Hundreds of athletes refused to speak under the Russian flag. Who are they and where did they go? The war in Ukraine has deprived thousands of Russian athletes to participate in international competitions. Publicly, most athletes do not say about the change of sports citizenship, which is why such decisions become known only during the competition for which they undergo the registration procedure.

Media manager Ilya Klishin - about how to make emigrant media and not to enrage local Most independent Russian media now work from abroad. Moreover, they do not position themselves as the emigrant media, but continue to talk about what is happening in Russia. The exception is the Wave project, created in Vilnius, then opening branches in Riga and Berlin, and in July 2023-in Kyrgyzstan, Serbia and Poland.

The State Duma in the second and third readings approved a package of laws on strengthening control over "foreign agents." This was reported in the press service of the lower house of parliament. They clarified that the new laws will oblige citizens, organizations and public authorities that are not "foreign agents", but interacting with them, to comply with the restrictions provided for by the law on "foreign agents".

More than 200 athletes refused to compete under the Russian flag and moved to sports federations of other countries. This is evidenced by the study of "Cold", which analyzed open databases, athletes' messages and registries of international competitions. The final list included 204 athletes, including both world-famous professionals - European and world champions - and young athletes who could potentially bring Russia awards at international tournaments in the future.

The commander of the 58th combined-arms army, which is fighting in the Zaporozhye direction in Ukraine, Major General Ivan Popov was removed from his post for criticizing the command. He spoke about this in an audio message published by State Duma deputy Andrei Gurulev.

Deputy head of the Ministry of Digital Development Maxim Parshin was detained on suspicion of taking a bribe on an especially large scale. It is reported by RIA Novosti, referring to the Investigative Committee. At the same time, the Kommersant newspaper, citing its own sources, clarifies that Parshin was caught red-handed while transferring money.

The cost of air tickets for international flights will increase up to 40% by the end of the year. This forecast was made by Vitaly Vantsev, co-owner of Vnukovo Airport and Azimut Airlines, writes RBC. “I think that there will be an increase of about 15-20% on domestic flights, and up to 40% on international flights. But there is no need to treat this in such a way that the airlines are fucking taking advantage of the situation.

Kosa found several victims of "poisoning by an unknown substance" in a Moscow PIPL bar. They are all girls who passed out and woke up in hospitals after drinking at a bar. On June 3, 25-year-old founder of an advertising agency for streamers Vladlena and her sister Amalia were relaxing at the PIPL bar. There, the girls drank free cocktails - they are served from 11 pm until midnight. Later, they drank two more shots of tequila with the guys - Sergey and Egor.

Employees of the state corporation Rostec were banned from using Apple equipment for official purposes. This is reported by TASS with reference to the press service of the company. “Indeed, a complete ban is being introduced in all organizations of the corporation on the use of American-made equipment in the work,” the report says.