After the weeks of blackmail, Slovakia nevertheless agreed on the next package of sanctions against the Russian Federation. But I received in return a concession to Repowereu - the EU large -scale plan to abandon energy from Russia The gas compressor station on the border of Slovakia and Ukraine in the Velka-Kapushany, September 2, 2014.

An upcoming concert in Italy is a litmus test of the Kremlin’s soft power Valery Gergiev. Photo: Artur Novosiltsev / AGN Moskva Valery Gergiev, the head of the Bolshoi and Mariinsky theatres and a friend of Vladimir Putin, is set to return to Europe in his first concert since the full-scale invasion began. Gergiev will conduct the Salerno Philharmonic Orchestra, featuring soloists from the Mariinsky, at the Un’Estate da RE festival at the Royal Palace of Caserta in Italy on 27 July.

The deputies again predicted the application of the application. We recall how the attitude of the Russian authorities towards the messenger changed over these three years Photo: Maxim Shipenkov / EPA On July 18, the deputy head of the State Duma IT Committee Anton Gorelkin said that "WhatsApp is time to prepare for leaving the Russian market." This is not the first such statement from the Russian authorities.

A woman uses the WhatsApp application on her cell phone. Photo: EPA/WAEL HAMZEH A Russian lawmaker has called on WhatsApp to prepare to exit the Russian market, in light of its likely inclusion on a list of “software from unfriendly countries”, a new register being developed by the Kremlin amid a push to boost domestic digital services.

Photo: Falanster / Yandex A court has fined the popular Moscow bookstore Falanster 800,000 rubles (€8,750) and its founder Boris Kupriyanov 100,000 rubles (€1,100) after both were convicted of promoting “LGBT propaganda” on Friday, independent news outlet Mediazona has reported .

The results of the visit of Keith Kellog to Kyiv. A look from Ukraine Vladimir Zelensky and US Special Supervisor in Ukraine Kit Kellog at a meeting in Kyiv, July 14, 2025.

Photo: LifeJournal The Tver District Court of Moscow fined the Falanster bookstore for 800 thousand rubles, and its founder Boris Kupriyanov - for 100 thousand rubles under the article on “Propaganda of LGBT” (Article 6.21 of the Code of Administrative Offenses), writes Mediazona. The reason for the compilation of both protocols was the sale of several books and comics - “rather happy than not” Adam Silver, “Fruit of Cognition” by Liv Strevist, “Incorrect education of Cameron Post” Emily M.

Photo: Farida Kurbangaleyeva / Telegram Russian former national news anchor Farida Kurbangaleyeva has been sentenced in absentia to eight years in prison, independent news outlet Mediazona reported on Friday. Kurbangaleyeva, who resigned from her role in protest over the 2014 Russian annexation of Crimea and went into exile, was convicted of spreading “false information” about the Russian military and “justifying terrorism”.

Report from the court session against the European University in St. Petersburg Photo: European University / VK The European University in St. Petersburg was again punished. This time, a fine of a quarter of a million rubles - the court appointed the softest punishment for the violation that the prosecutor's office charged to the university. It has not yet been decided whether the university will appeal the court decision, but he did not admit guilt.

WhatsApp messenger owned by the American Meta, "it's time to prepare for leaving the Russian market." This was announced in the telegram channel by the first deputy chairman of the IT Committee of the State Duma Anton Gorelykin. According to him, whatsApp “with a very high degree of probability” will be in the list of “software from unfriendly countries subject to restrictions”. The government is developing this register on behalf of Putin.

A Ukrainian drone engineer handles a first-person view (FPV) drone during a training exercise in the Donetsk region, 17 June 2025. Photo: EPA/Maria Senovilla Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky is negotiating a “mega-deal” with US President Donald Trump in which Kyiv and Washington will start buying weapons from each other, Zelensky told The New York Post on Thursday.

The aftermath of the attack on Stepnohirsk. Photo: Zaporizhzhia regional administration / Telegram At least four people were killed as Russia launched fresh aerial attacks on Ukraine between Thursday night and Friday morning, regional officials have said. In the central Dnipropetrovsk region, Governor Serhiy Lysak said that a 52-year-old man was killed and two more people were injured as Russian drones struck the city of Pavlohrad and surrounding villages overnight.

Former leading VGTRK Farid Kurbangaleev was sentenced in absentia to eight years in the colony. It is reported by "Mediazona." The journalist was condemned in the case of the military "fakes" and "justification of terrorism." The second person involved in the case - the nationalist Alexei Baranovsky, who is fighting on the side of Ukraine as part of the Legion of Freedom of Russia - the court in absentia sentenced to six years in the colony.

In US President Donald Trump, chronic venous insufficiency was diagnosed. This, as Bloomberg writes , said his spokeswoman Caroline Levitt. According to her, Trump was a medical examination after in recent photographs was captured with swollen ankles and bruises on his hands. This violation occurs when damaged veins cannot provide a reverse flow of blood from legs to heart, which leads to its stagnation.

The court in Moscow for the first time sent to the pre -trial detention center the defendant of the case of "providing assistance to the enemy in activities obviously directed against security" in Russia. Attention to this was drawn by the Mediazon. The investigation of the arrest Demidenko A.Yu. The court entered the Lefortovo court on July 16, he was satisfied with Judge Anna Antipova. On July 15, she also authorized a search.