Apple is the world's most valuable brand, according to Bloomberg. The value of the Apple brand, the compiler of the rating - the company Kantar - estimated at 947 billion dollars. Apple was the most valuable brand in the world last time in 2015. The leader of last year's ranking - Amazon - immediately moved to third place. His brand value is estimated at $706 billion. Second place was taken by Google, whose brand was valued at $820 billion.

Major General of the Armed Forces of Ukraine Dmitry Marchenko stated in an interview with the project " Krym.Realii " that after Ukraine receives the weapons promised to it by the West, a strike will be carried out on the bridge leading to Crimea. "This is no secret to their military, nor to our military, nor to their civilians, nor to our civilians. This will be the number one target to be defeated," Marchenko said.

In Russia’s regions, journalists who oppose the war against Ukraine continue working for publications with state ties Russia’s full-scale invasion of Ukraine prompted a wave of resignations from state-owned and pro-Kremlin media outlets (including TASS and RT ). A few of those who resigned in protest also made public statements — like Channel One’s Marina Ovsyannikova and Lenta.ru editors Egor Polyakov and Alexandra Miroshnikova.

The US Federal Reserve announced an increase in the base rate by 75 basis points at once - to the level of 1.5-1.75 percent per annum. Such a sharp increase in the rate, which determines the cost of domestic borrowing for the American banking system, the Fed is conducting for the first time since 1994. The rate hike, CNN notes, is in line with analysts' expectations.

Civilians could not be evacuated from the Azot plant in Severodonetsk. According to Interfax, the Russian Defense Ministry announced that the Ukrainian side "cynically disrupted the humanitarian operation." The Ukrainian authorities, according to Mikhail Mizintsev, head of the National Defense Control Center of the Russian Federation, did not order their units in Severodonetsk to stop resistance.

British police have detained a suspect in spying for Russia, reports BBC News. A 40-year-old man was detained at London Gatwick Airport on the evening of June 13 while trying to leave the UK. While the investigation is ongoing, he will remain in the custody of the London police. The name of the suspect and other details have not yet been released. A police spokesman said that the detainee is suspected of violating the first part of the Law on the Protection of State Secrets.

Americans Alexander Dryuke and Andy Huyn, who fought on the side of Ukraine, were captured by the Russian military, The Daily Telegraph reports, citing their colleagues. Dryuke and Huyn, sources told the publication, were part of a group that in early June, during a fierce battle northeast of Kharkov, faced superior enemy forces. “We were told that the city was cleared when it turned out that the Russians attacked it,” one of the interlocutors of The Daily Telegraph told.

The Village told how an entrepreneur from the village near St. Petersburg made a facade of his store with a platform for anti -war statements Dmitry Skurikhin.

The United States will provide Ukraine with a new $1 billion aid package. This, according to CNN, US President Joe Biden notified the President of Ukraine Volodymyr Zelensky during a telephone conversation.

Ukrainian law enforcement agencies managed to prevent a terrorist attack against the country's leadership. This was announced by the First Deputy Minister of Internal Affairs of Ukraine Evgeny Enin. According to Enin, which is published on the website of the Ministry of Internal Affairs of Ukraine, information about the impending terrorist attack was obtained from operational sources.

The Sovietsky District Court of Minsk has arrested photographer Yevgeny Yerchak for 15 days for "disobeying police officers." This was reported by Mediazona.Belarus , citing the Belarusian Association of Journalists. Yerchak was detained on June 13.

Former captain of the Russian national football team Igor Denisov openly opposed the war Vasily Maksimov / AFP / Scanpix / Leta The former captain of the Russian national football team, Igor Denisov, said in an interview with journalist Nobel Arustamyan that after the start of Russia's invasion of Ukraine “experienced shock and horror” and called the incident “disaster”. “I don’t know, maybe they will put me or kill me for these words, but I say it is,” Denisov said.

Alexey Sidnev founded a network of comfortable residence centers for the elderly. After anti -war statements he was fired from his own company Ivan Kleimenov for "Medusa" At the beginning of the war, a social entrepreneur, creator of a network of private centers for the elderly Senior Group, Alexei Sidnev opposed Russia's invasion of Ukraine: along with other representatives of social projects and NGOs, he signed a letter to Vladimir Putin that the war needed to be stopped.

Your Browser Does Not Support the Audio Element. We are talking with journalist Andrei Zakharov. For many weeks, he offers famous supporters of the war with Ukraine to go into trenches himself. Not a single one has agreed yet The journalist of the Russian BBC Service Andrei Zakharov offers Russian politicians who support the war in Ukraine for several weeks to go to fight. He interviewed the deputies of the State Duma and civil servants - and not one agreed.

At least two people who were beaten there died Hubert Golestin / Kommersant Alexei Navalny was transferred from a general regime colony in Pokrov to a penal colony of maximum regime No. 6 in the village of Melekhovo, Vladimir Region. This information was confirmed by one of the politician lawyers. In the telegram of Navalny on the evening of June 15, a post was published in which he also said that he was transferred to IK-6. “Hello everyone with a zone of maximum security zone,” the post says.