Vladimir Putin signed a decree according to which citizens who have signed a contract with the Ministry of Defense by the end of the year to participate in the war in Ukraine will receive a one-time payment from the federal budget in the amount of 400 thousand rubles. This is reported by TASS. The same decree also recommended that the authorities of Russian regions pay new contract soldiers an additional 400 thousand rubles from the regional budget.

The head of the political wing of the Palestinian group Hamas, Ismail Haniyeh, has been killed in Tehran, Reuters reports , citing a statement from Iran's Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC). In turn, the Iranian news agencies Tasnim and Irna , which are close to the IRGC, cite a Hamas statement, which says that Haniyeh was killed along with one of his bodyguards during an Israeli attack on his residence in the Iranian capital.

Previously, grandmothers often talked about them. Do they really exist? Every summer in the season, a thunderstorm of lightning kills people and causes fires : for example, a man died recently from a lightning strike at the main temple of the Armed Forces in the Moscow Region.

An international team of experts led by Mary Hagedorn of the Smithsonian's National Zoo and Biology Institute has proposed placing a repository on the moon filled with preserved specimens of Earth's most important and endangered creatures, The Guardian reports . The threats of climate change and habitat loss to animals are outpacing human ability to protect species in their natural habitats, experts say, calling for urgent action.

The Insider told the story of an unnamed Russian soldier who was forced to sign a contract with the Defense Ministry and sent to the front lines. Six months after being sent to the front, he managed to escape. According to the publication, in 2023, the man was stopped by a patrol car on his way to the store. He was taken to the department and told that he was subject to mobilization.

Inspector for minors in Krasnoyarsk Evgeniya Shalygina called a 12-year-old schoolboy Matvey a "scumbag" and threatened him with prison after he complained about systematic beatings by older students. This was reported by Channel 7 Krasnoyarsk. First, Matvey's parents filed a police report because their son had been beaten by high school students for six months - the last time doctors diagnosed a closed craniocerebral injury, the publication writes.

The founder and CEO of Wildberries, Tatyana Bakalchuk, spoke about problems in her relationship with her husband Vladislav in an interview with the Komsomolskaya Pravda newspaper. According to her, the "discord" in her relationship with her husband began long before the process of merging Wildberries with the outdoor advertising operator Russ began. According to her, the reason for the divorce is "much deeper." "These decisions don't come overnight or after one event.

During a preview of Elin Arbo's play The Years at the Almeida Theatre in London, several men felt faint during the abortion scene, The Guardian reports . According to the publication, the performance had to be stopped. One of the spectators, who was sitting in the front part of the stalls, said that he felt weak. Those sitting next to him began to call the theater staff for help with gestures.

The terrorist attacks in the Crocus City Hall concert hall near Moscow, as well as in the Dagestani cities of Derbent and Makhachkala, were made possible, among other things, by the authorities' miscalculations. This was stated by Prosecutor General Igor Krasnov, speaking at a board meeting of the department. A video of the speech was published on the official Telegram channel of the Prosecutor General's Office.

At a conference of the International Federation of Alzheimer's Associations, US scientists presented the results of a study of the diets of about 130,000 people, which indicate that regular consumption of processed red meat increases the risk of dementia by 20%, The Guardian reports . The study lasted 43 years, and during that time, scientists managed to study the diets of about 130,000 nurses and other health workers. They reported what they ate every two to five years.

Taiwanese computer electronics manufacturer Asus has introduced a new model of the Adol Book 14 laptop with a built-in aroma diffuser, Kommersant reports . According to the publication, the new model costs $974. The company worked on the laptop together with the American perfume brand Anna Sui. The set includes three fragrances: rose, citrus and berries. The diffuser is located on the laptop lid, to which it is attached with a magnet.

Russian universities have raised prices for applicants to medical faculties. In Moscow universities, tuition fees have increased by an average of 30%, in St. Petersburg universities by 15-20%, and in the Voronezh Medical University in the pediatrics program by more than 50%, Kommersant writes . The Ministry of Health explained that Russian universities determine the cost of education themselves.

Federal Customs Service (FCS) officers confiscated Atlantic walrus tusks from a passenger in Domodedovo, which are listed in the Red Book and are considered a cultural value in Russia. This was reported on the FCS Telegram channel. The press release said the 48-year-old bone collector, who was not named, tried to export "11 suspicious tusks-like objects" to Cairo. The man claimed he had bought them at a flea market and was going to make bed legs out of them.

The proportion of Russians who are overweight has increased over the past five years, RBC writes , citing the results of a Rosstat study. According to the agency, 62.5% of Russian residents have a body mass index (BMI) corresponding to pre-obesity and obesity. Five years earlier, in 2018, only 61.7% of the Russian population belonged to this group. In its assessments, Rosstat used the criteria of the World Health Organization.

The Ukrainian army shot down a Russian Mi-8 helicopter over Donetsk. This was reported by the pro-war Telegram channels Voevoda Veschat and Colonelcassad , which is hosted by "war correspondent" Boris Rozhin.