The results of the World Congress against the Death Penalty were summed up in Paris Photo: Associated Press/East News The World Congress against the Death Penalty ended in Paris. Such events take place every three years.

Ovechkin is back in the game for a year, but it’s not for us to judge that the final of his career will happen not in Russia Alexander Ovechkin. Photo: AP / TASS There was still some intrigue as to whether 40-year-old Alexander Ovechkin would continue his amazing career: there are no machines that do not wear out, and even more so, one cannot demand the impossible from a person.

“Greatness” by Sergei Mostovshchikov, illustrations by Pyotr Sarukhanov Petr Sarukhanov / Novaya Gazeta At the state machine We ran out of gas a little. But, thank God, we are with the car For now we're going to the store.

Who is Sarah Mullaly, 106th Archbishop of Canterbury Sarah Mullaly. Photo: Ben STANSALL / AFP On March 25, 2026, the first female Archbishop of Canterbury in the history of the country was enthroned in England. He became 64-year-old Sarah Mullaly. To appreciate the enormous distance that women have traveled in the Church of England, it is enough to say that the first ordination of women to the clergy took place only in 1994.

Prime Minister Donald Tusk, at a specially convened press conference on Friday, announced a “possible provocation” from Russia in Poland. "We are preparing very intensively for different scenarios," he said. According to the prime minister, the coming months could turn out to be “truly critical,” including due to the changing nature of the fighting in Ukraine. “We have received messages (about the threat of provocations from Russia) from all possible intelligence services,” Tusk added.

About three emigrant books, access to which appeared in Russia (18+) THIS MATERIAL (INFORMATION) IS PRODUCED, DISTRIBUTED AND (OR) SENT BY FOREIGN AGENTS VAKHSHTAIN VIKTOR SEMENOVICH, VENYAVKIN ILYA GENNADIEVICH, GORALIK LINOR-JULIA (GORALIK YULIA BORISOVNA). OR CONCERNES THE ACTIVITIES OF FOREIGN AGENT VIKTOR SEMENOVICH VAKHSHTEIN, ILYA GENNADIEVICH VENYAVKIN, LINOR-JULIA GORALIK (YULIA BORISOVNA GORALIK).

40-year-old Cape Verdean goalkeeper Vozinha (from Portuguese his nickname simply translates as “Grandma”) played a great match against Argentina. Made 8 saves, including Messi's one-on-one, and also saved the goal during treacherous free kicks. Immediately after the whistle, Messi approached Vozinya, recognizing both “Granny” and the entire team’s performance as outstanding. He also praised Cape Verde's performance in the post-match interview.

Russia has already created a “leper colony” of toxic literature and promises to study it. How it was in the USSR Photo: Vladimir Voitenko / TASS From the diverse Soviet experience we invariably choose the blackest, most compromised examples “Recently, many questions and, unfortunately, speculation about the work of the Russian State Library have appeared on the Internet and in the media.

Writers and Readers in Exile Illustration: Petr Sarukhanov / Novaya Gazeta 18+. THIS MATERIAL (INFORMATION) IS PRODUCED, DISTRIBUTED AND (OR) SENT BY FOREIGN AGENT GENIS ALEXANDER ALEXANDROVICH OR CONCERNES THE ACTIVITIES OF FOREIGN AGENT GENIS ALEXANDER ALEXANDROVICH. “But the Russian language has stuck to every corner of our consciousness, despite the fact that we settled among distant peoples, scattered between them and the languages ​​of these peoples are not similar to Russian...

According to statistics from the American Social Security Administration, the name “Donald” in the United States has broken another record - dropping to 690th place in the list of popular names. For the full year 2025, the SSA calculated that boys were named this way less than 400 times. In Russia, the trend for male names also turned out to be politicized, at least in Moscow. According to the capital's registry office, the name "Maxim" recently fell out of the top 5 most popular male names.

All the cultural triggers that June 2026 will be remembered for Sergei Kravtsov with a textbook on the history of Donbass and Novorossiya. Photo: Maxim Konstantinov / TASS Putin instructed to give the patriotic literary prize “Slovo” international status as an “alternative” to the Nobel Prize.

Statement from the editors of Novaya Gazeta Oleg Roldugin in court. Photo: Evgeny Kurakin Pressure continues on Novaya Gazeta employees. A criminal case has been initiated against our colleague Oleg Roldugin. The editorial office was searched - without a lawyer and with many hours of restriction of freedom of the publication's employees. And the other day our journalists were summoned for questioning.

Meeting with the leadership of the General Staff and troop groups. Photo: Kremlin press service Late in the evening of July 3, the Kremlin showed a meeting of Vladimir Putin with the leadership of the General Staff and the command of military groups. Already in his opening speech, Putin stated: the entire territory of the Lugansk People's Republic, included in the Russian Federation, came under Russian control.

Video message from Dmitry Muratov* to members of the European Parliament 18+. THIS MATERIAL (INFORMATION) WAS PRODUCED, DISTRIBUTED AND (OR) SENT BY FOREIGN AGENT DMITRY ANDREEVICH MURATOV OR CONCERNES THE ACTIVITIES OF FOREIGN AGENT DMITRY ANDREEVICH MURATOV. On June 23, the co-founder of Novaya Gazeta, Nobel Peace Prize laureate Dmitry Muratov* addressed members of the European Parliament - both democratic and right-wing.

The Ministry of Defense introduced a bill proposing to abolish the mandatory medical examination for contract soldiers during the period of mobilization or in wartime and generally change its rules. It is important that the document , which was discovered by the publication “Vestk”*, refers only to active military personnel (those who have already signed a contract and have been mobilized).