The commander of the 5th separate motorized rifle brigade (former Oplot battalion), Colonel Ramil Faskhutdinov, received the title of Hero of Russia, the Ministry of Defense reported. The award was presented to Faskhutdinov by Defense Minister Andrei Belousov. The award ceremony was timed to coincide with the upcoming Russia Day. The specific actions for which Faskhutdinov received the honorary title are not specified.

The International Aviation and Space Salon MAKS in 2026 has been cancelled. The corresponding government order is posted on the official legal information portal. The reasons for the cancellation of the forum were not officially specified. MAX is still present in the government action plan for 2027. MAKS is the largest air show held in Russia. Before the war, it was held in Zhukovsky near Moscow every two years. The last time the event took place was in 2021.

The FIFA World Cup kicked off at the Azteca Stadium in Mexico City on June 11. Before the start of the first match, an opening ceremony took place. During the event, singer Shakira performed the official anthem of the World Cup - the song “Dai Dai”. The ceremony ended with the removal of the flags of all 48 participating countries. In the first match of the tournament, the teams of Mexico and South Africa took to the field.

US President Donald Trump said the United States will not carry out previously announced strikes on Iran on the evening of June 11 due to progress in peace negotiations. He made a corresponding post on the Truth social network. Based on the fact that discussions with the Islamic Republic of Iran have been communicated to Iran's senior leadership and approved, I […] have canceled the strikes and bombings against Iran planned for this evening.

In the Belgorod region, 541 people have died since the beginning of the full-scale Russian-Ukrainian war. Acting regional governor Alexander Shuvaev stated this in an interview with the regional branch of Russia 24. According to Shuvaev, another 3,928 residents of the Belgorod region were injured. In total, according to authorities' estimates, the region was subjected to more than 55 thousand shelling by the Ukrainian Armed Forces.

Here's what Ukrainskaya Pravda sources from Zelensky's team say about her Reuters / Scanpix / LETA Ukrainian drone attack on St. Petersburg, June 3, 2026 “Our task now is to do everything so that Putin does not have the opportunity to choose a different path” On June 3, the opening day of the St. Petersburg International Economic Forum (SPIEF), the city was attacked by Ukrainian drones.

We tell the story of this large-scale painting and the building built specifically for it Konstantin Mikhalchevsky / RIA Novosti / Sputnik / Profimedia Fire of the panorama museum. June 10, 2026 The day after the Ukrainian Armed Forces drone hit the Defense of Sevastopol panorama museum, it is still unclear whether anything from the canvas exhibited there survived the fire.

In one day, June 8, the magistrate court in the Tagansky district of Moscow received 12 protocols under the administrative article on abuse of media freedom. Mediazona drew attention to this. The protocols were drawn up, among other things, against the Kommersant newspaper, which is charged with disseminating “unreliable socially significant information” and against the SIM media holding, which is suspected of disseminating information about an extremist organization.

Updated . Sources told CNN that the alarm turned out to be false. Several floors and corridors are blocked at the US Department of Defense headquarters in Arlington due to a “hazardous materials incident,” CNN writes, citing three sources. According to the interlocutors, the fourth to seventh corridors on the second to fifth floors are isolated in the Pentagon complex. The staff was evacuated from there.

The Governing Council of the European Central Bank raised deposit interest rates by 25 basis points for the first time since September 2023. The deposit rate was increased from 2% to 2.25%, the base rate - to 2.4%, and the marginal lending rate - to 2.65%. Commenting on this decision, ECB President Christine Lagarde warned that inflation caused by the war in the Middle East is already extending beyond just the energy sector and is beginning to spread throughout the economy.

The media are speculating about her imminent resignation. The Kremlin urges people not to build conspiracy theories Grigory Sysoev / RIA Novosti / Sputnik / IMAGO / Scanpix / LETA The head of the Bank of Russia, Elvira Nabiullina, has not been in public space for more than a week . On June 4, she missed the St.

The chat was called "******** organization" There is swearing in this text. For almost a year, Russian military personnel from the 143rd Guards Motorized Rifle Regiment ( 143rd MSP ) published in an open telegram chat lists of personnel and command orders, as well as links to video conferences and logins and passwords for streams from drones. The chat was called "Fucking Organization". The publication Astra drew attention to it.

From June 12, Rosselkhoznadzor restricts the import of all regulated products from Armenia to Russia, as well as its transit to the EAEU countries. The department stated that they are systematically identifying quarantine facilities, and despite warnings from the Armenian side, this continues. In addition, in June, according to Rosselkhoznadzor, three cases of nylon beetle infestation of Armenian nuts, dried peaches and dried tomatoes were detected.

The Oktyabrsky District Court of Rostov-on-Don fined a local resident who left a comment on VKontakte under a post about the Taliban under the administrative article of inciting hatred, noted “Caution, News.” According to the telegram channel, we are talking about 19-year-old Yegor A. (the court ruling, which Meduza found, contains his last name and says that he works at Aerotech).

From June 15, applications for visas to Cyprus can only be submitted at the consular section of the country's embassy in Moscow and at the consulates general in St. Petersburg, Yekaterinburg and Krasnodar. This was reported by the Cypriot Embassy in Russia.