Was This Belarusian Minister on Putin’s Hitlist?

Russia
Prigozhin: Back in Business

🔪 The Russian Rambo is back in business. Yevgeny Prigozhin, the infamous leader of the Wagner private army, has reclaimed his seized weapons from the Russian security service in St. Petersburg after they were surrendered following the coup attempt. Now, free of criminal charges, Prigozhin is ready to resume his shady business.

It is actually surprising he is still alive - unlike this Putin crony. 👇🏻

Belarus
Was This Minister on Putin’s Hitlist?

💊 Another Putin crony dies. Aleksey Avramenko, the Belarusian Minister of Transport and Communications, was found dead on July 4th under 'mysterious circumstances' at the age of 46. His death comes after he was hit with a series of sanctions by the West due to the illegal diversion of a Ryanair flight to arrest opposition journalist Roman Protasevich.

He is not the only one. Over 40 Russian figures are known to have died “suddenly” since the Russian invasion of Ukraine.

His cause of death? Not reported.

Europe
Russian “Doomsday Plane” Intercepted

🛩️ NATO intercepted Russian ‘doomsday plane’ near NATO border. Two RAF Typhoon fighter jets were scrambled from an Estonian air base to intercept a Russian Air Force Tu-214SR flying over the Baltic Sea. The Tu-214SR is a modified passenger jet that is designed to act as a flying command post in the event of a nuclear world war - hence its nickname.

Its flight route? Mainland Russia and the Kaliningrad Oblast, escorted by two Su-30M Flanker Hs.

Ukraine
Bombs Found at Ukraine’s Nuclear Power Plant?

🔥 Ukraine’s president warns of possible “simulated attack” on nuclear power plant by Russia. Ukrainian president Volodymyr Zelensky claims that Russian troops have placed objects resembling explosives on the roofs of buildings at the Zaporizhzhia nuclear power plant.

But according to Russia, this is Ukraine’s own doing.

World
Top of the News World

🦟 The US is unleashing a swarm of killer mosquitos on Russia, according to a Kremlin official. A Russian MP named Irina Yarovaya, who serves as Head of the Parliamentary Committee for Security, claims that the Pentagon is secretly developing a biological weapon that involves infecting millions of genetically modified insects with a deadly virus and dropping them into Moscow - under a project title “Allied Insects.”

🚫 No nukes, please. That’s what Xi Jinping supposedly told Putin during a visit to Moscow in March, according to a report. Xi reportedly cautioned Putin against using nuclear weapons in Ukraine, which Russia has threatened to do amid escalating tensions with the West. Is China the wild card in the Ukraine crisis?

😮‍💨 France is finally breathing a sigh of relief after a week of riots sparked by the fatal shooting of a 17-year-old migrant by a police officer. The Interior Ministry said that the overnight arrests dropped to 16, the lowest number since the unrest began on June 27.

Has France's image, as a 'romantic getaway' destination for tourists, been tarnished by what feels like frequent civil unrest? France's Economic Minister, Bruno Le Maire thinks so.

He said on Twitter:

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