In the suburbs of St. Petersburg, the body of 61-year-old Yuri Voronov, the head of the Astra Shipping transport company, which was engaged in the Arctic contracts of Gazprom, was found. According to MK, Voronov was found in the pool with a shot head. A Grand Power's traumatic gun was found near the body. Voronov’s wife said that he left for the Leningrad region on July 1, and before leaving, he had a conflict with business partners due to a loss of money.

A 20-year-old student Danuta Perednya has been sentenced by the Kirovsk district court in the Mahiliou region of Belarus to 6.5 years in prison for reposting a text criticizing Vladimir Putin and Alexander Lukashenko for unleashing war in Ukraine, the Mayday Team Telegram channel reports .

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The Prosecutor General of Russia uses the Internet without blocking of Roskomnadzor. This became known to Medusa during the consideration in the Tagansky district court of Moscow a lawsuit by Roskomnadzor and the Prosecutor General’s Office on recognition of actions to block the site illegal.

“Club July 1”, which includes academics and professor of the Russian Academy of Sciences (RAS), published a statement dedicated to the scientist, head of the laboratory of quantum optical technologies of the Faculty of Physics of NSU Dmitry Kolker, who died in a pre -trial detention center three days after the arrest. The club participants expressed condolences to the relatives and friends of Kolker, and also demanded that the perpetrators be held accountable in his death.

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State Duma deputies adopted in third reading amendments to the Law “On Veterans”, according to which civilians “ensuring the implementation of tasks” during the special operation of Russia in Ukraine from February 24, 2022 will receive the status of war veterans. Prior to the adoption of the law, civilians could receive the status of a veteran only if they were wounded or presented to the state award, the speaker of the State Duma Vyacheslav Volodin noted.

35 countries signed a joint statement with an appeal to tighten sports sanctions against Russia and Belarus. “Persons closely related to the Russian and Belarusian states, including, among other things, government officials, should be removed from influential positions in international sports federations, such as tips and organizational committees,” the joint statement published on the website of the US State Department said.

POLITICS Mysterious Island. How Snake Island became a stumbling block in the war between Russia and Ukraine Anatoly Voinov 5 июля 2022 One of the most striking and at the same time tragicomic stories of the war between Russia and Ukraine is the story of the confrontation over the tiny Snake Island. The Russian army lost nearly $1 billion worth of armaments there, and it is where the legendary slogan “Russian warship, go fuck yourself” was first uttered.

The Ministers of Finance and Health of Great Britain Rishi Sunak and Sajid Javid resigned. It is reported by Reuters. At the same time, the head of the Ministry of Health stated that many lawmakers and the public lost confidence in the ability of Prime Minister Boris Johnson to rule the country in national interests.

In the city of Klintsy, the Bryansk region (50 km from the border with Ukraine), three unknown people made an armed attack on military unit 12721, where contractors serve, after which they disappeared. This was reported by BAZA and Mash , publishing an orientation on those who attacked the police lieutenant colonel, responsible for the Klintsovsky Ministry of Internal Affairs department. One of the attackers received a gunshot wound, now all three are looking for security forces.

The Hague will take place in the Hague, the film “Navalny” for employees of the organization to prohibit chemical weapons and delegations that will come to the OPCHU. This was announced on her Twitter ally of Navalny Maria Pevchiki. The day before showing the film at the OPCHU at the Russian embassy in the Netherlands, the film was shown about Navalny propagandist Vladimir Solovyov “Patient”, writes TASS.

In Belarus, the court of the Kirovsky district of the Mogilev region sentenced a 20-year-old student Danuta to the 6.5 years in a general regime colony for reposting the text in one of the chats with criticism of the actions of Vladimir Putin and Alexander Lukashenko to unleash the war in Ukraine. It is reported by the Telegram channel Mayday Team.

Policy A suitcase without pens: the occupied Donbass sucks the latest resources from a weakening Russian economy Konstantin Skorkin July 5, 2022 Recently, Izvestia published material signed by the deputy head of AP Kiriyenko that the destroyed Donbass will be restored at the expense of Russia's budget at a temporary reduction in the standard of living of the Russians themselves. Soon the note was removed (it, however, was preserved in the archive ), declaring it by hacking the site by hackers.

The body of Yuri Voronov, 61, the head of the Astra Shipping company, which was in charge of Gazprom's Arctic contracts, was found dead in a St. Petersburg suburb. According to MK , Voronov was found in a swimming pool with a gunshot wound to the head. A Grand Power pistol was found next to his body. Voronov's wife said he left for the Leningrad region on July 1. Before his departure he had a conflict with his business partners over the loss of money.