Breaking news for the weekend of June 17–18 – Kommersant
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Bank of China from June 13 restricted for clients of Russian banks, transfers in yuan to EU, US, Swiss and UK banks. Transfers can only be made to beneficiary banks of the Bank of China group.
Acting Governor of the Kherson region Vladimir Saldo in the summary for June 18 informedthat over the past day the water level in the Kakhovka reservoir has dropped sharply. By June 19, according to him, “the complete depletion of the reservoir” is expected. Under the drawdown of the reservoir is understood the situation when the flow of water from it exceeds the inflow.
Russian President Vladimir Putin and leaders of several African countries in detail discussed Russian-Ukrainian conflict. Mr Putin said this at a bilateral meeting with South African President Cyril Ramaphosa. The President of South Africa noted that the parties discussed a number of issues that are “related to this crisis” and agreed to continue the discussion. He promised to continue “this process” at the Russia-Africa summit in July.
The task of the military operation of the Russian Federation to demilitarize Ukraine has been “largely accomplished”, declared Press Secretary of the President of the Russian Federation Dmitry Peskov. He explained this by reducing the stocks of his own weapons from Kyiv. According to the Kremlin representative, the NATO countries make themselves a party to the conflict by supplying weapons, which “obliges Russia” to take “more decisive measures.”
Head of Wagner PMC Evgeny Prigozhin informedthat by June 18, 32,000 prisoners “went home” due to the end of the contract with a private military company. They participated in a special military operation on the territory of the DPR and LPR.
British newspaper Daily Mail, citing a source in the British Foreign Office informedthat Russian billionaire Roman Abramovich is refusing to release the £2.3bn he made from the sale of Chelsea Football Club exclusively to Ukrainians affected by the conflict. He insists that part of the funds should also be sent to the victims in Russia. The British government and the European Commission are not ready to approve the intentions of Mr. Abramovich.
Casting director Alena Makeeva became suspect in the case against Rammstein frontman Till Lindemann. Two criminal cases are being investigated – on sexual crimes and on the sale of drugs. 35-year-old Alena Makeeva is suspected of selecting girls for parties after Rammstein concerts. According to the victims, Alena Makeeva took the girls to Till Lindeman for sex with him, but did not tell them the true purpose of the meetings.
In Mexico at the age of 97 died grandson of the revolutionary Leon Trotsky Esteban Volkov Bronstein. Edition La Jornada calls him the last witness of a successful assassination attempt on a revolutionary in August 1940 in Mexico.
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