Do the relations of Putin and Lukashenko spoil the contacts of Minsk and Washington? What is the administration of Trump from the leader of Belarus? What is Lukashenko awaited in exchange for political prisoners? What will Putin offer an ally to maintain his loyalty? We are talking about this with political scientist Catherine Glod.

In Russia, a network for the sale of sex with minors is disclosed.

The editions of the "Virtsta" and "Important Stories" published an investigation to sell sex with minors in Russia. Journalists gained access to the case file, from which it follows that in 2018-2019 in Russia there was a network for involving minor girls in prostitution.

Show more To curtail Donald Trump demands to “drive a CNN journalist Natasha Bertrand, who“ lies in history with the destruction of Iranian nuclear objects ”. Back to Natasha !! - The US president writes in his social network. He mocrats thunder and lightning addressed to both CNN and New Times, which allowed themselves to doubt the success of the Israeli-American operation.

Russia and Ukraine conducted another prisoner exchange. The parties announced this on Thursday, July 26. Moscow and Kyiv agreed on a series of exchanges at the beginning of June at negotiations in Istanbul. The total number of those exchanged has not yet been disclosed. The exchanged Russian military personnel were delivered to Belarus, the Russian Ministry of Defense said in a statement. Later they will be sent to the department's medical facilities.

In Russia, since the beginning of the full-scale invasion of Ukraine, the courts have received 20,538 cases under articles of unauthorized abandonment of a unit, failure to comply with an order and desertion, Mediazona calculated based on data from court websites. The largest number of cases were initiated under the article on unauthorized abandonment of a unit - 18,159, followed by failure to comply with a superior's order - 1,369 and desertion - 1,010.

Magomed-Sultan Magomedov The Sovetsky District Court of Makhachkala on Thursday fully satisfied the civil claim of the Prosecutor General's Office against the State Secretary of Dagestan Magomed-Sultan Magomedov and his relatives on the issue of confiscation of their assets for state income. Kommersant reports this. The day before, it was reported that Magomedov had been searched and detained. However, as Kommersant writes, on Thursday Magomedov himself came to court.

To the 50th anniversary of Radio Liberty. From the archives of 1983: arrests of representatives of the Solzhenitsyn Foundation, a book about Nestor Makhno, the tragedy of the South Korean Boeing, Soviet prisoners in Afghanistan. In memory of Alexander Schmemann. Vasily Aksenov: remembering Alexander Galich. Solzhenitsyn's first wife and the book "CIA against the USSR".

Vladimir Putin The son of Vladimir Putin’s cousin, Denis Putin, was one of the co-founders of the company that owns the Sheremetyevo international business complex, located near the Moscow airport of the same name. The Agency drew attention to this. 28-year-old Putin became one of the co-founders of the MDK Sheremetyevo company at the end of May. A 10 percent share was given to him by the key co-owner of the company, Sergei Tarasov, the publication writes.

Anna Wintour British journalist Anna Wintour will leave her post as editor-in-chief of Vogue magazine. She announced this at a team meeting on Wednesday. The information was confirmed to the New York Post by the publishing house Condé Nast. Wintour, 75, has headed the magazine since 1988. She is considered one of the most influential people in the fashion world. She will remain editorial director of Vogue and chief content officer of Condé Nast's.

Thanks to its in-flight refueling capabilities, the B-2 Spirit stealth bomber's flight duration is effectively limited only by the endurance of its pilots. During the 37-hour mission to strike Iran's nuclear facilities on June 22, this human limitation was taken to the extreme. "B-2 pilots can lie down to take a nap.

US Central Intelligence Agency (CIA) Director John Ratcliffe said credible intelligence suggests Iran's nuclear program has been severely damaged by US strikes and will take years to recover. Ratcliffe's statement said there was new information from a proven source that a number of key Iranian nuclear facilities had been destroyed.

Prime Minister of Hungary Viktor Orban Budapest vetoed a joint EU statement on supporting Ukraine, effectively blocking the start of negotiations on the country's accession to the union. This was reported by RBC-Ukraine and Ukrainskaya Pravda . 26 member states of the union called on Ukraine and the European Commission to intensify work to prepare for the country’s accession to the EU. At the same time, members of the union must approve the membership unanimously.

Commander-in-Chief of the Armed Forces of Ukraine Alexander Syrsky said on Thursday that the offensive of Russian troops in the border areas of the Sumy region was stopped and the front line was stabilized. Syrsky compared the situation to last year's Russian attempt to advance in the Kharkov region, where, after initial successes, Russian troops were also stopped and were unable to advance more than a few kilometers from the border.