Russia has defaulted on its external debt obligations, the international rating agency Moody's reported. “On June 27, payments on two Eurobond coupons did not reach bondholders during the grace period, which, according to our definition, constitutes a default,” TASS quotes the agency’s closed statement.

In the next season of the French version of the Fort Boyard TV show, which starts on the France 2 television channel in early July, there will be no living tigers. This was written on June 24 by the French version of the publication Huffington Post. The Adventure Line Production Studio, which was shooting Fort Boyard, back in February 2022 stated that the Tigers Kashmir and Toska would “retire” that appeared in the show.

Iran and Argentina have applied to join the BRICS - an association of countries that includes Brazil, Russia, India, China and South Africa. This was told by the official representative of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Russia Maria Zakharova. “While the White House was thinking about what else in the world would be turned off, banned and spoiled, Argentina and Iran applied to join the BRICS,” Zakharova wrote in her Telegram channel.

The State Duma has postponed consideration of amendments that allow concluding a contract for military service immediately after graduation. This was announced by the head of the State Duma Committee on Family, Women and Children Nina Ostanina. “Great news from today's Council of the Duma for all mothers and fathers who supported my position against the law on contract recruitment of school graduates. There is no law on the agenda for this session.

As Putin and Macron were talked on the phone a few days before the start of the war. Decoding Thibault Camus / Reuters / Scanpix / Leta Emmanuel Macron is one of the main world leaders who tried to negotiate with Vladimir Putin before the war in Ukraine and after its beginning. One of the telephone conversations of the presidents of France and Russia took place on the morning of February 20, 2022, four days before the start of the Russian invasion.

The head of the Russian Guard, Viktor Zolotov, established a commemorative medal "Participant of a special military operation." The order to this effect was published on the official Internet portal of legal information. As stated in the order, on the front side of the medal there is a soldier with a machine gun against the background of a ribbon folded in the form of the letter Z. On the reverse side there is the emblem of the National Guard in the form of a double-headed eagle.

Update: Irina Babloyan reported that, according to her information, Ilya Yashin was accused of disobeying the lawful demands of police officers (Article 19.3 of the Code of Administrative Offenses). Allegedly, he insulted and swore during the arrest, the journalist wrote, emphasizing that this is not true. In Moscow, police detained opposition politician Ilya Yashin, journalist Irina Babloyan reported. The reasons for the detention are unknown.

Leonid Fedun resigned as vice president of Lukoil due to "retirement age and family circumstances." This was reported by the press service of the company. Lukoil President Vadim Vorobyov called Fedun "a key person" in the history of the company. “He foresaw many important events in the industry, which was reflected in strategic documents,” the press service quoted Vorobyov as saying. Fedun has been vice president of Lukoil since 1996.

A missile blow to the shopping center in Kremenchug. Another terrible video from the war in Ukraine In the city of Kremenchug, Poltava region of Ukraine, on June 27, a shopping center was blown up. President of Ukraine Volodymyr Zelensky said that Russian troops were struck by the shopping center. According to preliminary data, at least 10 people were killed, more than 40 were injured. “The number of victims cannot even be imagined. No threat to the Russian army.

On June 24, a court in Nalchik sentenced a resident of Kabardino-Balkaria, Zaurbek Zhambekov, to two years probation on charges of discrediting the Russian army and involving a minor in committing a crime. This was reported by the Memorial Human Rights Center. According to investigators, in March, Zhambekov asked his 12-year-old daughter to remove a St. George ribbon, pasted in the shape of the letter Z, from a car in one of the parking lots in Nalchik.

Ukraine reports at least 50 injured, 13 dead following Russian missile strike on Kremenchuk shopping mall State Emergency Service of Ukraine A Russian missile strike hit a crowded shopping center in the Ukrainian city of Kremenchuk on Monday afternoon, killing at least two people and injuring twenty others, the Ukrainian authorities said. Update.

Yekaterinburg’s premier street artist on the war, his latest piece, and Russia’s rapid authoritarian turn Timofey Radya's personal archive On June 12, Yekaterinburg-based street artist Timofey Radya posted a video and some pictures of his latest piece: the words “Live in the past!” bolted on the roofs of two nine-story buildings on the city’s Kosmonavtov Prospekt.

Vladimir Zelensky: “No threat to the Russian army. No strategic value " DSNS of Ukraine The Russian military inflicted a missile blow to the shopping center in the city of Kremenchug, Poltava region , said President of Ukraine Volodymyr Zelensky. According to him, at that moment there were more than a thousand people in the shopping center. “The number of victims cannot even be imagined. No threat to the Russian army. No strategic value, ”said the Ukrainian president.

NATO's response force will be increased to more than 300,000 people, said NATO Secretary General Jens Stoltenberg. As Reuters notes , the current number of NATO response forces is about 40 thousand people. Stoltenberg also said that NATO would strengthen the battle groups deployed on the alliance's eastern flank to brigade level.

Does it really help? Chip somodevilla / getty images speaker of the House of Representatives of Nancy Pelosi and her associates in the Democratic Party stand on the steps of the Capitol with portraits of the victims of jokes in Buffalo, New York, and Uvolde, Texas. On this day, the House of Representatives will accept the first law on the reform of the right to own weapons for almost 30 years. June 24, 2022 On June 25, US President Joe Biden signed a bill on weapons reform.