Second night of mass street riots in France — protesters set fire to buildings, attack commissariats and try to break into prison

Protests and large-scale riots continue in the cities of France, where a policeman shot a 17-year-old teenager earlier. Protesters in Toulouse, Lille, Lyon and Nanterre set fire to the local municipality building, attacked commissariats somewhere. Law enforcement officers use tear gas.

In Ferne, 20 unknown assailants stormed the prison in order to free the prisoners — firecrackers and fireworks were used. They were stopped by the police special forces. Amid this, air alarms sounded all over Paris. A strong fire also occurred in the building of the Enedis energy company in Nanterre, where firefighters were forced to evacuate the area due to an explosion threat. In total, the police detained about 80 people.

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🇺🇦More than 200 people in Ukraine have been prosecuted since February last year for filming and distributing footage of the work of the air defense and other defense forces, Ukraine Intelligence service SBU reported.

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🎨 Vladimir Putin left a drawing on a Russian-made touchpad.

On the sidelines of the Strong Ideas for a New Time forum, the president was reminded of how he once had drawn a cat on a similar screen abroad and was asked to repeat the performance 😁

The Fontanka publication published photos with a masked man who is very similar to Yevgeny Prigozhin. According to Fontanka, the pictures were taken in St. Petersburg today

A man boarded a helicopter owned by a company associated with the head of Wagner PMC

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The World Bank (WB) has exhausted its internal possibilities to provide financial assistance to Kyiv. This is how a source in the Russian directorate of the World Bank commented to TASS on Thursday on the decision of a financial institution to approve a $1.5 billion loan to Ukraine under Japanese guarantees.

This step "indicates the exhaustion of the bank's own resources, as well as serious risks associated with the state of the Ukrainian economy," the source said. He added that "the Russian side opposed this initiative."

As recalled in the Directorate, in April, the international rating agency S&P Global Ratings downgraded Ukraine's long-term credit rating from CCC + to CCC with a negative outlook. At the same time, according to the International Monetary Fund, the fall in Ukrainian GDP last year amounted to 30.3%.

As of April, the World Bank "managed to mobilize more than $24 billion to help Ukraine," a source in the Russian directorate of the financial institution said. "At the same time, the main part of the funds (about 90%) was provided not by the organization itself, but in the form of grants and sovereign guarantees from donors, including the United States, Japan, the United Kingdom and the EU countries. Financing is provided exclusively for civilian expenditure items: payment of pensions, benefits and salaries for healthcare workers and emergency services. The WB internal audit service monitors the intended use of funds," he concluded.

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Russians buying up apartments in Mariupol

Russians have started to buy apartments en masse in Mariupol in order to "live closer to the sea in a place with a good environment."

Despite Mariupol having been damaged during the hostilities, the Russian authorities have already begun to rebuild and equip the city.

As a result, many Russian citizens are rushing to purchase real estate in Mariupol, assuming that the city will soon become a tourist center of Russia.

The average price of an apartment is about 3 million rubles (nearly $34,000), and $4.8 million rubles ($55,000) for houses and land.

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Riots in France last all night — protesters break into stores and set police cars on fire

Mass protests in France, caused by the murder of a 17-year-old boy, have lasted for 3 days. Protesters set administrative buildings, police cars and buses on fire and smashed up stores. The police use tear gas.

The geography of the protests also expanded — rallies in the cities of Nanterre, Toulouse, Lyon, Marseille, Strasbourg, Lille and Dijon. Law enforcers have detained 421 people these days, reports Figaro. In some cities of the country, riot squads patrol the streets, armored vehicles and helicopters are used. Meanwhile, French President Macron, who had earlier called an emergency meeting, was spotted at an Elton John concert.

❗️Ethiopia officially applies to join BRICS

Foreign Ministry spokesman Meles Alem said he expects a positive decision in response to the application. "We expect that the BRICS countries will respond positively to our application," the Foreign Ministry spokesman said.

Earlier, Algeria, Bangladesh and Egypt sent their application for BRICS membership. Argentina, Iran, Indonesia, Saudi Arabia and Turkey have already expressed interest in joining the group.