An attack on Engels, a new treason case against a scientist, and a possible blocking of Wikipedia: NeMoskva news overnight
🔹 Telegram channels report drone attacks on Saratov и EngelsEyewitnesses report that a military airfield was attacked. There is no official information about this yet. Earlier, the governor Saratov region Roman Busargin warned local residents about the threat of drone attacks.
🔹 Against a former senior researcher at the Institute of Physics and Power Engineering in Obninsk Evgeniya Rozhikhina A new criminal case has been opened. He is accused of "treason." The exact charges against Rozhikhin are unknown. In 2024, the physicist, who specialized in fast neutron reactor research, was already sentenced to four years in prison for transmitting information to the United States that could allegedly be used to create weapons of mass destruction.
🔹 In Moscow The winners of the prize named after were announced Anna Politkovskaya The Kamerton award is presented annually for courage, advocacy for freedom of speech, and human rights advocacy. This year's winners were the independent publications The Bell ("For benchmark accuracy in an era of chaos") and Verstka ("For texts that will become history"), as well as a rock musician. Boris Grebenshchikov in the nomination "To the one who spoke for everyone."
🔹 Founder of Wildberries Tatyana Kim For the fifth consecutive year, Kim topped the Forbes ranking of Russia's richest women. However, her net worth fell from $7,1 billion to $5 billion over the past year. Experts attribute the nearly 40% decline to the stock market slump and major disruptions to Wildberries' logistics infrastructure. The combined net worth of all women on the list fell from $25,75 billion to $18,95 billion, and the number of female billionaires dropped from nine to four: in addition to Kim, Elena Baturina, Lyudmila Kogan, and Ekaterina Fedun retained their status.
🔹 The Ministry of Education has issued methodological recommendations to schools for holding ceremonial assemblies on September 1. The festivities will begin with a mandatory flag-raising ceremony and the singing of the national anthem, and will conclude with "Conversations on Important Things" for all classes. The ministry recommends inviting "SVO" participants from among former school graduates, veterans, and medal recipients, as well as representatives of large families and national cultural autonomies.
🔹 A widespread outage of the online encyclopedia Wikipedia has been reported across Russia—the site is no longer accessible through ISPs and mobile operators. Access issues began on the evening of August 27. However, the resource remains stable with a VPN. Relevant agencies and the service's administration have not yet provided official clarification on the reasons for the blockage or a timeline for restoring access.
