at the customs department, at the moment he was placed in custody, he will appear in court later on august 24, he will not be taken to court at night, but on august 25 he may already be charged, at the moment there have been no official comments on this matter, but representatives of the media say that all the named, if this is confirmed, claims against pavel durov can lead to a total term of 20 years in prison, while it should be noted that in the european union...

spain had claims against telegram, spain at some point even suspended operations in its country, and the european commission stated that it was continuing investigations into the work of telegram and was not satisfied with the cooperation of the messenger's managers with the official authorities of the european union. in particular, a number of countries tried to put pressure on the telegram messenger on pavel durov. first of all, this is the united states, in an interview. "excessive attention to telegram." according to the entrepreneur, the last time he came to the united states, together with an engineer working at telegram, employees or agents in the cybersecurity field tried to hire his employee. this was done secretly, behind his back, durov said. but the pressure was exerted not only by intelligence agencies, but also by large corporations such as google and apple. the latter demanded that users with ukrainian sim cards be.

denied access to official russian media, as durov noted in an interview with tucker carlson, representatives of his company are trying to find compromises to avoid removing telegram from app stores. well, that's how tucker carlson himself reacted to the arrest of pavel durov. quote: it wasn't putin who arrested him for allowing the public to exercise free speech, it was a western country, an ally of the biden administration and an active member of nato, that locked him up. pavel durov is sitting in a... in a french prison today, living proof to any platform owner who refuses to censor the truth at the behest of governments and intelligence agencies, darkness is quickly descending on the once free world, unquote. in turn, deputy speaker of the state duma vladislav davankov reported that he sent a message to the head of the ministry of foreign affairs sergey lavrov, stating that, in davankov's opinion, the arrest of the creator of telegram may have political grounds. but to others. topic: this night

, 115 russian soldiers returned from ukrainian captivity, will undergo rehabilitation in their homeland and then be able to return to their families. our correspondent, stanislav vasilchenko, spoke with the soldiers immediately after their return. as a result of the exchange between russia and ukraine, 115 servicemen returned home to moscow, in ukrainian captivity, each of them could have been in danger of death, fortunately, of course, they all escaped this and returned home alive and...

everything is fine, mommy, everything is fine, you are waiting for me, you are waiting for me at home, no, well, what, if only you knew what we have been through in these 2 weeks, since august 12, yes, what you have been through, we also imagine, of course, all this horror, so of course we are waiting, the emotions that the servicemen shared with us are simple.

well, a lot could have been expected, we were spinning a lot of things around in our heads, but well, in general, i am glad that they didn’t abandon us, as it were, came back for us took. very happy, that we were changed, yes, very, very happy, what is your name, madly right, i called my relatives already, yes, i called, everyone, everyone is happy, everyone found out that i am alive, healthy, everything is fine with me, and those who for some reason could not call, contact their relatives and friends, did it through our tv channel, so that fighter who said hello to his mother, i really hope that his mother will hear and see him, mom, i say hello, because i couldn’t get through, i tried, well, the number i remember incorrectly, everything is fine with me, alive and well, the exchange took place on the border with the republic of belarus and ukraine, first of all , on the territory of a friendly state , the fighters were given the necessary medical and psychological assistance, and were also given telephones, so the first calls with good

news came from belarus, the exchange of prisoners of war took place in the format of 115 for 115 people, with the mediation of the united arab emirates, well, let me remind you, this is already the seventh exchange of prisoners of war in just... this year, the previous one took place in the middle july, when 95 russian servicemen returned to their homeland. 115 fighters released from captivity are sent to a medical facility of the ministry of defense, where they will receive professional medical psychological assistance, and of course, a little later , meetings with relatives and friends will be organized. stanislav vasilchenko, yuriy gonchar, vadim samsonov, valentina velichanskaya. vesti. the russian army is developing an offensive on several sections of the front at once. soldiers from the group of troops. center destroyed about 600 militants of the armed forces of ukraine in 24 hours. details advance into the enemy's defense in alexey baranov's report. the sappers enter this single house, which stands in a small grove at the intersection of several country roads, with extreme caution. according to intelligence working in the northern

direction, it was here that ukrainian troops were recently based. the first of the fifth was discovered. the data received by the scouts is confirmed. of course, tankers are also taking part in displacing the enemy. this unit of the central military district continues to operate in the ovdeevsky direction.

