The Presidents of Russia and Turkey, Vladimir Putin and Recep Tayyip Erdogan, held telephone conversations. They agreed on Putin’s visit to Turkey, reported . Erdogan’s press service “Stating that during the Russian-Ukrainian war steps should not be taken that could lead to an escalation of tensions, President Erdogan emphasized the importance of the Black Sea Initiative, which he views as a “bridge of peace,” the report said.

In the Kursk region, which borders Ukraine, they began to arm units of voluntary people's squads. This was announced by local governor Roman Starovoyt. “For several months we have been working on the issue of providing the created detachments of the voluntary people's squad with military weapons. Today I can say that the mechanism has been found. I would like to emphasize that we have created all the conditions for its storage. The first batch has already arrived at the base.

During searches of Novosibirsk pensioner Takhir Arslanov, who was sentenced to three years in prison on August 2 in a case of calls for terrorism, security forces killed a cat. This was reported by Deputy of the Novosibirsk City Council Svetlana Kaverzina. She was present at the trial when Arslanov's sentence was announced. “I asked him if there were any animals at home that would need to be looked after. It turns out there was a cat that was killed during the search.

Former US President Donald Trump has been charged in connection with the January 2021 storming of the Capitol. This was reported by CNN and The New York Times . According to the publications, the indictment consists of four counts. Thus, Trump is charged with conspiracy to commit rights violations, conspiracy to defraud the government, obstruction of an official investigation and conspiracy to obstruct an investigation.

In the capital of Moldova, Chisinau, a car crashed into the gates of the Russian Embassy. The man who was driving fled the scene of the accident, but was later detained. this The TASS agency reports , citing the Moldovan police. They clarified that the incident was reported at about six o'clock in the morning. “The police who arrived at the scene established that a man driving a Mercedes car crashed into the gates of the Russian Embassy in Chisinau and then left the scene of the accident.

In Bashkortostan, after negotiations with the head of the region, Radiy Khabirov, a participant in the war in Ukraine, who threatened to detonate a grenade on the Nagaevskoe highway in Ufa, surrendered to the security forces. this . reports RBC-Ufa According to the publication, the man, whose name has not been released, took out a grenade on a section of the highway near the M-5 highway interchange and threatened to blow it up.

A criminal case was opened against libertarian Mikhail Svetov for the rehabilitation of Nazism. this TASS reports with reference to law enforcement agencies. The basis for the prosecution was that Svetov publicly performed a song in which “in a positive way it talks about the leader of the OUN-UPA Stepan Bandera.” According to TASS, Svetov published a video with the song in a libertarian chat on Telegram, and then other chat participants posted the video publicly.

Since the beginning of the full-scale Russian invasion of Ukraine, between 20 and 50 thousand Ukrainians have been seriously injured, leading to the amputation of one or more limbs. about this The Wall Street Journal writes , citing data from the Ukrainian charitable organization Houp Foundation and the German manufacturer of prosthetics Ottobock.

The Supreme Court partially satisfied the complaint of the lawyers of journalist Ivan Safronov, who was sentenced to 22 years in a maximum security colony under the article of “treason.” According to the human rights project “First Department”, the testimony of witness Morozov, which initially should not have been among the evidence of guilt, was excluded from the case.

US President Joe Biden is going to ask Congress to send money from an additional aid package to Ukraine to arm Taiwan. about this The Financial Times newspaper writes , citing sources. According to the publication, the Biden administration wants to increase arms supplies to Taiwan amid the growing threat from China. The funds in question are allocated as part of the foreign military assistance program.

A court in Novosibirsk sentenced 67-year-old Takhir Arslanov to three years in prison, finding him guilty of “calls for terrorism.” about this . writes The publication OVD-Info According to him, the reason for initiating a criminal case against Arslanov was two of his comments on VKontakte.

The American space agency NASA lost contact with its Voyager 2 probe after an erroneous command was sent to the device. about this . writes The BBC Russian Service The publication clarifies that as a result, the probe’s antenna aimed at Earth deviated by two degrees, due to which Voyager 2 can no longer receive commands, and antennas located on Earth no longer receive data transmitted to them.

Italian Prime Minister George Melony sued the leader of the British rock band Placebo Brian Molco. She accused him of insulting and slander, reports La Stampa. Speaking at the Sonic Park under Turin festival on July 10, Molco turned to fans in Italian. He urged more actively protecting non -war and transgender people, and also called the Italian prime minister "fascist, racist and Nazi." Judging by the video published on social networks, the speech was accompanied by approving cries of fans.

The Japanese division of the American company Warner Bros. Pictures apologized to Japanese people for the Barbenheimer memes. The corresponding letter was published on the official Twitter account of Barbie in Japan. It says the "Barbenheimer" movement was created by fans who called for watching both the Warner Bros. movie "Barbie" and Universal Pictures' "Oppenheimer," which were released on the same day. "This movement is not official," Barbie's Japanese Twitter account said.

The Supreme Court upheld the sentence of journalist Ivan Safronov, who was sentenced to 22 years in prison for “treason.” This was reported by the telegram channel “Freedom to Safronov”. “Ivan was not in the Supreme Court on August 2 - since the end of January he has been serving his sentence in IK-7 near Krasnoyarsk. He did not participate in the meeting due to the HQS for reasons that were not explained in the open part of the meeting,” the message says.