Russia officially recognized Islamic Emirate Afghanistan. This was announced by RIA Novosti by the special representative of the President of the Russian Federation for Afghanistan Zamir Kabulov. This information was also confirmed by TASS in the Russian Foreign Ministry. The flag of the Taliban was first raised over the Afghanistan embassy in Moscow.

Photo: Mario ruiz / epa American actor Michael Madsen died at the age of 67. It is reported by NBC News. According to the manager of actor Ron Smith, he died on the morning of July 3 from heart arrest. TMZ writes that Madsen's body was found in his house in Malibu, California. Michael Madsen is a famous Hollywood actor who starred in more than 170 films.

In the Saratov village, local residents protested and demanded to evict a gypsy camp after the death of a teenager in an accident. Main Photo: MARCS / VK Hundreds of residents of the village of Podlesnoye near Saratov went to a spontaneous protest demanding to evict the gypsies. The reason is a fatal accident: the car, which was driving a resident of the camp, caused the death of a 15-year-old ninth-grader. The locals accused not only the driver of the tragedy, but the whole community.

Darya Kozyreva speaks in court during her sentencing on 18 April 2025. Photo: SOTAvision A group of jailed Russian dissidents have signed a joint letter to world leaders calling for the mass release of political prisoners in Russia and Ukrainian civilians held by Russian forces — estimated at over 10,000 people — as a key term in any peace deal between Moscow and Kyiv, Reuters reported on Thursday.

As the third and final season of the series “Game in Kalmar” skillfully manipulates the audience Photo: No Ju-Han/Netflix The most popular Netflix series in the entire history of streaming (according to the ratings of the first season) was ended - “The game in the squid”, and with it a deadly game on the mysterious island in the Yellow Sea near the South Korean capital.

For four years, the Russian Football Union (RFU) suspended the striker of Sochi Vladimir Pisarsky (Sychevoy) from activities related to football. This was announced by his lawyer Anton Smirnov. In the RFU, the information was not officially commented on. The reason for the disqualification was the suspicions of Pisarsky’s bets on the match with their participation. Smirnov emphasized that three years from this period will be conditional.

Photo: Valentina Volkova / VK Police in the city of Ryazan, in central Russia, have broken the shoulder of a 55-year-old local woman and retired teacher as she was relaxing in a park, thinking that she was dropping off drugs, local Telegram news channel Ryazinformburo reported on Thursday.

What is the reason for the deterioration of relations and what the conflict will lead to, the Azerbaijani historian and political emigrant Arif Yunusov tells the “New Year-Europe” Vladimir Putin and Ilham Aliyev at the CIS summit in the Kremlin, Moscow, October 8, 2024. Photo: Sergey Ilnitsky / EPA Baku harshly answered the raids arranged by Russian security forces on representatives of the Azerbaijani diaspora in Yekaterinburg.

Major General Mikhail Gudkov. Photo: Russian Defence Ministry Major General Mikhail Gudkov. Photo: Russian Defence Ministry A high-ranking Russian Navy general has been killed in action near the Ukrainian border in Russia’s southwestern Kursk region, according to several official sources, including Primorsky region Governor Oleg Kozhemyako and the Russian Defence Ministry.

Doctor of Law Elena Lukyanova addresses the professional community A poster with voting advertising for changes to the Constitution of the Russian Federation against the background of tanks during preparation for the rehearsal of the military parade, Moscow, June 17, 2020.

German and Ukrainian soldiers stand in front of Patriot anti-aircraft missile systems during the visit of Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky to a military training area in Germany, 11 June 2024. Photo: EPA-EFE/JENS BUETTNER / POOL German and Ukrainian soldiers stand in front of Patriot anti-aircraft missile systems during the visit of Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky to a military training area in Germany, 11 June 2024.

While justice for those responsible for the war in Ukraine is still a long way off, a new special tribunal is an important step forward Russia’s Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov speaks as Switzerland’s President Alain Berset listens during a UN Security Council meeting in New York, 20 September 2023.

Photo: Valentina Volkova / VK In Ryazan, police officers broke the shoulder of a 55-year-old local resident, teacher Valentina Volkova, suggesting that she spreads drugs. The woman told about this on her page in VK, the telegram channel “Ryazinformburo” paid attention to this. According to Volkova, she sat in the park on a tourist rug and photographed flowers on the phone. A police officer approached her from the back of a civilian and began to demand a card and phone.

The United States has suspended the supply of critical weapons to Ukraine. How did you react to this decision in the States and Europe? Fire in a residential building after the blow of the Russian drone, Kyiv, June 17, 2025. Photo: AP Photo / Scanpix / Leta The US presidential administration Donald Trump suspended the supply of critical missiles and shells to Ukraine: some air defense interceptors, as well as high -precision bombs.

Earlier, Major General led the brigade, which is accused of murders of civilians of Buch, Irpen and Gostol Major General Mikhail Gudkov. Photo: Russian Ministry of Defense In the Kursk region, the deputy commander in chief of the Russian Navy for the coastal troops and artillery, Major General Mikhail Gudkov, died. This was announced by the Governor of the Primorsky Territory Oleg Kozhemyako.