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.
Meanwhile, a fuel crisis has emerged in Crimea, Russian authorities continue to spend billions on censoring the Internet, and the fate of Central Bank head Elvira Nabiullina raises more and more questions after her disappearance from the public sphere.
Cheburnet news - domestic “white VPN”, tech blogger Wylsacom, supported MAX and “digital sovereignty”, as well as a possible blocking of the App Store. But there is good news: Roblox is again available without restrictions.
The cultural news and cringe section includes Max Korzh’s concerts that unite, Mirra Andreeva’s victory at the Grand Slam tournament, which caused controversy, children singing “Goodbye, America” at a football match, Neurobear with a shredder for European politicians, a canceled concert on Red Square and a new state security park in Kostroma.
These and other events of the week are commented on by the editor-in-chief of Novaya Gazeta Europe, Kirill Martynov, in the latest issue of “Terrible News”.