The FSB initiated a criminal procedure against Prigozhin for sedition The Wagner Group claims that Russian Defence Ministry units have carried out a missile strike on its mercenary camp. A statement followed soon, saying that an armed conflict with Russia’s military leadership was underway. Many casualties are reported. “We will make a decision about how to respond to this atrocity, the ball is in our court,” Wagner Group chief Yevgeny Prigozhin said.

A criminal case of calling for rebellion has been instituted PMC Wagner said that the divisions of the Ministry of Defense of the Russian Federation inflicted a missile blow to the camp of mercenaries. The channels associated with PMCs reports “many dead”. After that, a statement followed the actual beginning of the armed conflict with the military leadership of the Russian Federation.

The Russian Justice Ministry has designated politician and mathematician Mikhail Lobanov, public figure and businessman Leonid Nevzlin, Moscow City Council member Yevgeny Stupin, ex-local councillor Vitaly Bovar, ex-head of the Perm office of Memorial Robert Latypov, lawyer of the Russian LGBT network Alexander Belik, scientific journalist Ilya Kolmanovsky, the Conscious Refusal Movement, as well as the Action community centre as “foreign agents”.

The Ministry of Justice has included politician and mathematician Mikhail Lobanov, public figure and businessman Leonid Nevzlin, Moscow City Duma deputy Evgeny Stupin, ex-municipal deputy Vitaly Bovar, ex-head of the Perm Memorial Robert Latypov, lawyer Sasha Belik_a, science journalist Ilya Kolmanovsky, "Movement of Conscious Objectors", as well as the community center "Action". This is stated on the website of the department.

Analysts believe that military losses may include this category Rosstat first published mortality data in Russia in 2022, according to which the number of people who died from “external causes” increased by 7 thousand people by a year. This was reported by the publication "to be precise." This category includes murders, suicides, accidents, accidents, alcohol poisoning and so on. However, military losses should probably include this category.

The head of PMC "Wagner" again criticized the country's military leadership The head of the Wagner PMC, Yevgeny Prigozhin, published a half-hour "interview" in which he again criticized the military leadership of the Russian Federation. The video was distributed by his press service. In the video, Prigozhin says that the situation before February 24, 2022 in the Donbass was no different from what had been happening in the region since 2014.

Belarus has been without nuclear weapons for a quarter of a century. Now it’s getting them back Alyaksandar Lukashenka. Photo: EPA-EFE/LESZEK SZYMANSKI Whether there are Russian tactical nuclear weapons in Belarus now is a big question. As early as on 25 May, Alyaksandar Lukashenka said on TV that the transportation of nuclear ammunition had already started.

Novaya Gazeta editor-in-chief Dmitry Muratov comments on his speech at DW’s Global Media Forum in Bonn that was interrupted by air raid sirens. Read the speech in full Dear colleagues! While I was giving my speech at the DW Global Media Forum, Ukrainian journalists turned on air-raid alarm sounds on their phones. Standing on the podium, I thought it was a technical problem. It was not. Had I known this, I would have interrupted my speech and asked to turn up the sound of air-raid sirens.

Refugees from the countries of Africa and the Middle East regularly die as a result of sea crashes. But they discuss all only the death of billionaires at the bathyscaphe Pieces of wood were thrown to the beach three days after the boat with migrants sank off the coast, in stack-di-Kutro, Province Croton, South Italy, March 1, 2023. Photo: EPA-EFE/Carmelo Imbesi The connection with the submarine "Titan", which went to the place of the Titanic crash in the Atlantic Ocean, disappeared on June 18.

Businessman Alexander Mamut said he was not going to launch an opposition "media holding" in Europe. This is reported by Lenta.ru, which is part of the Rambler group.

The document is to be discussed with the European Parliament The Council of the European Union has approved its version of the European Media Freedom Act (EMFA), which will allow spyware to spy on journalists working in the EU. A press release about this was published on the EU Council website. According to the document , spyware can be used against journalists in cases where it is justified by "overwhelming public interest" and issues of "national security".

In Georgia, media manager Nick Gvaray, whose liberation was pardoned in Georgia, has been sought for a year by the West and the Georgian opposition Meeting Nicky Gvaray with his family immediately after liberation. Photo: screen video President Salome Zurabishvili made a serious attempt to preserve the European perspective for Georgia: she signed a decree on the pardon of the media manager of the opposition television company Mtavari Nicky Gvaray.

In Russia, at least 22 criminal cases have been opened under the new article 283.2 of the Criminal Code on “violation of the requirements for the protection of state secrets.” It is reported by Mediazona. The earliest verdict on this charge, which the publication managed to find, dates back to December 2022, but it entered into force as early as 2023. In total, Mediazona found 22 criminal cases in the file cabinets of courts related to foreign trips of Russians who had access to state secrets.

Australia earlier terminated the lease agreement A Russian diplomat is squatting on a plot of land which was originally meant as the construction site for a new Russian embassy building in Australia, Bloomberg and Sky News report. UPDATE The Russian embassy has confirmed that its staffers are stationed at the planned embassy construction site, TASS reports .

Novyevropa understands why the Armed Forces of Ukraine during the counterattack increasingly destroy Russian shock helicopters The KAM KAM-52 "Alligator" helicopter. Photo: EPA-EFE/Sergey Ilnitsky In recent weeks, the Armed Forces of Ukraine are increasingly publishing data on the downed Russian helicopters. The latter such news came today, June 23.