An assistant to former White House Chief of Staff Mark Meadows, Cassidy Hutchinson, claims that during the storming of the Capitol on January 6, 2021, the 45th President of the United States Donald Trump attacked a Secret Service officer in the presidential limousine when he was refused a ride to the Capitol. According to Reuters, Hutchinson spoke about this at a hearing of the special committee of the House of Representatives investigating the events of January 6.

A Manhattan federal court in New York sentenced 60-year-old Gilaine Maxwell, a former friend and assistant of financier Jeffrey Epstein, to 20 years in prison, Reuters reports. In December 2021, a jury found Maxwell guilty on five of six charges, including sex trafficking of minors. The court found it proven that between 1994 and 2004, Maxwell recruited and groomed four girls for sex with Epstein. The two victims were 14 years old at the time.

"Medusa" explains why the version of the Ministry of Defense of the Russian Federation regarding the shelling of a shopping center looks false Oleg Petrasyuk / EPA / Scanpix / Leta As a result of the rocket strike of Russian troops at a shopping center in Kremenchug (Poltava region of Ukraine), at least 20 civilians were killed, dozens are listed as missing.

Russian lawmakers set to pass integrated ‘foreign agents’ bill, broadening restrictions Zoi for Meduza On Tuesday, June 28, the Russian State Duma approved the second reading of a generalized draft law on “foreign agents.” The bill, titled “On monitoring the activities of individuals under foreign influence,” was submitted to the State Duma back in April and passed the first reading on June 22.

Scottish First Minister Nicola Sturgeon has proposed holding a second referendum on the country's independence from the UK on October 19, 2023. She promised to take all necessary legal steps to ensure that the vote would take place even if the British government tried to block it.

And that's what she bargained in return Bernat Armangue / AP / Scanpix / Leta The Turkish authorities supported the applications of Finland and Sweden to join NATO , the general secretary of the Alliance Jeles, Jens Stoltenberg, said on June 28. “I am glad to announce that we have an agreement that eliminates the obstacles to the entry of Finland and Sweden to NATO.

The mayor of Kherson, Igor Kolykhaev, was detained by Russian forces on the morning of June 28, Galina Lyashevskaya, an adviser to the head of the city, said. Kolykhaev was detained near the building where the remaining employees of the city executive committee worked. According to Lyashevskaya, fighters of the Russian Guard and, possibly, the FSB participated in the operation.

Retelling of the speech of the head of the Investigative Committee Alexander Bastrykin in St. Petersburg There is information that Ukraine was preparing a special operation for March 8 with an exit to the Russian border from Severodonetsk. Ukrainian troops are committing atrocities, especially with prisoners of war. Mariupol was wiped off the face of the earth. It was not by mistake that the shell landed — it was aimed at a school, a hospital, a shopping center.

The Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Bulgaria has decided to reduce the number of Russian diplomats working in the country to a limit not exceeding the number of Bulgarian diplomats in Russia. The Foreign Ministry announced this at a meeting with Russian Ambassador to Bulgaria Eleonora Mitrofanova. 23 diplomats and 25 technical staff should remain in Bulgaria, according to the ministry's website.

The US Treasury Department has imposed new sanctions on Russia. The restrictions have been extended to 57 individuals associated with the Russian Federation, as well as more than 100 companies. The United States has banned the import of Russian gold, the Finance Ministry said in a statement. The ban does not apply to gold that was outside Russia at the time the sanctions were imposed on June 28. The new sanctions are aimed at "Putin's war machine," the US Treasury Department said.

Deputies of the State Duma of the Russian Federation adopted in the second, main, reading the draft law “On control over the activities of persons under foreign influence.” What is this bill? The new bill regulates the activities of people and organizations declared "foreign agents" in Russia. In particular, it is proposed to grant such status to those who receive support from abroad or are "under foreign influence in other forms" and do not receive foreign funding, as is the case now.

In Russia, there is "no potential for regime change," and there are no economic prerequisites for this, said Russian billionaire Oleg Deripaska at an event at Moscow State University. A video of his speech is published by RBC. "The opposition preferred the beautiful European views, everything else, and retreated from the life of the country... Expecting Mikhail Maratovich Fridman, or Aven, or Khodorkovsky to take up arms and break through to Bryansk in tanks - [this] is unlikely [to happen].

In Germany, a court sentenced 101-year-old Josef Schutz to five years in prison. A Brandenburg court found him guilty of complicity in the murders that took place from 1942 to 1945, when the 21-year-old Schutz worked as a guard in the Sachsenhausen concentration camp in Oranienburg. According to DW, Schutz became the oldest person to stand trial for crimes committed during the Holocaust and was found guilty.

Your Browser Does Not Support the Audio Element. In Russia, Defolt again - although, unlike 1998, people seemed to not notice him. When will the consequences come? We discuss with Ruben Yenikolopov Russia allowed default for external debt obligations, Moodyʼs reported on June 27. Bloomberg clarifies that some investors have not received payments on Eurobonds Russia-2026 and Russia-2036. International rating agency classifies it as a default.

The world's largest alcohol producer Diageo announced that it had made a decision "on the forced gradual reduction of commercial activity in Russia." This was stated in a letter from the company's management sent to employees and partners, the project "Beware, News" reports . A company representative confirmed to Kommersant that Diageo was leaving Russia.