The US presidential administration considered the counteroffer made by Moscow after Washington proposed exchanging Russian businessman Viktor Bout for Americans Brittney Griner and Paul Whelan to be frivolous. Russia "made a counteroffer that we do not view as a serious counteroffer," White House press secretary Karine Jean-Pierre said at a briefing. She called it a "treacherous" offer. She declined to elaborate. We want to bring Britney Griner and Paul Whelan home.

Kosovo Serbs take to the streets in protest of new ID rules, leading international officials to get involved Erkin Keci / Anadolu Agency / ABACAPRESS / ddp images / Vida Press NATO peacekeeping forces in Kosovska Mitrovica. July 31, 2022 In northern Kosovo, where the population is predominantly Serbian, tensions soared on Sunday amid plans by the authorities to require Serbian citizens entering the country to be issued temporary IDs as well as to replace Serbian license plates with Kosovo ones.

The Russian Ministry of Internal Affairs has found signs of crimes under Articles 207.3 and 280.3 of the Criminal Code of the Russian Federation in the materials of the author of the YouTube channel "Krasava", Yevgeny Savin. This is stated in the response of the Main Directorate of the Ministry of Internal Affairs for Moscow to the appeal of State Duma deputy Roman Teryushkov.

Former managing director of the Yandex group Tigran Khudaverdyan filed a lawsuit on June 7 in the EU court, in which he demanded the lifting of sanctions imposed against him after Russia’s invasion of Ukraine. RTVI TV channel drew attention to the lawsuit. Khudaverdyan said in the lawsuit that the grounds for sanctions are insufficient, and EU authorities do not have reliable evidence to support them.

Maxim Shemetov / Reuters / Scanpix / Leta On August 1, the X conference of countries that signed an agreement on non-proliferation of nuclear weapons ( day ) began at the UN headquarters in New York. Since 2020, this conference was transferred several times due to the pandemic of coronavirus. It will last until August 26.

In early August, the combined wealth of the 25 richest Russian businessmen amounted to $322.57 billion. Over the past eight months, this amount has decreased by 60.25 billion. Such calculations are given by Prime, referring to the ranking of billionaires Bloomberg Billionaires Index . The top five richest Russians according to Bloomberg are: Vladimir Potanin - $31.6 billion Since the beginning of the year, he has increased his fortune by $691 million.

Volunteers from the Atal battalion, formed on the initiative of the head of Chuvashia Oleg Nikolaev to participate in the war in Ukraine, claim that they have not received the promised payments of 200 thousand rubles and a daily allowance of 2,000 rubles. This is stated in the appeal of 45 Atal fighters to the head of Chuvashia, which was published by lawyer and blogger Yuri Shakeyev . The text of the appeal is handwritten, it contains grammatical errors and crossed out words.

Even after five months of Russian occupation, Kherson residents haven't lost faith in the Ukrainian army Alexander Ermochenko / Reuters / Scanpix / LETA Signs outside of the building where Kherson residents have gone to receive financial assistance since Russian forces began occupying the city Ukraine’s Kherson region came under Russian occupation on March 3, less than two weeks after the full-scale war began.

Andrey Borodulin / AFP / Scanpix / Leta Russian soldier at the Zaporizhzhya nuclear power plant. May 1, 2022 A characteristic feature of the second phase of the war in Ukraine was the active use of artillery by the parties to the conflict. After Ukraine replenished its stocks of long -range weapons, the battles took the form of an artillery duel - when one side makes shelling, the other shoots in response to the enemy’s fire position.

The main thing from the investigation of "important stories" Mikhail Klimentyev / Press Service of the President of the Russian Federation / TASS Metropolitan Pskov and Porkhovsky Tikhon (Shevkunov) and President of the Russian Federation Vladimir Putin during a visit to the Pskov-Pechersky Monastery, November 17, 2018 The projects of Metropolitan Pskov and Porkhovsky Tikhon (Shevkunov), who is often called the confessor of Russian President Vladimir Putin , received at least 20 billion rubles

Russian servicemen who were illegally deprived of their freedom after refusing to participate in the war have filed a complaint with the Investigative Committee of Russia, the head of Agora, Pavel Chikov, reported. He did not specify how many servicemen had applied to the Investigative Committee. The servicemen stated that approximately 140 Russian servicemen were illegally deprived of their liberty and held in various locations in the Luhansk region of Ukraine.

The Russian Ministry of Foreign Affairs imposed sanctions against 39 British citizens - they were banned from entering the territory of the Russian Federation. In a press release, the department said that these politicians, businessmen and journalists "contribute to the hostile course of London, aimed at the demonization of our country and its international isolation." The list is headed by former Prime Minister David Cameron.

Your Browser Does Not Support the Audio Element. Between Serbia and Kosovo is a new exacerbation, but they are definitely not going to fight. Then why is it all? And who benefits? On the evening of July 31, Kosovo and Serbia were on the verge of another conflict. The reason for the Kosovo authorities began to introduce temporary documents for coming citizens of Serbia and begin to replace Serbian autonomers with Kosovsky.

Lev Radin / Pacific Press / Sipa / Scanpix / Leta The first wife of Donald Trump Ivan Trump died on July 14 at home in New York after a fall (according to the media, she was found near the stairs). The forensic expert recognized her death by an accident. She was 73 years old. On July 20, Ivan was buried on the territory of the golf club of her ex-husband in Bedminster, New Jersey.

The artistic director and chief choreographer of the choreographic ensemble "Birch" of the world Koltsova died on August 1, 2022 at the age of 83. This was reported by Interfax with reference to the press service of the ensemble. Mikhail Fomichev / TASS Mira Koltsova The interlocutor of the agency specified that Koltsova died after a long illness. The farewell ceremony will be held on August 3 in the Svetlanov Hall of the House of Music, and the funeral will be held at the Vagankovsky cemetery.