The opening ceremony of the 2026 FIFA World Cup Mexico at the Azteca Stadium in Mexico City, before the first Mexico-South Africa match. June 11, 2026 The Mexican part of the 2026 FIFA World Cup ended in early July. The organizational triumph in Mexico City, Guadalajara and Monterrey, the three cities where the matches were played, stood in stark contrast to worsening social tensions and criminal violence in almost every other part of the country.

Refinery "Gazprom neftekhim Salavat", July 14, 2026 The Gazprom neftekhim Salavat oil refinery in Bashkortostan suspended operations after a Ukrainian attack on the night of July 14. Reuters writes about this, citing two sources.

Screenshot from a video of the strikes on Iran, which was published on July 14, 2026 by the US Central Command On the evening of July 14, the United States carried out strikes for seven hours on dozens of military targets in southern Iran, including missile and unmanned bases, naval forces and coastal defense systems, US Central Command said .

In Chelyabinsk, while queuing for gas, one driver shot at another with a traumatic pistol, reports 74.RU. An eyewitness said that one of the drivers decided to refuel without waiting in line, but when he was reprimanded, he pulled out a weapon and fired. “The man was told to stand in the general queue to refuel the car, but he decided that he didn’t want to do this. What if everyone reacted like that? We had children in the car, and where could the bullet land?

On July 15, the St. Petersburg City Court rejected the appeal of the coordinator of the federal political committee of the Yabloko party, the former head of the party faction in the St. Petersburg legislative assembly, Alexander Shishlov, and thereby finally deprived him of the right to run in the upcoming elections. The party's press service reported this. The court upheld the fine of 1,500 rubles under the article on the demonstration of extremist symbols.

Ukraine was allowed to purchase Chinese parts for drones using funds received as part of an EU defense loan. The Financial Times writes about this, citing two sources. The newspaper's interlocutors said that Kyiv received permission to use part of the funds from the first tranche in the amount of six billion euros for this purpose. As the FT notes, the decision highlights gaps in EU defense production and China's role in supplying both sides of the conflict.

In Transbaikalia, they began testing the sale of fuel using QR codes - they can only be obtained in the MAX messenger. According to the head of the region, Alexander Osipov, for now only one gas station will operate under this scheme. To receive the code, you need to register in the bot in the MAX messenger, submit an application the next day, select a time slot and type of fuel.

Show more Collapse The fuel crisis in Russia has moved to a fundamentally new, unprecedented level of administrative regulation. From July 9, in Mordovia, Nizhny Novgorod and Astrakhan regions, as well as in the Oryol and Lipetsk regions, a fuel supply system was introduced strictly according to the state registration numbers of cars (on even and odd dates). In addition, in Mordovia the refueling limit was reduced to 20 liters per car, and the sale of gasoline in cans was completely banned.

Aircraft carrier and US aircraft The US military has completed another round of strikes against Iranian targets, saying it had struck dozens of military targets in areas adjacent to the Strait of Hormuz. Among the affected facilities, as stated by the US Central Command (CENTCOM), are missile storage sites and empty installations on Great Thumb Island, as well as coastal defense systems.

Azat Miftakhov The court in Labytnangi of the Yamalo-Nenets Autonomous Okrug upheld the complaint of political prisoner Azat Miftakhov against the refusal to initiate a case of torture in colony No. 18 "Polar Owl" in the village of Kharp. Mediazona reports this. The court declared the investigator's inaction illegal and decided to eliminate the violations.

Z-bloggers and "military correspondents". Who are they: propagandists or sincere supporters of the war? Why is their dissatisfaction with Putin and the progress of the SVO growing? We are discussing with the author of the channel “All Quiet on the Zzzza Western Front” Ivan Filippov, political scientist Nikolai Mitrokhin and culturologist Andrei Arkhangelsky

Illustrative photo Human rights activists reported that raids had resumed in Penza. The Telegram channel “Udmurtia against corruption” reported new cases of raids on men to send them to war against Ukraine. Thus, according to Udmurtia Against Corruption, on June 9, a 37-year-old resident of Izhevsk was detained by four people “in civilian clothes, but with military insignia.” It is not reported whether the Izhevsk resident was drunk, but the source said that the man has a family and a job.

Zaporozhye NPP As a result of a drone strike by the Ukrainian Armed Forces on the afternoon of July 15, the chief engineer of the Russian-controlled Zaporozhye Nuclear Power Plant, Alexander Yakovlev, was killed. This was stated by the head of the Rosatom corporation, Alexey Likhachev, whose commentary was published by the Rosatom press service.