A Russian fighter jet, the model of which has not been disclosed, flew a few meters from an American MQ-9 Reaper drone in the skies over Syria and fired several heat decoys in its direction. reporters about this . told The head of the US Air Force Air Operations Control Center, Lieutenant General Alex Grinkevich, According to the American general, this happened last Sunday, July 23. The traps damaged the drone's propeller, but it was returned to base.

The Nagatinsky District Court of Moscow imposed three years of forced labor on the Ministry of Internal Affairs expert on explosives Sergei Gusev for reporting in a work chat that “coffins” of soldiers would be “traveled” from Ukraine to Russia. this from the courtroom reported correspondent A SOTAvision . Gusev was found guilty of calls for violence against Russian soldiers (clause “a” of Part 2 of Article 282 of the Criminal Code).

Photo: Sergei Malgavko / TASS In the final week before the summer recess, Russian State Duma is passing a variety of laws. Today, they have extended the age at which Russians can be conscripted, increased fines for draft evasion, allowed governors to create armed units to combat any threats, and legalised detention without trial or investigation in occupied territories.

The Ministry of Economic Development increased the duty on the import of wine from countries that the government recognized as “unfriendly” by one and a half times, from 12.5% ​​to 20%. Since last year, countries that have joined sanctions against Russia due to the war in Ukraine have been added to this list. After the start of the war in Ukraine, the United States completely banned the supply of alcohol to Russia, and Australia banned the supply of wine products.

Photo: Sergey Malgavko / TASS In the last week of work before the holidays, State Duma deputies adopt a wide variety of laws. Today they expanded the age when the Russians can be called up for service, raised fines for failure to appear on the summons, gave the governors the opportunity to create armed units, with the help of which you can fight any threats, and legalized the occupation of detachment without trial.

Deputy Andrei Kartapolov reprimanded the deputies who proposed making an exception for mobilization for fathers of three children or children with disabilities, saying that they were voting “for preserving the comfortable life of draft dodgers.” The broadcast was broadcast on the State Duma website. Such an amendment was proposed by communist Nina Ostanina before the second reading of amendments to the law “On Mobilization,” but it was rejected.

The US Treasury has imposed sanctions against three representatives of the ruling junta in Mali for promoting the activities and expansion of the Wagner PMC in the country. This was reported on the website of the state Ministry of Justice. “Today’s action exposes key Malian officials who have been instrumental in helping Wagner gain a foothold in Mali over the past two years,” said Deputy Treasury Secretary Brian Nelson.

The State Duma has adopted a bill that restricts the departure from Russia of those liable for military service who have received summonses from the military registration and enlistment office. The ban will be in effect from the day their summons is entered into the unified register. Changes regarding leaving the country were made as an amendment to the second reading of another bill on the possibility of including fathers of large families in the mobilization reserve.

The Prosecutor General's Office declared the Dozhd TV channel an "undesirable" organization, according to a press release from the department. We are talking about channel legal entities registered in Latvia and the Netherlands. According to the Prosecutor's Office, these legal entities were created by “foreign journalist N.

The State Duma adopted in the second and third readings a bill to raise the upper age limit for conscription for military service by three years - from 27 to 30 years. The lower limit for conscription, 18 years, will remain the same, despite the initial promises of deputies. According to the document, the changes will not affect the conscription in the fall of 2023 and will take effect in 2024.

State Duma deputies immediately passed in the second and third readings a bill that will increase fines for failure to appear at the military registration and enlistment office when summoned. The meeting is broadcast on the website of the lower house of parliament. Currently, Article 21.5 of the Code of Administrative Offenses (failure to fulfill military registration obligations) provides for fines from 500 to 3 thousand rubles.

State Duma deputies immediately passed two bills in the second and third readings, which introduce real deadlines for organizing the work of foreign non-governmental organizations in Russia that are not registered with the Ministry of Justice. The meeting is broadcast on the State Duma website. According to the bill, new articles will appear in the Administrative and Criminal Codes .

The FSB accused sociologist, teacher Shaninka and editor-in-chief of the online magazine Rabkor Boris Kagarlitsky of justifying terrorism. TASS about this . told Lawyer Yulia Kuznetsova In the Kagarlitsky case, today they searched the psychologist Alexander Archagov, who streamed on the Rabkor YouTube channel - now there are more than 110 thousand subscribers. According to the assistant, Archagov was taken away for interrogation.

Politician Alexei Navalny, who is in Vladimir colony No. 6, commented on the detention and arrest of the former “Minister of Defense of the DPR” Igor Strelkov. Navalny's message was published on his Telegram channel. “Igor Strelkov was detained illegally. As long as he remains in custody on this ridiculous and obviously politically motivated charge, he is a political prisoner,” Navalny wrote.

The head of the methodological association of teachers of individual lessons, Maria Anisimova, and teacher Valentina Fedorova spoke about violence against students in a Yakut boarding school for children with hearing impairments. Their open letter was published by Yakutia.Info. The publication also posted a video in which children speak in sign language about how they were beaten, insulted and scolded.