Mikhail Verbitsky. Photo: National Institute of Pure and Applied Mathematics of Brazil Mathematician Misha Verbitsky emerged from solitary confinement at Yerevan airport and talks about where the world is heading In mid-June, mathematician Misha Verbitsky, who works at the University of Rio de Janeiro in Brazil, flew to Armenia and was detained by the country's authorities at the request of Russia.

“Terrible News” with Kirill Martynov Strikes by the Armed Forces of Ukraine on Moscow: the Kremlin and propaganda ignore reality, not a word from Putin, and they promised to open bomb shelters in the capital “in the event of martial law or mobilization.” Earlier this week, the Kiev Pechersk Lavra was damaged in a Russian attack on Ukraine. Ilya Traber was arrested. In the 90s, he was close to Putin and the criminals of St. Petersburg. Why did they decide to “clean it up” now?

“Terrible News” with Kirill Martynov The war with Ukraine lasts longer than the First World War, and one of the State Duma deputies unexpectedly called for it to be stopped. The pace of recruiting contract soldiers has dropped to a record level, and for the first time, a Russian serviceman born in 2008 has died at the front.

Portuguese police officers outside the Russian embassy in Lisbon, Portugal, March 17, 2024. Photo: Antonio Pedro Santos/EPA What to do if the Russian Federation is trying to put you on the international wanted list for a political crime? Interview with lawyer Alexey Obolents Hundreds of Russian citizens abroad have been declared criminals in their homeland for their anti-war activities.

“Terrible News” with Kirill Martynov Ukraine attacks St. Petersburg during the economic forum. Oil depots are burning, a warship is destroyed. Zelensky offers Putin negotiations, and Putin continues to pretend that everything is fine with him. He even said that he was ready to remain in power after 2030. How can Putin respond to increasingly visible air attacks on his hometown?

“Terrible News” with Kirill Martynov Every Saturday, Kirill Martynov, editor-in-chief of Novaya Gazeta Europe, comments on the most important events of the week in Russia and the world. For what is the longer term: for killing a person while hunting or for smoking a hookah on Easter cake? And also other crazy criminal cases of the week: prosecution for translating Aristotle, a special school for “LGBT propaganda”, a HSE teacher in a colony for donating to FBK and mephedrone extremists.

Teacher Dima Zitser on how to save children from a Russian school and save yourself Why is it dangerous to send children to a regular Russian school? How to save a child from war propaganda in Russia if you can’t leave? What are the prospects for children in Russia in general? And also: what is family education and why does the state still allow the creation of small private schools? And how can civil society save children from war?

The war has reached a dead end, and Putin faces a choice: end it or finally put Russia on a war footing. Several influential Western media outlets write about this at once. Meanwhile, due to the threat of a UAV attack, residents of Vilnius went into the basements for the first time. Will there be a second front?

British Ambassador to Russia Nigel Casey leaves the Russian Foreign Ministry building in Moscow, May 6, 2024. Photo: Sergey Malgavko / TASS / Profimedia British Ambassador to Russia Nigel Casey - about the confrontation with Putin and love for Russian culture Nigel Casey is a British diplomat and has been the British Ambassador to Russia since November 2023.

The main events of the week - in “Terrible News” with Kirill Martynov The Russian army gained strength during the “truce” and dealt one of the largest blows to Kyiv - the entrance to a residential building was destroyed, 24 people were killed, including three children. Ukraine responded with a strike in the Ryazan region, and four people died there too.

“Terrible News” with Kirill Martynov Every Saturday, Kirill Martynov, editor-in-chief of Novaya Gazeta Europe, comments on the main news that happened in Russia and the world over the past week. The truce for May 9 seems to be Putin’s attempt to “save” the parade: it will, however, be held without equipment, and the Internet will be turned off in Moscow.

A drone hit a house in Yekaterinburg. Fire at the oil terminal in Tuapse after an attack by the Ukrainian Armed Forces: a cloud of smoke for 300 kilometers, oil rains, an environmental disaster. Over 4 years, Ukraine struck Russia more than 35,000 times; we compiled an interactive map of military incidents. Putin, of course, ignores such news. But they still forced him to comment on the blocking. Have the ratings been declining for several weeks in a row?

What will happen to the Russian economy? Why are the Russian elites unable to imitate the joy of what is happening? How did they become accomplices in Putin's crimes? And when will the silence be broken? The editor-in-chief of Novaya Gazeta Europe, Kirill Martynov, discussed these and other questions with economist and researcher at the Carnegie Berlin Center Alexandra Prokopenko.

Why is the dictatorship burying Runet in the fifth year of the war? Photo: Dmitry Lovetsky / AP / Scanpix / LETA The final assault on RuNet, launched by the authorities this year, is a consequence of the good work of independent media. In 2022, Russia saw the largest exodus of journalists in world history.

“Terrible News” with Kirill Martynov Every Saturday, Kirill Martynov, editor-in-chief of Novaya Gazeta Europe, comments on the most important events of the week in Russia and the world. Russia is running out of money for war. Putin called on the Russian Union of Industrialists and Entrepreneurs to chip in for the army. At the same time, according to opinion polls, Putin’s trust rating is the lowest since the beginning of the war.