they replace each other, tankers work both direct fire directly from the line of combat contact, and from equipped camouflaged closed firing positions. you do not see the target, you are adjusted with the help of drones, similar to the work of artillery, and the exit directly, you just see the enemy, the closest distance is a kilometer, and the work differs in time, if at the zomp you can stand there for a day or two, wait, then directly you roll out, you are given a task, you work as quickly as possible, completely, and such combat work is, of course, the most dangerous, therefore, when performing it, tankers always act in groups that replace each other after... the crew working on the front line has completely used up its supply of shells. the ammunition is always replenished in a matter of minutes, if the task has already been received, then the tankers are immediately sent to carry it out. in the neighboring

krasnolimansk direction , batteries of multiple launch rocket systems of the group work around the clock. in order not to come under return fire, they constantly change firing the lines are always in full readiness and begin work within minutes of receiving the coordinates of the targets. counter-battery warfare is the enemy's artillery, mortars, self-propelled guns, enemy infantry we destroy various mobile vehicles such as pickups in strongholds, suppress the command post.

in russia, miner's day is celebrated every last sunday in august. this year , the holiday falls on the twenty-fifth. vladimir putin congratulated the workers and veterans of the coal industry. we honor today all those who chose the profession of drifters, miners, machinists, electric locomotive and lift operators, mine surveyors, mine rescuers, foremen, blasters, mining engineers, representatives. their mining specialties, all those who dedicated themselves to an exceptionally important matter that requires

endurance, fortitude and readiness to come to the aid of a comrade at any moment. we remember the great merits of the miners, the pioneers of donbass and will do everything possible to revive coal mining, metallurgy and other industries here. i would like to separately address to the families of all those who. celebrate miner's day. only with your support can we do this hard work, which is often associated with risk. coal has always been needed, and will always be. and the coal industry itself still has great development prospects. the well-being of our country's future largely depends on its growth in success. the football confrontation between moscow and st. petersburg is traditional. special attention of fans. zenit hosted spartak at its home stadium in a match of the sixth round of the russian premier league.

alexander abramov on how it was? zenit-spartak is always the central match of the round, this time it was in fact also the central match of the russian football summer. zenit approached the match in its usual first place in the table. spartak also gained excellent momentum in the group of leaders. five wins in the last six matches of the season with a total goal difference of 15:1. in the last rounds we caught our game there, in general we play quite confidently, score a lot, do not concede, so we wanted to at least score today, we work well in defense, the whole team, the players group the attacks help, the defense plays at the top level, that's it, the whole secret. before the match, there was a lot of talk about the fact that the best scorer of the championship, maxim glushenkov, would not play for zenit. also , the appearance of the best assistant of the championship , wendel, was not planned on the field, as a result, glushenkov with a broken arm really simply could not play, but wendel

, contrary to expectations, entered the field in the starting lineup. wendel had one training session, yesterday's pre-game with the team, he even the media, when they saw him warming up in 2 days at once trains in the general group, for me it's a general group, when he does what all the players do, he just breaks away from them, it 's not a general group, we all knew he would be there, can you imagine where he was coming from? zenit and spartak played 0-0 for the third time in a row in st. petersburg. this was the case when zeros are exciting. mostovoy had an almost 100% chance in the first half, latyshonok saved in the style of manuel noer after a corner kick, and that's only in the first half. when it comes to the biggest derby in the country, then the outcome is determined by details, even the smallest ones, a corner, a penalty, a mistake when leaving the defense. i am happy with my guys, we wanted to go. victory, unfortunately, we did not manage to score and bring the game to

