Sberbank has blocked access to online banking for St. Petersburg volunteers helping Ukrainian refugees, said city parliament member Boris Vishnevsky. The accounts and cards were blocked, in particular, of priest Grigory Mikhnov-Voitenko, journalist Galina Artemenko and other volunteers. Sberbank, according to Vishnevsky, said that the accounts were supposedly blocked automatically, and there was no “malicious intent” in the restrictions.

The Governor of the Pskov Region Mikhail Vedernikov announced the creation of the "squads of Alexander Nevsky" in the region to counteract sabotage and terrorist attacks in the municipalities bordering on NATO countries - Estonia and Latvia. He told about this on the air of the first Pskov channel. Vedernikov said that citizens have many questions about the “inflated” situation in the world and bomb shelters.

The US authorities are holding non-public discussions on the possible supply of ATACMS missiles with a range of about 300 kilometers to Ukraine. about this with reference to two American and one European officials. writes The New York Times The publication's interlocutors note that we are talking about the supply of several surface-to-surface guided missiles produced by the American company Lockheed Martin, which are in reserve.

The “Trinity” icon by Andrei Rublev was given for free use to the Trinity-Sergius Lavra, reports . the press service of the Russian Orthodox Church According to the Russian Orthodox Church, the agreement on the transfer of the icon was signed between Patriarch Kirill and Minister of Culture Olga Lyubimova on July 12. Patriarch Kirill called the transfer of the icon a “historic event.” “Today we symbolically testify that the country lives in a different time, in a different era.

The State Duma approved in the first reading a bill, which allows cutting in the central ecological zone of Lake Baikal for construction goals. The authors of the bill propose to allow cutting for the construction of roads, communal infrastructure, temporary placement and catering facilities.

The State Duma adopted in the first reading a bill allowing clear-cutting for construction projects in the central ecological zone of Lake Baikal. The place is under UNESCO protection. According to the current law “On the Protection of Lake Baikal,” clear logging is prohibited in the central ecological zone.

The State Duma adopted in the third reading a law on the right of Russian regional authorities to independently establish procedures for treating animals without owners. In fact, this means carte blanche for the mass killings of stray animals, say animal rights activists - their activism will also take on a “criminal character.” Read more in the analysis of “Important Stories”.

The journalist of Novaya Gazeta Elena Milashin, beaten in Chechnya with lawyer Alexander Nemov, was discharged from the hospital, writes the former editor -in -chief of Echo of Moscow, Alexei Venediktov. “Lena Milashin was discharged from the hospital (but with medical control),” Venediktov said. Previously, Milashin and Nemov were delivered from Chechnya to Moscow with special brittle.

The G7 countries have announced security guarantees for Ukraine before joining NATO, writes The Financial Times. The USA, Canada, Germany, Britain, France, Italy and Japan pledged in the long run to supply Ukraine with modern weapons for the Air Force, Navy and the Ground Forces. The G7 countries will also conduct training for the personnel of the Armed Forces of Ukraine, share intelligence and provide support in the field of cybersecurity.

Europe has not yet developed a single legal mechanism that allows you to select property not only from the Russian government, but even from people from the closest encirclement of the Russian president. And when it comes to their relatives and friends, children, wives and mistresses, and even when European lawyers and bankers help create and maintain puzzling schemes for property ownership, here the EU authorities are almost powerless.

Due to the lack of personnel, the “daughter” of KAMAZ “United automobile technologies” was on the verge of a conveyor stop, said Ilya Semenov, director of the group, speaking at the Innoprom-2023 exhibition, RBC reports . “At the enterprises [of the Russian automobile industry], the number of staff has always been reduced, if not to take clusters in St. Petersburg and Kaluga. Last year, we were reduced [by personnel] to the point that we can’t start now, ”the publication quotes him.

The Russian military for the second night in a row attacked Kyiv by Kamikadze drones. According to local authorities, all drones are shot down by air defense. “The movement of enemy UAVs is recorded! Air defense operates in the region. Adhere to information hygiene - do not photograph and do not remove the work of our defenders. Do not neglect the safety rules, ”the Kyiv Regional Military Administration (OVA) said in a statement.

The Russian hacker group Cozy Bear (also APT29), which is associated with the FSB and the Foreign Intelligence Service (SVR), launched a phishing email to 22 foreign diplomatic missions in Kyiv. This was reported by Reuters with reference to a report by Unit 42, a research division of Palo Alto Networks. “The campaign began with a harmless and legal action.