Russian President Vladimir Putin said that at a meeting with PMC Wagner on June 29, he offered the company's commanders "several options for employment," including under the guidance of their direct commander with the call sign Seda. about this . He told Kommersant correspondent Andrei Kolesnikov “On the one hand, at a meeting with them, I gave an assessment of what they did on the battlefield, and on the other hand, what they did during the events of June 24.

The US Department of Defense has confirmed that Ukraine has already received cluster munitions from Washington. This was stated by the Director of Operations of the Joint Staff, Lieutenant General Douglas Sims, CNN reports . On July 13, the commander of the Tavria group of the Ukrainian Armed Forces, Oleksandr Tarnavsky, stated in a comment to CNN that Ukrainian troops had received cluster munitions from the US, but had not yet used them.

The Screen Actors Guild-American Federation of Television and Radio Artists (SAG-AFTRA) union has announced a strike by Hollywood actors after talks on salary increases with film studios and streaming companies failed to produce results, The New York Times reports . Thus, as the publication notes, more than 150 thousand actors and actresses will take part in the strike. They will join the scriptwriters, who have been on strike for more than two months.

The Federal Antimonopoly Service (FAS) issued a warning to the co-owner of Vnukovo Airport Vitaly Vantsev, who predicted an increase in airfare in 2023. This was reported in the telegram channel of the service. “Such statements can be perceived by companies as an incentive to act to increase prices,” the FAS said in a statement. A representative of Vnukovo told RBC that the airport is aware of the FAS warning, but there will be no comments on this matter.

On July 14, the Supreme Court of Khakassia will begin hearing a criminal case of treason against retired civil aviation pilot Igor Pokusin, whom the FSB accuses of attempting to join the Ukrainian army. As reported by the BBC Russian Service, the case against the man is based on wiretapping of his telephone conversations with friends, including Ukrainian ones, and testimony from security forces witnesses.

In their own words, Russian vacationers explain why they continue to visit Crimea Even with the war ongoing and the front line just 65 kilometers (40 miles) from the northern Crimean city of Armyansk, Russian tourists continue to travel to the occupied peninsula for recreation. Since the start of July, heavy traffic around the Kerch Bridge has been a regular occurrence.

Your Browser Does Not Support the Audio Element. We summarize the results of the NATO summit in Vilnius and answer the main questions. Will Ukraine be taken to the alliance? When? And on what conditions? On July 12, the NATO summit ended in Vilnius. NATO countries agreed to simplify the process of Ukraine’s entry into the Alliance, but were not ready to invite it to the Union right now.

In an interview with Pavel Zarubin, a correspondent at the All-Russia State Television and Radio Broadcasting Company, Russian president Vladimir Putin said that Ukraine has a right to ensure its security, as long as it doesn’t negatively impact Russia’s security, commenting on the NATO Summit in Vilnius. Putin said he believes every country should have the right to ensure its security, “whichever way it sees fit.” “There is just one restriction.

At least 13 senior Russian military officers were detained for questioning after Wagner Group founder Yevgeny Prigozhin’s rebellion, The Wall Street Journal reported on Thursday, citing knowledgeable sources. According to the newspaper, Russia’s Federal Security Service (FSB) began arresting people just hours after the mutiny began. It also reported that around 15 officers have been removed from service or fired.

A Riga court has upheld the Latvian National Electronic Mass Media Council’s (NEPLP) decision to revoke the independent outlet TV Rain’s broadcast license, the channel reported on Thursday. According to TV Rain’s statement, the ruling was made on July 4.

Russian President Vladimir Putin said that Ukraine has the right to ensure its security, but this should not worsen Russia's security. He said this in an interview with VGTRK correspondent Pavel Zarubin, commenting on the results of the NATO summit in Vilnius. According to Putin, any country has the right to choose the way to achieve its security "which it considers right for itself." “There is only one limitation.

Russia’s Investigative Committee has asked a Moscow court to take Maksim Parshin, the country’s Deputy Minister for Digital Development, Communications, and Mass media, into custody. He is suspected of taking a large bribe, reports Russian outlet Kommersant. The database for Moscow courts has a record of the case, which was filed on July 13. The Investigative Committee told Russian state-run news agency RIA Novosti that Parshin had been arrested.

The Riga District Administrative Court upheld the decision of the Latvian National Electronic Media Council (NEPLP) to annul the broadcasting license of the Dozhd TV channel. this announced The channel itself . The decision was made on July 4th. The channel said in a statement that it will continue to appeal the decision "to all instances - including the European Court of Human Rights, if necessary." “We respect the laws of Latvia and the Latvian court, but we cannot agree with its position.

Russia’s Defense Ministry dismissed a major general after he criticized the military’s top brass. Here’s what he told his men in a speech afterward.

A general’s firing shows that even with Prigozhin gone, Russia’s military is far from united In a newly-surfaced recording , Major General Ivan Popov, who led Russia’s 58th Combined Arms Army, described a conflict he had with “senior officers.” Popov’s audio message, which was likely only intended for his fellow servicemen, was published on Telegram Wednesday by Russian State Duma deputy Andrey Gurulev, a previous commander of the same formation.