The 67-year-old political prisoner Grigory Kostusev was released in an amnesty, the Belarusian human rights center Vasna said. Information about the release of Kostusev was confirmed by his relatives. Grigory Kostusev - Belarusian opposition politician. In 2010, he was a presidential candidate from the opposition party of the BNF (Belarusian Popular Front), and seven years later he headed it.

In Afghanistan, armed people subjected sexualized violence an activist arrested for participating in a rally against the Taliban regime. They shot rape on the video, and then blackmailed the activist with this entry, reports The Guardian. Journalists talked with the victim whose name is not called. According to her, she was arrested and subjected to sexualized violence during the detention, after the Taliban seized power in Afghanistan. Leaving prison, the activist escaped from the country.

The United States allocated 2.2 billion dollars that will be used to purchase missiles for Patriot and Nasams air defense systems for Ukraine, the Pentagon said. It is noted that the US presidential administration Joe Biden plans to speed up the supply of these weapons to Kyiv. The funds will be allocated as part of the UKRaine Security Assistance Initiative, USAI) initiative.

F-16s are coming to Ukraine. Meduza breaks down how the military plans to use them and what impact they could have on the battlefield. Jan Langhaug / EPA / Scanpix / LETA An F-16 departs from Bodø, Norway, for Denmark, where Ukrainian pilots are training. January 3, 2024. European countries are set to deliver the first F-16s fighter jets to Ukraine before summer’s end.

President of Ukraine Volodymyr Zelensky is “tired” from Denis Shmygal and is probably going to dismiss him from the post of Prime Minister of the country, the sources of Ukrainian Pravda said in the Zelensky team. “The president is tired of Shmygal, this is evident in relation to meetings. He does not even listen to him even. This is some kind of emotional thing even more than a miscalculation ...

The Shcherbinsky court of Moscow arrested the senior coach of the Russian youth team in the freestyle wrestling of Alisheri Ismatzod in the case of the assistance of terrorism (part 1 of Article 205.1 of the Criminal Code), RIA Novosti reports. The Ismatzod is charged with declining, recruitment or other involvement of a person in a terrorist crime. He faces from seven to 15 years in prison.

The Supreme Court of Japan recognized the already invalid law on Eugenic, according to which thousands of residents of the country were forcibly sterilized in the 1950-1970s, Kyodo reports. The court ordered the Japanese government to pay compensation to the plaintiffs affected by the actions of the authorities. As noted, since 2018, they have achieved damage in similar claims in other instances.

US President Joe Biden informed one of his key associates that he understands the possibility of failure of his candidacy in the elections and evaluates the prospects for continuing the struggle. About this writes The New York Times. According to this unnamed associate, the president understands that his next few public speaking, including an interview on the ABC News television channel on July 5, must be well passed so that the chances of continuing the race are preserved.

Fight map for July 3 The Russian army began a new operation near Donetsk: large forces previously deployed on the neighboring Avdeevsky front went on the offensive against the city of Toretsk (formerly Dzerzhinsk) and its numerous satellite villages.

The Russian Prosecutor General’s Office filed a lawsuit with a demand to recognize the owner of the Moskovskaya and Metropolitan vodka brands Yuri Shefler and several of his companies “an extremist association”, TASS and RIA Novosti reported with reference to sources. The lawsuit was sent to the Tambov District Court. In turn, Interfax with reference to the “judicial authorities of the region” writes that the court has already satisfied the lawsuit, the meeting was closed.

If you find fault: there are a lot of self-dealers, and indeed somehow without a light. If you do not find fault: how great, the best series of recent years! FX / Hulu / Vida Press On June 27, the third season “Bear” was published on Hulu-a series about the Chicago restaurant and its nervous chef. The first two seasons were struck by his ingenuity and intonation, the creator of the show Christopher Storer repeats these tricks here.

A group of Russian researchers have proposed a new constitution for the post-Putin era. Meduza breaks down its key points. The Institute for Global Reconstitution (IGRec) — a research initiative founded by a group of Russian academics and journalists — has published its draft proposal for a new Russian Constitution.

Three sons of a priest from Lipetsk were sent for 17 years to a colony for trying to leave for fighting for Ukraine Profimedia brothers Asheulovs at a meeting of the 2nd Western District Military Court based on a video from the Kursk Garrison Military Court The 2nd Western District Military Court appointed from 17 to 17.5 years a strict regime colony to three sons of the Lipetsk priest Igor Ashcheulov-24-year-old John, 20-year-old Alexei and 19-year-old Timofei.

If US presidential candidate Donald Trump has a plan to quickly end the Russia-Ukraine war, he should present it, Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky said in an interview with Bloomberg. If Trump knows how to end this war, he should tell us today. If there are risks to Ukrainian independence, if we lose our statehood, we want to be ready for that, we should know.

NATO countries agreed to allocate 40 billion euros in 2025 for military assistance to Ukraine, Reuters reported with reference to two Western European diplomats. It is expected that the leaders of the countries of the North Atlantic Alliance will officially approve the corresponding obligation at the NATO summit in Washington, which will be held on July 9-11.