The largest mobile operators in Russia predicted a 2-3 times increase in prices for their services if the "anti-terrorist package" of bills prepared by State Duma deputy Irina Yarovaya and senator Viktor Ozerov comes into force. According to the representative of Tele2 operator Konstantin Prokshin, the additional costs associated with the implementation of laws will force operators to increase prices "at least two or three times" "for absolutely all subscribers," Interfax .

An analysis of data from the parametric recorder of the EgyptAir plane that crashed in the Mediterranean Sea on May 19 confirmed that smoke had occurred on board the liner. “The data is consistent with the ACARS system’s indications of smoke in the toilet and in the area where the on-board electronics are located,” the Egyptian commission investigating the crash said. The experts managed to copy all the information from the parametric recorder.

The founders of ‘Nimb’ explain their new, wearable ‘panic button’ Photo: NIMB Ekaterina Romanovskaya On June 21, Ekaterina Romanovskaya—one of the two founders of Russia's most popular satirical Twitter account, KermlinRussia—launched a Kickstarter campaign to raise funds for her new project, Nimb. The product is a “smart ring” designed to help users inform family and friends quickly when they find themselves in danger.

The Ministry of Justice of the Russian Federation included in the register of “foreign agents” the Andrei Rylkov Foundation for the Promotion of Health and Social Justice, which is engaged in protecting the rights of drug addicts. The register of “foreign agents” includes non-profit organizations that receive funding from abroad and conduct political activities. It is not reported what the political activities of the Andrei Rylkov Foundation are.

Photo: Chris Wattie / Reuters / Scanpix / Leta President Mexico Peni Nieto, Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau and US President Barack Obama try to shook hands at the Summit of North America's leaders in Ottawa, Canada.

The Federation Council appointed Ekaterina Kornelyuk, the widow of Igor Kornelyuk, an employee of the All-Russian State Television and Radio Broadcasting Company, who died in the Donbass, to the post of judge of the Supreme Court of the Russian Federation. According to RBC, Ekaterina Kornelyuk participated in the competition for a position in the Judicial Board of the Supreme Court for Economic Disputes, announced on May 26, 2016.

It is known that many Icelanders who perform at Euro 2016 once had a second job: someone was a director, someone was a dentist. Naturally, this could not but give rise to a mountain of jokes. The Russian blogger Sergey D.: He took a photo of another blogger and gave it out of the picture of the captain of the Iceland, Aronar Gunnarson. And he wrote that in his free time he works as a deputy manager at the hotel. A microblogger @r3dpanama went beyond the Hunnarsson.

Owners of trade pavilions in Moscow - about how they will be demolished Photo: Sergey Karpukhin / Reuters / Scanpix / Leta, demolished trading pavilions at the Kropotkinskaya metro station, February 9, 2016 On Tuesday, June 28, the Moscow City Hall announced the second stage of demolition of trade pavilions. In total, the authorities want to get rid of 107 objects - the Moscow government considers them self -construction.

There's a man in the Khimki area outside Moscow who dresses up as Batman and raids drug dens, beating up any drug dealers he finds. The “Khimki Batman” claims to have captured roughly 40 criminals. Law enforcement officers told the newspaper Moskovsky Komsomolets that, earlier this month, a taxi driver in the Khimki area witnessed a man dressed as Batman exit a building that later proved to be a drug den.

Senator Viktor Ozerov, who co-authored the "Yarovaya package", said at a meeting of the Federation Council that he had "never heard" of the existence of the mobile operator Tele2. The bills from the "Yarovaya package" oblige telecom operators (including Tele2) to store records of all conversations for six months, and information about these conversations for three years.

The governor of the Kirov region, Nikita Belykh, went on a hunger strike in a pre-trial detention center in protest against his criminal prosecution. This was announced by the governor's lawyer Vadim Prokhorov. “This morning, even before I arrived, Belykh filed an application addressed to the head of the pre-trial detention center to start a hunger strike in protest against the accusation against him, and also because his wife and brother were still not allowed to see him,” Prokhorov said.

Andrey Tumanov, a deputy in the State Duma and a member of the political party “A Just Russia,” admitted earlier this week that he and many of his colleagues voted in favor of controversial new legislation “out of fear” that opposition would cost them their seats in the next parliament, which will be elected this September.

A Ferris wheel 135 meters high will be built at VDNKh in Moscow. The attraction project was approved at a meeting of the city's urban planning and land commission. The attraction will be built at the southern entrance of VDNKh, on the site of the Seeds pavilion . The press service of the mayor's office emphasized that the building is not an architectural monument. The cabins on the wheel will be closed. The old Ferris wheel at VDNKh, dismantled in June, had both closed and open spaces.

Russian President Vladimir Putin signed a decree extending the food embargo for a year and a half - until December 31, 2017. The decree is published on the official portal of legal information. Russia declared a food embargo in 2014 in response to Western sanctions imposed in connection with the annexation of Crimea to Russia and the conflict in eastern Ukraine. The import of a number of goods from Western countries, primarily from the EU states, was banned.

Roman Badanin, the former chief editor of the Russian newspaper RBC , has been named the next chief editor of the independent television station Dozhd . According to the network's general director, Badanin will also be involved with content produced together with Slon magazine. Dozhd 's current chief editor, Maria Makeeva, is expected to step down next month, which she says is based on a “long-time wish” to work on other projects.