Photo: Ural56 The Central District Court of Orenburg sentenced three defendants in the first known criminal case about the “extremist LGBT movement” to real terms. The press service of the court reported this. Sentences . The case is related to the work of the Orenburg bar Pose. The owner of the bar, Vyacheslav Khasanov, was sentenced to seven years in prison, the administrator Diana Kamilyanova to six years and three months, and the art director Alexander Klimov to two years and three months.

Photo: Sergey Ilnitsky / EPA The main reason is delayed maintenance As of June 28, 11 Russian airlines, providing more than 90% of passenger traffic throughout the country, have 130 of their 673 aircraft (19.3% of the fleet) not operating. Kommersant writes about this with reference to data from Flightradar24 and other services. How much do planes cost? Not counting Aeroflot, eight Russian airlines have 28.9% of their aircraft idle - 93 out of 322 of their entire fleet.

Screenshot from Rossiya 24 broadcast On the evening of June 28, Vladimir Putin held a meeting on supplying the domestic market with fuel with the participation of heads of major energy companies, the Kremlin press service reported . What was discussed at the meeting. According to Putin, refineries are now operating “at maximum”, medium and small enterprises are involved in fuel production, and repair times have been reduced.

Photo: Maxim Shipenkov / EPA Russian banks have frozen the accounts of multiple citizens from countries on the Kremlin's list of “unfriendly states”, following amendments signed by Vladimir Putin earlier this month, the state-affiliated business outlet RBC has reported . According to RBC, the restrictions have hit nationals of France, Norway, and other “unfriendly” countries, with affected accounts held at T-Bank, Sber, and VTB.

Photo: Ural56 on Telegram The owner and two employees of a gay bar in Russia's Orenburg region have been sentenced to prison terms in the country's first known criminal case targeting the so-called “international LGBT movement”, which Russia's Supreme Court outlawed as an “extremist organisation” in 2023.

Photo: Vyacheslav Prokofyev / EPA / SPUTNIK At least 1,305 participants in the war in Ukraine have already received or retained positions, mandates or public roles in Russian state and para-state structures. This is stated in the Meduza study. 🔵 The process has accelerated. The systematic promotion of “Northern Military District veterans” began in 2024, after the launch of the “Time of Heroes” program.

Alexey Levkin. Photo from Levkin’s telegram channel A corruption scandal is developing around one of the RDK commanders. Former comrades accuse him of embezzling a large donation Rumors that a major RDK commander was involved in some not entirely pure story began to spread back in May, moreover, from like-minded people.

Illustration: Lyalya Bulanova / “Novaya Gazeta Europe” “New Europe” has studied ten thousand book bestsellers in Russia starting in 2021. We tell you what was left on Russian shelves after the war, censorship and sanctions The Russian book market has changed greatly during the war years: banned writers and hundreds of publications on “extremist” topics disappeared from the shelves, the demand for domestic fiction increased, and the cost of books soared.

Photo: Anatoly Maltsev / EPA Last time, four of the “five” refused their mandates Dmitry Medvedev announced the first “five” with which United Russia will go to the State Duma elections in September. It included: Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov; Moscow Mayor Sergei Sobyanin; military correspondent Evgeniy Poddubny; children's ombudsman Maria Lvova-Belova; head of the Yunarmiya Vladislav Golovin.

Former military man Alexander Lunin was arrested for 11 days, according to his Telegram channel. The message was published on behalf of the administrator, who identified himself as an acquaintance of the family. According to him, the military man’s wife reported that Lunin was “alive and well,” but he was brought to administrative responsibility and “detained” for 11 days. It is unknown on what charges he was arrested.

Photo: Maxim Shipenkov/EPA Foreigners who moved to the Russian Federation because of “traditional values” were also subject to restrictions. Some foreigners from “unfriendly” countries faced the freezing of accounts and deposits in Russian banks after June amendments to Putin’s decree. RBC writes about this with reference to clients of T-Bank, Sberbank and VTB. According to the publication, the restrictions affected non-resident foreigners from France, Norway and other “unfriendly” countries.

Picket near the Yerevan State University building, July 28, 2004. Photo: ehuniversity.lt Patronage of the church, exile, criminal case. The history of Yerevan State University - a famous private university, which was recognized as extremist in Belarus Now Belarusian students of the European Humanities University (EHU), which is located in Vilnius, are being searched.

Strike at Kuban. Photo: Exilenova+ Casualties reported Vladimir Zelensky said that Ukraine today hit two oil refineries - in the Krasnodar Territory and the Yaroslavl Region. 🔵 Strike at Kuban. As a result of a Ukrainian drone strike in Slavyansk-on-Kuban, one person was killed, said the governor of the Krasnodar Territory, Veniamin Kondratyev. According to him, a fire occurred on the territory of the oil refinery in the city, a power line and a gas pipe were damaged.

In Volgograd, at least three residents were detained while filming the aftermath of yesterday's missile attack on a military plant. This was reported by the publications “NeMoskva Speaks” , “V1_ru” and “Notebook Volgograd” with reference to security officials. One of the detainees published a video in a work chat in the Max messenger, another sent it to her relatives and friends. Another young man said that he posted the video on his Telegram channel with 60-70 subscribers.

Unidentified people claim to have obtained the employee base and supply chain On the website of the special economic zone “Alabuga” in Tatarstan, where the production of attack drones is launched, a message temporarily appeared on behalf of the underground organization “Black Spark”. The Insider drew attention to this after discovering an archived copy of the page dated June 27.