In Rostov-on-Don, security forces came with searches to the lawyer of the anti-war activist Anatoly Berezikov, who died in custody, Irina Gak, and public defender Tatyana Sporysheva. This is reported by the "First Department". The day before, the Investigative Committee opened a criminal case under the article on “incitement to suicide” on the fact of Berezikov’s death in a special detention center in Rostov-on-Don.

The Russian group "Bi-2" gave a concert in Kazakhstan's Semey. During the performance, the musicians announced that all the proceeds would be transferred to the families of those killed and injured in the forest fire on the territory of the Semey Ormany State Nature Reserve. “Before the start of the Bi-2 tour around Kazakhstan, a terrible tragedy occurred in the Abay region. We want to express our sincere condolences to the families of the dead and injured.

The author of the telegram channel “Real Crime”, criminologist Ruslan Ushakov, who is accused, in particular, of distributing “fakes” about the Russian army, spoke in court about torture during detention. This was reported by OVD-Info, citing listeners present at the meeting. According to them, Ushakov said that after his arrest on December 14, 2022, unknown people in civilian clothes tortured him with electric shock, demanding to confess.

The Supreme Court dismissed the claim of the serving politician Alexei Navalny and recognized the internal rules of the colony where he is being held legal. The politician complained that the leadership of the colony no longer gave him writing materials, thus depriving him of the opportunity to write letters and complaints. It is reported by Mediazona. Navalny himself wrote in his Telegram channel that the Penal Code does not contain any restrictions on the use of writing instruments.

The Russian authorities will spend almost 120 million rubles over three years on organizing the Honest Look award and paying prizes for loyal foreign journalists who “objectively” cover Russian humanitarian projects. about it . writes The agency “The competition brings together authors of publications in the media and social networks that contribute to the international development of Russia’s relations with friendly countries,” the award’s website says.

Twitter billionaire Elon Musk and Meta, owner of Facebook and Instagram, Mark Zuckerberg have agreed on a "cage fight". Musk previously tweeted that he "would love to fight in a cage" with Zuckerberg. In response, he posted a screenshot of this post by Musk with the text “Tell me the place” on Instagram stories. After that, Musk replied : "Vegas Octagon." The octagon is an octagonal mixed martial arts cage used by the UFC, which is headquartered in Las Vegas.

LGBT projects continue to work in Russia and save lives. How to help them? In Russia, repressions against LGBTK+ people are tightened: the State Duma in the first reading adopted a law on the ban on a transgender transition, and the Ministry of Health is going to create a psychiatric institution to study the behavior of LGBT people.

The US Department of Agriculture issued a permit for the sale of artificially grown meat. It is reported by CNN. According to him, Upside Foods and Good Meat received licenses to sell the so-called "cultured chicken meat". They said that "laboratory meat" is grown from cells taken from animals in large vats, similar to brewing vats. The product has received all the necessary approvals not only from the US Department of Agriculture, but also from the Food and Drug Administration (FDA).

Residents of the city of Shebekino in the Belgorod region, who fled their homes due to regular shelling, complained that they were being forced to return to the city and go to work. The corresponding comments appeared on the page of the local governor Vyacheslav Gladkov in VKontakte. The Lemon telegram channel drew attention to this.

The authorities of the annexed Crimea and the occupied part of the Kherson region reported that the Armed Forces of Ukraine carried out rocket attacks on the bridges that connect these two regions. in his telegram channel The head of the annexed Crimea, Sergey Aksyonov, said that on the night of June 22, the Ukrainian military attacked the Chongar bridge. In turn, the head of the occupation administration of the Kherson region, Volodymyr Saldo, said that two bridges had come under fire.

Russian media tycoon and former co-owner of Rambler Alexander Mamut left the country after the outbreak of war in Ukraine. Now he is negotiating funding for a media outlet that will push the liberal agenda. about this Meduza writes , citing several sources, including Mamut's acquaintances. One of them told the publication that now Mamut lives in two countries - Great Britain and France.

British firefighter Ian Hughes, 42, has gone missing while swimming solo across the English Channel between Britain and France. According to the BBC Russian Service, it started on June 20 from the English Dover. On the same day, reports came in that he was missing. French and Belgian authorities sent patrol boats and military helicopters to search for Hughes. The rescue operation continued all day on June 21, but did not bring success.