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13 авг. 2026 г.Российские военные нанесли удар по Краматорску. Частично разрушен жилой дом
Войска России вечером 13 августа нанесли несколько ударов авиабомбами по городу Краматорску и селу Беленькое Донецкой области, сообщил глава региона Вадим Филашкин. В Краматорске поврежден многоэтажный жилой дом. Судя по фото и видео последствий удара, часть здания обрушилась, там начался пожар. В результате ударов, сообщил глава региона, в Краматорской общине один человек погиб, еще 15 получили ранения.
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13 авг. 2026 г.‘This is Khorosho,’ the Russian YouTube channel that reviewed viral videos for 16 years, is shutting down after copyright disputes
Blogger Stas Davydov has announced that “This is Khorosho” (“This Is Good”), a YouTube channel known for its humorous reviews of viral videos, is shutting down. Its creators decided to close the channel after copyright disputes over clips used in the show’s episodes. That’s it — an era has ended. Reviews from “This is Khorosho” will probably disappear gradually from YouTube.
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13 авг. 2026 г.Finnish court rejects Russian family’s asylum bid despite opposition support, mother’s illness
A Finnish court has rejected an appeal by the family of Russian national Valentin Sergienko against a decision by the country’s migration service, Migri, to deny them political asylum, former St. Petersburg municipal deputy Svetlana Utkina told Mediazona. Sergienko left Russia with his parents after Russia announced a mobilization in September 2022. The family initially sought asylum in Germany, but their case was later transferred to Finland, and they moved there in 2023.
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13 авг. 2026 г.Ангелина Мельникова стала чемпионкой Европы по спортивной гимнастике. Россияне выступили на этом турнире впервые за пять лет
Российская гимнастка Ангелина Мельникова стала чемпионкой Европы-2026 в личном многоборье. Она набрала 55,932 балла на турнире по спортивной гимнастике в Хорватии. Второе место заняла еще одна россиянка Анна Калмыкова (54,632). Третьей стала спортсменка из Франции Елена Колас (53,966). Гимнастки выступали на брусьях и бревне, выполняли опорный прыжок и вольные упражнения. Таким образом Мельникова стала пятикратной чемпионкой Европы по спортивной гимнастике.
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13 авг. 2026 г.Russia’s FSB moves to eliminate the border zone with annexed Ukraine, despite lack of control over claimed regions
In the Rostov and Voronezh regions, as well as in annexed Crimea, Russia’s Federal Security Service (FSB) is dismantling the border zone that separates Russia from Russian-occupied Ukrainian territory. The independent Russian investigative outlet Agentstvo reported the move, citing the FSB’s orders.
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13 авг. 2026 г.An underground network of Russians says it’s helped Ukraine hit nine refineries. Almost everything we know about the group comes from one man — a former Gazprom executive.
Igor Volobuev / Facebook The BBC Russian Service interviewed Igor Volobuev, a former senior executive at Gazprom and Gazprombank who now fights for Ukraine. Born in Ukraine, Volobuev spent more than 30 years in Russia but went home as soon as the full-scale war began. He once handled public relations and press outreach at Gazprom companies; today he is a drone operator in the Ukrainian army.
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13 авг. 2026 г.Финляндия отказала в убежище семье россиянина, который донатил ФБК и участвовал в протестах
Суд в Финляндии отклонил жалобу семьи россиянина Валентина Сергиенко на решение миграционной службы (Migri) страны, которая отказала им в политическом убежище. Об этом случае «Медиазоне» рассказала бывший муниципальный депутат из Петербурга Светлана Уткина. Сергиенко вместе с родителями уехал из России после объявления мобилизации в сентябре 2022 года. Сначала семья запросила убежище в Германии, но затем их дело передали Финляндии. В эту страну семья переехала в 2023-м.
