Bellingcat confirms involvement in Ukrainian plot to steal Russian jets

"Christo Grozev, self-styled ‘lead Russia investigator’ with Bellingcat, confirmed on Monday his involvement in a Ukrainian intelligence plot to incite Russian military pilots to defect and hijack their planes." RT

Putin Turns The Screws: Gazprom Unexpectedly Halts Another Nord Stream Turbine Cutting Flows In Half; European Gas Prices Soar

"Gazprom unexpectedly announced it would halt one more Nord Stream turbine at its Portovaya compressor station from July 27, “taking into account the technical conditions of the engine,” the Russian company says in a statement." ZH

Ukrainian plot to hijack Russian warplanes exposed by Moscow

"Russian intelligence has claimed that it foiled a sophisticated plot from Ukrainian spies to hijack several military jets......added that a leading figure from the US-government funded investigative organization Bellingcat – which presents itself as a journalistic grouping – was also involved in the scheme, which it believes was "supervised by NATO intelligence agencies." The FSB specifically pointed the finger at British operatives." RT

Russians may face first war crimes case by year-end

"The International Criminal Court is aiming to put forward its first case over alleged
Russian war crimes in Ukraine as early as this winter." LuxembourgTimes

Russian Space Agency Planning to Deploy Glonass Station in Venezuela

"Russian space agency Roscosmos said that it plans to deploy a ground station for the Glonass
navigation satellite system in Venezuela." Sputnik

Erdogan’s photo with Putin branded ‘challenge’ to NATO

"German Foreign Minister Annalena Baerbock has branded a recent joint photo of Vladimir Putin with Recep Tayyip Erdogan a challenge to NATO. The image was shot during a meeting between the Russian and Turkish leaders in Iran.  ." RT

Russia Informs Turkey It Had "Nothing To Do" With Odessa Port Attack

"While the White House and European allies, along with the Ukrainian government, were
lock-step in condemning as outrageous a series of reported Russian airstrikes on the port of Odesa the morning after the grain export deal was signed in Istanbul, the Kremlin is apparently denying it was behind the attack:

Turkey's defense minister said on Saturday that Russian officials had told Ankara that Moscow had "nothing to do" with strikes on Ukraine's Odesa port." ZH

Key Odesa port hit after grain deal

"Russian missiles have hit infrastructure in Ukraine’s port of Odesa, a day after Moscow and Kyiv reached a deal over grain exports. Thirteen Russian missiles have hit Ukraine’s central Kirovohrad region, according to the local governor." AlJazeera

Russia And China Announce "New Global Reserve Currency"

"China and Russia are taking their shot at the U.S. dollar.  Russia has been cut off from the
SWIFT system, it is also pairing with China and the BRIC nations to develop “reliable alternative mechanisms for international payments” in order to “cut reliance on the Western financial system.” ZeroHedge

Russian-backed separatists in Ukraine block Google search engine

"Russian-backed separatists in a breakaway region of eastern Ukraine have blocked access to the search engine Google (GOOGL.O), their leader said on Friday, citing what he calls "disinformation"." Reuters

Feather Star from Jurassic Period Named after President Zelensky

"Ausichicrinites zelenskyyi, the first Jurassic comatulid (feather star) from the African continent, has been named in honor of Volodymyr Zelenskyy, the sixth and current president of Ukraine.

Feather stars are members of the order Comatulida, the most diversified lineage of crinoids.

Also known as comatulids, they are also the only living crinoid group that is globally distributed in both shallow- and deep-water settings." SciNews

Russia closing in on power plant

"Russian forces appear to be closing in on Ukraine’s second-biggest power plant northeast of Donetsk, British intelligence has said." AlJazeera

Russia warns it could stop oil exports

"Russia will stop global oil exports if the West’s proposed price cap makes it unprofitable to continue production, Deputy Prime Minister Alexander Novak told Russia’s Channel One on Thursday.

“If these prices which they are talking about are lower than the costs for oil production… naturally, Russia will not ensure the supply of this oil to the world markets, which means that we simply will not work at a negative profit,” he explained, as cited by TASS." RT

 

UK to sanction Russian oil and coal

"London has added oil and coal to its list of banned Russian imports, according to a notice to exporters published by the UK’s Foreign Trade Ministry on Thursday." RT

Hungary foreign minister in Moscow for gas supply talks

"Hungary’s foreign minister has arrived in Moscow where he wants to talk about ensuring gas supplies for his country and finding a peaceful solution to the war in Ukraine." AlJazeera