Putin knows danger first-hand, it seems. Here’s what else he said at the meeting with Russian war propagandists. Gavriil Grigorov / Sputnik / AFP / Scanpix / LETA This is a brief summary of Vladimir Putin’s remarks during his June 13 meeting with pro-Kremlin war bloggers and self-styled “war correspondents.” Quotations from the meeting were sourced from Interfax , TASS , RIA Novosti , and RBC . A full transcript of Putin’s remarks is available on the official Kremlin website.

Beyoncé's decision to kick off her Renaissance world tour from Stockholm has had an impact on inflation in Sweden, according to the Financial Times, citing economists at local Danske Bank. According to the publication, Beyoncé's first two concerts, which took place on May 11 and 12, were attended by at least 46,000 people - many of them came to Sweden directly for these concerts, which, in turn, was reflected in prices in hotels and restaurants.

In the telegram channel of State Duma deputy Adam Delimkhanov, against the background of rumors about his possible injury or death, a post appeared in which he wrote that he was alive. I am good! Satanists and Nazis can't wait! We have all been able to see how false the Ukronazi propaganda is. They absolutely do not respect and do not consider their audience, brazenly spreading fakes.

40-year-old activist Anatoly Berezikov died in a special detention center in Rostov-on-Don, OVD-Info reports, citing his lawyer Irina Gak. According to the lawyer, on June 14, she arrived at the special detention center to meet with her client, but there she was informed that Berezikov was not in the building. In the yard, the woman saw a medical car where the activist’s body was being carried.

The State Duma passed the first reading of a bill aimed at raising the age for military conscription in Russia. According to the bill, beginning in 2024 the maximum age for conscription will be raised to 30. Also starting in 2024, the minimum conscription age will be gradually increased from 18 to 21. This means that in 2024 Russian men between the ages of 19 and 30 will be draft eligible. In 2025, the draft will apply to men between 20 and 30; and in 2026 to men between 21 and 30.

While the group continues to perform - but some fans themselves refuse tickets Sebastian Dammark / Gonzales Photo / Imago Images / Scanpix / Leta The prosecutor's office of Berlin began a criminal investigation against the frontman of the Rammstein group Till Lindemanne. According to BZ , Der Spiegel , Bild and other German publications, he is suspected of sexualized violence.

Your Browser Does Not Support the Audio Element. The history of the Minister of Defense Sergei Shoigu. He went from a possible “Putin’s successor” to a man who is publicly humiliated by Kadyrov and Prigozhin On June 10, Minister of Defense Sergei Shoigu signed an order that obliges Russian volunteer militarized formations to conclude a contract with the Ministry of Defense of the Russian Federation. According to the military department, there are currently more than 40 such formations.

After the sentence in the country, debates began on the reform of the legislation on abortion Dean Atkins / Alamy / Vida Press building of the Royal Court in the city of Stock-on-Trent, where they made a decision in the case of Karl Foster In the UK, 44-year-old many children Karl Foster were sentenced to deprivation of liberty after she terminated the pregnancy in the eighth month, taking pills for abortion.

BBC News Russia examines how Russia recruits Kyrgyzstani migrants to fight in Ukraine A new investigation from BBC News Russia examines how the Russian military has enlisted labor migrants from Central Asia to dig trenches in the Belgorod region and in Ukraine’s annexed territories as well as to participate in combat. About 1 million migrants from Kyrgyzstan live in Russia, and most of them working in the construction and trade sectors.

Three former police officers convicted in the case of journalist Ivan Golunov — Maksim Umetbaev, Akbar Sergaliev, and Denis Konovalov — will be released from prison. Golunov himself confirmed this information to Meduza. The court decided to replace the prison sentences of three defendants in the case with forced labor, Golunov's lawyer Sergei Badamshin clarified . Another defendant in the case, Roman Feofanov, also asked to have his sentence replaced with forced labor, but he was refused.

A series by Ukrainian photographer Pavlo Dorohoi on houses destroyed during the war Pavlo Dorohoi is a documentary filmmaker and photographer from Kharkiv who, before the full-scale war, also shot the architecture of his hometown. After the full-scale Russian invasion began, he stayed in Kharkiv to document the war. Dorohoi took pictures of destroyed houses in the village of Dovhenke, on the border of the Kharkiv and Donetsk regions. Before the war began, almost 400 people lived there.

Russia’s State Duma passed the first reading of a bill to ban legal gender changes, reports the independent news outlet Mediazona . All 365 deputies present at the meeting voted in favor of the bill. The bill includes a ban on changes to gender markers in official documents without having first undergone surgery, which would only be possible for those with “congenital physiological anomalies,” referring to intersex people. Hormone therapy would also be banned.

Your Browser Does Not Support the Audio Element. Sleep Seventh: Market. Stand on the cardboard. How the markets have disappeared from our lives - and how now we are returning to them again The leading Atlantis Andrei Pertsev and Andrei Pershin in the seventh episode of the first season talk about markets and stalls. Do we experience nostalgia for these places or is it what you really want to say goodbye (but fails)?

The State Duma of the Russian Federation in the first reading adopted a bill on raising the draft age. According to the document, the age limit for conscription will be raised to 30 years from 2024. The minimum age from the same time will be gradually increased from 18 to 21 years. Thus, in 2024 the draft age will be from 19 to 30 years, in 2025 - from 20 to 30 years, in 2026 - from 21 to 30 years.

Who is Valery Zaluzhnaya - the commander in chief of the Armed Forces, whose popularity in Ukraine can only be compared with the popularity of Vladimir Zelensky. Tells "BBC" Press Service of the President of Ukraine / AFP / Scanpix / Leta Valery Zaluzhny took office as commander in chief of the Armed Forces of Ukraine shortly before the full -scale Russian invasion - in July 2021.