The Russian Foreign Intelligence Service (SVR) has declassified a report from its agent under the pseudonym Felix, which talks about France preparing to send about two thousand soldiers to Ukraine. The document, published in the June issue of the magazine "Razvedchik", was brought to the attention of the newspaper "Vedomosti". The report, dated March 18, 2024, states that the French armed forces are concerned about the increasing number of French fatalities in Ukraine.

Owners of channels in instant messengers and pages in social networks that have more than a thousand subscribers may be required to provide their identification data to Roskomnadzor (RKN). This was reported by the department, as reported by TASS. They recalled that, according to existing Russian laws, information that is distributed without the use of mass media must include reliable information about its owner or distributor in a form and volume sufficient for identification.

The second participant in the final of the European Football Championship was determined. It was the England team, which beat the Netherlands team with a score of 2:1. The first semi-final match took place the day before, on July 9, and ended with the Spanish team winning 2:1 over the French team. The final match between Spain and England will take place on July 14 in Berlin. The second semi-final match took place on July 10 in Dortmund.

The Riga City Court sentenced activist Elena Kreile to three years in prison for justifying Russian aggression and displaying Russian symbols, the Latvian agency Jauns and the Delfi portal reported. According to the investigation, Kreile publicly expressed her support for Russia from March 7 to June 15, 2023. For example, she hung homemade Russian flags in the windows of her home.

In Kaluga, a man tied his beagle to a car and dragged it along the highway for about seven kilometers. Then he simply abandoned the animal on the side of the road. The prosecutor's office opened a criminal case on animal cruelty. The incident occurred on the evening of July 5 on the Kaluga-Medyn highway near the village of Akatovo. According to the Shot Telegram channel, the moment the dog was dragged along the road was captured on the dashcam of a car driving behind him.

The Maykop Garrison Military Court sentenced military officer Magamet Datkhuzhev to a suspended sentence for intimate correspondence with a 13-year-old schoolgirl. In particular, he asked the girl to send him photos in her underwear. He was released in the courtroom. This was reported by Gazeta.ru, citing the court's verdict. According to the publication, Datkhuzhev met the schoolgirl in September 2023 in the village of Tabachny, which is located in the Republic of Adygea.

The Rouen Cathedral building has caught fire in the French city of Rouen, BFM TV reports . The city's mayor, Nicolas Mayer-Rossignol, specified that the spire was burning. According to him, the cause of the fire is still unknown. It is reported that the area around the cathedral has been cordoned off, and public transport has been suspended. More than fifty firefighters and dozens of vehicles are taking part in extinguishing the fire.

In Russia, flour prices have increased by 30%, the National Bakery Union announced. Union representatives told RIA Novosti about the "crazy rise in prices for the main raw material." The Federal Antimonopoly Service has already threatened millers that it will punish them for the price increase.

Five days ago, a teenage boy with cerebral palsy disappeared near Chelyabinsk. Volunteers from the Liza Alert organization opened a search headquarters, which the owner of a specially trained dog named Jess decided to join. But a man with a knife attacked the search shepherd and killed him, the animal's owner said . 14-year-old Arslan Mohammadi disappeared on Saturday, July 6.

Denmark and the Netherlands have begun the process of transferring the first batch of U.S. fourth-generation F-16 fighter jets to Ukraine, the White House said . The aircraft will be in service with the Ukrainian Air Force by the end of the summer, U.S. President Joe Biden, Danish Prime Minister Dick Schoof and Dutch Prime Minister Mette Frederiksen said. Denmark has pledged to send 19 fighters to Ukraine, and the Netherlands another 24.

Russian intelligence services were preparing an assassination attempt on the CEO of the German concern Rheinmetall, CNN reported , citing five unnamed sources in the US and Europe. The arms company is a major supplier of artillery shells and military equipment to Ukraine. The American intelligence services learned about the assassination attempt on Rheinmetall CEO Armin Papperger, the publication's sources said.

The Apex crypto wallet, which is implanted into the human body, is presented by two American companies based in Seattle - VivoKey and Dangerous Things. This is written by the publication Decrypt, noting that these companies have been implanting devices with support for NFC and RFID technologies (radio frequency identification technology) for several years. According to him, Apex is a pill-sized chip implanted under the human skin. It stores data about the owner's cryptocurrency.

The parliament of Japan's Yamagata Prefecture has passed a resolution calling on residents of the region to laugh at least once a day to improve their health, the Japanese newspaper The Asahi Shimbu reports . The draft ordinance was drafted by the Liberal Democratic Party and passed on July 5.

The cost of some elite apartments in Moscow is comparable to the prices of luxury brand accessories. This is evidenced by a joint project of RBC and the Domklik service. A two-room apartment on Bolshaya Sadovaya Street near Patriki with an area of ​​59 square meters is being sold for the price of a vintage black Classic Flap clutch from Chanel — for about 42 million rubles.

The Tatarstan authorities have doubled the payment for assistance in recruiting men for the war in Ukraine. Now, anyone who persuades another to sign a contract with the Ministry of Defense is promised 100 thousand rubles. The corresponding announcement, posted on a special website for recruiting residents of the republic for military service, was noticed by the Telegram channel "Govorit NeMoskva". As the publication notes, the regional authorities established a reward for recruiters on July 9.