The British government refused the Russian delegation to issue a visa for a trip to the annual session of the OSCE parliamentary Assembly, which will be held on July 2-6 in Birmingham, said Vladimir Dzhabarov, deputy chairman of the Committee of the Federation Council for International Affairs.

In Michurinsk, Tambov region, the grave of Rosguard Anton Manokhin, who died in Ukraine, was desecrated, according to the SHOT telegram channel. Unknown people wrote on the mourning tiles "Glory to the heroes! Glory to the heroes! UKR" and set fire to the flag of the National Guard. The director of the municipal enterprise "Ritual" complained to the police: he said that someone had entered the cemetery over the weekend.

Russia calls the ban on the transit of sanctioned goods through Lithuania to the Kaliningrad region a "blockade". In pursuance of the EU decision, the Lithuanian government banned the transport of sanctions through its territory not only by trains, but also by trucks. Security Council Secretary Nikolai Patrushev threatened retaliatory measures that "will have a serious negative impact on the population of Lithuania." At the same time, Russia is stepping up its provocations against Estonia.