a natural victory, we had enough approaches and moments, we needed to realize ourselves, somewhere maybe play more cleverly, the goalkeeper is great, but i think that we ourselves could have added to score, in the second half the course of the game was directly affected by the removal of zenit defender erakovic, when he left the field, touchingly hugged the head coach spartak dein stankovic, worked together in the belgrade cerveinezvezdje, with which they became champions. spartak played in the majority of serbia for more than half an hour, moments at latyshonok's goal arose regularly, but it was not possible to score, when moment after moment arises, you catch a certain, i don't know how to say, courage, maybe it is easier to work when it is simple, long, it is harder to turn on, the most difficult was when i don't remember who hit, barka, in my opinion, there was a ricochet on the counter-move, it was a difficult moment, well, and so when obarius. saved it was also difficult, because there all the gates were in front of ugaldo, i didn't say that there were some, i don't know,

some really tough moments, i think that such goalkeeper's goals, so i think that there is no need to extol him either, max also demonstrated a good game today, zenit and spartak in the central match of the sixth round of the rpl played with a score of 0:0. spartak was very close to winning the first of its series without victories in st. petersburg, which has lasted for 12 years, but it did not work out again.

from may 15 to august 15, 1988, more than 50,000 soviet soldiers and officers of the 40th army left afghanistan. this event was widely covered in the world press. american journalists called afghanistan the soviet vietnam and said that gorbachev's strength was that he managed to turn defeat into a symbol of a new course in foreign policy.

friendly regime, prevent destabilization, prevent state collapse and civil war in the country, that is, the goals in this case were defensive, not offensive, of course, afghanistan, it has always been a stumbling block for the interests of the great powers, earlier it was the british, then the americans, who sought

to gain control over this territory, so that on the one hand... airfields built all the tunnels, and we drove through these tunnels, we drove on our own roads, what happens, yes there, there was no need to overlay a map there or conduct some reconnaissance there, everything was done in advance, because our state has always been very friendly to the country, and the afghan people remembered and knew about this, so there were periods when they were there, hunger began

and we, soviet people living nearby in the military garrison, gave. we gave them flour and shared it with everyone, you understand, we gave them everything, what people needed, and also provided medical care free of charge, just gifts. the united states always supported anti-government forces in afghanistan, and the soviet union, on the contrary, sought to create a more stable regime. with an understanding, by the way, of the specifics of the domestic political system, the role of clans, regions in the political regime of afghanistan, soviet forces not only ensured stability, but also built roads, infrastructure, schools, hospitals, sought to spread

education in the country according to soviet standards, educated people and thus tried to lay the foundation. in afghanistan, the us did not get involved there, they created the mujahideen, they created the taliban in order to bring this new state. the military conflict on the territory of afghanistan is internal, yes, it grew into an external one. about the policy of the soviet union in afghanistan, after seventy-ninth year, it must be said,

that the soviet union has officially stated on numerous occasions that we are ready to withdraw our troops and end the operation if the united states of america in turn stops supporting the opposition with weapons and stops supporting them through pakistan with financing, and therefore it should be said here that the soviet operation in afghanistan was more of a defensive nature and was aimed at stabilizing the region in the face of external intervention aimed at undermining the political regime in afghanistan. in 1979, the another crisis of political cooperation, irrepressible, forced intervention in the affairs of afghanistan, attempts to influence the reforms being carried out, to establish the soviet system led to the revolution and those political problems that forced the soviet union to introduce troops into afghanistan.

