Marco Rubio On August 6, the United States imposed sanctions against five legal entities and eight individuals associated with the purchase of weapons abroad for the Ministry of the Revolutionary Armed Forces of Cuba and the intelligence services of this country. State Department head Marco Rubio announced the sanctions. According to him, "the Cuban communist regime is a state sponsor of terrorism" that undermines US security and works closely with its adversaries such as China, Russia and Iran.

Novorossiysk Sea carriers operating on the Turkey-Novorossiysk route have begun to introduce surcharges for military risks, Kommersant writes about this with reference to the companies themselves. The Alpha Shipping line has set a surcharge of $1,000 per TEU (equivalent to a 20-foot container) in the direction of Novorossiysk and $500 in the opposite direction, Marmed Container Services – $1,000 in both directions, M-Line – $750 per TEU for all cargo traveling through the Black Sea.

Mineralnye Vody Airport, Stavropol Territory The European Union has adopted the 21st package of sanctions against Russia for the war in Ukraine: new measures are aimed at banks, oil traders, the “shadow fleet” and Russia’s energy income.

Illustrative photo After daily attacks by Ukrainian drones on Russian regions, dozens of photographs and videos of the consequences of the attacks appear on social networks and instant messengers. The authorities and security forces have been trying for several years to establish a monopoly on informing residents about drone strikes. In at least 60 regions of the Russian Federation, including all subjects of the Volga Federal District, there are bans on the dissemination of attack footage.

Illustrative photo A 36-year-old resident of the Shpakovsky district of the Stavropol Territory is accused of financing an “undesirable organization.” According to investigators, he allegedly made two money transfers to her. The organization itself is not named in the message from the regional prosecutor's office. The position of the accused and his defense is unknown.

At least 77 conscripts died in the border zone in the Kursk region during the invasion of the Ukrainian Armed Forces in 2024, “Important Stories” and “Vestk” found out . More than 30 more people remain missing. Journalists believe that over time they will also be recognized as dead. Missing people continue to be recognized as dead even now - the last known case occurred in May 2026.

Soon after the explosion Among those killed in the explosion that occurred on August 1 in the Moscow restaurant Balzi Rossi was Major General Valery Plokhotnyuk, the VChK-OGPU telegram channel claims without citing a source. The channel published a photograph of the grave in which the general was allegedly buried on August 5 at the Troekurovsky cemetery. Mediazona, citing state registers, confirmed that they contain a record of Plohotnyuk’s death on August 1.

Illustrative photo: Grigory Yavlinsky in front of the banner of the Yabloko party The Central Election Commission nevertheless registered the federal list of the Yabloko party for the State Duma elections. The decision on July 29 was unanimous. There are 269 candidates on the list, and the party nominated another 135 people in single-mandate constituencies.

The Supreme Court of Buryatia found Vasilisa Shishkina, a journalist for the publication Number One, guilty of treason and sentenced her to 12 years in prison. Mediazona drew attention to the message from her lawyer Vasily Dubkov. As Dubkov said, the verdict was handed down on May 21, and on August 6 the court considered the appeal.

The UK has imposed sanctions on six Russian financial institutions. The list includes Ozon Bank, TelePort Bank, Eximbank of Russia, Center-invest, Realist Bank and Bank Stavr. Restrictions were introduced against the shipbuilding company Severny Engineering, as well as the companies MetalKomplekt, NIKom, Promsiz and Technolux. In addition, Alexander Zhdanov, the owner of the Siltron company, operating in the chemical industry, was included in the list.

Operation of PDPS in hard-to-reach areas. Photobank of the Federal Aviation Forestry Service How the environment becomes a victim of military and economic goals This week in Russia turned out to be like something out of a disaster movie, only without special effects, everything is happening for real. Beyond the Urals the taiga is burning, in Tyumen and the Moscow region the rivers are littered with dead fish, and in the Russian part of the Black Sea oil products are spilling.

In the Nizhny Novgorod region, a woman is expelled from Russia because she had a rug in the hallway in her home in the shape of a Russian flag with a coat of arms

Detention (illustrative photo) Law enforcement officers, including the FSB, economic police and special regiment of the Ministry of Internal Affairs, detained a 74-year-old resident of Vyborg, suspected of financing extremism due to donations to the Anti-Corruption Foundation. This was reported by the Department of the Ministry of Internal Affairs for St. Petersburg and the Leningrad Region.

How the environment becomes a victim of military and economic goals

This week in Russia turned out to be like something out of a disaster movie, only without special effects, everything is happening for real. Beyond the Urals the taiga is burning, in Tyumen and the Moscow region the rivers are littered with dead fish, and in the Russian part of the Black Sea oil products are spilling