The tail of an airplane crashed into Aktau, December 27, 2024. Photo: Meiramgul Kussainova / Anadolu / ABACA Press / DDP Images / Vida Press On July 1, the Minval Azerbaijani Agency published an explanatory note addressed to Russian captain Dmitry Paladichuk, which states that it was he who transferred the order to hit AZAL aircraft in December 2024 in Chechnya. The Insider found that the document is most likely genuine.

Archive photo: Ian Langsdon / EPA-EFE Vladimir Putin and French President Emmanuel Macron held a bilateral telephone conversation for the first time since September 2022. This was announced by the Kremlin press service, the information was confirmed in the Champs Elysees. The telephone conversation lasted more than two hours. The parties discussed the situation in the Middle East and Ukraine.

Answers to the main questions about the diplomatic scandal with raids in Yekaterinburg and searches in the editorial office of "Satellite" Illustration: "New Gazeta Europe" Azerbaijan in an unusually strict form accused Russia of xenophobia, imperial approaches and the lawlessness of the security forces. All this happened after the police in Yekaterinburg detained about 50 ethnic Azerbaijanis (mainly Russian citizens) on suspicion of involvement in the murders of 2001 and 2011.

Former Russian deputy defense minister Timur Ivanov attends a court hearing in Moscow, Russia, 24 March 2025. Photo: EPA-EFE/YURI KOCHETKOV A Moscow court sentenced Russia’s former deputy defence minister Timur Ivanov to 13 years in a penal colony on charges of bribery and money laundering on Tuesday, independent media outlet Mediazona has reported . Appointed deputy to then defence minister Sergey Shoigu in 2016, Ivanov oversaw major ministry-related construction projects.

Photo: nurgunatakov / Instagram A stand-up comedian from the republic of Yakutia in the Russian Far East has been charged with inciting hatred or enmity on ethnic grounds for jokes from a comedy set, Yakut Telegram channel Torboznoe Radio reported on Monday. According to the channel, the case against Nyurgun Atakov, who now resides in Kazakhstan, was submitted to a court in the city of Yakutsk twice in June, but was rejected both times and returned to the police due to procedural violations.

The Moscow City Court sentenced the former Deputy Minister of Defense of Russia Timur Ivanov to 13 years of the colony of general regime in the case of bribes and laundering of money. This was reported by "Mediazona." In addition, Ivanov was deprived of state awards and appointed him a fine of 100 million. The charge previously requested the ex-minister of 14.5 years in the colony.

Photo from the camp: Baza In the Sosnovy Bor children's camp in the Sukhobuzimsky district of the Krasnoyarsk Territory, the company of teenagers raped a plastic bottle and beat a ten -year -old boy. The mother of the victim told the “eighth channel” and the TVK about this. According to media reports, the incident occurred during the fees for Thai boxing. The boy was raped by a bottle twice - June 25 and 27.

Should his resignation be accepted, Chechen tyrant Ramzan Kadyrov will likely seek safe haven in the UAE Head of Chechnya Ramzan Kadyrov waits for Vladimir Putin to arrive for a meeting at the Kremlin in Moscow, 7 May 2025. Photo: EPA-EFE/ALEXANDER KAZAKOV/SPUTNIK/KREMLIN In early May, Chechnya’s brutal ruler Ramzan Kadyrov hinted at his desire to call it quits — admittedly the fourth time he has done so during the past eight years.

The aftermath of a drone strike in Izhevsk, Russia, 1 July 2025. Photo: Telegram Ukrainian drones have struck an industrial facility in the city of Izhevsk in Udmurtia in the Volga region, the head of the Russian republic Alexander Brechalov wrote on Telegram on Tuesday. Brechalov said the drone strike had left three people dead and 35 injured.

In just a month, six party leaders were sent to prison for a refusal to cooperate with an illegitimate parliamentary commission. Supporters of the Georgian opposition burn the scarecrow of Georgian Prime Minister Irakli Kobahidze during the protest, Tbilisi, Georgia, November 30, 2024. Photo: David mdzinarishvili / epa-efe Serial arrests mean that almost all the main forces of opponents of the authorities will remain without leadership at least until the end of the year.

Lidiya Prudovskaya. Photo: personal archive The Prosecutor’s Office in the closed town of Mirny in the Russian Arctic has appealed against the sentence handed down to local woman Lidiya Prudovskaya for “discrediting” the army as being too lenient, Prudovskaya wrote on Facebook on Monday. The prosecutor asked the court to change the sentence from a fine of 200,000 rubles (€2,200) to two years in a penal colony, Prudovskaya wrote.

In the republic, a case of torture and intentional murder was opened in the republic Photo of dead brothers: minval On the bodies of those who died after the detentions in Yekaterinburg, natives of Azerbaijan Ziyaddin and Huseyn Safarov found multiple bodily harm. This was announced after the opening by the head of the department of forensic medical examination under the Ministry of Health of Azerbaijan Adalayat Hasanov.

In relation to the Yakutsky stand-up comic of Nyurgun, the attacker drew up a protocol on the initiation of hatred or enmity on a national basis (Article 20.3.1 of the Code of Administrative Offenses). This was reported by the telegram channel "Torboznaya Radio". The authors of the channel claim that the case against the attack in June was twice to the Yakut City Court, but both times he was returned to the police due to procedural violations.

Ukrainian drones struck the enterprise in Izhevsk, the head of Udmurtia Alexander Brechalov said in his telegram channel. According to him, as a result of the attack, three people were killed, another 35 were hospitalized. Ten people are in serious condition, Brechalov noted. The official did not specify what exactly the enterprise was struck by. The Astra telegram channel, citing eyewitnesses, stated that the Doda Dome plant was the goal of Dronov.

Natalya Taranushenko. Photo: Alyona Itskova for Novaya Gazeta Europe A Russian teacher from near Moscow has been found guilty of spreading “false information” about the Russian army and sentenced to seven years in prison in absentia, human rights NGO OVD-Info reported on Monday. Natalya Taranushenko, who taught Russian language and literature, was additionally barred from teaching for three years.