An Iranian shows a victory sign in front of a banner with the country's late supreme leaders. Photo: Abedin Taherkenareh Washington and Tehran agreed to a memorandum of understanding. The text of the document is provided by CNN. What is in the contract? The memorandum consists of 14 points. According to the document, the parties and their allies undertake to immediately cease hostilities on all fronts, including Lebanon.

A screen reads ”Adolf Hitler, we’re preparing your order”, in Nizhny Tagil, Russia. Photo: Telegram / Svalov Pishet An 18-year-old student who was arrested in the city of Nizhny Tagil in the Russian Urals for ordering a pizza under the name Adolf Hitler has been court ordered to spend five days in custody, the Sverdlovsk region’s courts’ press office announced on Thursday.

Black smoke rises from the Kapotnya Oil Refinery on the southeastern outskirts of Moscow, 18 June 2026. Photo: AFP / Scanpix / LETA A massive overnight Ukrainian drone strike on Moscow and the surrounding region has caused multiple fires to break out at the Russian capital’s Kapotnya Oil Refinery, according to Russian Telegram channel Astra, which posted footage of at least five separate blazes in the complex on Thursday.

Illustration: Novaya Gazeta Europe As Ukraine fights back, the war has spread to at least 60 Russian regions Every year, Moscow's full-scale war against Ukraine spreads further into Russia itself: drone strikes are becoming more frequent, and are reaching ever more regions. Novaya Gazeta Europe has created a map of attacks on Russian territory since the beginning of 2022. It updates every 15 minutes and can be used to track attacks in real time.

Photo: dv-obzor.ru He conducted charity missions in Kamchatka many times A court in Petropavlovsk-Kamchatsky fined American pastor Paul Gione 30 thousand rubles for violating the rules of missionary activity. The court also decided to expel him from Russia. The publication “Siberia” drew attention to this. Realities" Details. The protocol against Gione was drawn up at the end of May.

Black smoke rises from the area of ​​the Moscow oil refinery of Russian oil company Gazprom Neft on the southeastern outskirts of Moscow, June 18, 2026. Photo: AFP / Scanpix / LETA Ukrainian Armed Forces drones massively attacked Moscow and the Moscow region. At least 194 drones were shot down on approach to the capital, city mayor Sergei Sobyanin said . Oil refinery. Several drones were able to fly to the Moscow refinery in the Kapotnya area, Sobyanin said . A fire started at the enterprise.

People near a shopping center, Moscow, June 18, 2026. Photo: AFP / Scanpix / LETA How the air defense worked and what consequences the attack would have - military experts explain Moscow and the Moscow region in the early morning of June 18 were subjected to a massive attack by drones of the Ukrainian Armed Forces.

A queue for a water tanker, Chernogvardeisky district of Makeyevka, east of Donetsk, Ukraine, July 30, 2025. Photo: Scanpix/LETA Donbass has been living for a long time in a way that Russia is just getting used to. Dmitry Durnev says After Ukraine's attacks on oil refineries in Russia, gasoline shortages began: fuel quotas appeared in dozens of regions, and queues formed at gas stations.

Smoke over the refinery of the Russian company Gazprom Neft in the southeast of Moscow on June 18, 2026. Photo: AFP / Scanpix / LETA Propagandists propose to imprison Russians for videos of attacks on Moscow. Channel One only briefly mentioned the shelling On the daytime news broadcast on Channel One, the largest shelling of Moscow was mentioned only briefly in the middle of the episode.

Maria Ponomarenko in the courtroom. Photo: Sota/Telegram Before being transferred from the PFRSI (premises on the territory of the colony, operating as a pre-trial detention center) to IK-6 in the Altai Territory, political prisoner journalist Maria Ponomarenko worries for her life and safety. This was discussed in her support group. Conversation between colony staff.

First meeting of the new composition of the Central Election Commission of the Russian Federation, Moscow, March 30, 2026. Photo: Alexander Avilov / Moscow Agency How the work of Russian political strategists has become meaningless - and what they are doing in elections that can neither be won nor lost On June 16, the election campaign for the State Duma elections officially began .

Smoke rises above an oil refinery after a Ukrainian drone attack, Moscow, Russia, June 18, 2026. Photo: REUTERS / Scanpix / LETA Moscow survived the largest attack by Ukrainian drones - eyewitness accounts On the night of June 18, Moscow experienced its largest Ukrainian drone attack since the beginning of the war.

Photo: Neftmagistral The Federal Antimonopoly Service (FAS) asked the TD Neftmagistral gas station network for information on fuel prices after drivers complained about their sharp increase. The department reported this. Details. The company must provide data on weighted average prices for gasoline and diesel fuel, sales volumes, profitability and economic justification for price changes.