The European Court of Human Rights has ruled that the Russian government failed to properly investigate the murder of politician Boris Nemtsov in 2015. The decision comes in response to a complaint filed by Nemtsov’s daughter, Zhanna Nemtsova.

In June, the demand for cash increased in Russia, which led to an outflow of liquidity from banks by 500 billion rubles. During the Wagner PMC mutiny on June 23-25, the Russians withdrew 100 billion rubles in cash. This is stated in the analytical materials of the Bank of Russia.

In 2020, Russian police ignored a call that could have stopped a student’s murder. Now the killer appears to have gone from prison to Ukraine. Alyona Popova’s Facebook profile Vera Pekhteleva On January 14, 2020, Vera Pekhteleva, a 23-year-old college student from Kemerovo, was murdered . On the day of her death, she went to pick up her belongings from the home of her ex-boyfriend, Vladislav Kanyus; the couple had broken up two months earlier.

On June 23-25, during the Wagner Group rebellion led by Yevgeny Prigozhin, Russians withdrew 100 billion rubles (around $1.1 billion) from the banks, reports Russia’s Central Bank. The Central Bank said that the heightened volume of cash withdrawals “has not led to monetary policy problems.” In their review of financial risks to the market, the bank noted that “the internal political events in Russia” on June 23-25 had a negligible impact on the ruble’s performance.

Russian Defense Minister Sergey Shoigu said Tuesday that Russia’s forces in Ukraine will begin using cluster munitions in response to Washington’s decision to supply the weapons to Kyiv.

The allies decided to simplify the way to Kyiv, but have not yet been invited to the Alliance. Zelensky criticized them for "weakness." The main thing about the first day of the summit Evgeny Feldman / "Medusa" Speech by the President of Ukraine Vladimir Zelensky at a concert in support of Ukraine’s membership in NATO. Vilnius, July 11, 2023 On July 11, a two -day NATO summit was opened in Vilnius. One of his main topics was the answer of the allies on the membership of Ukraine in the alliance.

Defense Minister Sergei Shoigu said that Russian troops will use cluster munitions in response to their supply to Ukraine. His words are quoted by Interfax.

Evgeny Feldman / Medusa President of Ukraine Volodymyr Zelensky spoke in Vilnius at a concert in support of Ukraine’s membership in NATO. Together with him on the stage was his wife Elena Zelenskaya, as well as the President of Lithuania Gitanas Nauceda with his wife Diana. During his speech, Zelensky thanked Lithuania for military support.

President of Ukraine Volodymyr Zelensky traveled to Vilnius on July 11 for the 2023 summit of the North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO). Among other topics at the annual summit, leaders discussed Ukraine’s bid to join the organization. NATO General Secretary Jens Stoltenberg said during a summit press conference that the organization would invite Ukraine to join the alliance when the country meets certain conditions.

NATO Secretary General Jens Stoltenberg said NATO will invite Ukraine to join the alliance when all allies agree and the necessary conditions are met. He announced this at a press conference during the NATO summit in Vilnius. He added that Ukraine's membership action plan would be cancelled, so that "instead of two steps" to become a NATO member, "only one step" would be needed.

We are looking for two editors at once - for our new shows The studio of the Podcasts of Medusa has large (and, of course, ambitious) plans, so we want to strengthen its team. This post is about two vacancies at once: editor and junior editor of the studio. It is very important: we will not be able to offer work to those who are in Russia. At the same time, we are not fundamentally, what kind of citizenship you have.

The State Duma of the Russian Federation in the second and third readings approved the bill necessary for the introduction of the digital ruble and the conduct of non-cash payments with it. This was reported on the website of the lower house of parliament. The amendments provide definitions for such concepts as “digital ruble platform”, “digital ruble platform rules”, “digital account (wallet)”, “digital ruble platform participant”.

Ukraine switches focus from frontline combat to Russia’s rear positions. Meduza shares an updated combat map. Since the start of the full-scale invasion of Ukraine, Meduza has adopted a consistent antiwar position, holding Russia responsible for its military aggression and atrocities. As part of this commitment, we regularly update an interactive map that documents combat operations in Ukraine and the damage inflicted by Russia’s invasion forces.

Former prisoners who joined Wagner Group in exchange for amnesty are committing new crimes back in Russia — and getting off lightly Alexander Ermochenko / Reuters / Scanpix / LETA Wagner Group fighters leave the Southern Military District’s headquarters in Rostov-on-Don to return to their base. June 24, 2023.

What does all this mean? Filip Singer / EPA / Scanpix / Leta In the summer of 2022, against the backdrop of a full -scale Russian invasion of Ukraine, Sweden and Finland submitted applications for joining NATO. According to the rules of the alliance, all participating countries should approve them, but Türkiye opposed, accusing both countries of supporting the Kurdistan Workers' Party (Ankara considers it a “terrorist organization”).