Photo: social networks A criminal case on “LGBT extremism” against employees of the publishing house Popcorn Books was opened after an operational “control purchase” by security forces, as follows from the case materials, which Mediazona has reviewed . The essence of the accusation.

Apple has removed VK group applications from the App Store, the VKontakte press service said . The media previously reported that VK applications disappeared from the App Store. Currently, the VKontakte, Zen, Odnoklassniki, Mai.ru, Skillbox, VK Video, VK Messenger, VK Music and VK Dating applications are not available for users to download. The VK press service stated that Apple unilaterally removed the applications without warning.

Photo: Rayner Pena/EPA On the evening of June 24, two powerful earthquakes of magnitude 7.2 and 7.5 occurred in Venezuela, writes Reuters. How many victims? According to I. O. President of the country Delcy Rodriguez, the cataclysm killed at least 32 people and injured about 700 more. The US Geological Survey predicts that the total number of victims could be at least 10 thousand people. When did it happen?

Residential buildings at night during a power outage, Yevpatoriya, Crimea, June 23, 2026. Photo: Alexey Pavlishak / REUTERS / Scanpix / LETA Residents of annexed Crimea tell how they leave the peninsula and why they stay “When the Internet is jammed, there is no connection. [There is no electricity], I can’t feed the little one, heat up the food, or mix the mixture,” says Crimean blogger Liza Lazareva in her Telegram channel.

Photo: social networks During the week from June 16 to June 22, retail fuel prices in Russia increased by an average of 3%, according to Rosstat data. This is the strongest weekly jump in at least the last 20 years, writes Bloomberg. Over the past three weeks, fuel prices have risen by a total of 5%, notes The Moscow Times. Infographic: Bloomberg Prices. According to Rosstat, the average price of gasoline over the week increased from 69.11 to 71.20 rubles (+3.02%).

Ukrainian serviceman, Bakhmut, Donbass, Ukraine, March 11, 2023.

Vehicles in line at a Lukoil petrol station in Moscow, 24 June 2026. Photo: EPA / SERGEI ILNITSKY Petrol prices in Russia have seen their sharpest weekly rise of the past 20 years, according to the country’s federal statistics bureau, Rosstat, which reported an average increase of 3% at the pump during the week of 16-22 June. The average price of petrol in Russia rose by 3.02% within a single week, according to Rosstat, jumping from 69.11 rubles (€0.81) to 71.20 rubles (€0.83) per litre.

Experts believe that the operation to liberate Crimea could begin from here A Ukrainian flag was installed on the Kinburn Spit, which has been under Russian occupation since 2022. The regional department of the territorial defense forces “South” reported this and published a video with the flag. Details. The Ukrainian Armed Forces stated that over the past 24 hours, they killed or wounded 78 Russian military personnel, and also destroyed 57 pieces of equipment on the spit.

Photo of the consequences of the attack on a gas station in Sumy: Oleg Grigorov / Telegram Two people were killed and 22 were injured as a result of Russian attacks on the Zaporozhye region, said the head of the regional administration, Ivan Fedorov. A total of 973 strikes were carried out in 48 settlements. In particular, two gas stations came under attack, the State Emergency Service said .

Ukrainian first responders extinguish a fire that broke out after a Russian drone strike on a petrol station in Kharkiv, Ukraine, 2 May 2026. Photo: EPA / SERGEY KOZLOV Russian relay stations deployed to Belarus for use by the Russian military to coordinate drone strikes on Ukraine have been taken out of service following a stark warning from Kyiv last week, Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky said on Wednesday.

Illustration: “New Newspaper Europe” 65 years of Biysk riots. Writer Andrei Filimonov understands why they rebelled under Khrushchev and why they abruptly stopped under Brezhnev 65 years ago, on June 25, 1961, a “market riot” took place in the Siberian city of Biysk - one of the largest urban pogroms during Khrushchev’s rule. A domestic conflict between drunken market visitors and a police squad provoked mass riots.

By June 29, according to New Europe estimates, the fuel crisis had affected at least 78 regions of Russia, as well as the annexed Crimea and Sevastopol. Problems on the peninsula have been observed since the beginning of June, in Russia - since the middle of the month. The main reasons: the actual blockade of the peninsula and attacks by the Ukrainian Armed Forces on oil refineries in response to a full-scale Russian invasion.

Russian men called up for mobilization at a recruiting station in Bataysk, Rostov region, Russia, September 26, 2022. Photo: Arkady Budnitsky / EPA In Penza, unknown people in camouflage, together with police officers, are conducting raids on men to be sent to war. We publish eyewitness accounts Russian propaganda often talks about how in Ukraine men are caught on the street, put on buses and forcibly sent to the front.