The main events of June 21 Actress Yana Troyanova, singer “Monetochka” and historian Tamara Eidelman. Photo: social networks The US authorities allowed Ukraine to use its weapons for attacks on the Russian Federation on any section of the front. Previously, such consent extended only to the Kharkov direction. The Moscow prosecutor’s office demanded that the actress Yana Troyanova, the singer of the “coin” and the historian Tamara Eidelman, initiate criminal proceedings.

Russia invented its own international sports tournament and leads in almost all disciplines. Sometimes competing with itself Tennis competitions at BRICS Games in Kazan, June 13, 2024. Photo: Maxim Shipenkov / EPA-EFE In Kazan, the Games BRICS are held - the Russian alternative to the Olympics.

Russia’s biggest combat boot manufacturer is quietly amassing a fortune, seemingly under the West’s radar Illustration: Alisa Krasnikova / Novaya Gazeta Europe Flagship Russian boot brand Faraday has become a Russian manufacturing success story despite the country’s severe sanctioning by the West.

The Ustinovsky District Court of Izhevsk sentenced Wagner PMC fighter Artem Egorov to 15 years in prison for the murder of a childhood friend and the attempted murder of his girlfriend. Verstka drew attention to the court's decision. In 2020, the court sentenced Artem Egorov to eight years in prison for murder. According to investigators, Egorov and his friend drank alcohol and used drugs, then they quarreled over a girl. Egorov killed his friend with a decanter and a knife.

Economist Vladislav Inozemtsev - about why the foreign exchange market did not respond to the cessation of trading in the Moscow Exchange Vladimir Zelensky performs in the German parliament in Berlin, June 11, 2024. Photo: Filip Singer / EPA-EFE In the dispute about how to force the arrested assets of the Russian Central Bank to work for Ukraine, the G7 countries found a loophole: Kyiv will receive 50 billion not directly from Russian money, but as a loan secured by income from their placement.

Meeting between the President of Ukraine and the President of South Korea in Kyiv, 15 July 2023. Photo: President of Ukraine Meeting between the President of Ukraine and the President of South Korea in Kyiv, 15 July 2023.

Russian air defense forces may have shot down their own Ka-29 helicopter while repelling a drone attack over Anapa. This was reported by Z-blogger Yegor Guzenko ) and the pro-war Telegram channel "Osveditel" . Guzenko suggested that the helicopter crashed due to the Russian Pantsir air defense system. Osveditel writes that the second version of what happened is an attack from an unmanned Ukrainian boat with an air defense system. All four people on board were killed.

Security forces have detained the former president of the AFK Sistema holding, Yevgeny Novitsky. This was reported by TASS, citing sources. The publication's sources said that Novitsky was detained in connection with the investigation of a "criminal case of an economic nature." The entrepreneur's status is not specified. "Novitsky was detained in his home on the evening of June 20. Before that, operatives inspected his home.

Political scientist Grigory Golosov wrote a book where, from a scientific point of view, he speaks of “after Putin” and gives advice of the opposition Photo: Ruthenia; Alexander Wilf / Sputnik / EPA-EFE The release of the book “Political Regimes and Transformations: Russia in a comparative perspective” of the largest Russian political scientist Grigory Grigory - a significant event in domestic intellectual life.

German and Ukrainian soldiers stand in front of Patriot anti-aircraft missile systems during Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky’s visit to a military training area in Germany, 11 June 2024. Photo: EPA-EFE/JENS BUETTNER / POOL Washington has freed Kyiv to use US-supplied weapons to strike military targets anywhere on the frontline, Politico reported on Thursday, citing National Security Advisor Jake Sullivan.

Previously, Seoul refused this to Kyiv, but can change his opinion against the background of rapprochement of Moscow and Pyongyang South Korea can reconsider the position regarding the supply of weapons to Ukraine. This was reported by the South Korean publication "Renhap" with reference to the representative of the administration of the President Yun Sok Elya.

The Armenian authorities have recognized Palestine as a state, according to a statement on the country's Foreign Ministry website. As indicated in the statement, Armenia joined the UN General Assembly resolutions that call for an immediate ceasefire in the Gaza Strip. "We have always advocated for a peaceful and comprehensive settlement of the Palestinian issue at various international forums and support the principle of a two-state solution to the Israeli-Palestinian conflict.

The appeal in the second case, ex-governor of the Kirov region, Nikita Belykh will be expected at large Nikita Belykh during a court session, July 18, 2022. Photo: Andrey Kotelnikov / Kommersant / Vida Press After an eight -year imprisonment, the former governor of the Kirov region Nikita Belykh was released; Although he was threatened by another term. At the end of last year, there was a trial in the new case.

Previously, such agreement only applied to the Kharkiv direction. The United States has allowed Ukraine to strike military targets on Russian territory with American weapons at any section of the front, not just in the Kharkiv direction. This is reported by Politico, citing a statement by National Security Advisor Jake Sullivan.

Vladimir Putin and North Korean leader Kim Jong Un make a toast in Pyongyang, North Korea, 19 June 2024. Photo: EPA-EFE / VLADIMIR SMIRNOV / SPUTNIK / KREMLIN POOL South Korea summoned the Russian ambassador to Seoul on Friday in protest at an agreement signed between Russia and North Korea earlier this week obliging them to provide immediate military assistance to the other if either is attacked, South Korean news agency Yonhap reported .