The International Gymnastics Federation (FIG) allowed Russian and Belarusian athletes to compete, but only in neutral status. This was reported on the website of the organization. Athletes will be admitted as "individual athletes" and must not show any connection to Russia, Belarus or their national committees. Athletes wishing to compete in status neutral will have to submit applications to the FIG in accordance with special rules, which the federation will finalize shortly.

Zakharova explained how to talk about the victims of the genocide correctly Photo: EPA-EFE / Yuri Kochetkov The conflict between the Israeli Foreign Ministry and the representative of the Russian Foreign Ministry, Maria Zakharova, has been going on for several years. In 2021, Zakharova was indignant that Germany decided to pay pensions to the Jewish blockade. In her opinion, to pay a pension only to representatives of one nationality - "immoral".

Now many of them are in hotels in Anapa in anticipation of pardon The Wagner PMC decided to dissolve all recruited prisoners after the rebellion. About this publication “Important Stories” became known from chats of relatives of mercenaries. Screenshot: "Important stories" According to “important stories”, most of the prisoners were taken to the hotels near Anapa - there they wait for the pardon, after which they will be released home.

The head of the Belarusian Red Cross Society Dmitry Shevtsov said that the organization is involved in the export of children from the occupied Ukrainian territories. He reported this in the report of the Belarus 1 channel. “I was simply outraged by the fact when Belarus was accused of kidnapping children who come to us for healing. The Belarusian Red Cross took in this - and takes and will take an active part, ”Shevtsov said.

Starting from 20 July 2023, all vessels sailing in the waters of the Black Sea to Ukrainian ports will be regarded as potential carriers of military cargo, the Russian Ministry of Defence declared in a statement. Per the ministry, the countries of such vessels will be, accordingly, considered to be involved in the Ukraine war on the side of Ukraine.

A big interview with director Alexei Fedorchenko from Yerevan - about the magnetism of the Caucasus and the ghosts of Stalinism and fascism Director Alexei Fedorchenko.

The State Duma approved in the first reading a bill simplifying the procedure for concluding public procurement for defense and security needs. This was reported on the website of the lower house of parliament.

The Russian Defense Ministry announced that from July 20, all ships sailing in the Black Sea to Ukrainian ports will be considered by Russia as potential carriers of military cargo. This is stated in the statement of the department. The flag countries of such ships will be considered by Moscow as involved in the war on the side of Ukraine.

Representatives of Russian Indigenous Peoples have staged a protest against the war in Ukraine during a session of the Expert Mechanism on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples (EMRIP) — a subsidiary body of the United Nations’ Human Rights Council, their colleague Andrey Danilov shared . Photo: a screenshot from the EMRIP session On 17 July, the activists stood up holding posters spelling out anti-war statements during the speech by the representative of the Crimean Tatar Centre, Eskender Bariyev.

How Moscow is trying to colonize the occupied territories with the help of a non-existent "chicken in Herson" Photo: EPA-EFE / Yuri Kochetkov A year and a half ago, in the early days of the war, Igor Sukhomlin, a well -known Ukrainian restaurateur, desperately appealed to his once friends from the Russian restaurant business (the style and spelling of the original are preserved): "The attention of my Moscow colleagues Stanislav Lis, Dmitry Levitsky, Dmitry Zotov, Kirill Martynenko, Ilya

He's under arrest In the criminal case against the author of the telegram channel "Kremlin laundress" and ex-FSB officer Mikhail Polyakov, a new suspect appeared - Denis Savinsky. This was reported by Mediazona with reference to the press service of the Tverskoy District Court of Moscow. UPDATED (17:40 Moscow time) The court arrested Denis Savinsky. TASS called him the administrator of the telegram channel "Kremlin laundress", the leadership of which was previously attributed to Polyakov.

Belarusian border guards have stopped "monitoring activities" on the border with Russia. It is reported by RBC. “At the moment, monitoring activities by Belarusian border guards on the section of the Belarusian-Russian border have been stopped,” Anton Bychkovsky, official representative of the State Border Committee of Belarus, told the publication. No details about why such measures were introduced and canceled after two and a half months, Bychkovsky did not give.

The top judge has backed all of the Kremlin’s initiatives over the past 20 years Valery Zorkin. Photo: EPA-EFE / MIKHAIL METZEL This year, Valery Zorkin, chairman of the Russian Constitutional Court, turned 80 years old. For the last 20 of them, he’s been an indispensable figure for the Kremlin, granting top-down approval and legalisation for all its initiatives.

He, together with his mother, also owns an apartment with a view of the Big-Ben in London The family of the creator of Dronov-Kamikadze Lancet Alexander Zakharov lives in London, owns an apartment a kilometer from the Big Ben and the Buckingham Palace, and the son of the designer works at the UN Institute for the study of weapons problems.

The State Duma immediately approved in three readings a bill on the right of the Russian Guard to have military equipment, including heavy ones, in service. This was reported on the website of the lower house of parliament. The bill was submitted to the parliament two days ago.