Yevgeny Prigozhin’s approval rating has plummeted to 29 percent, compared to 60 percent only a week ago. The most recent opinion poll on Prigozhin was conducted by the independent polling agency Levada Center on June 25–28. In that round of polling, 11 percent of respondents said they approved of Wagner Group’s leader completely; another 18 percent expressed partial approval.

In St. Petersburg, a Citroen Jumper minibus filled with boxes of money was found in the underground parking of the River Palace Hotel, which is associated with businessman Yevgeny Prigozhin. This is reported by the publication 47news. According to the publication, there were 80 boxes in the minibus, each containing 75 million rubles in cash. Thus, the total amount of money found was six billion rubles. The minibus was discovered on June 24, the day of Prigozhin’s rebellion.

Prigozhin’s short-lived coup exposed Putin’s weakness in controlling the military and the state security apparatus. Its full consequences are yet to be seen. AFP / Scanpix / LETA Wagner fighters in Rostov-on-Don. June 24, 2023. The armed insurrection led, and then abruptly abandoned, by the mercenary tycoon Yevgeny Prigozhin has baffled not only the general public but even government insiders in Russia.

Wagner PMC founder Yevgeny Prigozhin's approval rating has halved since his mutiny, but still remains at a relatively high level. Such data is provided by the Levada Center. During the survey conducted on June 25-28, 29% of respondents reported their positive attitude towards Prigozhin's activities (11% - that they fully approve of his activities, 18% - that they partially approve).

Singer Madonna has been discharged from a hospital in New York. It is reported by CNN, citing sources. Madonna, 64, was taken by ambulance to her New York home, according to the channel. "She's fine," the source told CNN. Officially, representatives of Madonna did not comment on the situation. Madonna was admitted to intensive care "with a serious bacterial infection" on June 24, revealed her manager Guy Ozry on June 28.

The publication "ґrati" told her story Stas Yurchenko / ґrati Soon after the full -scale invasion of Russia to Ukraine, a judge from Mariupol Julia Matveeva was captured by the Russian military. There she spent seven months - and all this time was subjected to physical and psychological violence.

The Virgin Galactic spaceplane has completed its first commercial suborbital flight, the company said on Twitter. On board the VSS Unity spaceplane were three passengers and five employees of Virgin Galactic. The passengers were two Italian Air Force colonels and an engineer from the Italian National Research Council. The launch took place from Spaceport America in New Mexico. The WK2 carrier aircraft lifted VSS Unity to a height of about 15 kilometers, after which the spacecraft undocked.

The US Supreme Court has ruled affirmative action in higher education unconstitutional – a practice that allowed college administrators to take into account the race of applicants in order to maintain racial diversity in educational institutions, CNN reports. As the Financial Times reports , the court made this decision in two cases concerning the admissions policies of Harvard and the University of North Carolina.

Photos In France, for two days, riots continued , which began after the murder by a police officer of a 17-year-old teenager of franco-Algerian descent in Nanter, a suburbs of Paris. Participants in the riots set fire to cars and government buildings, as well as enter into clashes with the police. On the night of June 28, 31 people were detained, the next night - at least 150.

Gabriel Grigorov / The Kremlin Preservice / AFP / Scanpix / Leta Putin and his “Contacts with the people” in Derbent. June 28, 2023 After the rebellion of Evgeny Prigozhin, the level of trust Vladimir Putin allegedly fell by 9-14% (depending on the region of Russia). Such figures were presented on June 29 on video reviews for Russian envoy and regional politicians, which was held by the political block of the Presidential Administration, headed by Sergey Kiriyenko.

In the aftermath of the Prigozhin-led mutiny, Sergey Surovikin, the general who sympathized with Wagner Group the most, is bruited to be in trouble Gavriil Grigorov / Sputnik / AFP / Scanpix / LETA In the wake of Yevgeny Prigozhin’s “march of justice,” General of the Army Sergey Surovikin may possibly have been arrested and questioned by the Russian authorities. The general has not appeared in public since June 24, when he addressed the Wagner fighters, urging them to stop the mutiny.

After the rebellion of Prigozhin, the President of Russia is in the spotlight every day. It seems he is trying to become a public politician Gabriel Grigorov / Kremlin’s press service / Reuters / Scanpix / Leta, Russian President Vladimir Putin on June 29 took part in the Forum of Strategic Initiatives “Strong Ideas for the New Age”. He drew a face on the board and received applause from the audience.

Russian billionaire Igor Makarov, founder and head of the international group of companies "Areti" , has renounced his Russian citizenship, Forbes reports. Makarov became the sixth billionaire to renounce Russian citizenship following the full-scale invasion of Ukraine. Now the businessman's profile on the American Forbes website states that Makarov renounced his Russian passport in 2023 and is now considered a Cypriot businessman. He is ranked fifth on the list of the richest people in Cyprus.

Your Browser Does Not Support the Audio Element. Is it true that Alexei Dyumin helped stop Prigozhin's rebellion? If you forgot, this is Putin's former guard and (supposedly even) his successor After the rebellion of Evgeny Prigozhin, the wire-pierced and propaganda telegram channels began to write about the possible resignation of the Minister of Defense of the Russian Federation Sergey Shoigu and the appointment of Alexei Dyumin, the Governor of the Tula region and former guard Vladimir Putin.

From September 1, 2024, a new subject will appear in Russian schools - "Fundamentals of Security and Defense of the Motherland". This was announced by the Deputy Director of the Department of State Policy and Management in the Sphere of General Education of the Ministry of Education Anna Timofeeva. The new item, according to the official, will replace the OBZH (“Fundamentals of Life Safety”).