Allegations of sexual harassment against a once high-flying bishop have rocked Russia’s religious establishment to the core Hilarion Alfeyev addresses the 52nd International Eucharistic Congress in Budapest, Hungary, 6 September 2021. Photo: EPA-EFE / Noemi Bruzak The Holy Synod of the Russian Orthodox Church announced the temporary suspension of the metropolitan of Budapest and Hungary from his diocese on Thursday, pending the findings of a commission appointed to study “the situation there”.

Deputies are struggling with “undesirable organizations” and drug propaganda. We talk about the main innovations Photo: Maxim Shipenkov / EPA-EFE The State Duma completed the spring session of 2024. The deputies adopted a package of new bills, including tightening the provisions of “undesirable organizations”, the introduction of criminal punishment for drug propaganda and permission to bailiffs to use firearms.

The main events of July 25 Photo: Google site The Russian authorities admitted that they began to artificially slow down the work of YouTube. Until the end of the next week, hosting loading speed will fall by 70%. In the Dnieper, an 18-year-old suspect in the murder of the former deputy of the Verkhovna Rada Irina Farion was detained. In the Kursk region, the drunken military fired a car with passengers, one person was wounded.

Volodymyr Zelensky said that an 18-year-old suspect in the murder of Iryna Farion was detained in Dnipro. This was reported on his Telegram channel. The Ukrainian President added that investigative actions and examinations are ongoing. The identity of the detainee is not disclosed. “I have instructed the Minister of Internal Affairs to present all the details to the public,” the president said. Zelensky added that the arrest operation was very difficult.

The Russian authorities will start artificially "slowing down" YouTube this week, said State Duma deputy Alexander Khinshtein. According to him, by the end of the week in the Russian Federation the speed of loading YouTube on computers may decrease to 40%, by the end of the next week - to 70%. The decrease in the speed of loading YouTube will only affect "desktop" versions, mobile communications will not be affected, he added.

The children's Ombudsman Lvov-Belov, looking for an international criminal court, meets with the Orthodox oligarch Malofeev. Novyevropa found out why not only romance can stand behind them Konstantin Malofeev and Maria Lvova-Belova, January 2023. Photo: Telegram The edition of Virtste noticed billionaire Konstantin Malofeev and the Commissioner for Child Rights Maria Lvov-Belova in Yekaterinburg on the so-called “royal procession” on the anniversary of the murder of the royal family.

An 18-year-old man suspected of shooting former Ukrainian deputy Iryna Farion in Lviv last week has been detained in the city of Dnipro, Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky announced on Telegram on Thursday. Zelensky said that the police investigation into Farion’s murder was still ongoing and that the suspect’s identity had not yet been disclosed.

In the Kursk region, Russian military personnel fired at a Lada car with passengers, Baza reports . According to the channel, the attack took place on the evening of July 24 near the village of Martynovka in the Sudzhansky district. It is alleged that the attackers fired from a car at another car in which there were two people. Presumably, one person was injured. Readovka sources claim that unknown persons also opened fire on traffic police officers.

The authorities promise to close access to the "gray" SIM cards and not to let into messengers without a passport. What to do? Chairman of the Committee of the State Duma of the Russian Federation on Information Policy, Information Technologies and Communications Alexander Khinshtein. Photo: Irina Buzhor / Kommersant / Sipa USA / Vida Press The information water for my replica today appeals to practical recommendations to overcome the next Duma non-letters .

Lieutenant General Sergey Kobylash. Photo: Russian Defence Ministry Lieutenant General Sergey Kobylash. Photo: Russian Defence Ministry Lieutenant General Sergey Kobylash has been appointed the new commander of the Russian Air Force, state-owned news agency TASS reported on Wednesday. Kobylash, who was also appointed deputy commander-in-chief of Russia’s Aerospace Forces, served for eight years as the commander of the long-range aviation branch of the Russian Aerospace Forces.

How Crime and the State Fell in Love This spring, the "thief in law" Zakhariy Kalashov, better known as Shakro Molodoy, was released on parole. According to some journalists, Putin released the criminal for supporting the war in Ukraine and helping to recruit prisoners to the front. The basis of the "thief in law" culture was originally a ban on cooperation with the authorities. It seems that in modern Russia it no longer applies.

On the morning of July 25, at the airport in Frankfurt am Main, Germany, eco-activists from the Letzte Generation (Last Generation) movement glued themselves to the runway. They reported this on their account on the X social network. The activists posted photos from the airport showing them sitting glued to the runways, holding signs reading "Oil kills." They said only six protesters had climbed over the fence into the airport.

Residents of the village of Bezimeno in the Belgorod Region are subjected to the Armed Forces of Ukraine daily, but neither firefighters, nor the Ministry of Emergencies, nor doctors go to them A resident of the village of Bezimeno in the courtyard of a fresh house. Photo: Anatoly Olshansky - And the Ukrainian flag did not bother us. High hangs for God. If only we were not bombed!

Photo: EPA-EFE/YURI KOCHETKOV Photo: EPA-EFE/YURI KOCHETKOV A man who fled to Turkey after allegedly placing a car bomb under a military officer’s car in Moscow on Wednesday has been arrested in absentia, the capital’s courts’ press service has reported . Yevgeny Serebryakov has been charged with the illegal acquisition and possession of firearms, and the attempted contract killing of two or more people.

The Federal Tax Service (FTS) has blocked the accounts of singer Natalia Chistyakova-Ionova (pseudonym - Glukoza), RIA Novosti reports with reference to data from the BIR-Analytics system. The publication states that the singer's accounts were blocked on July 22. The reason for this was her tax debt of 262 thousand rubles. It is noted that the accounts were blocked in VTB, Alfa-Bank and Raiffeisenbank. On July 20, Glukoza performed at a concert in honor of Metallurgist Day in Krasnoyarsk.