“We appreciate that you are not easy for our country,” the president’s office said . The Hollywood actor arrived in Ukraine on July 19, he was noticed in Lviv in the Souvenir store and at the monument to Taras Shevchenko.

Opinions Again, our bitch is son. How the United States weakens pressure on Venezuela amid a war in Ukraine 20 June 2022 Evgeny Bai Independent political observer, expert in Latin America Venezuela forgotten by the world with its gloomy authoritarian regime unexpectedly reminded of itself: in early June, the US State Department allowed two European companies - the Italian ENI and the Spanish Repsol to export Venezuelan oil to Europe the next month.

Interfax, TASS and RBC censored by the words of the Supreme Representative of the European Union for Foreign Affairs Josep Boar about Russia's war crime. The "agency" drew attention to this. Borrel commented on the situation with the blocking of grain in the ports of the Black and Azov Seas. Reuters convey his words: “It is impossible to imagine that millions of tons of wheat remained blocked in Ukraine, while in the rest of the world people suffer from hunger. This is a real war crime.

The sanctions forced Russia to sharply increase the supply of hydrocarbons to relatively “friendly” India and China, which, using the weak position of Russia, knock out giant discounts on Russian fuel. Without adequate export alternatives, Russia is forced to fill in India and China with its cheap oil, writes Reuters.

The Ministry of Finance announced tax changes against the background of the collapse of budget revenues due to sanctions and restrictions caused by war against Ukraine. The possible reform of the Russian tax architecture was announced by the Minister of Finance Anton Siluanov, whose words are conveyed by TASS. “We always adapt the tax policy for those tasks of the current day that we are going to solve.

Three police officers from the Almaty region of Kazakhstan admitted that they were tortured by the detainees during the January protests with an iron. In total, five police officers became the defendants. This was announced by the head of the criminal prosecution of the Prosecutor General Serik Shalabaev. According to him, 25 people were recognized as the victims of torture by the iron. “Most of the victims cannot identify involved persons, because the latter were in masks or without uniforms.

The St. Petersburg Exchange, together with Freedom Holding and other professional participants in the stock market, are considering the possibility of creating a Russian-Kazakh hub in Kazakhstan to circumvent financial sanctions. This was reported by the Frank RG publication with reference to sources familiar with the course of negotiations.

The US Presidential Administration Joe Biden found a way to solve two problems at once: to reduce Russia's oil revenues, as well as reduce the rate of inflation in the United States. This was reported by Bloomberg with reference to sources in the administration and OPEC+.

Similar attempts to restrict access to abortion almost completely were made in conservative states before. But they were struck down by the Supreme Court as contrary to the landmark Roe v. Wade decision. As a rule, to challenge a passed law, you have to file a lawsuit against the official responsible for enforcing it. But Texas' new anti-abortion law was designed to get around this hurdle. Now the law is enforced not by officials, but by the citizens themselves.

The real incomes of Russians in 2022 will fall by 6.8%, and in 2023 the growth will resume, but only 1.3%. A sharp fall is said in the document of the Ministry of Finance “The main directions of the budget, tax and customs and tariff policy for 2023 and for the planning period 2024 and 2025”, excerpts from which TASS cites .

The Ukrainian court prohibited the political party “Opposition Platform - for Life” after the claim of the Ministry of Justice. This decision is explained by the fact that "the party’s activities are aimed at undermining the sovereignty of Ukraine." “The court decided to transfer all the property, funds and other assets of this party to the state. This applies to regional, city and district organizations of the specified political party.

The Council of the European Union extended the sanctions imposed against Russia due to the illegal annexation of Crimea until June 23, 2023. The Supreme Representative of the EU for Foreign Affairs Josep Borrel said that Europe still does not recognize and condemns the illegal annexation of Crimea as a serious violation of international law.

On April 26, another member of the Pussy Riot group, Maria Alekhina, convicted of the "sanitary case", was put on the wanted list. On April 21, Alekhina replaced the conditional term in the "sanitary case" with real. In May, Alekhina left Russia to join the tour. She told The New York Times, how she managed to leave the apartment, and then the country.

The Armed Forces of Ukraine (Armed Forces) hit the "Boyko towers". These are drilling platforms in the Black Sea, captured by Russia after the annexation of Crimea. The people of Ukraine from the "European Solidarity" Alexei Goncharenko announced the impact. “Our rocket launchers did not smoke near the snake, but smoked at the“ brisk towers ”. The rocket blow to the towers prevented gas flow a bit in the Ukrainian Black Sea from the Russians, ”he writes in his Telegram channel.

Russia is sending inexperienced volunteers to the front, after training them from three to seven days, the BBC's Russian Service has found out. There are the possibilities for volunteers to go to war in Ukraine: by signing a short-term contract with the Defense Ministry, by going to Chechnya and signing a three-month contract with the Rosgvardiya, or by signing a contract with the armed formations of the self-proclaimed DNR and LNR (less often because of lower pay).