The Kremlin desires to gain control over information dissemination for the 2024 presidential election, leading to the proposal to nationalize Yandex, a Russian internet corporation. Yandex is being compelled to sell or separate from its international subsidiaries and adhere to Russian regulations on data disclosure and censorship. The objective is to manipulate the information space towards the Kremlin's advantage. 

Meanwhile, in the Ukrainian conflict, both the Russian and Ukrainian armies employ BTM-3 trenching vehicles to construct trenches swiftly. These substantial 37-ton machines can dig a trench at a remarkable pace of 800 yards per hour. The trenches serve as crucial assets for both factions engaged in the ongoing war in Ukraine. The war persists with the significance of trenches to the opposing sides.

The Digest, 8/11/2023 @200AM, CDT

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