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Russia bought gasoline from Turkey for the first time amid a fuel shortage
Amid Ukraine’s strikes on oil refineries, Russia is expanding gasoline imports this summer and looking for new supply schemes. This week, the country bought 200,000 barrels of fuel from Turkey for the first time and agreed to process Russian feedstock in Kazakhstan.
TotalEnergies has exited Arctic LNG 2 and expects to recover about $1.3 billion
The French company TotalEnergies has completed the transfer of its 10% stake in the Arctic LNG 2 project to NordLine, which it describes in the statement as a «subsidiary» of Novatek. The company expects to receive about $1.3 billion — its share of the loans that the project received from shareholders.
#TotalEnergies #ArcticLNG #ArcticLNG2 #daughter #Novateka #NordLine
Japanese artist Yayoi Kusama dies at 97
Japanese artist Yayoi Kusama, one of the most recognizable figures in contemporary art, has died at 97. The foundation said she passed away on August 14 in a Tokyo hospital.
European officials see no signs of Russia preparing a strike on NATO
Bloomberg reported that European officials see no signs of Russia preparing a conventional attack on NATO or one of the Baltic states. They also do not consider confirmed the version that CIA Director John Ratcliffe’s visit to Moscow this week was primarily intended to prevent such a strike.
#BalticsThey #European #NATO #NATOBloomberg #OfRussia #JohnRatcliffesCIA
The European Commission may demand stricter measures from Meta after the deal with 47 U.S. states
After Meta’s $18 billion agreement with 47 U.S. states, the European Commission may demand tougher changes to Facebook and Instagram from the company. In Brussels, they believe the American deal has raised the bar for the European investigation into protecting teenagers and the platforms’ «addictive» design.
#Facebook #meta #EuropeanCommission #dependent #USA #USAAfter
The Bell, «Verstka» and Boris Grebenshchikov received the Anna Politkovskaya «Kamerton» award
In Moscow, the «Kamerton» award named after «Novaya Gazeta» journalist Anna Politkovskaya was presented for the 14th time. The laureates were The Bell and «Verstka», as well as Boris Grebenshchikov; a special prize went to John Cole, the U.S. president Donald Trump’s special envoy.
#TheBell #AnnaPolitkovskayainMoscow #BorisGrebenshchikov #Layout #Fork #NovayaGazeta
Naryshkin confirmed a meeting with CIA Director John Ratcliffe in Moscow
SVR chief Sergey Naryshkin confirmed that he met with CIA Director John Ratcliffe in Moscow on August 25. According to him, they discussed issues within the competence of intelligence services.
#Moscow #MoscowHeadoftheSVRSergei #Naryshkin #CIAJohnRatcliffe
Belarusian «First Information» claimed it had worked for several years with an editor from «Current Time» under the guise of freelancers
The Belarusian state TV channel «First Information» claimed in a report on August 27 that it had worked for several years with Alina Rudnitskaya, an editor at the «Current Time» TV channel, under the guise of freelancers. In the same material, the channel said it had obtained the names of more than 70 employees of the «Current Time» bureau network around the world.
Russia’s Prosecutor General’s Office declared the Faculty of Liberal Arts and Sciences in Montenegro an undesirable organization
Russia’s Prosecutor General’s Office declared Faculty of Liberal Arts & Sciences (FLAS) — the Faculty of Liberal Arts and Sciences in Montenegro — an undesirable organization. According to the Russian Ministry of Justice, it was founded in 2023 by former instructors from Shaninka, and in 2024 it received state accreditation in Montenegro.
#Faculty #FLAS #LiberalArts #sciences #ProsecutorGeneralsOfficeofRussia #MontenegroProsecutorGeneralsOfficeofRussia
The Ministry of Defense reported a training-combat launch of a solid-fuel intercontinental ballistic missile from Plesetsk
The Russian Ministry of Defense reported carrying out a training-combat launch of a solid-fuel intercontinental ballistic missile from the Plesetsk cosmodrome. The training warheads, the ministry said, arrived in the designated area at the Kura test range in Kamchatka.
