want to be killed’ in Ukraine, chairman said
Russia’s Supreme Court has ruled to remove the Yabloko party from the State Duma ballot, granting a lawsuit brought by the Rodina party. The ruling came after Nikolai Rybakov, Yabloko’s chairman, delivered a closing argument urging the court to dismiss Rodina’s lawsuit entirely. Rybakov argued that Yabloko did not violate the law and would continue to defend its political position.
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10 авг. 2026 г.Poland protests a summer of violence against Ukrainians
Poles in 22 cities across Poland protested a rise in violence against Ukrainians on Sunday, August 9, Polish news outlet RMF24 reported. The Committee for the Defense of Democracy, a Polish civic group, organized the demonstrations, calling them a response to a growing number of verbal and physical attacks on people targeted because of their origin, language, or appearance. The protests took place in Warsaw, Krakow, Gdansk, Poznan, Wroclaw, and other cities.