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.

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.

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.

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: 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.

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.

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: 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.

Photo: Teal House Foundation/Localie Hub How did the play “Salute” turn out based on a new text by Ivan Vyrypaev, dedicated to the playwright’s colleagues who were forced to “leave their countries” The premiere of Ivan Vyrypaev’s debut novel “Salute” took place in Warsaw. The director was Dasha Shamina, on stage were Vanda Konisevich and the lead singer of the OQJAV group Vadik Korolev. The performance is called a “performance-DJ-set” - and there really is a lot of music in it.

Busya the dog. Photo: project “Wind” How a stray dog ​​Busya and animal rights activists prevented Irkutsk deputies from passing a law on killing stray animals Animal rights activists Yulia Shakiro and Tatyana Tayurskaya were detained in April 2026 in front of the Irkutsk parliament. They came there to convince deputies to abandon the bill on the killing of stray dogs. The activists were sent to a paddy wagon, and two months later the document was accepted and signed by the governor.

Mikhail Verbitsky. Photo: National Institute of Pure and Applied Mathematics of Brazil Mathematician Misha Verbitsky emerged from solitary confinement at Yerevan airport and talks about where the world is heading In mid-June, mathematician Misha Verbitsky, who works at the University of Rio de Janeiro in Brazil, flew to Armenia and was detained by the country's authorities at the request of Russia.

In the photo from left to right: Ivan Bolshakov, Yana Ivanova, Yaroslav Shcherbakov, Vitaly Isakov, Tatyana Shneider, Dmitry Anisimov, Kirill Goncharov. Photo: "Apple" Following the results of the congress held the day before, the Yabloko party nominated candidates for deputies to the State Duma and regional parliaments. This is stated in her press release. In total, the party nominated 275 candidates on the federal list and 137 candidates on single-mandate constituencies.

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.

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.