#Kamchatka #Kura #defenseministry #PlesetskEducational #PlesetskMinistryofDefenseofRussia
Pavel Krisevich’s wife was detained in Skopin and given 10 days of arrest
Elena Morgunova, the wife of artist and actionist Pavel Krisevich, was detained on August 28 in Skopin, Ryazan Oblast, and then given 10 days of administrative arrest under the article on disobeying law enforcement demands. Krisevich confirmed the detention and called it «a form of pressure».
#ElenaMorgunova #WifeofPavelKrisevich #PavelKrisevich #Skopin #SkopinRyazan #formofpressure
Zelensky said the task is to launch a thousand drones a day at Russia
Volodymyr Zelensky said that he had set the Ukrainian military the task of launching a thousand drones a day at Russia. According to him, Ukraine is currently using an average of just over 300 long-range drones per day, but the goal is «absolutely specific».
#VladimirZelensky #Zelensky #ON #OfRussia #veryspecific #Ukraine
Le Pen confirms RN position on pensions, Bardella speaks of review
Marine Le Pen said that «National Rally» will not give up the retirement age of 62. This differs from Jordan Bardella’s words, who called the issue «under review».
#Bardella #intheprocessofstudying #LePen #MarineLePin #NationalAssociation #RN
FLI confirmed infections with the new-to-Europe Shamonda virus in cows in Germany
The Friedrich Loeffler Institute (FLI) in Germany confirmed infections with the new-to-Europe variant of the Shamonda virus in cows in the states of Rhineland-Palatinate and Hesse. According to initial sequence comparisons, the cases in Switzerland and France were likely caused by the same virus.
#FLI #Germany #GermanysFriedrichLoefflerInstitute #Europe #RhinelandPalatinate #Shamonda
The head of the Polish Olympic Committee was detained in a bribery case involving sponsorship
In Poland, the head of the Polish Olympic Committee, Radosław Piesiewicz, was detained on suspicion of taking bribes from a crypto trader in exchange for sponsorship agreements. The investigation is linked to Zondacrypto, and the authorities estimate the damage from this company at 350 million zlotys.
#Zondacrypto #InPoland #HeadofthePolish #Polish #RadoslavPesevich #consequence
Berlin will not pay ransom after the hack of city systems
Berlin Mayor Kai Wegner said that the German capital was subjected to blackmail after the hack of city systems and the theft of data earlier this month. According to him, the authorities will not comply with the ransom demand that arrived on Thursday evening.
Bosnian Serb convicted of genocide, Ratko Mladić, dies in The Hague
Bosnian Serb Ratko Mladić, convicted of genocide, war crimes, and crimes against humanity, has died in the UN prison in The Hague, the Netherlands, at the age of 84. The UN court said that Dutch authorities have begun investigating the circumstances of his death, and the tribunal’s president ordered a full review.
#InTheHague #thehague #Netherlands #UN #RatkoMladic #RatkoMladicConvicted
Former manager of a San Diego complex first spoke about meeting Omar al-Bayoumi and the 9/11 hijackers
Former Parkwood Apartments manager in San Diego Holly Ratchford publicly spoke for the first time about how she met Omar al-Bayoumi and two men who later hijacked American Airlines Flight 77 and crashed into the Pentagon. Her remarks came amid a $1 trillion lawsuit by families of 9/11 victims against Saudi Arabia.
#ParkwoodApartments #Bayumi #Ex #Omar #SanDiego #SanDiegoHollyRatchford
In Kyiv region, 37 people died after a drone strike on a warehouse
In Kyiv region, after a Russian drone struck a warehouse, an explosion occurred, killing 37 people and forcing the evacuation of nearly 400 residents. Authorities reported damage to residential buildings and a nursing home, and also began checking the version that ammunition was being stored at the site.
The Guardian: Russian army losses exceed new recruits by six thousand people per month
Russian army losses killed and wounded exceed the number of new soldiers by about six thousand people per month, The Guardian reports, citing Western officials. According to their estimate, the Russian authorities recruit about a thousand people a day, but over the past two months this has no longer been enough to offset the losses.