Spanish authorities have announced they will send troops to the city of Ceuta, a Spanish exclave in northern Africa bordering Morocco, to strengthen security amid the migrant crisis. Over the past two weeks alone, about two thousand illegal migrants have entered the city: they mostly cross the border with Morocco by swimming, some break through checkpoints on the land border.

Rosneft has suspended operations at its Ryazan refinery after Ukrainian drones struck the facility on July 29, Reuters reported, citing sources. The outage “will last about two weeks,” the agency’s sources said. The Ryazan refinery, one of the largest in Russia, processed 13.1 million tons of crude oil in 2024, accounting for 4.9% of the country’s total refining capacity.

Russian forces struck the village of Radushne with a North Korean ballistic missile, killing members of a large family, Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky said. Zelensky said that this information is preliminary: Of course, more examinations will follow, and everything will be verified, but as of now – it is a North Korean ballistic missile.

The Rosneft company has suspended operations at the Ryazan oil refinery, which was attacked by Ukrainian drones on July 29, Reuters writes, citing sources. According to the agency’s interlocutors, the downtime “will last about two weeks.” The Ryazan oil refinery of Rosneft is one of the largest in Russia. In 2024, it processed 13.1 million tons of crude oil and provided 4.9% of the total refinery capacity in the country.

” Nash Gorod | Tyumen ” Since early July, prolonged heavy rains have raised the water level of the Tura — the river on whose banks Tyumen stands — by 2.7 meters (nearly nine feet). The water has flooded city streets and many garden cooperatives. In mid-July, Tyumen residents discovered that their tap water had begun to smell of feces and chemicals. They started posting videos on social media showing that the water was completely impossible to use for drinking, cooking, or washing.

The Russian military struck Radushnoye, as a result of which members of a large family died, with a North Korean ballistic missile. This was stated by the President of Ukraine Vladimir Zelensky. Zelensky noted that these data are preliminary. Of course, more examinations will follow, and everything will be verified, but as of now, this is a North Korean ballistic missile.

Russia’s Federal Security Service (FSB) said it had detained 46 users of Leonardo Daivinchik, a popular Telegram dating bot. All of them are young Russians between the ages of 12 and 22, and all of them, the FSB claims, were recruited by Ukrainian intelligence services to commit crimes in Russia. As proof of this “recruitment,” security officials released videos that show the detainees weren’t corresponding on Telegram at all.

Dmitry Astakhov / TASS / Profimedia Valery Kustov, chairman of the board of directors of the EFKO group of companies, on July 2, 2025. Valery Kustov, the billionaire chairman of EFKO’s board of directors and the group’s main shareholder — he holds a 42 percent stake — was detained in Moscow on suspicion of large-scale fraud. EFKO general director Yevgeny Lyashenko was detained alongside him.

Nadezhda Pirozhkova’s Instagram page Armenia’s Investigative Committee has opened a criminal case against Nadezhda Pirozhkova, a Russian national who publicly criticized the traditions of the Vardavar holiday. The agency confirmed the case to the Russian news outlet Vot Tak. On Vardavar, the Armenian summer holiday that falls 14 weeks after Easter, getting soaked with water is the whole point — and no one is supposed to take offense.

Valery Kustov, chairman of the board and principal shareholder of the Efko group of companies, a Russian vegetable oils and fats producer, was detained in Moscow on suspicion of large-scale fraud, sources told the business news outlet RBC. Efko’s general director, Yevgeny Lyashenko, was detained along with Kustov, and investigators are now seeking court orders to arrest both men.

The Ukrainian theatrical release of the new Spider-Man film has cut “Monopoliya” (“Monopoly”), a song by Russian singer Monetochka that appears on the film’s soundtrack, according to users on the social network Threads. The film premiered in Kyiv on July 29, and that same day, one Threads user asked in a post whether anyone who had already seen it could answer her question.

No, and even the authorities themselves admit it Paying for Telegram Premium is not considered a criminal offense (at least for now), since Rosfinmonitoring personally added Pavel Durov to its list. There is no court decision regarding the messenger itself recognizing it as an extremist or terrorist organization. The inclusion of Pavel Durov in the list of terrorists and extremists imposes restrictions only on him and his bank accounts in Russia.

A 13-year-old schoolgirl who disappeared near Serpukhov — and whom investigators would not allow to see her mother — has been allowed to go home, her relatives told the Russian news outlet Msk1.ru. The girl left home on July 19 and went missing. Residents of her village, along with volunteers and police, joined the search. She was found on July 22 — the third day of the search — 150 kilometers (93 miles) from home, in the company of a 22-year-old man she had reportedly met online.

Telegram founder Pavel Durov responded with a meme after Russia’s Federal Financial Monitoring Service, known as Rosfinmonitoring, added him to its registry of terrorists and extremists.

The company he owns produces Sloboda mayonnaise and Oleina butter. But he was detained in the case of fraud in the production of drones Dmitry Astakhov / TASS / Profimedia Chairman of the Board of Directors of the Efko Group of Companies Valery Kustov. July 2, 2025 In Moscow, billionaire Valery Kustov, who heads the board of directors and is the main shareholder (his share is 42%) of the Efko group of companies, was detained on suspicion of large-scale fraud.