A new center of power has emerged in central Europe. Not only the old EU, but also the Kremlin will have to take this into account Summit of leaders of the Visegrad Group countries in Hungary. In the photo: Andrej Babis, Donald Tusk, Peter Magyar and Robert Fico.

The Federal Antimonopoly Service issued a warning to Apple. FAS demanded that the American corporation “eliminate discriminatory conditions for Russian search engines and comply with the requirements for the pre-installation of domestic software on iOS devices.” The reason for issuing the warning from the FAS was that Apple devices - for example, iPhone and iPad - have a “foreign search engine” installed by default.

A memorable premiere in the program of the festival “Mirror” - “Charon” by Akim Salbiev Still from the film "Charon" It rarely happens in non-fiction films when a hero turns into a mediator between hidden reality and ordinary life. In Salbiev’s film, something even more incredible happens: the hero turns out to be a mediator between life and death. Meet Sergey, 34 years old. He's Charon. Transports souls through the underground Styx to the glorious kingdom of Hades.

A 4-year suspended sentence was requested for Artem Vakhlyaev, director of the sales department of the Eksmo publishing house and Individuum Books (part of Eksmo) in the case of participation in “organizing the activities of an extremist organization,” reports a Mediazona correspondent* from the Zamoskvoretsky court.

The Booker, the prestigious international prize for translated prose, will no longer be the same, as can be seen even from its new name: it is now called The Bukhman International Booker Prize. This is because Dmitry Bukhman's Bukhman Philanthropies has become a major sponsor of the prize and, as part of a ten-year agreement, will allocate almost £1.5 million annually to its organization. Prizes for Booker laureates - author and translator - will increase twice as much as before.

Journalist Sergei Mingazov died of cancer in Khabarovsk. The court refused to suspend his “fake” case due to illness Sergey Mingazov. Photo from the family archive Khabarovsk journalist Sergei Mingazov has passed away. He has been undergoing chemotherapy for the last month. Since 2024, he has been tried in a case of fakes - the reason was three reposts on his Telegram channel about what was happening in Bucha.

In the primaries of the Democratic Party, left-wing radicals are winning, whose goal is the destruction of the American, and at the same time the Israeli state in their current form Photo: Sipa USA / TASS The US Democratic Party has always been on the left side of the political spectrum. But until recently the word “socialism” sounded so unattractive in the United States that Democrats considered it best to stay away from it. The name "democratic socialism" is a relic of this prejudice.

We are opening a series of reports from the Moscow streets, where the Summer in Moscow festival will last for three months. Today - music Photo: teatr.mos.ru The “Summer in Moscow” festival has been taking place in the capital for the third year in a row and is developing the trend of total “festivalization” of urban space. This “festivalization,” however, is far from Bakhtin’s carnivalization, which is why modern Moscow festivities strictly observe all accepted decency.

The Central Court of Krasnoyarsk sentenced journalist Svetlana Khustik to one and a half years of forced labor in the case of “fake stories” about the army, Mediazona reports*, citing a lawyer. But since Khustik was in pre-trial detention for eight months, from the end of September 2025, the court recognized the sentence as having been served. The journalist was released in the courtroom.

Great conversation with Archpriest Andrei Kordochkin* 18+. THIS MATERIAL (INFORMATION) WAS PRODUCED, DISTRIBUTED AND (OR) SENT BY FOREIGN AGENT ANDREY BORISOVICH KORDOCHKIN OR CONCERNES THE ACTIVITIES OF FOREIGN AGENT ANDREY BORISOVICH KORDOCHKIN Why does the relationship between the state and the Russian Orthodox Church, built under Stalin, continue to influence Russia decades later?

The Yabloko party announced the detention of 60-year-old Elena Perepelitsa in Moscow; she is now under interrogation at the Investigative Committee for the North-Eastern District, the report says. According to information that Yabloko has, they are preparing to accuse Perepelitsa of making old donations to an organization that is now banned. A lawyer came to see her.

Voting against United Russia in the State Duma elections will mean support for Ukrainian President Vladimir Zelensky, declared Oleg Matveychev, deputy chairman of the Duma Committee on Information Technologies, in a column on the Vzglyad.ru website. Zelensky “made it clear” that he “dreams” about the defeat of the Russian ruling party in the elections “and will do everything possible for this,” Matveychev claims.

On the night of July 2, Russian regions experienced a new wave of drone attacks. According to the Russian Ministry of Defense, 327 Ukrainian drones were destroyed over the territories of approximately 20 regions. In the Nizhny Novgorod region, one person was killed and four more were injured in a drone attack, said regional governor Gleb Nikitin.

Journalist Sergei Mingazov, who was tried for an article about “fake news” about the Russian army, died at the age of 58. This was reported by the editorial office of Forbes, with which the journalist collaborated. “Despite a serious illness and a trial in the case of military fakes, Sergei continued to work almost until his last days. We express our sincere condolences to Sergei’s family, friends and colleagues.

Who was the Soviet doctor who tested poisons on prisoners? Photo: goodfon.ru 18+. THIS MATERIAL (INFORMATION) IS PRODUCED, DISTRIBUTED AND (OR) SENT BY FOREIGN AGENT BORUKHOVICH (TUMAKOVA) IRINA GRIGORIEVNA OR CONCERNES THE ACTIVITIES OF FOREIGN AGENT BORUKHOVICH (TUMAKOVA) IRINA GRIGORIEVNA. In 1951, his recent handlers from the NKVD came for Dr. Grigory Mayranovsky. Apart from preparing the assassination of Stalin and the Zionist conspiracy, he was accused of illegal possession of poisons.