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The film directed by Dmitry Davydov from Yakutia "The Plague" took the main prize in the nomination of the Lucania Film Festival International Film Festival in Italy. This is reported on the festival's website.

In June 2024, Russian banks sharply reduced the issuance of foreign currency loans to businesses amid a shortage of yuan

Servicemen of the Air Force and air defense forces of Belarus are leaving for the Russian Federation to participate in a joint operational and tactical exercise with live firing

In Krasnodar, a court sentenced Ukrainian Yevgeny Monastyrev to 11 years in prison for espionage in favor of the Armed Forces of Ukraine (AFU).

Since March 2022, a total of about $2.3 billion in US and European Union (EU) banknotes have been sent to Russia, contrary to the current ban of Western countries on exporting their cash to the Russian Federation.

Over the past week, purchase prices for Russian wheat with 12.5 percent protein increased by an average of 1.9-3.3 percent.

Alexey Pushkov, Chairman of the Russian Federation Council Commission on Information Policy, praised the closing ceremony of the 2024 Olympic Games on his Telegram channel.

A resident of Dagestan was hospitalized because of a hijab — a headscarf covering a woman's head. This is reported by the Telegram channel "Emergency Caucasus".

Chinese manufacturers have begun to actively develop weapons to combat drones. Beijing has become interested in drone protection against the background of the massive use of drones

Kiev's official authorities are preparing Ukrainians for a referendum and peace talks with Russia in December. This was stated by Turkish analyst Engin Ozer, RIA Novosti reports

Russian Deputy Foreign Minister Mikhail Bogdanov told Lebanese Ambassador to Moscow Shawki Boo Nassar about Moscow's support for the unity, territorial integrity and sovereignty of Lebanon in light of the aggravation

In Russia, there are prerequisites for reducing housing commissioning, Irek Fayzullin, head of the Ministry of Construction, said on the Rossiya 24 TV channel.

Far-right organizations in Japan are holding protests at the Russian Embassy in Tokyo on the anniversary of the USSR's entry into the war against Japan on August 9, 1945, RIA Novosti correspondent reports from the scene.

A drone of the Armed Forces of Ukraine (AFU) was shot down over the Belgorod region. This was announced by the Ministry of Defense in Telegram.

The investigation of criminal cases of foreign mercenaries fighting on the side of Ukraine has been completed. About this reported the press service of the Investigative Committee (IC) of Russia.