The authorities want to replace them with other messengers The national messenger Max has gained its first million users, the company’s press service claims. The most registrations were recorded in Moscow, St. Petersburg, Kazan and Krasnodar. According to Max, 14 million messages have been sent through the app in recent weeks and over 420,000 calls have been made. The bulk of the audience is Android device owners (75%), followed by iOS (23%) and PC (2%) users.

During three years of war, utility prices rose by almost 40% From July 1, 2025 , tariffs for housing and communal services will be indexed in Russia. The national average growth will be almost 12%. At the same time, in a number of regions the premium will be significantly higher: for example, in the Perm Territory, tariffs will increase by more than 20%. Rising prices for utilities outpaced inflation Large-scale indexation of prices for utility services became known last year.

The 17-year-old son of the head of Chechnya has probably married for the second time Last weekend, the wedding of Adama Kadyrov, the 17-year-old son of the head of the region, Ramzan Kadyrov, took place in Chechnya. “Layout” tells what is known about this. In order not to miss new texts from “Layout”, subscribe to our telegram channel UAE Ambassador to Russia interrupts vacation to congratulate Adam Kadyrov Officially, the wedding was planned for Friday, June 27, wrote Novaya Gazeta Europe.

The journalist is abroad. In Russia he faces up to two years in prison A criminal case has been opened against journalist Yuri Dud under the article of failure to fulfill the duties of a “foreign agent”. RIA Novosti reports this.

The Azerbaijani Foreign Ministry called the actions of Russian security forces “unacceptable violence” In Yekaterinburg, security forces carried out raids against Azerbaijanis over murder cases in 2001–2011. As a result of the raids, two people died and at least three more men were taken to hospital. The Azerbaijani Foreign Ministry called the actions of the security forces “unacceptable violence” and summoned the Russian ambassador.

Human rights activists say anti-personnel mines are inhumane and indiscriminate weapons The Baltic countries, Finland and Poland are withdrawing from the Ottawa Convention banning anti-personnel mines and plan to mine the territories bordering Russia. At the end of June, Ukraine also officially announced its withdrawal from the convention. “Verstka” figured out why these countries had previously abandoned the use of anti-personnel mines and whether minefields will help deter Russian aggression.

Since the beginning of the year, explosions have occurred on four more ships visiting Russian ports Off the coast of Libya, an explosion occurred on board the tanker Vilamoura , which was carrying about 1 million barrels of oil previously loaded in Russian ports. This was reported by Bloomberg and Reuters. The incident occurred on June 27, but it became known only today. According to the Greek company TMS Tankers, which owns the ship, the engine room was flooded as a result of the explosion.