“Vesti” in the material under the heading “Lavrov: there were compromise agreements in Anchorage, the Russian Federation accepted them” talks about the statements of Sergei Lavrov during communication with the press: “The agreements in Anchorage were partially of a compromise nature, but any agreement contains elements of a compromise,” said Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov.

The governor of the Kirov region, Alexander Sokolov, on the morning of July 24 reported an attack on an enterprise in Kirov. There are people injured. The governor did not specify the name of the enterprise. Update: Sokolov reported the death of six people at the attacked enterprise. Another 32 people were injured. Astra writes with reference to residents of Kirov about explosions and fire.

Through this structure, SAFE has acquired stakes in dozens of assets in eight European countries over the past 14 years. In Spain, the agency indirectly received 33.75% of the company, which, through another structure, owns Madrileña Red de Gas, a large gas operator supplying hundreds of thousands of homes and businesses in the Madrid region. In the UK, SAFE owns 49% each of three onshore wind farms in Wales and Scotland.

The Council of the European Union included in the sanctions list the settlement non-bank credit organization "Payment Center" - the operator and settlement center of the "Zolotaya Korona" payment system. The restrictions were adopted the day before, July 23, as part of the 21st package of sanctions against Russia. The EU stated as a basis that the organization operates in the banking sector, which brings significant income to the Russian authorities.

French prefectures have begun notifying Russians that they will no longer issue temporary residence permits (Autorisation provisoire de séjour, APS). From September 1, 2026, applications for this document will no longer be considered. This is reported by the InTransit project, which helps people who are persecuted in Russia to safely leave the country and legalize themselves abroad.

The only oil refinery operating in Georgia, Kulevi, was included in the 21st package of EU sanctions published the day before. Brussels demands that it refuse to purchase Russian energy resources, while now, according to the state statistics service, Tbilisi purchases about 99% of oil from Moscow. Sanctions against the Kulevi oil refinery were introduced with a six-month delay.

In today's summary: In the Konstantinovsky direction, the Russian side announces the capture of Osykov Ukrainian soldiers talk about their successes near Filia in the Dnepropetrovsk region Mikhail Fedorov refused to hold any other position in the Ukrainian government other than Minister of Defense In the Kyiv region, a Russian missile hit an arms exhibition, killing at least 10 people As a result of a strike on Slavyansk by two KABs, five people were killed and nine more were injured After a

The Italian Council of Ministers, headed by Prime Minister Giorgia Meloni, approved a bill introducing automatic criminal liability from the age of 14. Italian media reported this. According to current legislation, criminal liability for people aged 14 to 18 years does not occur automatically. To punish a teenager in accordance with the Criminal Code, the investigation and the judge must prove that the minor offender was aware of his actions and wanted to commit them.

The vessel Christiana B ( IMO : 9304162), sailing with a cargo of coal for Ukraine from the United States, was damaged as a result of an explosion off the coast of Romania. According to the country's Ministry of Internal Affairs, the cause could have been an attack by a naval drone. This is the second such incident this week. The explosion occurred on the night of July 23-24. The ship at that moment was in the exclusive economic zone of Romania.

The European Union has added 41 more vessels to its Russia sanctions list, bringing the total number of listed ships to 673. The sanctions also targeted Aquamarine Ship Management LLC, a crewing agency based in Novorossiysk that specializes in the recruitment of seafarers, including for work on oil tankers. As noted by the EU, it is the first time a crewing agency has been sanctioned by the bloc.

The government of Montenegro has published a draft resolution according to which citizens of Russia and Belarus will be able to enter the country without visas and stay there for up to 30 days only until October 31, 2026. It follows from the document that from November 1, the current visa-free regime should cease to apply. So far we are talking about the project: it has not been announced when the government plans to consider it.

Former Polish Prime Minister Mateusz Morawiecki, former Foreign Minister Szymon Szynkowski and about 30 other people were expelled from the conservative Law and Justice (PiS) party, which ruled Poland from 2015 to 2023, Polsat News reported . Before this, all PiS members were forced to sign a declaration of no membership in other associations “engaged in political activities.” Previously, Morawiecki created the Development Plus association within the party.

The European Union, as part of the 21st package of sanctions against Russia, added 41 more ships to the list, their total number has now reached 673. This time, sanctions also included ships that support the “shadow fleet” by providing bunkering (refueling) and other services.

Two Israelis and four Palestinians were killed in an armed clash near the Palestinian village of Tell near Nablus in the West Bank. Eight more people were injured. After the incident, the IDF sent additional units to the area, and the Israeli authorities announced a series of measures against Palestinian settlements, The Times of Israel reports .

In the first half of 2026, 995 new companies and individual entrepreneurs were registered in Russia, the main activity of which was funeral services. This is 22.5% more than in the same period last year, and the maximum in the last five years, the Kommersant newspaper writes , citing analysts. In total, by the end of June, 11.5 thousand funeral organizations were operating on the Russian market - 7.6% more than a year earlier. Moreover, 81% of them are registered as individual entrepreneurs.