French police have detained a Russian suspected of preparing acts of "destabilization" during the Summer Olympics in Paris, AFP reported , citing a source in the French prosecutor's office. An investigation has been launched against the Russian for passing intelligence information to a foreign state "with the aim of inciting discord in France." According to the agency, the man, born in 1984, has been arrested.

Prosecutor Georgy Zhukov asked the three judges of the Novgorod Regional Court to sentence 45-year-old laborer Petr Opalnik to nine years in a general regime penal colony. This was reported by the First Department. Zhukov also requested a fine of 500 thousand rubles and a year's restriction of freedom for Opalnik. The hearings on his case are being held behind closed doors. The verdict is expected to be announced on August 1.

Spain's Supreme Court has sentenced 76-year-old Pompeyo Gonzalez Pascual to 18 years in prison for sending parcel bombs to members of the Spanish government and Ukrainian embassies, Reuters reports . The man was sentenced to 10 years in prison on charges of terrorism, and another eight for making explosive devices. He was also ordered to pay 1,500 euros to Ukrainian embassy employee Mykola Velychko as compensation for damages.

Scene of a fight on the recording of a video surveillance camera “I'll fuck you to break it, fuck. Now the police officers will leave, I’ll break it into the trash, fuck, ”so the 37-year-old participant in the war in Ukraine threatened the resident of the city of Artem in the Primorsky Territory right in front of the Russian Guard, who came due to the fight from the local cafe of Chinese cuisine“ Tsindao ”.

A vocal teacher from the Moscow region, Russian Natalya Narskaya, was released from a pretrial detention center in Almaty after a year of arrest. This was reported by the Kazakhstan International Bureau for Human Rights (KIBHR). The arrest of 29-year-old Narskaya in Kazakhstan became known at the end of September 2023.

The Southern District Military Court in Rostov-on-Don sentenced 24-year-old student from Astrakhan Malik Gandaloev to 20 years in prison for participating in ISIS, the court’s press service told Mediazona. Gandaloev was found guilty of participating in a terrorist organization (Part 2 of Article 205.5 of the Criminal Code) and illegal acquisition, storage and manufacture of explosives (Clause "a" of Part 3 of Article 222.1 of the Criminal Code and Part 2 of Article 223.1 of the Criminal Code).

The head of Chechnya, Ramzan Kadyrov, published a video with the husband of the founder of Wildberries, Vladislav Bakalchuk, and called the merger of the marketplace with the outdoor advertising operator Russ Outdoor “an open and brazen corporate raid.” Wildberries, which is 99% owned by Tatyana Bakalchuk, announced the merger on June 18.

Deputies unanimously adopted amendments on the "expulsion regime" of foreigners from the country in the third and final reading, State Duma Speaker Vyacheslav Volodin reported on his Telegram channel. The bill was published in the lower house of parliament's database. Foreign citizens to whom the “expulsion regime” is applied will be listed in a special “register of controlled persons”. Foreigners will be entered into the register the day after the expiration of their temporary residence permit.

The State Duma has adopted a bill expanding the list of organizations that can be considered “undesirable,” said one of its authors, deputy Vasily Piskarev.

Searches were conducted at the administration of the Patriot Park of the Ministry of Defense in Kubinka, Moscow Region. The Mash Telegram channel was the first to report this, subsequently posting footage from the scene. TASS and RBC also reported this, citing sources. Mash's video shows men in civilian clothes carrying sealed boxes of papers out of the Patriot Park control center building . It is unknown what the search was connected with.

The investigation has added a new article of indictment to Ufa activist Olga Komleva, who was arrested in connection with her participation in the FBK (Part 2 of Article 282.1 of the Criminal Code); now she is also accused of distributing military “fakes” (Clause “d” of Part 2 of Article 207.3 of the Criminal Code). This was reported by a Mediazona correspondent from the courtroom of the Basmanny Court in Moscow. The final version of the charges was brought against Komleva on July 11.

The judge of the Basmann district court Boris Safarin limited the Ufa activist Olga Komlevaya to familiarize himself with the materials of her criminal case on participation in the FBC (part 2 of Article 282.1 of the Criminal Code). This was reported by the correspondent of "Mediazone" from the courtroom.

Singer Eduard Sharlot was added to the list of "terrorists and extremists" of Rosfinmonitoring. Information about this appeared on the federal agency's website. At the end of May, TASS and RIA Novosti, citing the musician’s father, reported that a new criminal case had been opened against Charlotte.

The Lefortovo District Court of Moscow has extended the detention period of cycling activist German Moyzhes, the court's website reports . It became known from the court records that the executive director of the St. Petersburg cycling association "Poshl-Poehali" was charged with treason (Article 275 of the Criminal Code). Previously, neither the FSB nor representatives of the court where Moyzhes was arrested disclosed the reasons for the prosecution.

The State Duma deputies adopted several bills in the second and third readings, one of which introduces criminal punishment for drug propaganda. It was decided to supplement the Criminal Code with Article 230.3. Criminal cases can be opened for repeated violations of the administrative article on drug propaganda (6.13 of the Code of Administrative Offenses).