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The governor of Russia's Samara region said on Saturday that Ukrainian drones had struck two Rosneft oil refineries in the region, causing no casualties but leaving one facility on fire. Governor Dmitry Azarov said in a statement posted on the Telegram messaging app that the Volga river region's Syzran refinery was on fire, but that an attack on the Novokubyshev refinery had been thwarted. He said workers at both plants had been evacuated, and that there were no casualties. Unverified footage published online showed what appeared to be a major fire at the Syzran refinery, with emergency services working at...

The incumbent Russian leader, Vladimir Putin, who is vying for the country’s top office as an independent candidate, has cast his electronic vote in the presidential election, APA reports quoting TASS. The published video footage shows Putin walking to a computer in his office, casting his vote and then smiling and waving at the camera. The computer monitor displayed a standard notification for a successfully cast vote.

President Vladimir Putin signed a law on life imprisonment for 'previously convicted' pedophiles for violent acts against minors. It is noted that, according to the law, life imprisonment will also threaten if it was associated with another grave or especially grave crime or committed against two or more children. Earlier, the Federation Council of Russia approved a law on life imprisonment for pedophiles.

On June 30, 2021 the Russian national Olympic team prayed in the Cathedral of Christ the Savior before going to the XXXII Olympic Games, which will be held in the Japanese capital of Tokyo from July 23 to August 8. Photo: Peter Nikolaev/foto.patriarchia.ruA solemn prayer service in the church with the blessing of His Holiness Patriarch Kirill was led by Metropolitan Mitrophan of Murmansk and Monchegorsk, chairman of the Patriarchal Commission on Physical Culture and Sports, the website Patriarchy.ru reported. Archpriest Andrei Alexeev, the spiritual leader of the Olympic team, rector of the Church of Prince Dmitry Donskoy in North...