The first Western District Military Court sentenced a couple of spouses from Gatchina accused of spreading pro -Ukrainian leaflets in the supermarket to the real terms of imprisonment. About this writes "OVD-Info". The artist Anastasia Dydyaeva received 3.5 years in a penal colony, jeweler Alexander Dotsenko by three years. They were found guilty under the article on calls for terrorism (part 1 of Article 205.2 of the Criminal Code of the Russian Federation).

The Zamoskvoretsky court of Moscow arrested the former State Duma deputy from the LDPR Sergey Abeltsev, writes Kommersant. The 63-year-old Abeltsev was detained on suspicion of fraud on an especially large scale (part 4 of Article 159 of the Criminal Code). According to Kommersant, we are talking about the amount of 10 million rubles. The plot of business is still unclear.

Kremlin strategists think St. Petersburg Governor Alexander Beglov’s best chance of winning reelection is if residents don’t realize there’s a vote Mikhail Metzel / TASS / Profimedia In the fall of 2019, the Russian regime faced a daunting challenge in getting the unpopular Alexander Beglov elected as St. Petersburg governor. Since then, his approval rating has only worsened.

The Investigative Committee instituted a criminal case of hooliganism, after the State Duma from the Communist Party of the Communist Party of the Communist Party Mikhail Matveev attacked, as he claims, migrants in Samara. This is stated in the telegram of the department. Matveev in the afternoon of July 18 posted a video in his telegram channel, in which he, as he himself claims, is trying to separate the fight “migrants with our local guys”.

Former economic adviser to Vladimir Putin Sergey Glazyev got a job at the Higher School of Economics. Information about this appeared on the university website. The site states that Glazyev is the main researcher at the Center for Stability and Risk Studies at the Faculty of Social Sciences. Glazyev was Putin's adviser to economics from 2012 to 2019.

Former US President Barack Obama in recent days told his associates that Joe Biden’s chances were significantly reduced at the head of state, writes The Washington Post with reference to sources. According to them, Obama expressed the opinion that Biden needs to seriously think about the viability of his candidacy in the election of the US president, which will be held in November. Obama only once spoke with Bayden after he failed the debate with Trump.

The State Duma Committee on Security and Combating Corruption approved a series of amendments to various laws that expand the powers of the FSB. TASS writes about this with reference to the texts of documents. So, it is assumed that the FSB will receive access to the registry office database. The special services will have information on the state registration of birth, death, conclusion and divorce, change of name or establishing paternity, as well as amendments in the record of such facts.

Former Minister of Defense of the self -proclaimed DPR Igor Strelkov (Girkin), who was sentenced to four years in prison on charges of extremism, was transferred to the colony. As the wife of Strelkov Miroslav Reginskaya told reporters, her husband is in a penal colony No. 5 of the city of Kirovo-Chepetsk, Kirov region. TASS notes that this colony is known that former employees of law enforcement agencies and law enforcement agencies are serving a sentence.

In the Sverdlovsk Regional Court, where the case of The Wall Street Journal Evan Gershkovich is considered, on July 18 the judicial investigation ended - the main stage of the proceedings, during which the parties provide the court with their arguments and invite witnesses. All this in the framework of the Gerkovich case required only two meetings.

Ukrainian Armed Forces A frame from an FPV drone video taken by the Ukrainian military’s 118th Mechanized Brigade Last month, drone footage of a soldier shooting one of his fellow servicemen in the head was shared widely by Russian state-funded and pro-Kremlin media, with Russian propagandists claiming the soldiers were Ukrainian.

The Ministry of Justice of the Russian Federation included the analytical center of the Carnegie Foundation for the international world in the register of "undesirable" organizations. The relevant information appeared on the website of the department. According to the register, the Prosecutor General’s Office announced the activities of the Center for “undesirable” in Russia on July 1. This was not previously reported.

The criminal case against the former head of the Department of Culture of Moscow Alexander Kibovsky is connected with state contracts for the supply of furniture to capital cultural institutions, Kommersant reports. In the evening of July 17, at a court hearing, as Kibovsky was stopped, the investigation reported that the official was accused of crimes committed from 2015 to 2023, when Kibovsky led the state procurement.

Ukraine stopped oil transit from the Russian company Lukoil to Slovakia. This was reported by the Slovak agency Tast with reference to the statement of the Ministry of Economy of the country. The department explained that this is due to the strengthening of Ukrainian sanctions against Lukoil in June 2024. According to the ministry, the restrictions relate only to the supply of Lukoil.

The Leninsky District Court of Orsk sentenced the 50-year-old farmer Ilshat Ulyabaev, who participated in protests against the persecution of activist Fail Alsynov, by five years of colony of general regime, the press service of the court reports. Mediazon clarifies that this is the first sentence in the Baymak case.

France filed a complaint. Argentina authorities supported their players Agustin Marcarian / Reuters / Scanpix / Leta midfielder Argentina Enzo Fernandez The International Football Federation (FIFA) began an investigation due to racist chants chanted the players of the Argentine national team after the victory at the America Cup. “FIFA strongly condemns any form of discrimination from someone, including players, fans and officials,” the organization said.