The Investigative Committee opened a new criminal case against the former deputy minister of defense of Russia, General Pavel Popov. He is charged with two episodes of bribery on an especially large scale (part 6 of Article 290 of the Criminal Code), Kommersant , RIA Novosti and TASS reported. As one of the episodes, the investigation charges Popov for free residence in the Moscow apartment on the Frunze embankment near the Ministry of Defense from 2014 to 2024.

The 40-year-old resident of the city of Asha was sent in a pre-trial detention center in a criminal case on damage to the military memorial by prior conspiracy (part 2 of article 243.4 of the Criminal Code). This was reported by the press service of the Chelyabinsk department of the SK. On the night of July 18, a man, dressed in black clothes with Balaklava, hit a sledgehammer on a media screen installed in honor of the war with Ukraine on the Alley of Glory in the local Park of Culture.

The Yerevan police detained the 25-year-old Russian military seeds Subbotin, who was put on the Russian wanted list on the unauthorized leave of the unit (Article 337 of the Criminal Code). This was reported to the "Mediazone" by the expert of the "Public Verdict" Asmik Novikov.

In the Trans -Baikal Territory, two teenagers from the village of Atamanovka were sent to a pre -trial detention center on suspicion of arson of forest. This was reported by Chita.ru with reference to a source, "familiar with the situation." Minors were detained by July 18, the publication claimed . According to investigators, they agreed to set fire to the forest for 15 thousand rubles, which unknown to them in the messenger offered them.

A man born in 1954 from Slavyansk and a 78-year-old resident of the Sumy region died as a result of a Russian attack on the night of July 20. This was reported by the mayor of Slavyansk Vadim Lyakh and the State Emergencies Ministry of Ukraine . In the Kharkov region, 50-year-old and 76-year-old residents of Izum were injured after drone entered the roof of a two-story building and a fire that began, the city administration said .

Azerbaijan President Ilham Aliyev during a press conference on the third Shushinsky media forum in Hankendi commented on the state of relations with Russia after the azerbaijan airlines aircraft, flying from Baku to Grozny in December 2024, and, presumably naked by the Russian air defense forces. “Unfortunately, we have not received any answer from Russian officials about this, although seven months have already passed. Everything is clear to us. We know what happened, and we can prove it.

The Russian Ministry of Defense reported on the destruction of at least 100 Ukrainian drones in the territory of nine regions on the night and morning of July 20. Most drones were shot down in the Bryansk region (41) and over the territory of Moscow and the Moscow Region (19), the military department specified. In Zelenograd, which is part of Moscow, the fragments of the drone hit a residential building, local residents said.