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The war with Ukraine and repression in the country has a destructive influence on higher education in Russia. Russia left the Bologna system and abruptly sank into world university ratings. Is it possible to get high -quality education in a totalitarian dictatorship?

"When the war began, they did not think that if you live in a glass house, then there is no need to throw stones at your neighbors." Residents of Russian villages, located near the front line, are also forced to flee the war, begun by Vladimir Putin.

The mayor of Nevinnomyssk, one of the largest cities in the Stavropol Territory of Russia, demanded that the locals “stop whining” and “not thump during the heat” in response to their complaints about regular interruptions in power supply. Also, Mikhail Minenkov called for an example from the city of the city of Shebekino Belgorod Region, who were in the combat zone of combat operations. "Today you need to keep a blow!

Maxim Kruglov The district election commission did not allow the only candidate for the Moscow City Duma from Yabloko, Maxim Kruglov, to participate in the elections. 18% of defects were found in his signatures. Kruglov submitted 5,668 signatures to the commission, of which more than a thousand were collected through State Services.

Sergey Lavrov Information digest "Freedom time", July 17 Information digest "Freedom time", July 17 Exactly ten years ago in the sky above the Donbass Russian missile, the Malaysian Airlines plane was shot down, 298 people were killed; Meeting of the UN Security Council "on the formation of a more fair world order"; In Armenia, he was detained, and then a Russian soldier who left his military unit after the start of the war in Ukraine was released; The Russian authorities began to cancel

A special place in the Kremlin’s hybrid war against the West is reserved for Bulgaria - which all the time confirmation appears. How noticeable is the Russian influence in Bulgaria today? And what forces does Moscow relieve, acting in Sofia?

A decade of crash MH17 *** Lavrova was criticized at the UN Security Council *** The detention of the Russian deviator in Armenia *** Russia cancel the internal passports of those who left *** Spanish politicians met with anti -war activists from Russia

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The German Cabinet of Ministers approved the draft budget for 2025, Der Spiegel reports . According to Reuters, the project includes a smaller amount to support Ukraine - four billion euros versus eight billion this year. The budget provides for an increase in defense spending by one billion 300 million euros - up to 53 billion euros. This is less than the head of the German Defense Ministry Boris Pistorius planned. Now the draft budget will be sent to the Bundestag.

The Russian state invents new ways to complicate the lives of its citizens. Not so long ago, some Russians who left the country after the outbreak of war found that the state was canceled their internal passports.

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.

Monument to victims of the Holodomor in Luhansk On July 17, monuments to victims of Stalinist repressions and victims of the Holodomor were dismantled in Russian-controlled Luhansk. Videos of the demolition of monuments - granite slabs with inscriptions - are distributed by telegram channels controlled by the Russian administration. Monuments to "Victims of Stalin's repressions" and "Victims of the Holodomor" were dismantled in occupied Luhansk.

Alexander Kibovsky The Zamoskvoretsky court of Moscow at the request of the investigation arrested for 2 months and sent Alexander Kibovsky to the former head of the Moscow Government Government Department. It is reported by "Mediazona". The former minister is suspected of fraud and bribe on an especially large scale. The amount of bribes he received exceeds 100 million rubles, the Investigative Committee said .