Ukrainian President Vladimir Zelensky announced plans to open the archives of the Ukrainian special services dedicated to the Volyn massacre. He announced this following a meeting on relations with Poland. In particular, he promised “solutions in the diplomatic direction.” “Secondly: all archives of the Security Service of Ukraine and the Foreign Intelligence Service of Ukraine concerning the tragic events of the 20th century in Volyn will be opened,” Zelensky said.

Two Russian citizens, detained in the Hagia Sophia mosque in Istanbul for reading the Bible, flew to the Russian Federation on the evening of July 17. TASS reports this with reference to the Russian Consulate General. “We have received confirmation that the Filonov citizens departed for Moscow on a scheduled flight at 19:50 local time (which coincides with Moscow time),” the diplomatic mission reported.

Residents of several Ukrainian cities again took to the streets to protest against the resignation of Mikhail Fedorov from the post of Minister of Defense. This was reported by Ukrayinska Pravda and Suspilna . According to correspondents of the publications, rallies took place in Kyiv, Lvov, Odessa, Dnieper, Ternopil, Poltava, Kharkov, Nikolaev, Ivano-Frankovsk and others. In Kyiv, people, as the day before, gathered on Franko Square near the Presidential Office building.

The Russian government has introduced a bill in the State Duma proposing to expand the list of articles of the Criminal Code under which accused and convicted persons can enter into contracts with the Russian Ministry of Defense during mobilization, martial law and in wartime. “Layout” drew attention to the document. The bill proposes to exclude from the grounds preventing the conclusion of a contract the presence of an unexpunged or unexpunged criminal record under several articles.

The Basmanny District Court of Moscow arrested for two months the pro-government blogger and informer Ilya Remeslo, who is accused of “fakes” about the Russian army motivated by political hatred (clause “d” of part 2 of article 207.3 of the Criminal Code). This was reported by his lawyer Sergei Badamshin.

The Russian Ministry of Justice included in the register of “undesirable” organizations the international public movement “In Defense of the Rights of Voters “Voice””. From the department’s register it follows that the Prosecutor General’s Office declared the movement “undesirable” at the end of June 2026. The department itself did not report this. No details about the movement are given in the register.

Singer Grigory Leps apologized for his words that most Russian families live on an income of 200-300 thousand rubles per month. According to him, he has great respect for people “who through their work provide for their families, raise children and solve difficult life problems every day.” “I grew up in an ordinary family and I know well that there are different times in life. I know that it is not easy for many people today.

Why do Ukrainians criticize these decisions? Andrew Kravchenko / Global Images Ukraine / Getty Images Vladimir Zelensky dismissed the cabinet of ministers headed by Yulia Sviridenko after just one year of work. However, Ukrainians are more concerned about the fate of the Minister of Defense, Mikhail Fedorov, rather than the Prime Minister. His resignation has already caused street protests, the resignation of army commanders - and bewilderment among Ukraine's Western allies.

The Meshchansky District Court of Moscow arrested Dmitry Kolobov, former director of the Department for the Development of Industry and Socially Significant Goods of the Ministry of Industry and Trade; he is suspected of fraud on an especially large scale. TASS and RBC write about this, citing sources. The investigation is related to the theft of budget money allocated for the implementation of innovative projects as part of the import substitution program.

Apple has surpassed graphics processor developer Nvidia in capitalization and become the most valuable public company in the world, Bloomberg reports . Nvidia shares fell 3.7% on July 17, dropping the company's market value to $4.8 trillion. In turn, Apple shares rose by 0.4%, the company's capitalization reached 4.9 trillion. Nvidia has led the ranking of the most valuable companies on the stock exchange since May 2025. In October, its capitalization reached five trillion dollars.

The Russian company will not suffer much from this. But there are ways to hurt her even more All applications belonging to VK holding companies have been removed from Google Play. A month earlier, Apple did the same - it removed all VK applications from the App Store. Google has not yet commented on its decision. But, apparently, it is connected with EU sanctions against the Russian company, which were introduced at the beginning of the week.

The Ministry of Justice of the Russian Federation added the Libertarian Party of Russia to the register of “foreign agents”. Also included on the list: writer Dmitry Petrov journalist Alexander Polivanov Perm media project “Fourth Sector” According to the department, all new members of the list disseminated materials from “foreign agents” and “unreliable information” about the policies of the Russian authorities.

How to behave if the military registration and enlistment office has reached you? Russian women liable for military service have been actively summoned to military registration and enlistment offices since the beginning of summer. Some of them receive summonses to military training - and this is directly prohibited by law . Mediazona drew attention to the problem.

Why this record should not be missed, says musician Joker James On July 10, The Rolling Stones released their twenty-fifth album “Foreign Tongues” - this is the second long play of British rock classics in the last three years. It was recorded without drummer Charlie Watts, who died in 2021, but the recording uses his parts, preserved from the work on the previous record “Hackney Diamonds”.

The director of the KVN program Svetlana Maslyakova has died, the International KVN Union reported. KVN / Telegram Maslyakova was 78 years old. Svetlana Maslyakova is the wife of long-time KVN host Alexander Maslyakov. He died in 2024 at the age of 82.