According to Russian state media, more than 60 Ukrainians from Donetsk and Luhansk have been handed Russian passports.

Ukraine has threatened to revoke the citizenship of those who accept the passports.

https://www.rferl.org/a/russia-begins-handing-out-passports-to-ukrainians-from-conflict-zone/30000146.html

"The names will be announced. Charges will be brought. After that, the Criminal Court of Schiphol (the Netherlands) will start working on considering this case."

Relatives of the victims will be first be briefed, after which a news conference will be held at 1 p.m. local time.

Russia denies involvement in the tragedy.

https://www.rferl.org/a/ukrainian-deputy-foreign-minister-says-jit-to-name-first-suspects-in-mh17-downing-on-june-19/30005709.html

Four suspects in the downing of MH17 will be charged with murder and tried in the Hague next year. Who are Girkin, Dubinsky, Pulatov, and Kharchenko?

https://www.rferl.org/a/behind-the-four-suspects-who-face-murder-charges-for-mh17/30008916.html

Iran says it will soon have more enriched uranium than it is permitted to under the landmark nuclear deal, demanding that EU countries help it bypass U.S. sanctions. What does that mean for the survival of the deal?

https://www.rferl.org/a/explainer-how-serious-is-iran-s-nuclear-deal-violation-/30010856.html

What you need to know about the violent protests that have erupted in Georgia.

U.S. President Donald Trump has imposed new sanctions on Iran following the country's shootdown of a U.S. military drone. Trump said on June 21 that he came within minutes of executing strikes against Iran in retaliation for the downing of the drone.

https://www.rferl.org/a/u-s-president-donald-trump-announces-new-iran-sanctions-/30017733.html

Russia’s banned Georgian wine imports in the past. It has also closed its borders to Lithuanian dairy products, Tajik nuts, and Ukrainian chocolates at different times.

https://www.rferl.org/a/as-georgia-s-relations-with-russia-sour-moscow-says-its-wine-has-too/30019577.html

Darth Viktorovych Vader, director of Dark Side of the Force, LLC, has been appointed by the Bloc of Darth Vader party to run for a parliamentary seat in Odesa.

https://www.rferl.org/a/a-dark-force-(re)awakens-as-darth-vader-seeks-ukrainian-parliament-seat/30021791.html

"Todor Zhivkov had a moderate style of governing without severe repression."

Many were quite surprised to read this about a Bulgarian communist-era totalitarian ruler.

No mention of the secret police or execution of approximately 30,000 Bulgarians either.

https://www.rferl.org/a/socialist-paradise-bulgarian-textbooks-accused-of-whitewashing-communist-era/30024227.html

⚠️ Our biggest developing stories today:

14 killed in fire on Russian navy submersible: https://www.rferl.org/a/at-least-14-killed-in-russian-submarine-fire/30033324.html

Number of flood victims in Siberia rises along with public anger: https://www.rferl.org/a/death-toll-raised-to-14-in-siberian-floods-13-missing/30032563.html

Russian-Czech spat leads to cancellation of flights between the two countries: https://www.rferl.org/a/russian-czech-route-spat-leads-to-flight-cancellations/30033164.html

Why did Moscow never land anyone on the moon? It was not for lack of trying.

Roadmap for peace in Afghanistan.

English version:
✔️Women's rights
❌Withdrawal of foreign troops

Pashto version:
✔️Withdrawal of foreign troops
❌ Women's rights

https://www.rferl.org/a/taliban-afghan-delegates-agree-on-road-map-for-future-political-settlement/30045149.html

Uranium-235. 3.67-percent enrichment.

A 300-kilogram cap.

Paragraph 36 of UN Resolution 2231.

It's a dangerous game of numbers. Or a game of chicken between Iran and the U.S.

If the above made you go "huh?" read below:

https://www.rferl.org/a/the-state-of-the-deal-how-the-numbers-on-iran-s-nuclear-program-stack-up-/30046099.html

"Clone" candidates have long been a feature of Ukrainian elections, but now they're back with a vengeance. Ukrainians will vote in parliamentary elections on July 21, and there are dozens of little-known "clones" running with names similar to bigger-name candidates affiliated with popular parties.

https://www.rferl.org/a/wait-thats-my-name-clone-candidates-fill-ukrainian-parliamentary-election-ballots/30050012.html

Does an over-the-top marriage-proposal video mirror Moscow's foreign policy tactics? Here are some of the key developments in Russia over the past two weeks, and some of the takeaways going forward.

https://www.rferl.org/a/week-in-russia-fire-floods-foul-language-and-a-frightening-proposal/30052723.html

A French photographer says pro-Russian forces initially notified him that they’d shot down a Ukrainian military plane. Fifteen minutes later, he learned the awful truth.

https://www.rferl.org/a/when-russia-backed-forces-boasted-they-shot-down-a-ukrainian-military-plane-that-was-actually-mh17/30056279.html

Apollo 11 blasted off 50 years ago today, landing the first humans to the moon four days later. Find out what stopped the Soviets from getting there first in part two of our series on the space race.

A new president, new rhetoric, a local cease-fire, and talk of prisoner exchanges have given some Ukrainians a glimmer of hope that a long-term solution to the conflict in the east could be possible.

https://www.rferl.org/a/as-soldiers-disengage-fragile-hope-for-peace-appears-in-one-front-line-ukrainian-town/30062713.html

Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskiy is going to Washington – potentially with a strong mandate in the wake of this weekend's parliamentary elections.

https://www.rferl.org/a/zelenskiy-won-ukrainian-voters-over-with-ease-winning-trump-over-may-be-tougher/30064299.html