Lithuanian border guards discovered an underground tunnel running from Belarus into the southeastern part of the country, the Lithuanian broadcaster LRT reported , citing Lithuania’s State Border Guard Service. The tunnel (about one meter, or 3.3 feet, in diameter) had no exit on the Lithuanian side, according to the outlet. Border guards discovered it after detecting ground vibrations suggesting someone was digging underneath.

Dmitry Medvedev, deputy chairman of Russia’s Security Council, dismissed rumors of a possible mobilization in Russia this fall as untrue, the Russian state news agency TASS reported. The Security Council advises the president on national security matters. He called news reports and social media posts on the subject “paid for.” Medvedev added: The enemy’s attempts to spread nonsense that a mobilization is being prepared in the country are nothing more than a lying provocation.

Литовские пограничники обнаружили на юго-востоке страны подземный туннель из Беларуси. Об этом сообщает LRT со ссылкой на Службу охраны государственной границы Литвы. По данным издания, туннель диаметром около одного метра не имел выхода на литовскую сторону. Его удалось найти благодаря тому, что пограничники зафиксировали вибрации грунта, указывающие на возможное рытье подземного хода.

Meduza has obtained the ” brand book ” governing how United Russia’s regional branches design campaign materials for local candidates. The document also shows the design intended for the party’s federal-level campaigns.

Demand for electric and hybrid vehicles has surged in Russia, leaving some models in short supply, the Russian business daily Kommersant reported , citing dealers and distributors. The outlet’s sources did not provide specific figures, but data from the analytics agency Avtostat, cited by the newspaper, showed sales of new hybrids and electric vehicles rose 80 percent between June 29 and July 19 compared with the average weekly figure for the first half of the year.

Заместитель председателя Совбеза РФ Дмитрий Медведев заявил, что слухи о возможной мобилизации в России ближайшей осенью не соответствуют действительности. Публикации на эту тему, которые распространяются в СМИ и соцсетях, он назвал «проплаченными», пишет ТАСС. Попытки врага нести всякую пургу о том, что в стране готовится мобилизация — не более чем лживая провокация. Это часть пропаганды в преддверии выборов. Они стараются, естественно, дестабилизировать обстановку.

Dmitry Fekolistov / TASS / Profimedia In recent years, Russian authorities have pushed ninth graders ever harder to enroll in vocational colleges instead of staying in school through 11th grade and going on to university, the BBC’s Russian service reports. According to the Higher School of Economics, 2022 — the first year of Russia’s full-scale invasion of Ukraine — was the first year in which more than half of ninth graders (50.4 percent) chose college over 10th grade.

The Eksmo-AST publishing group has fired employees who refused to work under the censorship rules it introduced in response to Russia’s new laws, and others who objected resigned, the group’s president, Oleg Novikov, said in an interview on the program Vesti. The independent Russian investigative outlet Agentstvo flagged the interview.

Senate Republicans and Democrats have struck a deal on a new Russia sanctions bill co-authored by the late Lindsey Graham, Bloomberg reports. Under the agreement, the two sides have finalized the bill’s language. A procedural vote is set for later on July 28. The vote falls on the same day as the funeral for the bill’s co-author, Lindsey Graham, who died suddenly more than two weeks ago.

Swedish Coast Guard / Getty ImagesGas escaping from a leak in the Nord Stream pipeline in the Baltic Sea. Photo by the Swedish Coast Guard. September 27, 2022 On the night of September 26, 2022, explosions ruptured three of the four pipelines that make up the Nord Stream 1 and Nord Stream 2 gas pipeline systems in the Baltic Sea, near the Danish island of Bornholm. German investigators pursued theories ranging from a Russian provocation to the involvement of Western intelligence services.

Акции Apple во вторник, 28 июля, подорожали на 1,8%, почти до 343 долларов за ценную бумагу. Благодаря этому капитализация компании превысила пять триллионов долларов, пишет Bloomberg. Позже в ходе торгов стоимость акций немного снизилась, в результате чего рыночная стоимость Apple опустились ниже отметки в пять триллионов. Тем не менее, она продолжает удерживать лидерство в списке самых дорогих компаний мира. Apple стала второй компанией в истории, которой удалось достичь такой капитализации.

In an article about the trials of participants in the 1825 uprising on St. Petersburg’s Senate Square, the Russian business daily Vedomosti mistakenly labeled the Decembrists an “undesirable” organization — a legal status that bans a group from operating in Russia and criminalizes any involvement with it. On the morning of July 28, Alexey Polorotov, a journalist with Ostorozhno Media, was among the first to spot the label in the article. Vedomosti published the article on July 25.

The SK SOS crisis group has been designated an “extremist” organization, according to a letter received by its director, David Isteev. The decision was made about a month ago, but SK SOS has not yet been added to the Justice Ministry’s registry of “extremist” organizations, the group said. SK SOS said in a statement: We have long expected this decision and began restructuring our work the moment the “international LGBT movement” was designated an “extremist” organization.

Russian officials are considering installing machine guns and mobile missile launchers on cargo ships that carry grain through the Sea of Azov to shield the vessels from Ukrainian drone attacks, sources told Bloomberg. The Russian military and other government agencies are in talks with grain traders and shipowners over how to safeguard their cargo.

В России вырос спрос на электромобили и гибридные автомобили. На некоторые модели образовался дефицит, пишет «Коммерсант» со ссылкой на дилеров и дистрибуторов. Собеседники издания не приводят конкретных цифр. Но по данным аналитического агентства «Автостат», на которые ссылаются журналисты, продажи новых гибридов и электромобилей с 29 июня по 19 июля выросли в 1,8 раза по сравнению со средним недельным значением в первом полугодии.