Tatyana, the wife of Kirill Sobolev, a United Russia deputy in the Yakutsk City Duma, who had previously posted photos of herself with bruises and accused her husband of beating and threats, published a series of stories in which she stated that her husband had not used violence against her, and that the woman herself was “emotionally unstable.” "You don't even know what a 'thankless' job Kirill has to serve the people when 50-80% of the population are real devils," Soboleva wrote.

The Ministry of Industry and Trade advised civil servants to switch to GAZelle minibuses and Lada Largus passenger cars, as well as Chinese Chery Tiggo 7 Pro crossovers, the Interfax news agency reports . The agency thus expanded the list of brands “recommended for priority use” by federal, regional and municipal officials from 11 to 14, and the list of models to 43. Of the models from Rostec-controlled GAZ Group, the ministry recommends GAZelle Next, GAZelle NN, Sobol, and Sobol NN.

A giant oak tree measuring 90 feet (27 meters) tall and 30 feet (9 meters) wide in Jurupa Valley, California, is in danger of being destroyed by urban development plans, The Washington Post reports . The publication notes that about one hundred thousand people live in the city. The local Planning Commission is going to approve a development plan for an area of ​​three and a half square kilometers, which includes a business park, 1,700 homes and an elementary school.

Since July 3, Russian citizens cannot enter the Czech Republic unless they have a biometric passport. This was reported by the Czech News Agency (CTK) with reference to the country's Ministry of Foreign Affairs. "If a Russian citizen is in the Czech Republic with a non-biometric passport, he is here illegally and we will decide what to do with him. Non-biometric passports are much easier to modify and forge," said agency representative Mariana Vernerova.

The Spanish government is planning to introduce “porn passports” to restrict minors’ access to porn, Politico reports . To access porn, the user will have to confirm that he or she is 18 years of age or older using a special application called “Cartera Digital Beta”. “If you use Telegram and share adult content, Telegram has the ability to contact our app and check if you are of legal age,” said Carmen Cabanillas, director general of governance at the Ministry of Digital Transformation.

The State Duma has passed a law requiring deputies and senators to coordinate their trips abroad. They will be stripped of their powers early for leaving the country without permission, Kommersant writes . The bill was introduced to the State Duma at the end of June.

The government has approved a draft amendment to the law "On State Security", which prohibits military personnel and FSO employees, as well as their families, from having foreign accounts and contacting foreign citizens and organizations. This is reported by the Vedomosti newspaper, which has received a positive response from the Cabinet of Ministers to the draft law.

Several VPN services have disappeared from the Russian App Store, including popular apps like Red Shield and Proton. According to the official Red Shield account on the X social network, the apps were removed at the request of Roskomnadzor. "Apple, at the request of Roskomnadzor, removed the Red Shield VPN app from the Russian App Store. We are aware of at least one other VPN app that was removed at the same time as ours," Red Shield explained.

Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky did not rule out that Vladimir Putin could be invited to the next peace summit. He said this in an interview with Bloomberg. At the same time, Zelensky believes that Putin is unlikely to take part in the negotiations in the near future, since he is “too scared to come.” The Ukrainian president also said that in order to end the war fairly, the US and China should act together as mediators, setting aside their differences.

The American newspaper New York Times published a detailed analysis of "The Word of a Boy" and announced that the money for the production of the Russian series was allocated by the Iranian authorities. The author of the publication cited the publication "Meduza" as the source of information. In fact, the TV project was financed by the "Institute for Internet Development", and the error could have occurred due to the automatic translation of the abbreviation IRI.

Vladimir Kuznetsov and Aleksey Stolyarov, better known as the self-proclaimed pranksters Vovan and Lexus, received state awards in the Kremlin on July 3, RIA Novosti reported , citing the press service of the politician and writer Zakhar Prilepin, who supported the war. The press service specified that Prilepin himself was awarded the Order of Courage.

The voting procedure has changed in Moscow. Now, to receive a paper ballot, you must submit an application in advance, RBC reports . "We believe that an application for voting using a paper ballot can be submitted to the territorial election commission.

The Central Election Commission (CEC) has adopted a new procedure for electronic voting (EV) in elections and referendums, which allows them to be held without the use of paper ballots. This is reported by Vedomosti, citing a draft of the corresponding resolution presented by Deputy Chairman of the CEC Nikolai Bulaev. According to the document, polling stations will be equipped with electronic voting complexes (EVC), which will replace the electronic voting terminals (EVT) used previously.

Passengers on an Aeroflot flight to St. Petersburg have been waiting for their flight for seven hours. This was reported by the Telegram channel Readovka, citing a passenger on the flight, but without specifying where the plane was supposed to depart from. The airline explained the delay by the late arrival of the plane. Last weekend, the airline cancelled more than 20 flights and delayed about 330.

Russian telecom operators have started receiving letters from the FSB demanding that they block clients from using VoIP telephony. This was reported by RBC, citing Igor Bobov, CEO of the operator Quantum (Prostor Telecom). VoIP telephony is a technology that allows making voice calls from the Internet to phone numbers. It is often used to organize the work of various call centers and provide communication between employees and clients of companies.