In Moscow, the 46-year-old general director of the military-building company (VSK) of the Ministry of Defense of the Russian Federation Andrei Belkov was detained. He was suspected of abuse of authority in the implementation of the state defense order (Article 285.4 of the Criminal Code), the Kommersant newspaper reports with reference to sources in power structures. According to the publication, previously Belkov already gave investigators explanations in this case.

Lieutenant General Sergei Kobylash, who previously commanded distant aircraft , was appointed commander of the Air Force, deputy commander in chief of the aerospace forces of the Russian Federation. TASS drew attention to changes on the website of the Russian Ministry of Defense. Major General Sergei Kuvaldin was appointed to the post of commander of distant aviation. The Security Service of Ukraine in 2023 accused Sergei Kobylash of involvement in the shelling of Ukrainian civilian facilities.

Russia must stop the war in Ukraine so that American missiles are not posted in Germany, the German Chancellor Olaf Scholz said during the summer press conference in Berlin. “Firstly, to stop this terrible war [in Ukraine] and attempts to capture another country,” Scholz answered the journalists' question that Russia at least theoretically could do so that Germany would not have to place US weapons on its territory. He did not call other conditions.

The Kremlin’s new cultural policy puts the war against Ukraine front and center in Russian art Getty Images Since the start of Russia’s full-scale war against Ukraine, the Kremlin has increasingly cracked down on artists, musicians, and writers unwilling to follow the party line. Now, according to a cultural policy document obtained by the Dossier Center , Moscow aims to make the war an integral part of all new Russian art.

At the request of Roskomnadzor, the Audio Storystrining “Yandex.Musyk” limited access to the song by musicians Noize MC (Ivan Alekseev) and Monetochka (Elizabeth Gyrdimov) “Childfri”, according to the service website. When trying to listen to the track on the pages of the performers, the message appears: “The track is not available at the request of Roskomnadzor. Therefore, he will not be able to listen or download.

Inside the Russian military unit that’s lost so many soldiers it’s known as the ‘Bermuda Triangle’ The insignia of the 1st Slavyansk Brigade Around 120,000 Russian soldiers have died fighting in Ukraine since Moscow began its full-scale invasion in February 2022. Analysts estimate that Russia loses 200–250 troops every day, and casualties have increased significantly in recent months.

The Russian senator and billionaire Suleiman Kerimov was involved in the transaction to unite the Wildberries marketplace and the largest Russian outdoor advertising operator in Russia, Four sources close to the Kremlin told Julia Taratuta journalist. Earlier, Kerimov is associated with the company RUSS, RBC and Kommersant reported. The sources of The Bell called the merger of the companies by Kerimov’s attempt to “get” into the Wildberries business.

The State Security Service (SGB) of Georgia is investigating the case of preparing the murder of the founder and honorary chairman of the ruling party "Georgian Dream", billionaire Bidzina Ivanishvili, the press service of the department said. The investigation is under criminal articles on the preparation of a terrorist attack and a conspiracy to overthrow state power.

In Turkey, a Russian citizen suspected of undermining a car in Moscow was detained, said Ali Erlikay, head of the country's Ministry of Internal Affairs. The minister said that Türkiye received a request from representatives of the Russian unit of Interpol at 10:30 in the morning (coincides with Moscow time). The request stated that “a Russian citizen Yevgeny Serebryakov committed a terrorist attack,” exploding a car in Moscow, as a result of which two people were injured.

The destroyed car in Moscow. July 24, 2024. Reuters / Scanpix / LETA On the morning of July 24, a car allegedly belonging to a Russian military officer exploded in the north of Moscow, severely injuring two people. Some sources claim that one of the victims was Andrey Torgashov, the deputy head of a military satellite communications center in the Moscow region, while others assert it was another military man with the same name.

The Tambov District Court of the Tambov Region satisfied the lawsuit of the Russian Prosecutor General’s Office of the Moskovskaya and the Metropolitan vodka brands to Yuri Shefler and his companies, the press service of the court said. The assets of the businessman by decision of the court will be turned into state revenue. The court also recognized Schaefler and a number of his companies as an “extremist association,” told Interfax in court.

The State Duma in the first reading adopted two bills aimed at regulating the turnover of cryptocurrency in Russia. It is reported by RIA Novosti The first bill regulates mining. The document assumes that only Russian IP and legal entities, included in a special register, can engage in mining in large volumes. Miners will have to provide information about the obtained cryptocurrency to the authorized body.

Metropolitan Simferopol and Crimean Tikhon (Shevkunov), close to Russian President Vladimir Putin, commented on the arrest of the former deputy minister of defense Timur Ivanov, accused of large fraud. He spoke about this, speaking on July 23 at a press conference on the opening of the New Chersonesos museum-guard complex in Sevastopol. During his speech, as Forpost writes , the Metropolitan thanked the military builders.

The Z-channels accused the deputies of "complete separation from realities" and called the laws adopted by the "serious blow to the image" of the Minister of Defense of Belousov Alexander Nemenov / AFP / Scanpix / Leta Russian military in the destroyed drama theater of Mariupol, April 12, 2022 (photo was taken during a trip organized by the Russian Ministry of Defense) On July 24, the State Duma adopted amendments to the bill on disciplinary measures, which allow commanders of military units

He fought in Iraq and participated in the very first battle in the Donbass in 2014 EFREM LUKATSKY / AP / Scanpix / Leta Commander of the unmanned systems of Ukraine Vadim Sukharevsky at a presentation in Kyiv. June 11, 2024 In mid -June, Ukraine officially introduced a new family of troops - the forces of unmanned systems (SBS), which President Vladimir Zelensky instructed in February in February.