What happened on the day of July 29. The main thing

The FSB of Russia has uncovered a scheme by the Ukrainian special services to involve teenagers in terrorism. According to investigators, Kiev actively used the Telegram bot "Diver" for this purpose./Leo — dating, socializing, and making new friends." Young people got to know the girls, after which scammers contacted them and forced them to set fire to gas stations and other sabotage, threatening criminal cases in Russia.

As part of the investigation, charges have been brought against Telegram founder Pavel Durov, and he is on the international wanted list. If the messenger is recognized as an extremist organization of the Russian Federation, this may limit the placement of advertising, but the use of Telegram itself will not be considered a crime, lawyers say. Other main events of the day are in the Izvestia digest.

Ukrainian Armed Forces attacks on Russian regions

The Armed Forces of Ukraine (AFU) continued to attack peaceful targets in Russia. In the early morning, the governor of the Ryazan region, Pavel Malkov, reported a fire on the territory of one of the Ryazan enterprises due to a massive drone raid. Six people were hospitalized after the drone debris fell. Against this background, an evacuation was announced at the logistics center of the Wildberries marketplace in Ryazan. The warehouse suspended deliveries, and the goods were temporarily withdrawn from sale. The Lugansk People's Republic was also attacked by the Ukrainian Armed Forces. Monk Raphael (Anisimov), a resident of the John the Theologian Cheremenetsky Monastery of the Gatchina diocese, was killed when a UAV attacked a car. Hieromonk Hilarion (Kachur) was also injured — he received a shrapnel wound to his leg.

Russian Armed Forces offensive: two settlements liberated in the SVR zone

The Armed Forces of the Russian Federation have liberated the settlements of Svetloye in the Donetsk People's Republic and Novaya Sich in the Sumy region. The Russian Defense Ministry also reported attacks on weapons, ammunition and fuel depots, UAV production and storage facilities, and a temporary deployment point for Ukrainian Armed Forces soldiers and foreign mercenaries in 137 districts. Military cargo storage facilities and tanks with fuel and lubricants were damaged in the port of Mykolaiv. Two vessels used in the interests of the Armed Forces of Ukraine were attacked in the Yuzhny port. In the port of Odessa, the Russian Armed Forces attacked a tank with fuel and lubricants. A Ukrainian cargo ship was destroyed near the island of Zmeiny.

The head of Udmurtia prematurely resigned

Russian President Vladimir Putin dismissed Alexander Brechalov, the head of Udmurtia. The governor left the post at his own request after nine years of work. At the same time, at a meeting in the Kremlin, the Russian leader offered Olga Abramova, an adviser to the head of the Ministry of Agriculture of the Russian Federation, to head the region, and she agreed, calling the appointment a big challenge. Thus, Abramova became the acting governor of Udmurtia and the third woman who heads the region of Russia. The election of a new governor of the republic will take place in 2027.

Interview with Lavrov: about hobbies, the situation in the world and the "USSR" sweater

Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov gave an interview to the Director General of the TASS news agency Andrei Kondrashov. During the conversation, the minister commented on the current situation in the world with a quote from the character of the film "Brother-2" by Danila Bagrov, noting that the international community is watching the results of the confrontation between Russia and the West. According to him, Western states decided to "think again" about resuming dialogue with the Russian side, in which, in their opinion, Washington and Kiev should take part in addition to Moscow. Speaking about his hobbies, the diplomat admitted that he has been rafting on the Katun River in the Altai Republic for almost 20 years every summer. In addition, Lavrov attributed the popularity of his sweater with the inscription "USSR", in which he appeared at the summit in Alaska, to a wave of nostalgia for the Union.

FAS records the downward trend in prices at independent gas stations

The Federal Antimonopoly Service (FAS) has noted the observed trend towards lower fuel prices at independent automobile filling stations. Also, as part of the antimonopoly response measures, gas stations issued 52 warnings related to pricing, and 28 criminal cases were initiated. Representatives of the regions reported to Deputy Prime Minister Alexander Novak on the measures being taken jointly with the federal authorities to ensure the availability of fuel in the regions. The situations in the republics of Tyva, Altai and Sakha (Yakutia), Krasnoyarsk and Altai Territories, Sevastopol and Simferopol were carefully considered.

A suspect in the attack on scientist Zezin has been arrested in the Urals.

Nikita Zezin, a suspect in the beating of the director of the Ural Federal Agrarian Research Center of the Ural Branch of the Russian Academy of Sciences, was taken into custody. According to media reports, the person involved in the case is named Alexander Reveruk, he is an entrepreneur from Yekaterinburg. The detainee's wife, Svetlana, told Izvestia that her husband was innocent of beating Zezin. She also stated that the scientist died allegedly from chronic urolithiasis. At the same time, the Investigative Committee (IC) calls the preliminary cause of death a heart attack. The scientist's body may be exhumed for forensic examination. Zezin died on July 22 amid stress after being attacked by a group of men. Izvestia collected all the known details about the criminal case.