British authorities have allowed Russian billionaires who are on the sanctions list to spend hundreds of thousands of dollars from frozen accounts for personal needs. This is reported by The New York Times. According to the publication, the UK authorities issue special licenses to Russian billionaires. These papers allow them to use part of the funds from the frozen accounts. “In some cases, the oligarchs were allowed to spend more than a million dollars a year on living,” writes the NYT.

The Vakhitovsky court of Kazan dismissed the case on the dissemination of “LGBT propaganda” against local blogger Gela Gogishvili. Earlier, the court imposed a fine of one hundred thousand rubles in this case. This was reported by the LGBT+ Case human rights initiative, whose lawyers represented the interests of Gogishvili. Gela Gogishvili and his partner Xu Haoyang, a student from China, were detained in Kazan on April 5, 2023. Both of them drew up protocols on “LGBT propaganda”.

A Krasnodar court fined local resident Sasha 200,000 rubles under an article about “LGBT propaganda” because of a tattoo of a dog wearing a rainbow scarf. This was reported by the human rights organization "Sphere". At the end of June, two plainclothes policemen came to Sasha's house. According to them, the girl received a complaint because of her publications in social networks.

In Kursk, a court fined Anastasia Korshunova, a local resident and mother of three, 30,000 rubles, finding her guilty of "discrediting" the army. This was announced by the chairman of the "Civil Alliance of Russia" Oleg Filatchev, who represented the interests of Korshunova in court. According to him, the reason for drawing up the protocol was a single picket, which never took place.

The Ministry of Internal Affairs of Russia put on the wanted list the judge of the International Criminal Court (ICC) Tomoko Akane, who previously issued a warrant for the arrest of Vladimir Putin. It is reported by TASS. The corresponding card appeared in the wanted list of the department. According to what article Akane is wanted, the database does not specify.

The founder of PMC Wagner, Yevgeny Prigozhin, probably attended the Russia-Africa summit, which is taking place in St. Petersburg. His photograph, together with a representative of the Central African Republic, was published by the head of the Russia House in the Central African Republic, Dmitry Syty. “Mr. Ambassador shared with me the first photos of the Russia-Africa summit. We see familiar faces, ”Syty signed the photo. This is the only post on his Facebook page.

Created by the BRICS member countries, the New Development Bank (NDB) has abandoned new investment projects in Russia due to sanctions. This was reported by Reuters, with reference to the head of the credit organization Dilma Rousseff. According to her, any speculation regarding the discussion of the bank's new operations in Russia is "unfounded." NDB was established in 2015 in Shanghai.

In Niger, a military group announced the removal of President Mohamed Bazum from power. This is reported by Reuters. Colonel-General Amadou Abdraman appeared on national television, accompanied by nine other military personnel in uniform. He announced that the work of all institutions in the country was suspended, a curfew was introduced and borders were closed.

The FSB announced the discovery of traces of explosives on another ship that was heading from Turkey to Russia. He was denied passage through the Kerch Strait This was reported by the Interfax agency. “In the course of work to prevent terrorist and sabotage actions, to ensure the safety of navigation, the FSB of Russia revealed another foreign civilian vessel that could previously be used to deliver explosives to the territory of Ukraine,” the intelligence service said in a statement.

Two-time Olympic high jump champion Yelena Isinbayeva, who moved to Spain, was expelled from the central headquarters of the All-Russian Popular Front. It is reported by TASS with reference to a source. Earlier it became known that on July 25 the central headquarters of the ONF gathered for an extraordinary meeting to consider the expulsion of Isinbayeva.

Residents of Chechnya under the age of 30 are issued passports only in the presence of older relatives and with their consent. The Ministry of Internal Affairs of the republic explained this by “the interests of the Russian Federation,” writes the human rights project of the Investigative Committee SOS. This was the answer received by the lawyer Alexander Nemov. In February, his client was once again denied a document. Then Nemov wrote a complaint, the answer to which came only now.

Contributions are convinced of signing contracts to send them to war. How to resist this? The State Duma increased the draft age up to 30 years - from next year even more men will fall under the call.

Vladimir Putin, during a conversation with reporters at a forum in St. Petersburg , said that hostilities in Ukraine have "intensified" in recent days. “As for the last days, indeed, we confirm that the hostilities have intensified, and in a significant way. The main clashes took place, as they say in the West, in the direction of the main, main attack - in the Zaporozhye direction, ”he said. According to Putin, a large-scale Ukrainian counter-offensive began on June 4.

In the annexed Crimea, was detained Lutfiya Zudiev, a journalist with the Ukrainian edition of Grati, . She, on the instructions of the editors, was supposed to cover the trial in the case of the deputy head of the Mejlis of the Crimean Tatar people Nariman Dzhelal and the Akhtemov brothers. They are accused of sabotage. At first, Zudiev was not allowed to attend the trial, and then was detained near the building of the Supreme Court in Simferopol.

The Ukrainian army has moved on to the main stage of its counteroffensive. agency write about this, citing sources among the US military and officials The New York Times and the Bloomberg . According to publications, the new stage of the offensive operation will involve units trained and armed by Ukraine's Western allies, which have so far remained in reserve. Thousands of Ukrainian soldiers are already being transferred to the front line.