One of the founders of the legal portal Pravo.ru, Dmitry Chirakadze, has been detained in Italy. This was reported by the newspaper Corriere della Sera and the ANSA agency. Chirakadze is a suspect in the case of the escape from house arrest of businessman Artem Uss, who was going to be extradited from Italy to the United States. According to the publications, Chirakadze was detained at Rome's Fiumicino Airport, where he arrived from Sardinia. After that, he was taken away for questioning.

The Ukrainian authorities need to take urgent measures to save the country from the energy catastrophe threatening it. This was stated by former Ukrainian President Petro Poroshenko, who noted that he knows what these measures should be. According to him, this requires limiting the supply of electricity to four hours a day. At the same time, he is convinced that such restrictions will not harm the country's energy system and will not lead to mass emigration of Ukrainians.

Schoolchildren who mentioned Vladimir Putin in their essays for the Unified State Exam in Russian received more than 90 points. This was reported in the Telegram channel "Postupashki - Olimpiada, EGE, DVI". Several fragments of essays mentioning Putin and comments from the graduates themselves were published there. "I mentioned Putin in my essay — the result is 97 points in Russian. The advice works," one user wrote. "Mikhail Abramovich, hello. I also wrote about Putin on your advice.

The Russian authorities want to provide free access to cultural institutions for participants in the war in Ukraine and their family members, Kommersant writes , citing its own sources. This concerns visiting museums, theaters, and cinemas. Moreover, as the publication writes, the expenses for educating the military will have to be borne by them themselves - no funds will be allocated for this from the state budget.

Belarus supplied Azerbaijan with advanced weapons from 2018 to 2022, Politico reports , citing leaked documents obtained by the editorial office. The publication notes that this gave Baku an advantage over Yerevan during the escalating conflict between the two countries. The publication claims that Minsk has helped modernize Azerbaijan's old artillery equipment and supplied electronic warfare and drone systems.

In the photo contest 1839 Awards in the nomination “AI generated”, the third place was taken by a real photograph of Flamingo, which hid his head in feathers. It is reported by The Guardian. The author of the picture is 38-year-old photographer Miles Astray. He decided to send his photo to the AI ​​works, since, according to him, recently in the competitions of photographers, the pictures generated by neural networks have increasingly appear.

Twin elephants of different sexes were born in the Thai city of Ayutthaya on June 7, the BBC reports . According to representatives of the Save the Elephants organization, this event was a rare occurrence for the population, since twins are born to elephants only in 1% of cases, and individuals of different sexes are even rarer. As reported by the BBC, the birth took place on the territory of the Elephantstay nature reserve. "This is a miracle of nature!

In the coming weeks, Russia will make a “fairly significant effort” to counter Ukraine’s military capabilities, The New York Times reported , citing an unnamed senior official. According to the publication, the current situation in Ukraine is significantly different from what it was in the first months of the war, when the Russian army was often defeated.

Thanks to the enlarged numbers on rental scooters, 135 times more violations were detected in Moscow this season than last year. At the same time, 55 thousand violators were fined, and another 80 thousand people were blocked by kick-sharing operators. This was reported by the Moscow City Hall Department of Transport, as reported by RBC. Last season, only a thousand violations were detected, they noted.

The Danish national team players have refused to accept a salary increase to guarantee the same salaries as their female colleagues, The Guardian reports , citing the players' union Fifpro. The publication notes that the Danish National Football Association (DBU) wanted to ensure equal pay for the women's and men's teams. However, both teams were against taking money from the men's team to pay the women's team.

In April and May alone, Russians wrote more than 2,500 appeals to Vladimir Putin. More than 1,400 of them concern problems with payments for property loss due to natural disasters, writes Vazhie Istorii, citing data from the presidential administration. The publication notes that this is a record figure for the entire history of observations since 2016. More than 1,100 more victims of natural disasters complained about the lack of social protection.

The former special forces saved thousands of victims during the war in Yugoslavia. He was helped by an armored sports car and the Bible During the war in Yugoslavia, the former Danish military decided to independently help the civilians of Bosnia - and the tons of humanitarian aid at the modified Chevrolet Kamaro. He did not have weapons - only the Bible. Despite this, he managed to survive, even when a reward of 250 thousand dollars was assigned to his head.

Seismic activity was recorded during three concerts by American singer Taylor Swift in Edinburgh over the weekend, CNN reports . According to the TV channel, the tremors were caused by spectators dancing at Swift's concert. Local experts recorded seismic activity that was felt six kilometers away from the concert venue. The vibrations reportedly peaked during the songs Cruel Summer, Ready For It? and Champagne Problems.

The Lipetsk Regional Court sentenced 32-year-old participant in the war in Ukraine Vladimir Vlasov to 14 years in prison for the murder of a minor child (paragraph "c" of Part 2 of Article 105 of the Criminal Code). This was reported by the human rights project "Travmpunkt". Vlasov was also ordered to pay the mother of the deceased girl two million rubles in compensation for moral damage.

In Kazakhstan, a man got married without a bride. She changed her mind about marrying him two days before the celebration, but he decided not to cancel the banquet. Videos of the lonely wedding appeared on Instagram, and Kazakh media also wrote about it. The wedding took place in a traditional format. Judging by the video, the groom's friends and relatives, as well as a photographer, cameraman and toastmaster, gathered in the hall. The only thing missing was the bride.