The Latvian-Belarusian border is closed “for technical reasons,” Latvian Interior Minister Janis Dombrava said on social networks. We are talking about a failure in the operation of information systems, said Kristine Petersone, public relations specialist of the Latvian State Border Guard Service. The causes of the failure and the timing of its elimination are still unknown.

Mikhail Metzel / TASS / Profimedia On July 31, after two weeks of Ukrainian strikes on her company’s warehouses, Wildberries founder and CEO Tatyana Kim addressed sellers, customers, and the business community in a video shared on her Telegram channel. Meduza has translated her full remarks into English. For almost two weeks now, our company’s warehouses have been under terrorist attack. Why our warehouses in particular?

Cryptocurrency mining has been banned in Moscow, the Moscow region and eight border districts of the Kursk region. The ban will be in effect from August 15, 2026 until December 31, 2032. This decree was signed by Russian Prime Minister Mikhail Mishustin. Prior to this, the ban on mining was in effect in 13 energy-deficient regions, including the annexed territories of Ukraine, the North Caucasus republics and regions in southeastern Siberia.

The Russian technology outlet Kod Durova has rebranded as Kod.ru, announcing the change in a statement posted on its website and social media accounts.

Tatyana Kim turned to Wildberries sellers after two weeks of Ukrainian attacks on the marketplace’s warehouses. Here's what she said - as briefly as possible Mikhail Metzel / TASS / Profimedia What is this text This is a brief retelling of the message from Wildberries founder Tatyana Kim (you can watch it in full here ). The retelling does not necessarily contain verbatim quotes - we have shortened or swapped some of them for ease of reading. But the main meaning is completely preserved.

A court in Warsaw released Anatoly Blinov from pretrial detention and placed him under police supervision, a correspondent for the Russian-language outlet Vot Tak reported from the courtroom. Blinov is accused of organizing an attack on opposition politician Leonid Volkov. The defense had pushed for Blinov’s immediate release, arguing that he had already spent nearly two years in custody — the maximum period of detention allowed under Polish law.

The Russian publication about technologies “Durov Code” has changed its name to “Kod.ru”. A message about the rebranding was published on the publication’s website and social networks.

Litres — the largest e-book and audiobook service on the Russian Internet — has pulled two volumes of Durov’s Code , a book by Nikolay Kononov, from sale. The book profiles Pavel Durov, founder of VKontakte and Telegram. “The Litres Group of Companies operates in accordance with Russian law,” the service’s representatives told Podyom, a Russian news outlet. Even before the Litres move, Russian marketplaces had started pulling merchandise featuring photos of Durov from sale.

Zipulya, a Kyiv rapper and blogger whose real name is Andriy Posysaev, has been mobilized into the Ukrainian military, according to a post on his Instagram page. “Andriy was illegally mobilized. He ‘passed’ the VLK [military medical commission] in five minutes — fit for duty. He attended a boarding school for children with developmental delays. Unfortunately, he was unable to obtain disability status or a diagnosis … No one is taking this into account!” the post said.

Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky’s office has asked the Prosecutor General’s Office to consider opening a criminal case against Belarusian leader Alexander Lukashenko. Mariana Haievska-Kovbasiuk, a spokesperson for the Prosecutor General’s Office, confirmed the request to Ukrinform, Ukraine’s state news agency.

Italy will suspend the Schengen agreement with Spain due to a massive influx of illegal immigrants into the Spanish exclave of Ceuta. This decision was made by the Italian Ministry of Internal Affairs, local publications ANSA and La Stampa reported. The suspension of the Schengen agreement means that Italy will close its sea and air borders with Spain (there is no land border between the two countries), the publications write. Updated .

The office of Ukrainian President Vladimir Zelensky asked the office of the Prosecutor General to consider the possibility of opening a criminal case against Alexander Lukashenko. This information was confirmed to Ukrinform by the speaker of the Office of the Prosecutor General Maryana Gaevskaya-Kovbasyuk.

Football officials from all over the world are against it - they weren’t even warned The Asahi Shimbun / Getty Images FIFA head Gianni Infantino and US President Donald Trump at the awards ceremony after the final match of the FIFA World Cup. July 19, 2026 FIFA President Gianni Infantino has decided to sell shares in the World Cup to private investors.

The body of a young woman was found inside a suitcase pulled from a canal in Padinska Skela, a village near Belgrade, Serbian outlet Telegraf said on July 31. The victim is believed to be Lyudmila Turkova, a 28-year-old Russian citizen (other reports say she was 27), who went missing on July 25 in a Belgrade suburb, the tabloid Blic reported . A Turkish citizen has been detained on suspicion of murder.

Rapper and blogger from Kyiv Zipulya (real name Andrey Posysaev) was taken into the Ukrainian army, according to his Instagram page. “Andrey was illegally mobilized. “Passed” the VLK [military medical commission] in five minutes—passed. He studied at a boarding school for children with mental retardation. Unfortunately, he was unable to obtain a disability or diagnosis... Nobody takes this into account!” - the post says.