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13 авг. 2026 г.A dating bot with no age verification just got banned in Kazakhstan, and it’s the same one Russia used to brand Telegram founder Pavel Durov a ‘terrorist’
A court in Kazakhstan banned the Telegram dating chatbot “Daivinchik,” the Kazakhstani news outlet Tengri News reported. The ban came at the request of the prosecutor’s office, which said the chatbot had no mechanism to verify users’ ages and that minors’ use of the platform led to crimes being committed. On August 13, a major Telegram outage hit Kazakhstan, though no such access problems were reported globally.
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13 авг. 2026 г.For decades, Putin has offered Japan a compromise on the Kuril Islands. So why, on his first visit to the islands this week, did he talk about Russians’ ‘genetic code of winners’ instead?
Gavriil Grigorov / RIA Novosti / Sputnik / ProfimediaVladimir Putin tastes red caviar at the Yasny fish processing plant on Iturup Island, August 13, 2026 Since taking power, Vladimir Putin has pursued a peace treaty with Japan, asserting Russia’s sovereignty over the islands while saying he is willing to negotiate on the basis of the 1956 declaration . Japan and Russia have also developed economic ties, including in the Kuril Islands.
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13 авг. 2026 г.Russia orders in-absentia arrest of comedian Sasha Dolgopolov on Nazism-rehabilitation charges
A Moscow court has ordered the arrest of comic Sasha Dolgopolov in absentia. The news outlet Mediazona had earlier reported that a request for his arrest had been submitted to the court. He faces a criminal case on charges of rehabilitating Nazism — a case prosecutors had earlier advocated . The case stems from one of Dolgopolov’s stand-up performances.
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13 авг. 2026 г.Rodina’s candidates are rejected in Sverdlovsk, days after its lawsuit barred the antiwar Yabloko party from Russia’s State Duma race
The Sverdlovsk region’s election commission has rejected the pro-war Rodina party’s candidate list for elections to the regional legislative assembly. The commission said Rodina had failed to submit all the documents required for registration, including signature sheets. Last week, the commission registered the Yabloko party for the same elections, according to the independent Russian outlet 7×7.
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13 авг. 2026 г.Reuters: Ukraine proposes a mutual halt to Black Sea strikes
Ukraine has offered Russia a mutual halt to strikes on civilian targets in the Black Sea, a source familiar with the matter told Reuters . Kyiv relayed the offer to Moscow through an intermediary — a third country — and is still waiting for a response, the source said. Russia has yet to comment publicly on the proposal.
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13 авг. 2026 г.«Все, ушла эпоха». Ютьюб-канал «This is Хорошо» закрывается
Юмористический ютьюб-канал «This is Хорошо» с обзорами вирусных видео закрывается, объявил блогер Стас Давыдов. Создатели решили закрыть канал после разбирательств из-за авторских прав на ролики, которые использовали в выпусках своего шоу. Все, ушла эпоха. Обзоры «This is Хорошо» скорее всего будут постепенно исчезать с YouTube.
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13 авг. 2026 г.A Russian marketplace for drone parts is going fully military — with sellers pulled in from Wildberries, the retailer whose warehouses are now targeted by Ukraine
Roy.Market, which offers dual-use goods, is being relaunched as a full-fledged marketplace for the military, the Russian business daily Kommersant reported. Andrei Bezrukov, chairman of the board of the Center for Unmanned Systems and Technologies, which runs the marketplace, told the outlet that Roy.Market has begun onboarding third-party sellers, including some who already sell through Wildberries and Ozon, two major Russian online retailers.
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13 авг. 2026 г.The song that stopped being the USSR’s anthem in 1944 is now landing Russian activists in prison for ‘terrorism’
The Central District Court of Novosibirsk ordered activist and human rights advocate Larisa Mikhailova held for two months, the Telegram channel of the Agrarian Council movement reported . The hearing was closed to the public, and it remains unknown what charges she faces. Earlier on the morning of August 13, security forces conducted a three-hour search of Mikhailova’s apartment. “FSB and riot police officers broke in.