What drives Putin's Russia

Residents of the CAR with the flag of PMCs In the Central African Republic, as a result of shooting at one of the mines, controlled by the structures associated with the Russian PMC Wagner, at least 11 people were killed. It is reported by Associated Press with reference to local residents and rescuers. Shooting, stated, occurred on Wednesday on the gold mine of Ndassima, located about 450 km east of the capital of the country of Banga.

Rustem Umarov Ukraine offered Russia next week to hold a new round of negotiations. This evening was stated on Saturday by President of Ukraine Volodymyr Zelensky. According to him, the head of the Ukrainian delegation at negotiations Rustem Umarov handed over the proposal to the Russian side. This week he was appointed secretary of the National Security and Defense Council, having left the post of Minister of Defense.

US President Donald Trump filed a lawsuit against the owner of The Wall Street Journal News Corp, founder of News Corp Media Magnate Rupert Murdok and two WSJ reporters. It requires compensation in the amount of at least 10 billion dollars for publication, which states that in 2003 Trump allegedly sent Jeffrey Epstein a congratulatory letter with a frank pattern and a hint of “general secrets”.

Sanctions were imposed against Karen Shakhnazarov In the official messenger of the EU legislation, documents adopted on the eve of the EU by the Council drawing up the 18th package of sanctions against Russia were published . The publication contains, in particular, a list of Russian banks on which restrictions are imposed, a list of vessels of the so -called shadow fleet, as well as individuals and legal entities that have fallen under sanctions.

In Odessa, as a result of a Russian night attack, a man died, three more were injured, said the head of the regional military administration Oleg Kiper. "The liquidation of the consequences of a massive enemy attack continues. According to preliminary information, one person died and at least three were injured," he wrote in Telegram. According to local authorities, at night Russia attacked Odessa with shock drones, and apartment buildings were damaged.

The President of Azerbaijan Ilham Aliyev advised Ukraine to "not humble" with the occupation of its territories by Russia. He said this on a media forum in the city of Shusha, answering the question of Ukrainian journalist Dmitry Gordon. Aliyev spent parallels between the situation of Azerbaijan, part of the territory of which - the Nagorny Karabakh and the surrounding areas - was not controlled by Baku for about 30 years, and Ukraine.

Cecot prison in Salvador More than 200 Venezuela citizens deported from the United States due to suspicions of their relations with organized crime and held in prison in Salvador, returned to their homeland. This happened as part of the exchange of prisoners: 10 Americans who were in prison in Venezuela returned in the United States.

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At least 34 people died in Vietnam after the boat transporting tourists, in stormy weather, rolled over in the Bay of Halong near the coast in the north of the country. 11 people reportedly were saved, 8 remain missing. Among the dead are at least eight children. In total, there were 48 passengers and five crew members. The boat, reportedly, turned over because of a strong wind accompanied by a downpour. Search and rescue work continues.

Warsaw Airport named after Chopin The Polish authorities are investigating the air traffic control system used by the Polish Air Navigation Agency (Pansa) on Saturday. "Employees of the internal security agency collect information on this case, analyze it and check for possible sabotage," said a representative of the Ministry of Internal Affairs of Poland. According to Pansa press secretary, Marcin Hadai, a reserve system was activated in connection with the failure.

President Trump signs a decree on the dismantling of the US Department of Education Does the country need the Ministry of Education? Is the American higher education cost to study? What does Donald Trump want to achieve? We are discussing these and other issues today with a biophysicist, a professor at Harvard University Evgeny Shakhnovich , historian, professor of Seton-Hall University Maxim Matusevich and economist Professor Heverford College Vladimir Kondorovich .

More than 130 passenger trains as of the morning of July 20 followed in Russia with delays, as reported in Russian Railways, "in connection with the incident at the Lihai station," where, on the eve of the morning, according to the Russian authorities, Ukrainian drones damaged the contact network. On Saturday evening, the federal passenger company reported that 75 trains were delayed. According to Russian Railways, delays are from 33 minutes to 15 hours.

The court in the United States granted the petition of the media corporation Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty (RSA/RS) on the issuance of a preliminary law prohibition in a lawsuit against the US agency for global media (USAGM) due to non-payment of funds allocated earlier. The Russian service is one of the significant editions of the RSE/RS.

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