France's National Anti-Terrorism Prosecutor's Office (PNAT) said it had arrested an 18-year-old man suspected of planning attacks on people. He was detained at an unnamed resort, Reuters reported . He was reportedly in contact, in person and via social media, with another 18-year-old man who was arrested on July 23 in southwestern France. "The investigation is focused on one or more violent acts that these young people were considering.

Russia and China have carried out their first joint strategic bomber patrols near Alaska, raising concerns in the US and its allies, the Financial Times reports . The North American Aerospace Defense Command (Norad) said U.S. and Canadian fighter jets intercepted two Russian Tu-95s and two Chinese H-6s. The bombers did not enter U.S. or Canadian airspace but were operating in the Alaska Air Defense Identification Zone (ADIZ), a buffer for monitoring potential threats.

The remains of a Geranium 1/2 UAV (the Russian equivalent of the Iranian Shahed) have been found near the Romanian village of Plauru in Tulcea County, located near the border with Ukraine. According to the Romanian Defense Ministry, they were found in one of three suspected impact zones where the drones involved in the night attack on Ukrainian ports on the Danube, which are located near the border, could have fallen.

A resident of Khabarovsk has become a defendant in a criminal case on "treason" and "assistance to terrorism." This was reported by Interfax, citing the FSB. According to the department, the 39-year-old man had a negative attitude towards the Russian political system and was an opponent of the war in Ukraine. For this reason, he allegedly decided to contact an agent of the Ukrainian special services in a messenger.

The news The Insider July 25, 2024 Researchers of the Slovak company ESET, specializing in cybersecurity, said they discovered cyberosis associated with the popular Hamster Kombat game, which are aimed at Android and Windows users. The game is very popular among users in Eastern Europe, especially in Russia, Uzbekistan and Ukraine. Players many times touch the hamster on the screen to earn a fictitious currency.

ECONOMICS Dragged over the сoals: Russia's forced subsidization of a dying industry Tatiana Lanshina 25 July 2024 World coal consumption is at a record high, but more than half of Russia's coal companies are unprofitable due to sanctions and export issues. Global coal consumption is expected to decline, and the Russian coal industry is unprepared for this development. As exports and prices fall, losses will increase.

The State Duma has adopted in the first reading a draft law banning advertising on websites of organizations recognized in Russia as "extremist" or "undesirable," as well as any other Internet resources blocked in the country. This was reported on the parliament's website.

The Solidarity Committee with Mathematician Azat Miftakhov, Solidarité FreeAzat, sent a public letter to Mireille Mathieu asking for help in freeing political prisoner Azat Miftakhov, a mathematician who is serving a sentence for justifying terrorism. As the committee notes, Mathieu has friendly relations with the head of the Investigative Committee of Russia, Alexander Bastrykin. He dedicated poems and songs to her, repeatedly invited her to Russia, where she was met at the highest level.

The policy of The Insider 25 July 2024 At the very beginning of a full -scale invasion of Ukraine, it was difficult for Kyiv to achieve military assistance from third countries. The first allies of Ukraine were the countries of Europe and the United States, but it soon turned out that the volume of the weapons that they are able to transfer is quite limited.

The Insider News July 25, 2024 South Korean company YG-1 supplies metal-cutting equipment to Russia, which is actively used by Russian defense plants. Since the beginning of the war, the turnover of the Russian branch of the company has doubled, and net profit has increased sixfold. The company's products have been purchased by two Russian nuclear weapons plants, The Insider has found out.

The High Anti-Corruption Court (HACC) ordered detectives from the National Anti-Corruption Bureau (NABU) to open a criminal case against the Chairman of the Board of the state-owned company Ukrenergo, Volodymyr Kudrytsky. He is suspected of receiving an undue benefit and legalizing income obtained through corruption. The decision was published in the Unified State Register of Court Decisions on July 24.

The Synod of the Russian Orthodox Church has temporarily removed Metropolitan Hilarion (in the world - Grigory Alfeyev) from the management of the Budapest-Hungarian Diocese. As stated in the journals of the Synod, published on the website of the Russian Orthodox Church, it was also decided to create a commission to study the state of affairs in this diocese. Management has been temporarily transferred to the Patriarchal Exarch of Western Europe, Metropolitan Nestor of Korsun and Western Europe.

Roskomnadzor has blocked the fan fiction website Fanfikus. "From now on, Fanfikus is unavailable from the territory of the Russian Federation. We are doing everything possible and impossible to launch the system and unblock as quickly as possible," says a message published on VKontakte. The resource administration received a letter from Roskomnadzor on July 23.

Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky announced the arrest in Dnipro of a suspect in the murder of former Verkhovna Rada deputy Iryna Farion. He spoke about a "very difficult operation" carried out by the Ukrainian National Police, the SBU and other special services. According to him, the security forces arrested an 18-year-old young man. Iryna Farion was shot in the head in the courtyard of her home in Lviv, on Masaryk Street on July 19. She was hospitalized and died there.

A Russian lawyer-turned-chef who once appeared on a dating show back in his homeland was directed by the Kremlin’s intelligence services to stage “large-scale” acts of “destabilization” at the opening of the Olympic Games in France on July 26, The Insider has learned. The Insider can confirm that Kirill Griaznov, who revealed his plans in a drunken conversation over dinner on the Bulgarian Black Sea coast, has extensive ties to FSB and GRU officers.