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The investigation in the case of the arrested major general of the Russian army Ivan Popov asked him to transfer him under house arrest. He is suspected of involvement in the theft of metal structures allocated for the construction of fortifications of the Russian army in the Zaporizhzhya region of Ukraine. He denies guilt.

Economist Konstantin Sonin A court in Moscow sentenced economist Konstantin Sonin in absentia to eight and a half years in a general regime colony. He was found guilty of distributing so-called fakes about the Russian army motivated by political hatred. This was reported by the joint press service of the Moscow courts. Sonin was also banned from administering Internet sites for four and a half years. In February of this year, the court arrested the economist in absentia.

Russian President Vladimir Putin has authorized the seizure and confiscation of property of the United States, American citizens, residents, companies operating primarily in the American market, and companies owned by them to pay compensation for confiscated Russian assets. The decree was published on the official portal of legal acts.

The UN General Assembly voted on Thursday to establish an annual Srebrenica Genocide Remembrance Day. The resolution was adopted with 84 votes in favor, 19 countries were against, and 68 abstained. Serbia, as well as the leadership of the Bosnian Serbs, sharply opposed the initiative. The proposal was previously made by Germany and Rwanda. The adopted document declares July 11 an international memorial day.

On May 23, the Tverskoy Court of Moscow announced a hearing in the case of the arrest of the deputy head of the Moscow region department of the Federal Penitentiary Service, Vladimir Talaev. He is accused of receiving a bribe on an especially large scale, as follows from the case file on the court’s website. It is known about the detainee that he is a lieutenant colonel of the internal service.

Mikhail Khodorkovsky Six years later, Yuri Dud again had a long interview with Mikhail Khodorkovsky. What is obvious is that the conversation was built around a large revision of the nineties, now going on in the RuNet at the instigation of Maria Pevchikh. At the same time, Khodorkovsky made a completely polar impression on different viewers. For the second day I’ve been tormenting Dudya and Khodorkovsky. How boring he is😏 And he’s always fidgeting like he’s in a frying pan...

Alexander Skobov The publicist and dissident Alexander Skobov, who is accused under articles on the justification of terrorism and about participation in the terrorist community, was sent to a forensic psychiatric examination. This was reported by the Rotonda publication. On the eve of the City Court of St. Petersburg was supposed to consider the appeal as it was suppressed for Skubov, but transferred the meeting.

Mikheil Saakashvili On May 23, the European Court of Human Rights published a decision on the complaint of former Georgian President Mikheil Saakashvili, who filed an application with the ECHR in connection with two criminal cases brought against him in Georgia. The ECHR rejected Saakashvili's complaint, finding that the former president did not provide sufficient evidence of the unfairness of the trials in these cases in Georgia.

Illustrative photo Russian troops launched another missile strike on Kharkov on Thursday afternoon. According to preliminary data, seven people were killed and at least 16 were injured. City and regional authorities reported this. According to Ukrainian authorities, Russian troops fired at least 15 missiles at Kharkov and its suburbs within a quarter of an hour from the S-300 complex. An industrial zone and civil infrastructure facilities came under attack.

Yuri Kuznetsov The 2nd Western District Military Court upheld the arrest of the head of the personnel department of the Russian Ministry of Defense, Lieutenant General Yuri Kuznetsov. Mediazona reports the results of the meeting to consider the appeal. Kuznetsov was placed in custody until July 11. At the trial, he refused to have a lawyer assigned to him, who filed an appeal. Lawyer Sergei Shchegolev will defend the lieutenant general.

Irakli Kobakhidze Prime Minister of Georgia Irakli Kobakhidze, returning on Wednesday evening from Iran, where he took part in a mourning ceremony in connection with the death of President Ibrahim Raisi, said, speaking on Georgian Public Television, that he considers it necessary to “deoligarchize the United States and Europe,” since, in his opinion, it is the “oligarchic forces,” as well as a certain “global war party,” that are seeking, as he put it, “Ukrainization Georgia", that is, its