Famous multimillionaire Mike Lynch, known as the “British Bill Gates,” crashed his yacht and disappeared – August 19, 2024 Publication in CHAT: Russia The ship with Mike Lynch on board sank at about 5am off Porticello in the province of Palermo Source: AP Photo/Michael Liedtke Every day there are so many events in the world that it is simply impossible to follow them in the news feed. . That is why in this digest we collect the main ones. Today we sum up August 19. Multimillionaire Mike Lynch disappeared after a yacht accident off the coast of Sicily British tech entrepreneur and multimillionaire Mike Lynch, known as the "British Bill Gates", disappeared after the accident of a Bayesian superyacht. the coast of Sicily. This is reported by The Telegraph. According to the publication, the ship, which had 22 people on board, sank at about 5am off Porticello in the province of Palermo. As a result of the crisis, one of them died - his body was found; the whereabouts of seven people, including one crew member, are still unknown. Lynch's wife Angela Bacares is among those rescued. The search continues In 1996, Mike Lynch founded Autonomy, which under his leadership became one of the largest British companies. The company developed software for working with structured and unstructured data, including the so-called Big Data Russians injured in accident with passenger bus in Lithuania More than 20 people, including Russians, were injured in an accident with a passenger bus in Lithuania. . This was reported by Delfi and LRT. The accident occurred early in the morning of August 19 in the Šekiai district. The bus, traveling from Kaliningrad to Riga, flew off the road and overturned. According to preliminary information from the local police, the driver lost control. The scene of the accident, where the bus traveling from Riga to Kaliningrad overturned in the Lithuanian region bordering Russia Source: Sputnik RBC, citing the LRT television and radio company, reports that . As a result of the accident, 26 people were injured. Among them are citizens of Russia and Latvia. There were 46 passengers in the bus, including 20 Russian citizens with dual citizenship, the Kaliningrad regional government explained to TASS. “Four people were seriously injured, the rest were slightly injured,” the police explained. A preliminary investigation has been launched, the LRT agency cites. In addition, Delfi explains that two people were trapped in the overturned bus. Rescuers pulled them out. Among the victims are minors. A state of emergency has been declared in Proletarsk in Rostov due to a fire that broke out after a drone attack. More than 40 rescuers were injured. In the early morning of August 18, an oil depot in Proletarsk caught fire as a result of a drone attack. The fuel storage facilities have been burning for the second day. It is known that 41 firefighters were injured, five of them are in intensive care. A state of emergency has been declared in the city. According to experts, there is no threat of the fire spreading to residential buildings and neighboring farms. At 05:35 in the morning, firefighting was suspended due to a second drone attack and resumed an hour later. A fire truck arrived at the scene. All emergency services are on site around the clock. Source: 161.RU Journalists report on what is happening online. An explosion occurred at a petrochemical plant in Sterlitamak. The explosion occurred on a process pipeline of the petrochemical plant. There are casualties, the city administration reports. Source: EMERCOM of Russia The plant is located at 4 Ufimsky. According to preliminary information, three people were injured in the incident. All emergency services of the city arrived at the scene. The fire in the torch was extinguished by 20 rescuers and six units of equipment. Source: EMERCOM of Russia Putin simplified the process of obtaining a residence permit for foreigners Vladimir Putin signed a decree on providing humanitarian support to people who share traditional Russian spiritual and moral values. This was reported on the official Internet portal of legal information. According to the decree, foreign citizens have the right to a simplified procedure for obtaining a temporary residence permit (TRP) in Russia. Thus, foreigners will be able to apply for a temporary residence permit without taking into account the approved quota and without submitting a document confirming knowledge of the Russian language, knowledge of the history of Russia and the basics of Russian legislation. It is emphasized that only those foreign citizens who share traditional Russian values have such an opportunity. They can move to Russia due to disagreement with the policy of their country, which "imposes destructive neoliberal ideological attitudes that contradict traditional Russian spiritual and moral values." The list of these states is approved by the Government of the Russian Federation upon the submission of the Russian Ministry of Foreign Affairs. The largest bank of Kyrgyzstan, MBank, has temporarily stopped transfers through Russian banks in Russia. As reported on the website of MBank (OJSC Commercial Bank Kyrgyzstan), transactions have become unavailable since August 16. It is unknown for how long transfers were restricted. The notice to customers states that "this service is temporarily unavailable for an indefinite period." This concerns the suspension of money transfers in both directions through Russian banks, including Sberbank, Tinkoff, and MTS. The MBank website notes that incoming transfers will be made through banks that are not subject to sanctions, using the ruble details of the 48-year-old bodybuilder and actor Evgeny Mishin, who died in Los Angeles. This was reported by the former editor-in-chief of Muscular Development Magazine and founder of the RxMuscle channel Dave Palumbo on his page in social networks. About 20 years ago, the bodybuilder moved to the United States. After participating in the international bodybuilding tournament "Mr. Olympia", the powerlifter ended his career. Evgeny Mishin became an actor and starred in several commercials and films. In recent years, he also trained novice bodybuilders and kept a blog on YouTube about his life and sports. Americans remember Evgeny Mishin thanks to the Heavy Muscle TV show, where he talked about his childhood and youth in Russia Source: evgeny_mishin/Vk.com According to Dave Palumbo, Russian bodybuilder and two-time participant in the prestigious international bodybuilding tournament. Mr. Olympia died in Los Angeles on August 17. Evgeny Mishin stopped breathing for reasons that are still unknown. Doctors tried to help the athlete for 45 minutes, but to no avail: “Evgeny was one of the most dedicated and loyal people I have ever met, and it was an honor to call him my friend. His family will miss him greatly.” Our prayers and love are with him,” Palumbo wrote. In 1995, Evgeny Mishin won the St. Petersburg Championship, and a week later he became the champion of Russia. It is known that in 2013, the man was one of the best Russians. bodybuilders and took 60th place in the world professional ranking of the International Federation of Bodybuilding. Source link Source link
