- — Russia Simulates ‘Massive’ Nuclear Response to Enemy Attack
- Vladimir Putin said at the start of the exercise that “Russia affirms its firm stance that the use of nuclear weapons is a last-resort measure.”
- — Russian Court Jails Ukrainian Man Over Ex-Submarine Commander’s Murder
- Sergei Denysenko was arrested after army recruitment officer and former submarine commander Stanislav Rzhitsky was shot dead while jogging in a park.
- — U.S. Man Jailed in Russia Interviewed on State TV
- Gordon Black was jailed for threatening to kill his Russian girlfriend whom he met online and stealing $102 from her.
- — Russia Fines Google $2.5 Decillion Over YouTube Bans – RBC
- Google reportedly began accumulating daily penalties of 100,000 rubles in 2020 after it was ordered to restore pro-government YouTube channels.
- — Russian Army Says It Has Captured Key Town of Selydove in Eastern Ukraine
- Selydove, with a pre-war population of 20,000, was home to the only Donetsk region coal mine still under Kyiv’s control.
- — Moscow Court Jails IT Worker for Trying to Share ‘State Secrets’ With CIA
- Russia’s FSB claimed Firuz Dadoboyev illegally acquired information that was a “state secret” and planned to pass it to a U.S. intelligence officer.
- — Estonia Summons Russian Diplomat Over Border River Dispute
- Estonian border guards accused their Russian counterparts of removing two dozen navigation buoys from the Narva River in May.
- — Chechnya’s Mufti Slams Ban on Hijabs in Schools
- “We’re bewildered by the fact that this prohibition order specifically and only targets Islamic religious clothing,” Supreme Mufti Salah Mezhiev said.
- — North Korea’s Foreign Minister Arrives in Russia for Talks
- Foreign Minister Choe Son Hui is headed to Moscow for talks with Russian officials, state media reported, her third visit to Russia this year.
- — Drone Attacks Russian Special Forces University in Chechnya
- The early morning strike marks the first suck attack on Russia’s republic of Chechnya since the full-scale invasion of Ukraine.
- — Tens of Thousands Rally in Georgia After Contested Vote
- The Caucasus country has plunged into political uncertainty since Saturday's parliamentary election.
- — U.K. Sanctions 3 Russian PR Firms, Senior Managers
- The companies were accused of running “interference operations” in Ukraine and other European countries.
- — Russia’s FSB Says 4 ‘Saboteurs’ Killed in Attempted Border Incursion in Bryansk Region
- A video shared by state media showed a Canadian flag and a Polish-language prayer book next to the body of one of the alleged saboteurs.
- — Finland Seizes Russian Cultural Center in Helsinki After Ukrainian Gas Provider Wins Lawsuit
- An arbitration court ordered Moscow to compensate Ukraine’s Naftogaz $5 billion over the loss of assets after the 2014 annexation of Crimea.
- — NATO Chief Says North Korean Troops Sent to Russia’s Kursk Region
- NATO Secretary General Mark Rutte decried the deployment as a sign of Russian President Vladimir Putin’s “growing desperation.”
- — Russian Police Raid Homes of Romani People After Ethnic Tensions Flare in Chelyabinsk Region
- Law enforcement agents detained around 20 Roma for “crime prevention talks” after two Romani men reportedly murdered a woman last week.
- — Punitive Psychiatry: An Increasingly Common Tool in Russia's Crackdown on Activists
- Dozens of people are believed to have been sent to forced psychiatric treatment for political reasons.
- — Ukrainian Drone Strike in Russia’s Kursk Region Kills 2
- Kursk region Governor Alexei Smirnov said a “Ukrainian copter drone” targeted a civilian vehicle in the Lgovsky District.
- — Kremlin ‘Strongly Rejects’ Accusations of Election Interference in Georgia
- “There are attempts to interfere, but not from Russia’s side,” Kremlin spokesman Dmitry Peskov said, accusing European officials of meddling.
- — St. Petersburg Opposition Lawmaker Vishnevsky Resigns Over ‘Foreign Agent’ Ban
- Authorities designated Boris Vishnevsky, a member of the liberal Yabloko party, as a “foreign agent” in March, citing his opposition to the war.
- — Russia’s Vladimir Region Bans Hijabs in Schools
- Regional authorities insisted the ban does not violate students’ rights since Russia’s Constitution establishes the country as a secular state.
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