Representatives of the tourism and restaurant industry of Sevastopol appealed to regional and federal authorities with a request to provide large-scale support measures against the backdrop of the fuel, logistics and energy crisis. Local media write about this. Entrepreneurs are asking for wage subsidies, preferential loans, tax breaks and payment deferrals, warning that without help, tens of thousands of jobs will be at risk.

US Energy Secretary Chris Wright has warned the European Union that US gas supplies will go to other markets if the bloc does not ease regulations on emissions of methane, a powerful greenhouse gas. He stated this in an interview with Bloomberg on the sidelines of a conference in New York. Wright said: “Without meaningful reform of this rule, Europe will face serious pain, which is unnecessary.

Apple has raised prices on MacBooks and iPads by about 20% worldwide, one of the largest price increases in the company's history, writes the Financial Times. Apple cited a shortage of memory chips caused by the boom in artificial intelligence infrastructure as the reason. The company said the entire consumer electronics industry was facing an "unprecedented challenge" as memory prices rose so quickly that the company had to pass on the costs to consumers.

Regional waste collection operator Oleron+ reported a temporary stoppage of garbage trucks in four districts of the Trans-Baikal Territory due to lack of fuel. Previously, the court recovered more than 112 million rubles from the company after thousands of complaints from residents about overfilled containers and violations of the waste removal schedule.

The Russian government will write off more than 48 billion rubles of debt on budget loans to 8 regions. Prime Minister Mikhail Mishustin announced this at a meeting of the Cabinet of Ministers on June 25. We are talking about the Volgograd, Moscow, Nizhny Novgorod, Novgorod, Novosibirsk, Ryazan and Chelyabinsk regions, as well as Udmurtia. According to Mishustin, the released funds should be used for the construction and repair of social facilities, housing and roads.

Russian courts recently handed down a record number of verdicts in treason and espionage cases, issuing 48 convictions in the month of March, according to a report by the rights group Pervy Otdel (lit. “Department One”), published June 25.

Photo: RIA Novosti On the reserve day of the Unified State Exam in English this week, graduates were asked questions about the Battle of Borodino and its significance for Russian history. Dozens of similar messages from language teachers appeared on social networks, The Insider noted. Some teachers write that students may lose points for factual errors when answering such questions.

Starting from June 23, fuel trucks have been allowed to enter Moscow around the clock and without obtaining the necessary permits, according to an announcement posted on the website of Mayor Sergey Sobyanin. “This temporary measure is being introduced at the request of owners of gas station networks in Moscow and the Moscow Region.

British authorities are planning to hold an auction to sell oil from the tanker Smyrtos (IMO: 9389100), which was detained in the English Channel in mid-June, according to a report by The Telegraph . The proceeds could be used to support Ukraine. The tanker is currently anchored off the coast of Weymouth, a town in southwest England. After the investigation is completed, the vessel is likely to be released and could return to Russia, the newspaper’s sources said.

By decision of the Operational Headquarters of the Republic of Crimea, the carrier Grand Service Express, together with the Crimean Ministry of Transport and the Federal State Unitary Enterprise Crimean Railway, is reducing the number of Tavria trains that run to the peninsula and back, according to the Telegram channel of the Russian “head” of the peninsula, Sergei Aksenov. Only seven trains will operate daily.

A new bipartisan non-profit organization, RAISE US, has been created in the United States to retrain workers amid the accelerating automation of jobs with artificial intelligence, reports the Associated Press. The organization was founded by former US Secretary of Commerce, Democrat Gina Raimondo, and former Indiana Governor, Republican Eric Holcomb.

The administration of US President Donald Trump intends to approve the sale of dozens of jet engines to Turkey worth hundreds of millions of dollars, despite the objections of some members of Congress. This was reported by Reuters, citing four sources familiar with the situation. The deal would be a gesture to Ankara ahead of the NATO summit in the Turkish capital next month.

The US State Department believes that Ukraine is winning the war. As European Pravda reports , Deputy Head of the State Department for Foreign Assistance, Humanitarian Affairs and Religious Freedom Jeremy Levin stated this at a YES Forum discussion held in Gdansk on the eve of the URC-2026 summit by the Victor Pinchuk Foundation.

UK authorities intend to hold an auction for the sale of oil from the tanker SMYRTOS ( IMO : 9389100), detained in the English Channel in the middle of the month. According to The Telegraph newspaper, the proceeds may be used to support Ukraine. The tanker is currently anchored off the coast of Weymouth, a city in southwest England. After the investigation is completed, the ship will likely be released and it will be able to return to Russia, the newspaper’s sources say.

“Vesti” in an article entitled “Lavrov doubted media reports about Trump’s permission for Kiev to tighten actions” says : “Ukrainian media reports that US President Donald Trump allegedly allowed Kyiv to tighten its actions against the Russian Federation are an attempt to pass off wishful thinking, Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov said at the Primakov Readings forum.