Ukraine turned to Turkey with a request to detain and arrest a cargo ship carrying Ukrainian grain under the Russian flag from Berdyansk, Zaporozhye region. It is reported by Reuters. Ukrainian Ambassador to Turkey Vasily Bodnar confirmed that he had asked the Turkish authorities to take urgent action against the vessel.

The US Department of Defense announced the allocation of another package of military assistance to Ukraine in the amount of $820 million. This was reported on the website of the Pentagon. As part of the new aid package, the United States will supply Ukraine with two Norwegian NASAMS short and medium-range air defense systems, ammunition for previously delivered HIMARS multiple launch rocket systems, as well as 150,000 artillery shells and counter-battery radars.

On July 1, the German media company Deutsche Welle resumed broadcasting on medium waves, which can be received in Russia and Belarus. “Every evening from 9:00 p.m. to 9:30 p.m. Moscow time, DW programs in Russian will be broadcast on 1386 kHz; in July, these will be radio versions of the television programs DW News and To the Point,” the media company’s website says. As noted in the report, Deutsche Welle's medium wave radio broadcasting is a joint project with Radio Liberty .

Hollywood film studio Universal Pictures has decided to stop all activities in Russia and close its Russian office. This was reported by the Bulletin of the Film Distributor, citing a source in the company. According to a message sent by the film studio to cinemas, Universal Pictures' operations in Russia will be curtailed within a few months.

For several months after the imposition of sanctions against Sberbank, Google continued to work with the advertising company RuTarget, owned by the bank, and allowed it to collect user data. This was reported by the non-profit organization ProPublica, which specializes in investigating abuses of power. According to investigators, Google continued to transfer data to RuTarget until at least June 23.

Thousands of residents of Nukus, the capital of the Republic of Karakalpakstan, part of Uzbekistan, have taken to the streets to protest constitutional reform, Turkmen.news and Radio Ozodlik (the Uzbek service of Radio Liberty ) reported. According to media reports, rallies also took place in other cities of the region - Chimbay and Muynak. Several protesters were detained there.

In the first half of 2022, the combined wealth of the world's 500 richest people fell by $1.4 trillion, the largest ever, Bloomberg reports. Thus, according to the agency’s calculations, during this time, Facebook creator Mark Zuckerberg lost $65.5 billion, Amazon founder Jeff Bezos lost $63 billion, Tesla and SpaceX founder Elon Musk lost $62 billion, and Louis Vuitton Moët Hennessy CEO Bernard Arnault lost $49.3 billion.

The authorities of the self-proclaimed Donetsk People's Republic have brought charges of mercenarism against two more British citizens, Dylan Hilley and Andrew Hill. This was reported by the Donetsk News Agency, citing a source. According to the agency's source, Hilly and Hill are charged with the same articles as three previously convicted foreigners who fought on the side of Ukraine and were captured - Britons Sean Pinner and Aidan Eslin, as well as Moroccan Brahim Saadoun.

The head of the Ministry of Internal Affairs, Vladimir Kolokoltsev, decided to stop the use of mobile photo and video recording systems by employees of the State traffic inspectorate, working in manual mode. This was reported to TASS by the official representative of the Ministry of Internal Affairs, Irina Volk. There are currently 23,400 photo and video recording systems on Russian roads that record violations of traffic rules in automatic mode, Kolokoltsev said.

Medusa tells how the Kremlin and Moscow City Hall are preparing for the September municipal elections. They will not even be allowed “moderate” and “constructive” oppositionists Ivan Vodopyanov / Kommersant The Moscow City Hall is preparing for the municipal campaign: in September 2022, deputies will be elected in 125 of 146 regions of the city.

Interview of the mayor of Kremenchug Vitaly Maletsky - about a missile strike at a shopping center, in which 19 people were killed Anna Voitenko / Reuters / Scanpix / Leta rescuers work at the site of the destroyed Amstor shopping center. June 27, 2022 On June 27, Russian troops struck a missile blow to the city center of Kremenchug, Poltava region, as a result of which the Amstor shopping center was completely destroyed.

In St. Petersburg, the 25-year-old goalkeeper of the Russian national hockey team Ivan Fedotov was detained, who was suspected of evading military service. This is reported by "Fontanka" without reference to the source of information. The operatives of the criminal investigation department met the athlete at the exit from the ice arena in Kupchino and suggested that he go to the draft board, Fontanka found out. Baza also reports that Fedotov was taken to the draft board.

UNESCO included the "Culture of the Preparation of Ukrainian Borshcha" to the list of intangible heritage " Evgeny Feldman Kotiles with Borsch during a revolution on the Maidan, December 29, 2013 The “Culture of the preparation of Ukrainian borsch” was included in the list of intangible cultural heritage of UNESCO, which needs immediate protection, the organization reports .

The new EU sanctions package may include adjustments to the rules for transit of Russian goods subject to Western restrictions to the Kaliningrad region via Lithuania, Bloomberg sources reported. According to the agency, some European officials are concerned that Lithuania could be pressured to allow the transit of sanctioned goods to Kaliningrad through its territory. One of Bloomberg's interlocutors noted that the rules for applying sanctions should apply to the entire EU, not just Lithuania.

Gazprom shareholders at the annual general meeting refused to support the recommendation of the board of directors dated May 26 to pay record dividends - 52 rubles 53 kopecks per share. The total should have been more than 1.2 trillion rubles - such generosity was explained by the highest profit in the company’s history: at the end of 2021, the figure exceeded two trillion rubles.