In March, 300 servicemen from unit 63354, which is located in Buinaksk, voluntarily laid down their arms and, without waiting for dismissal, left Ukraine. This was reported by The Moscow Times, citing two human rights activists.

The Ukrainian army shelled the city of Nova Kakhovka in the occupied Kherson region when the first deputy head of the Russian presidential administration, Sergei Kiriyenko, was there. Russian journalist Semyon Pegov wrote about this in his Telegram channel, citing sources in the Kherson region. Mash also reported about this.

After years of frozen conflict, Donetsk residents describe life under constant shelling Valentin Sprinchak / TASS An apartment destroyed by shelling the Kalininsky district of Donetsk. June 9, 2022. Before Russia began its full-scale invasion of Ukraine, the intensity of the hostilities in the Donbas had been declining steadily since 2014.

American artist of Swedish descent, class Oldenburg, died at the age of 93. This was reported by the ART News publication with reference to representatives of two galleries who put up the artist’s work. Brill / UllStein Bild / Getty Images Oldenburg was born in 1929 in Stockholm in the family of a Swedish diplomat. The future artist spent his childhood in Chicago. After school, he studied at Yale University and at the Institute of Arts in Chicago.

Gazprom has sent European companies a notice that it cannot guarantee gas supplies to Europe due to force majeure circumstances . This was reported by Reuters and Bloomberg , citing the letter. A Reuters source said the notification was related to gas supplies via the Nord Stream 1 pipeline. Gazprom's letter was sent out on July 14 and concerned gas supplies starting from June 14. It did not specify the end date of the force majeure.

Photo The Rain TV channel Rain TV channel on July 18 resumed broadcasting, interrupted shortly after the start of the war in Ukraine and blocking its site in Russia. “Rain” at the first stage will work only a few hours a day, and its programs will be released only in Yetube. Full launch is planned for the fall of 2022. The broadcast on July 18 was opened by the release of the news program "Here and now." Journalists said that the “rain” was not on the air for 137 days.

On July 17, the state-owned television channel Russia-1 ran a story about Staff Sergeant Alexey Malov, a tank commander who died on the third day of the war in Ukraine. According to the report, Malov’s relatives have already spent the compensation money they received from the government for his death.

Tennis player Daria Kasatkina spoke about her homosexuality in an interview with sports blogger Vite Kravchenko. Sports.ru drew attention to this. “I'm a little nervous. It was not so frankly. So, there was no on the camera yet. But I'm really cool, ”said Kasatkina. When asked if she has a girlfriend, a tennis player answered yes. Vitya Kravchenko She expressed respect to the football player Nadezhda Karpova, who in June became the first professional Russian athlete to make a camming out.

The state prosecutor asked Vladimir Vorontsov, the founder of the Police Ombudsman project, to be sentenced to six years in prison. The prosecution also believes that Vorontsov should be stripped of the rank of police major and banned from administering websites for 10 years. This was reported by the press service of the Moscow prosecutor's office.

Subscribe to our YouTube Boris Johnson, coming from the post of Prime Minister of Great Britain, flew on the Typhoon fighter. The video shot by Johnson in the cabin of the aircraft posted the press service of the head of government. Johnson compared the fighter management with work as the prime minister, which he occupied for three years and is now forced to leave, writes Sky News. Johnson, notes the publication, probably chose not the most successful moment for publishing a video.

Valery Sharifulin / TASS According to Rosstat, in 2021, more than 10 thousand people died from drug use in Russia. Compared to the previous year, this indicator has grown by 37%, and if you count from 2019, it is double . Does this mean that the number of drug users is growing in Russia? And what can the state do to stop overdose?

In Spain, the air temperature is +45, in Portugal +47 In July, abnormal heat was established in Europe. The air temperature in some regions rose above 40 degrees. In Spain, Portugal, France and other countries, forest fires began - the authorities evacuate thousands of residents from fire hazardous areas. Because of the heat, hundreds of people died, many European Union countries introduced a state of emergency. Experts associate what is happening with climate change.

The Ministry of Sports of the Russian Federation proposes to create a single football league for teams from territories controlled by Russia. This was stated by Deputy Minister of Sports Odes Baisultanov, RIA Novosti reports. “The participants of the tournament will include the Donetsk and Lugansk People's Republics, Kherson, Zaporozhye, Abkhazia, South Ossetia, Crimea and teams from Russian universities,” Baisultanov said.

After the start of the war, many legionnaires left Russia, and fans will boycott matches due to the FAN ID law Elena Afonina / TASS On July 9, Spartak and Zenit opened a new football season and played the Russian Super Cup (Petersburgers won the trophy in their field), and a week later the championship of the country began.

Major concert agencies in Russia began to include a clause in contracts with artists that prohibits political statements from the stage. RBC writes about this with reference to industry representatives. The publication received a copy of the contract with one of the Russian groups.