Top stories for June 16

Top stories for June 16

🔹In Moscow, amid a drone attack, a fire broke out at the Kapotnya oil refinery. There were no casualties.

🔹The United Kingdom will be the first to impose sanctions on ships transporting Russian liquefied natural gas. The new measures are also expected to make it possible to identify a Kremlin-linked financial network that procures Western technologies for the Russian military and impose sanctions on it.

🔹Putin signed a decree to hold elections for State Duma deputies. They will take place on September 20.

🔹In Yekaterinburg, a monument was installed to Alexei Balabanov. The monument was unveiled in the city center, near the gymnasium where Balabanov studied.

🔹The Kremlin said that Putin had not received an “official” invitation to the G7 summit for a meeting with Zelensky. Peskov also once again voiced a proposal for Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky to “come to Moscow.”

🔹Mathematician Mikhail Verbitsky managed to leave Armenia by air. He headed to Israel.

🔹The Bank of Japan raised its key interest rate to the highest level in 31 years. It reached 1%.

🔹In Voronezh, school students were evacuated from the OGE exam because of the threat of a UAV attack. They spent two hours in basements, and the exam was postponed.

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