The city of Novaya Kakhovka in the Kherson region, captured by Russian troops, came under fire again on Wednesday evening. reported the shelling to Interfax Representatives of the so-called new administration , and also wrote an adviser to the head of the Kherson region, Sergei Khlan. “There is damage to infrastructure facilities. Information about the victims is being specified, ”said the interlocutor of Interfax.

The EU countries at this stage do not plan to include in the new, seventh package of sanctions against Russia a ban on the import of Russian gas. Czech Prime Minister Petr Fiala told Reuters. Restrictions on energy imports are always a difficult issue, Fiala said, as "the rule must be respected that sanctions should have a greater impact on Russia than on countries imposing sanctions." A number of EU countries, he stressed, are highly dependent on Russian gas.

Microsoft founder Bill Gates has announced that he will give almost all of his fortune to a charitable foundation he co-founded with his now ex-wife Melinda. “I plan to give almost all of my fortune to the fund. I will move down and eventually leave the list of the richest people in the world,” Gates tweeted.

Members of the British Parliament from the Conservatives held the first round of elections for the head of the party, who will replace Boris Johnson in this post. In the first round, applicants had to get at least 30 votes. Six people completed this task. Two candidates - former British Foreign Secretary Jeremy Hunt and current Treasury Secretary Nadhim Zahavi - dropped out.

After twenty years of opposing Putin’s regime, and living to tell the tale, Vladimir Kara-Murza is sitting in a Russian jail cell Robin Utrecht / Shutterstock / Vida Press Vladimir Kara-Murza has been in politics for over twenty years, but he’s more famous abroad than inside Russia.

Opposition politician Ilya Yashin, the municipal deputy for Moscow’s Krasnoselsky district, has been arrested for allegedly spreading “fake news” about the Russian military, Mediazona reported . A judge at Moscow's Basmanny District Court granted prosecutors’ request for Yashin to be put in a remand prison until September 12.

At the talks between the delegations of Turkey, Russia, Ukraine and the UN, an agreement was reached on the establishment of a coordinating center for the export of Ukrainian grain. This was announced after negotiations by Turkish Defense Minister Hulusi Akar, Anadolu reports. According to Akar, an agreement was also reached on major technical issues, such as joint control at points of departure and destination and ensuring the safety of navigation along transportation routes.

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Putin is reportedly eyeing Dmitry Rogozin to manage a new federal district comprised of occupied Ukrainian territories Artyom Geodakyan / TASS Roscosmos head Dmitry Rogozin is slated to join the Russian presidential administration (AP) in the near future, Meduza has learned from three sources close to the Kremlin and an acquaintance of Rogozin’s. Exactly what position Rogozin will take is still under discussion.

Assistance to victims of the shelling will depend on their income level, Belgorod Region Governor Vyacheslav Gladkov said in the July 12 issue of the online project 10 Questions to the Governor. He explained this decision by the fact that among the inhabitants of the region there are those who decided to take advantage of the current situation to make repairs. We are considering the issue of property, but we will consider it depending on the income of residents.

Russian troops and units of the self-proclaimed LPR entered the outskirts of the cities of Seversk and Soledar in the Donetsk region.

The first call of this war ends in Russia. "Medusa" talks about how military registration and enlistment offices force Russians to go to the army Donat Sorokin / TASS Summarians on a medical examination before sending to the places of military service from the regional assembly point "Egorshino". Sverdlovsk region, June 26, 2022 Before the end of the draft in the Russian army, which takes place from April 1 to July 15, two days were left.

The Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Lithuania supported the updated rules of the European Commission on the transit of goods to the Kaliningrad region through the EU, which prohibit only road transport. It is reported by Interfax . The department noted that previous EU rules, which allowed for a complete ban on ground transportation of sanctioned goods to the Kaliningrad region, were the most acceptable.

Meduza fact check Quote We learned that reflective, white office paper is harmful to health. It turns out that more textured paper is good for the human eye. Deputy Minister of Industry and Trade Oleg Bocharov, July 13, 2022 Fact check Oleg Bocharov does not specify what kind of harm to health such paper causes. We can only assume that he means deterioration of visual acuity or eye fatigue.

The Russian delegation at the talks in Istanbul submitted for consideration a package of proposals for "the soonest practical solution" to the issue of resuming grain exports from Ukraine, said Russian Defense Ministry spokesman Igor Konashenkov. He did not elaborate on what the proposals of the Russian side say.