On July 18, Ukrainian forces began striking the logistics warehouses of Wildberries, Russia’s largest online marketplace. By July 29, drones had hit 11 of the marketplace’s warehouses . Much of the stock burned, and sellers suffered losses — some of them losing millions of rubles. The marketplace has already announced relief measures for sellers, but it began paying out only several days after the first strikes, and the payouts came to far less than the losses.

Patriarch Kirill, the head of the Russian Orthodox Church, has temporarily suspended his own decree transferring Metropolitan Hilarion (Alfeyev) to Brazil, the Moscow Patriarchate said on its website. Hilarion has been given the opportunity to remain in Russia to care for his mother. His place of service has been designated as the Exaltation of the Cross Jerusalem Convent in the Moscow region.

The National Olympic Committee of Ukraine has filed an appeal with the Court of Arbitration for Sport in Lausanne, Switzerland, the committee reported , challenging a decision by the International Olympic Committee (IOC) to reinstate the Russian Olympic Committee (ROC).

The Pacific island nation of Naoero, formerly Nauru, has severed diplomatic relations with the partially recognized states of Abkhazia and South Ossetia, Georgia’s Foreign Ministry reported . Naoero’s cabinet made the decision on July 21. “This decision once again confirms that respect for and compliance with the norms of international law are the foundation of healthy international relations,” the ministry said, adding that Georgia is now ready to establish diplomatic relations with Naoero.

Национальный олимпийский комитет Украины сообщил о подаче заявления в Спортивный арбитражный суд в Лозанне. Украинская сторона намерена обжаловать решение Международного олимпийского комитета (МОК), восстановившего деятельность Олимпийского комитета России (ОКР).

Глава Русской православной церкви патриарх Кирилл временно приостановил действие своего указа о переводе митрополита Илариона (Алфеева) в Бразилию. Об этом сообщается на сайте Московского патриархата. Илариону предоставлена возможность остаться в России для заботы о матери. Местом служения для него определен Кресто-Воздвиженский Иерусалимский женский монастырь в Подмосковье.

Тихоокеанское государство Науэро (ранее Науру) разорвало дипломатические отношения с частично признанными Абхазией и Южной Осетией. Такое решение 21 июля принял кабинет министров Науэро, сообщил МИД Грузии. «Это решение в очередной раз подтверждает, что уважение и соблюдение норм международного права являются основой здоровых международных отношений», — заявил грузинский МИД, добавив, что теперь Грузия готова установить дипломатические отношения с Науэро.

Andrei Svintsov, who serves as deputy chair of the Information Policy Committee in Russia’s State Duma, the lower house of parliament, told the Russian-language broadcaster RTVI that the criminal case charging Telegram founder Pavel Durov with aiding terrorism does not prohibit Russians from using the messenger, but that they would do best to drop the paid subscriptions within it. “I’m certain that if someone uses this messaging app, there’s nothing criminal about that.

Кей-поп-группа BTS не будет выдвигать cвой новый альбом «Arirang» на музыкальную премию «Грэмми» 2027 года. Об этом все семь участников BTS рассказали в инстаграме, передает издание Pitchfork. «Мы надеемся, что нашу музыку будут слушать и любить такой, какая она есть, не разделяя ее по регионам или языкам», — заявили музыканты.

Police in Khimki, outside Moscow, detained a 44-year-old hieromonk from the Savior Transfiguration Monastery, a men’s monastery in Murom. He is accused of committing violent sexual acts against a girl younger than 12, according to the Russian news outlet 47news . Investigators say the clergyman used a fake name to meet a schoolgirl from the Leningrad region on VKontakte in February 2026. The two began corresponding, and he convinced her to send him nude photographs.

The Second Western District Military Court in Moscow cut former Deputy Defense Minister Pavel Popov’s prison sentence from 19 years to 10, his attorney, Denis Sagach, told the Russian business daily Kommersant. “We welcome this show of leniency regardless,” Sagach said. Popov was detained in August 2024 on charges of fraud, bribery, falsification of official documents, abuse of office, and illegal arms trafficking.

A military court in St. Petersburg has sentenced Daniil Belousov, the son of Oleg Belousov, a political prisoner, to seven years in a penal colony on a charge of “justifying terrorism,” the news outlet RusNews reported. The case was heard behind closed doors.

Since mid-July, residents of Olkhon Island on Lake Baikal have complained that they can no longer board the ferries linking the island to the mainland ahead of the line. The tourist season has created backups that leave residents and tourists stuck for hours. Olkhon is the only inhabited island on Lake Baikal, and the only way on or off is the ferry crossing to the mainland village of Sakhyurta. Residents cross to the mainland to visit hospitals, stores, and government offices.

Alexei Yarmushchik’s personal archive Alexei Yarmushchik, a 26-year-old actor who worked at the theater run by Sergei Bezrukov, posted a video on Instagram on the morning of July 28 in which he addressed Russian President Vladimir Putin. He said Putin was not “his president” and that Crimea was “not ours.” As of this article’s publication, the video had drawn more than a million views and over 30,000 likes. Here’s what we know. What he said Vladimir Vladimirovich Putin, hello.

Russia’s Federal Security Service (FSB) has accused Telegram founder Pavel Durov of aiding terrorism.