On July 26, the exhibition "Novikov's Wedge" was opened in the Mikhailovsky Castle, timed to coincide with the 65th anniversary of the birth of Timur Novikov, the press service of the Russian Museum told Fontanka. As the newspaper notes, the museum did not organize traditional press screenings and announce the opening ceremony. Earlier it was reported that the exhibition was canceled on the personal order of the new director of the museum, Alla Manilova.

Many of Russia’s propagandists, “war correspondents,” and media outlets shared a video on Wednesday that they claimed is a political ad for a far-right political party in Germany. The clip depicts the German authorities confiscating a family’s belongings to send as aid to Ukraine.

The US Federal Reserve System (FRS) raised the base rate by 25 basis points - 5.25-5.5% per annum. According to Reuters, this decision coincided with the expectations of most analysts. Following today's Fed meeting, the base rate rose to its highest in 22 years, The New York Times notes . At the same time, the regulator did not rule out a further increase in the base rate. In March 2022, after two years of near-zero rates, the US Federal Reserve began raising the base rate.

Russian Prime Minister Mikhail Mishustin signed a government decree approving a new form of mobilization agendas, Parlamentskaya Gazeta reports. The publication claims that the document will come into force on August 1, 2023. The form of the agenda is published in the appendix to the resolution.

Russian leftist thinker Boris Kagarlitsky faces seven years in prison for ‘justifying terrorism.’ Meduza spoke with his daughter about his arrest.

Ukraine’s air defenses shot down Russian cruise missiles over the city of Dnipro and the Kyiv and Kharkiv regions, said Yuriy Ignat, spokesperson for Ukraine’s Air Forces . He says Russia likely attacked Ukraine with Kinzhal and ballistic missiles launched from the south-west. He did not specify how many missiles Ukraine’s Armed Forces (AFU) shot down.

Russian Prime Minister Mikhail Mishustin signed a decree Wednesday to finalize the government’s official summons form for mobilization, according to the parliament’s official weekly, Parlamentskaya Gazeta. The new form differs from the one used for regular mandatory military service in that it references Vladimir Putin’s mobilization order and indicates the specific date and time when the draftee is to report to an army assembly point.

At the age of 56, the Irish singer Shineid Okonnor died, according to The Irish Times and BBC News with reference to the application of the performer's family. David Corio / Redferns / Getty images “With great sadness, we report the death of our beloved Shineid. Her family and friends are devastated and ask for solitude at this very difficult time, ”the publications quoted the statement of loved ones. The cause of death is not called. During her career, the singer released 10 studio albums.

US President Joe Biden has quietly ordered his administration officials to begin sharing evidence they have of Russian war crimes in Ukraine with the International Criminal Court (ICC) in The Hague. The New York Times reports this, citing sources. According to journalists, Biden made this decision the other day, despite the fact that the Pentagon for several months opposed the transfer of such information to the ICC.

Update. On July 26, the Ukrainian military shot down 36 Russian cruise missiles, said the Ukrainian Air Force . In total, the military explained, there were three waves of Russian missile launches in Ukraine in the afternoon. In the first wave, three of the three Caliber launched were shot down. In the evening, the Russian army attacked Ukraine with 36 Kh-101/Kh-555 missiles and four Kh-47 Kinzhal missiles. APU shot down 33 X-101/X-555.

Alexey Moskalev, who was sentenced to two years in prison earlier this year for “discrediting” the Russian army, told journalists that he has received his first letter from his daughter, Masha, since he was sentenced on March 28 and then arrested several days later in Minsk. Russian independent Telegram channels and media outlets published selections from the letter, which includes a poem Masha Moskaleva composed for her father.

The Dozhd TV channel, which the Russian authorities declared “undesirable” in the country, announced a special broadcast “Unwanted organization. Rules of the game". On July 27 at 17:00 Moscow time, journalists from other publications will speak on the air of Dozhd, and lawyers will explain what the status of an “undesirable organization” means.

A military lawyer answers this question (yes, once again) Olga Maltseva / AFP / Scanpix / Leta conscripts before sending to the garrisons in St. Petersburg. May 23, 2023 The State Duma adopted amendments, sharply tightening the law on military service.

Wagner Group’s units in Belarus are led by a man named Sergey Chubko who originally hails from Ukraine, according to the independent project All Eyes On Wagner, which tracks the paramilitary group’s activities.

The roles were played by Russian actors, and the video itself seems to be recorded in Russia Russian propagandists, “military commissars” and the media distributed a video, according to the plot of which the property is selected from the German family as assistance to Ukraine.