Russian President Vladimir Putin signed the law on the digital ruble. The document was published on the official legal information portal. Now there will be three forms of the ruble: cash, non-cash and digital. The Central Bank will issue a digital ruble. Special wallets will be created for this form of currency. They can be opened on the Central Bank platform. Technically, the digital ruble will be a code. It will be possible to pay for goods in digital rubles using a QR code.

A number of banks in Uzbekistan, Kazakhstan, Armenia, Kyrgyzstan, Tajikistan and Georgia stopped working with the Unistream payment system. In Kyrgyzstan , cooperation was suspended by the Kompanion, Finsa, RSK, Capital, Halyk and Bank of Asia banks, noted . Kommersant In Armenia , Ardshinbank and Converse Bank stopped working with the payment system, writes TASS .

An unidentified person sprayed pepper spray on lawyers, activists and experts who came to a meeting on the case of the trans people assistance group Center T. This was reported by "Lawyer Street" with reference to the lawyer Eva Hatess, who represents the interests of the center in court. She said that the meeting was to be held today in the Ostankino court. Lawyers, philological experts, a psychiatrist and several activists came to the courthouse - a total of seven people.

They were tried under terrorist articles The Second Western District Military Court sentenced three residents of Vyborg to imprisonment from 6 to 13 years in the case of the failed arson of the military registration and enlistment office. This is stated on the website of the court. The defendants' names are Yevgeny Lagoida, Eldar Voskresensky and Yuri Zagurskikh.

The speaker of the Legislative Assembly of St. Petersburg, Alexander Belsky, said that Colonel Evgeny Vyunin, who led the "Leningrad Regiment", died in Ukraine. The message about this was published on the official website of the Legislative Assembly of St. Petersburg. Screenshot: your performance of your junction before the deputies of the Legislative Assembly According to Belsky, on July 14, Vashunin decided to help the Storm detachment, which was surrounded by the Armed Forces of Ukraine.

To the death of Kevin Mitnik Kevin Mitnik. Photo: John Leyba/Getty images “Kevin indulged in charm, despair, surprise, amazement, indignation and boundless delight - and all this equally. He needed to be in the subject constantly, even if he had to call the same person dozens of times a day - just to have all the information ”(from the necrologist) On July 16, 2023, a wonderful actress and singer Jane Birkin died in Paris. She was 76.

Elena Isinbaeva, Alexander Kerzhakov and other former Putin loyalists - how did they change the beliefs? As well as a list of supporters of the Kremlin now: Karjakin, Plushenko, Shipulin Sergey Shoigu and Elena Isinbaeva. Photo: Ministry of Defense of the Russian Federation One of the most discussed figures in Russian sports now is the Jeesty Elena Isinbaeva, even if she left the sport.

Several hundred students of the Alabuga Polytekh college were attracted to the assembly of the Iranian drers of Shahed, the journalists of the Protocol and the Utube Canal of the RZVRT found out. Initially, according to a source of journalists, they were mainly involved in adolescents of 15-17 years old, who entered college after the ninth grade of the school. Now the assembly of drones is engaged in students of all courses.

Russian President Vladimir Putin has signed the law banning gender reassignment in the country. The document was published on the official legal information portal. The law officially enters into force on its publication. The law bans gender reassignment surgery and hormonal treatment except in cases of “congenital physiological deviations”. It also prohibits changes to official documents on the basis of medical “sex change” certificates.

Russian President Vladimir Putin signed a law banning transgender transition. The document was published on the official portal of legal information. Since then, the law has officially come into force. It provides for a ban on doctors from performing "sex reassignment" operations, except in cases related to the treatment of "congenital physiological anomalies." Hormone therapy is also banned.

After the start of the war, the number of Russians who submitted documents for asylum in Europe has almost grown. Explain on the graphs how it happened Domodedovo airport. Photo: EPA-EFE/MAXIM SHIPENKOV On July 20, the France National Court on the provision of asylum (CNDA) confirmed that the Russians who are threatened with sending to the front can receive refugee status in the republic.

Marfa Smirnova, a journalist with The Insider, a Russia-focused independent media outlet, says that she has been receiving threats from unidentified individuals on social media over the past few months. Smirnova received a disturbing wiretap of her family’s Moscow flat, The Insider writes . “The audio recording captured conversations within the apartment, and she was also sent a photo of her family members in a car,” the media outlet notes.

Russian President Vladimir Putin signed two laws that will introduce unscheduled checks and fines for violating the law on "foreign agents" for persons interacting with "foreign agents". Both documents are published on the official portal of legal information. The first document introduces amendments to a number of federal laws. In particular, it involves the introduction of unscheduled checks for persons interacting with "foreign agents".

A court in Russia’s Barnaul has sentenced Vadim Ostanin, former head of Alexey Navalny’s local headquarters, to nine years in prison, Navalny’s team reports . Photo: Vadim Ostanin Ostanin first worked in Biysk and then in Barnaul. The activist was detained in December 2021 and charged with “participating in an extremist community” and “participating in a non-commercial organisation that infringes upon the rights of citizens”.

The Israeli Knesset adopted in the second and third readings a law to abolish the principle of extreme inadmissibility, which the Supreme Court could use to exercise control over the decisions of various authorities. It is reported by The Times of Israel. The law was approved by the majority, 64 deputies voted “for” it, “against” - 0. Thus, the Israeli parliament approved the first part of the reform of the judicial system, due to which mass protests regularly take place in the country.