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Russian Prime Minister Mikhail Mishustin on August 3 approved a list of 40 apps that must be preinstalled on all computers, mobile phones, tablets, and smart TV sets as of January 1, 2024.
Takhir Arslanov, a 67-year-old retired Russian from Novosibirsk, was sentenced to three years in prison for posting anti-war comments on social media.
The Supreme Court of Russia said on August 2 that it had rejected an appeal filed by Ivan Safronov, a prominent former journalist, against his conviction in a high-profile treason case that highlighted the Kremlin's crackdown on the media and free speech.
Imprisoned Russian anti-war activist Ivan Kudryashov has been forcibly transferred to a psychiatric clinic less than two weeks after he ended his 40-day hunger strike to demand guards respect his rights.
A woman told police in Russia's Urals region of Chelyabinsk that she escaped after 14 years of being held against her will and sexually abused by the man who abducted her.
Yevgeny Prigozhin, the Wagner chief who led a short-lived insurrection in Russia last month, said that the mercenary group had suspended recruitment, adding that it "continues its activities in Africa and at training centers in Belarus."
Estonian police have detained self-exiled Russian journalist and outspoken Kremlin critic Arkady Babchenko.
Russian President Vladimir Putin commented on the ongoing crackdown on dissent in Russia, saying that "there must be a certain attitude toward people who are causing harm inside the country."
The Russian Defense Ministry said on July 28 that it shot down a Ukrainian missile over the city of Taganrog in the Rostov region that borders Ukraine.
Brazilian authorities said they have rejected a request by the United States to extradite Sergei Cherkasov, who Washington alleges collected information on the war in Ukraine while posing as a graduate school student.
Russian parliament's Federation Council on July 28 approved a bill raising the maximum age for mandatory one-year military service for men to 30 from 27.
Yevgeny Prigozhin, the Wagner mercenary chief who led a short-lived insurrection in Russia last month, is reportedly in St. Petersburg where a Russia-Africa summit is taking place.
The Security Service of Ukraine (SBU) said on July 26 that a court in Ukraine had sentenced in absentia 18 lawmakers in the Russian parliament's lower chamber, the State Duma, to 15 years in prison each on a charge of encroaching on the territorial integrity of Ukraine.
The Kremlin says less than one-third of the presidents invited will attend the Russia-Africa summit in St. Petersburg on July 27-28.
A Moscow court on July 26 sentenced Sergei Belavin, a Russian-Ukrainian dual citizen, to 22 years in prison on sabotage charges.
Russian parliament's lower chamber, the State Duma, on July 25 approved the final reading of a bill raising the maximum age for mandatory one-year military service for men to 30 from 27.
Russian authorities have declared the EU-based Dozhd (Rain) TV an "undesirable" organization amid the Kremlin's ongoing crackdown on civil society and independent organizations.
Russia's Investigative Committee has filed final charges against Darya Trepova, who is suspected of involvement in the April killing of Vladlen Tatarsky, the pen name of prominent pro-Kremlin blogger Maksim Fomin.
Russian President Vladimir Putin on July 24 signed into law a ban on gender-reassignment surgery and hormone therapy done as part of the gender-transition process.
A Moscow court sentenced three men to lengthy prison terms on July 24 for "plotting an arson attack on a local military conscription center" in the northwestern city of Vyborg last year.
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