war. the curtailment of military political cooperation, the halt of cultural exchanges and cross-border cooperation, the rise of the taliban movement, the american invasion crossed out the successes of the fifties and sixties . it is also interesting that in the eighties sixth year. the americans supplied the militants in afghanistan with stingers, which, of course, caused sharp discontent on the part of the soviet union, in general, provoked an increase in tension between the united states and the soviet union and in turn reached the highest level, let us recall that interesting chain of events, somehow completely unexpectedly interesting events coincide. declares a new political course in the international arena, declares a policy of new thinking, declares that now the country will to move along a democratic path, taking into account

the interests of all the peoples who live on the territory of the soviet union , immediately carry out a whole series of tours around europe, against this background, when gorbachev declares this position and begins to work very actively with western countries, in parallel he works with negotiations. on changing the political system in germany, we begin to prepare for the processes of destruction, directly of this eastern bloc, we begin to gradually disintegrate the warsaw pact organization, on the one hand, we are weakening in the west in the sphere of eastern europe, the situation between the frg and the gdr is changing, against this background, in parallel, we are beginning to conduct very serious negotiations about the fact that... that we are withdrawing troops from afghanistan, and let us remember once again, after all, afghanistan was bordered by the soviet republics, uzbekistan, tajikistan, and kyrgyzstan, it was at this moment that we said that

the soviet union was finally withdrawing in march of eighty-nine, we are withdrawing our troops from afghanistan, soviet troops that could come to the rescue if something happens in uzbekistan, there is practically nothing left, at that moment tajikistan, the caucasus, starts to flare up. transnistria and directly the events in fergana and all this flares up almost simultaneously with a small difference in time starts to flare up just according to three principles: this is religion, territory and directly the national question. it flares up seriously, flares up just to demonstrate that to confirm that within the soviet union there are many contradictions that are unresolvable, to say that in all...

and the agreement was skillfully heated up, therefore the fact that it could be used by the strong and weak sides, especially the weak sides, well, this pomp, ceremonial receptions and so on, which he had in the west, he lost a certain objectivity and rationalism in the implementation of russia's foreign policy, especially that team there shivarnadze, which he brought, yes, who later admitted that he contributed to the collapse of the soviet...

not only to the afghans, including the civilians of afghanistan, but also to ordinary people, in nothing innocent people all over the world, because it was after this that a huge amount of heroin poured into the countries of europe, asia and our country , drug trafficking and production play an important role. drugs in afghanistan, well, in fact, are an income item, and the united states of america could not do anything about it, and perhaps did not try very hard, since a very large part of the income from the sale of opium poppy and heroin from the region, it settles in developed countries, of course, and not in developing countries, and not in

afghanistan itself. therefore, here, of course, we need to fight this problem systematically, which is what the soviet union tried to do in its time. today, what we see is that the united states left, left behind weapons, and of course, isis militants can use the weapons of the difficult political situation in the region, so it must be said that the policy of the united states in the region... since 2001, when the first afghan campaign began under the pretext of fighting international terrorism, and then the rapid, unprepared withdrawal of troops, has shown interest only in its own political influence, but in no way in the fate of ordinary people who live in afghanistan. the us military campaign in afghanistan became the longest war in

american history. lasted 13 years, as a result of crossfire, exploding shells, murders, bombings and night raids on homes, according to some sources 21 thousand civilians died, and other sources claim that the figure is more than twice. for the population of this country, and of course, the policy of the united states of america, it brought... instability, conflicts, uncertainty about the future and a huge number of refugees from the region demonstrates that the steps taken to stabilize the region by the united states have not brought any effect. the withdrawal of american troops was rapid, against this background the confrontation between the taliban and government forces has intensified.

to hold the middle east and at any cost because of the terrorist attack of september 11, 2001, yes, this front may disappear, do not forget that our politicians said that we have a world war against terrorism, as soon as something changed in russia, we no longer talk about it, even in english we say that putin killed covid or ended covid, yes, because

the war in ukraine closed this case, but people forget that putin also largely closed military conflicts in the middle east from the united states, because it became impossible to maintain activity in iraq and afghanistan, and a little passivity is going on in syria, but this is only to protect this oil there, but in general progress.