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"Prigozhin's rebellion led to the fact that tremendous cleaning occurred in the ranks of the Ministry of Defense and among the generals participating in the war. All of them are called into question precisely their cooperation with Prigozhin." Exactly a year ago, the rebellion of the Wagner PMC, which Evgeny Prigozhin called the "march of justice" was suppressed. The owner of the PMC himself died in a plane crash exactly two months after the start of the rebellion.

Aftermath of the attack on the synagogue in Derbent, Dagestan, June 24, 2024 The head of Dagestan, Sergei Melikov, announced the dismissal of the head of the Sergokalinsky district of Dagestan, Magomed Omarov. Earlier it was reported that two of his sons - Osman and Adil - as well as his nephew Abdusamad Amadziev are suspected of participating in the terrorist attacks in Derbent and Makhachkala on June 23.

Orlan Saryg-Dongak The former chief of the criminal investigation department of Kyzyl Orlan Saryg-Dongak, convicted of the murder and burning of the detainee, signed a contract with the Ministry of Defense to participate in the hostilities in Ukraine. This was reported by Siberia. Realities were reported by relatives of the deceased Alisher Makhmutov. According to them, Saryg-Dongak and his former subordinate Alim Kenden were sent to Ukraine from the FSIN institution in the Irkutsk region.

The writer and publicist Alexander Genis answers the questions of Sergei Medvedev.

Khodorkovsky and Lebedev in court (archive photo) The Moscow Meshchansky Court ruled to recover more than 1 billion 400 million rubles from the former co-owners of Menatep and Yukos, Mikhail Khodorkovsky and Platon Lebedev, satisfying the claim of the Prosecutor General's Office of Russia. It is alleged that the funds should be seized “to compensate for the outstanding damage from tax crimes,” TASS reports.

The European Union has found a loophole to bypass Hungary's veto on transferring proceeds from Russia's frozen assets to Ukraine's military needs. The Financial Times reports this. Because Hungary abstained from a previous agreement to share proceeds from Russian funds blocked in Europe, it “should not be part of the decision on how to use this money,” EU diplomacy chief Josep Borrell said. Borrell clarified that they tried to reach an agreement with Hungary.

Information digest "Time of Freedom", June 24 Information digest "Time of Freedom", June 24 In Derbent and Makhachkala, attacks were carried out on a synagogue, an Orthodox church, and police posts. At least 20 people died; At least five people were killed and more than 150 were injured as a result of shelling on a beach in Sevastopol. How did the beach come under fire?

Panorama of Baku In Baku, three Azerbaijani police officers and a civilian were killed as a result of shooting during an attempt to detain a wanted man. The shooter was also killed . The Ministry of Internal Affairs and the Prosecutor General's Office of Azerbaijan reported this. The shooting occurred in the village of Shuvelan, Khazar district of the city.

Uchkuevka beach in annexed Sevastopol, archival photo On Sunday, June 23, Sevastopol, annexed by Russia, came under rocket fire. Pieces of ammunition fell on Uchkuevka beach. As a result, according to the occupation authorities, four people were killed and more than 150 were injured. The air raid signal was not turned on during the shelling, local residents said. According to them, there are no shelters near the beach where people could hide during a missile threat.

In the framework of the debate on the mistakes of the 1990s, which led to the current disaster, speaking of the economic impoverishment of the population, they forget about another impoverishment-linguistic, and, as a result, semantic and taste.

The most interesting of our common past. Incomplete story. Unjust wounds. Still live hopes. Could Russia go the other way? Radio Liberty this week 20 years ago. Archive project. Ivan Tolstoy chooses from our ether still relevant and turned out to be eternal.

Founder of PMC "Wagner" Evgeny Prigozhin On this day a year ago, the rebellion of the Wagner PMC was suppressed, which the head of the organization, Yevgeny Prigozhin, called a “march of justice.” The mutiny lasted about a day and ended as unexpectedly as it began, leaving observers bewildered. Prigozhin himself died in a plane crash exactly two months after the start of the rebellion. A year later, there are still many questions about this story.

Illustrative photo On the morning of June 24, the Russian army attacked Odessa again - at least three were injured. According to Odessa authorities, a civilian infrastructure facility came under attack. There was a fire. “Now we know about three victims: a 19-year-old guy and two men, 50 and 58 years old. They are hospitalized,” wrote the head of the Odessa regional administration Oleg Kiper. One of the wounded is in moderate condition.

The United States will pay for the printing of more than three million textbooks for Ukrainian elementary schools by the new school year, National Security Adviser Jake Sullivan announced on Tuesday. The books will be produced in Ukraine and delivered to 12,000 educational institutions throughout the country. Earlier, the international human rights organization Human Rights Watch published a report on a targeted attack by Russian authorities on the Ukrainian education system.