Feodosia and Armyansk in the annexed Crimea were left without electricity as a result of an attack on the main power grids, said the Russian-appointed Prime Minister of the republic Yuri Gotsanyuk. They promise to partially restore power in these municipalities within 24 hours, but authorities immediately warn that the timing may change: “We ask you to use electricity sparingly. Even simple actions, if followed by many, help to significantly reduce the load on the network.

In today's summary: There is a “painting war” between Ukrainian OSINT analysts and Russian military bloggers In the Pokrovsk direction it is announced that the Russian Armed Forces will enter Dobropolye The Russian offensive on Orekhov in the Zaporozhye region from Gulyai-Polye has practically stopped Alexander Syrsky - The Russian Armed Forces may launch an attack on the Chernigov region Ukraine reported an attack on a foreign merchant cargo ship HELGA flying the flag of Liberia In Penza, the

American officials allowed Anthropic (the company that developed the chatbot Claude) to return its Claude Fable 5 model to the public domain. The company announced this on its social networks. In mid-June, it was required to close access to two of its models for reasons of national security. Access to Claude Fable 5 will be restored to users around the world starting tomorrow, July 2nd.

Former CIA Director John Brennan filed a lawsuit against the Trump administration on Wednesday, asking the court to order officials to preserve investigations he says are being conducted against him for “alleged crimes,” the Associated Press reports . In the lawsuit, Brennan said he would need the documents to protect himself from “retaliatory prosecution” if the administration does pursue charges against him.

Banks of the countries of the Eurasian Economic Union ( EAEU ) have tightened the rules for depositing cash rubles into accounts since June of this year. Some banks have introduced commissions and limits, RBC noted . Thus, a commission for depositing rubles appeared in at least eight banks in Belarus - this is a third of all credit institutions in the country. From the information on their websites it follows that the commission ranges from 2 to 5%.

The administration of US President Donald Trump, according to Reuters, will officially announce that it does not intend to extend the US-Mexico-Canada Agreement (USMCA). That would begin a decade-long process of phasing out the 32-year-old North American free trade area as the three countries continue to squabble over amendments to the agreement. The announcement would open a six-year review cycle, a “sunset clause” mechanism agreed upon during Trump’s first term.

Russia ranks second in the world in terms of wealth inequality - this is one of the conclusions of the annual UBS Global Wealth Report . The Gini coefficient, reflecting the concentration of private wealth in the hands of a narrow group of the wealthiest citizens, was 0.82 for Russia at the end of 2025. The same value was recorded for the UAE, which took first place in the rating. The top five also included South Africa and Brazil (0.81 each), Saudi Arabia (0.78) and the USA (0.77).

The Colorado Democratic primary brought several unexpected results to the party: left-wing supporters beat long-time incumbent politicians, Reuters reports . Democratic Socialist Melat Quiros defeated veteran parliamentarian Diana DeGette, who had held the House seat since 1996, in the state's first congressional district. DeGette raised $1.4 million for the campaign compared to $660,000 from Quiros, an Ethiopian-born former New York lawyer and critic of Israel endorsed by Sen. Bernie Sanders.

The Supreme Court has formulated uniform approaches to cases challenging housing transactions. The review also concerns cases when the seller of an apartment, after a transaction, declares that he acted under the influence of fraudsters and demands the return of the property. Such cases became known as the “Dolina scheme” - after the singer Larisa Dolina, who sold an apartment in Khamovniki and then declared that she had become a victim of scammers.

More than two million Russian and Ukrainian troops have been killed or wounded since the start of the full-scale war. The New York Times writes about this, citing an assessment by the Washington Center for Strategic and International Studies (CSIS). According to experts, the main losses occurred in Russia: since February 2022, its armed forces have lost about 1.4 million people, of which, allegedly, about 450 thousand died.

RIA Novosti in a material entitled “Russia has become the second fastest growing country in the world” writes : “Russia has become the second fastest growing country in the world,” RIA Novosti found out after studying data from the UBS report “On World Wealth.” Wealth is defined as the sum of financial and real assets minus all debts. The indicator is calculated in national currency adjusted for inflation to exclude the impact of rising prices. Thus, in 2020–2025, domestic growth was 37%.

Technology companies are increasingly announcing massive layoffs in response to advances in artificial intelligence (AI). The American IT giant Oracle fired 30 thousand employees in the spring - they were replaced by a neural network, which some of the fired people trained . Meta will cut about 8 thousand people, that is, 10% of the staff, to compensate for investments in AI (and also because of the financial problems of the company, which miscalculated the metaverse).

The General Staff of the Armed Forces of Ukraine confirmed attacks on JSC Scientific Research Institute of Physical Measurements (NIIFI) in Penza on the night of July 1. “A hit and smoke were recorded at the facility,” the message says. NIIFI is part of the Russian Space Systems holding (a structure of Roscosmos). The company specializes in the development and production of physical quantity sensors for rocket and space technology.

4248 The Insider Podcasts July 1, 2026 New episode of the “Honestly Speaking” program with Ksenia Larina. The guest is sociologist, scientific director of the Levada Center Lev Gudkov. Listen: Apple Podcasts Spotify Castbox Ksenia Larina: Good evening, good afternoon, our dear viewers and subscribers. This is The Insider Live channel. My name is Ksenia Larina. And as usual, we have a meeting every week in our virtual studio.

Photo: guehring.com Available in English Tools for metal processing from the German company Gühring continue to be supplied to Russia, despite the fact that they are used by dozens of defense plants - from the Kalashnikov concern to PA Mayak, which produces plutonium for nuclear weapons. Using open data alone, The Insider found information about 280 contracts for the purchase of Gühring tools worth more than a billion rubles, concluded from 2015 to 2023.