The magistrate of court district No. 374 of the Tagansky district of Moscow fined the owner of the Daily Storm telegram channel Ksenia Schardt for publishing an publication about a Roskomnadzor adviser. The decision on the fine was published on the website of the capital’s magistrates’ courts, and Mediazona drew attention to it.

The 2nd Western District Military Court sentenced Muscovite Anton Vasiliev to five years in a general regime colony for his comment about the bombing of Lieutenant General Igor Kirillov. This was reported in court. A case of justification of terrorism against a man was opened due to a comment in December 2024 under the news in a telegram about the bombing of Kirillov (Part 2 of Article 205.2 of the Criminal Code).

On July 24, the Meshchansky District Court of Moscow sent 45-year-old Marat Droganov to a pre-trial detention center on charges of treason (Article 275 of the Criminal Code), Mediazona noted . It is unknown what exactly the Muscovite is accused of. In 2026, Droganov was sentenced to administrative arrest several times under protocols of petty hooliganism and demonstration of prohibited symbols (Articles 20.1 and 20.3 of the Administrative Code), Mediazona found out.

The Zaporozhye regional court, controlled by Russia, sentenced 48-year-old resident of the village of Priazovskoe Viktor Nikitenko to 12 years in a maximum security colony in the case of assisting a foreigner in activities against the security of Russia (Article 276.1 of the Criminal Code), the press services of the court and the prosecutor’s office reported.

The Ministry of Justice has updated the register of “foreign agents”, adding to it the Ingush blogger Adam Aushev, also known under the pseudonym Abu Kavkaz. Aushev left Russia in 2017.

In Yekaterinburg, precinct police department No. 8 drew up a report of beatings in pre-trial detention center No. 1 against arrested human rights activist Alexei Sokolov, Vecherniye Vedomosti reported , citing lawyer Vera Mangileva, who represented his interests. The published copy of the protocol states that on May 18, Sokolov kicked prisoner Oyatullo Makhmadov, previously convicted of attempted murder, twice in the leg and once in the torso.

The Vilnius District Prosecutor's Office has launched a pre-trial investigation against a Lithuanian citizen suspected of spying for Russia. This was reported by the Lithuanian Department of State Security (DSS). The department said the suspect collected information using methods “used by the intelligence services” of Russia. According to the Lithuanian security forces, the man corresponded on Telegram with a representative of Russian intelligence and carried out his tasks.

10 people were killed and about 100 injured in a Russian missile attack on the Kiev region, said Prosecutor General of Ukraine Ruslan Kravchenko. According to the acting head of the Kiev regional military administration, Ruslan Oleynik, a “private training ground” in the Buchansky district came under attack. The Ukrainian Council of Armorers indicated that an event was held there with the participation of representatives of the defense industry, and the venue was not public.

The Zadonsky District Court of the Lipetsk Region in February 2026 placed 60-year-old Pyotr Nesterov under house arrest in a criminal case for justifying terrorism on the Internet, Mediazona noted . It is unknown what exactly the man is accused of. In June, Nesterov’s defense asked the court to replace his house arrest with a ban on certain activities, since the man had undergone open heart surgery and now needed walks for rehabilitation.

Police detained a 19-year-old resident of Krasnodar who published a video with the consequences of a drone attack. The Department of the Ministry of Internal Affairs for the Krasnodar Territory reported on this. Security forces reported that Center E employees found a video on the Internet showing a warehouse on fire after a drone attack and “objects installed along it.” Police later determined that the video was posted by a 19-year-old woman from Krasnodar.

The Russian service for international money transfers “Golden Crown” ( CoronaPay ) has stopped working in Georgia, Armenia, Kazakhstan and several other countries, Durov Code noted . Now the service offers to transfer money only in four directions - to Turkey, Azerbaijan, Uzbekistan and Kyrgyzstan, notes Current Time.

The Central Bank of Russia reduced the key rate from 14.25% to 14%, according to the regulator’s website. This is already the tenth decline in a row. The last time the key rate was below 14% was in October 2023. On July 14, Vladimir Putin, at a meeting with the head of Yakutia Aisen Nikolaev, said that the key rate should be reduced, “based on macroeconomic indicators and economic stability.” The key rate is the minimum value at which the Central Bank provides loans to commercial banks.

The Ukrainian Armed Forces attacked the Avitek military enterprise in Kirov, which produces anti-aircraft missiles and aircraft components, Astra reported , citing video recordings of eyewitnesses. Later, the fact of the attack was confirmed by Governor Alexander Sokolov: according to him, six people were killed and another 26 were injured due to the attack. “Our Ukrainian defense forces today struck one of the important military enterprises in the Russian city of Kirov.

The 2nd Western District Military Court sentenced 24-year-old student of the Ryazan State Agrotechnological University Artem Zhaluk, accused of high treason and justifying terrorism, to 15 years in a maximum security colony and a fine of 200 thousand rubles. The press service of the court reported this.

FSB officers detained a girl born in 1996 in Moscow, suspected of preparing a terrorist attack on instructions from the Ukrainian special services. This was reported by the FSB Public Relations Center. According to the security forces, the girl communicated with her “curator” on Telegram and WhatsApp , he promised to help her move from Russia to one of the European Union countries. “I contacted a curator from Ukraine.