“The disaster in Orsk raises the question of what it would actually be good for the Russian state to do”

“Terrible News” with Kirill Martynov

On April 5, a dam broke in Orsk. The Ural River flooded the city and surrounding villages. Orenburg is under threat. According to TASS, 3 people died. The Investigative Committee opened a criminal case. For the first time since the beginning of the war, Ukrainian UAVs attacked targets in Tatarstan - 1,200 kilometers from Ukraine. The head of the region advised not to rely on air defense and to independently defend against drones. And the head of the State Duma Defense Committee, Kartapolov, said that the “lawlessness with drones” will end when the Russian Armed Forces “take Kyiv.” The governor of the Murmansk region was attacked with a knife after a meeting with residents of Apatity. The arrested man called the incident a “coincidence of circumstances.” Deputies of the Legislative Assembly of St. Petersburg watched a video about Skibidi toilets at their workplace. At this time, the FSB reported on the seizure of “icons with hexogen from Ukraine.” And the Chechen authorities banned music that was too slow and too fast.

Every Saturday, Kirill Martynov, editor-in-chief of Novaya Gazeta Europe, comments on the most important news that happened in Russia and the world over the past week.