The US Department of Justice has charged Russian citizen Nomma Zarubina with providing false information to FBI officers. She came to the United States despite the fact that she actively supported Vladimir Putin and the annexation of Crimea in her VKontakte profile, as follows from the Agency’s analysis. Abroad, Zarubina spoke at a forum on the “decolonization” of Russia, which was recognized as a terrorist organization in November. Details.

After the start of the war, the Russian army began to regularly talk about the inadmissibility of LGBT people, two former Russian soldiers who deserted after the invasion of Ukraine told the Swedish newspaper Svenska Dagbladet (SD). Details. As the publication’s interlocutors said, the classes, which are held several times a week (probably about military-political training), provide an overview of the “political picture of the day.” Within this review, the “LGBT issue” was often mentioned.

Promising to strike with Oreshnik on “decision-making centers” in response to attacks by Western missiles, Vladimir Putin had in mind not only targets in Ukraine, but also beyond its borders, TV presenter Dmitry Kiselev said in the episode of the Vesti Nedeli program on Rossiya 1" on Sunday.

Chairman of the Board of VTB Bank Andrei Kostin told Reuters that Russia's foreign exchange reserves, frozen in the West after the outbreak of the war in Ukraine, will not be returned, and sanctions will not be lifted. The banker also said he does not believe in the “optimistic scenario” for a peace settlement under Donald Trump. Quote: “In the West they say: let’s pay for the restoration of Ukraine from reserves.

Preparing public opinion for the “completion of the SVO” became an important topic of the seminar for vice-governors, which the presidential administration (AP) held at the Senezh Management Workshop, Kommersant reported. The image of “victory”, which, according to the Kremlin, officials should focus on, is similar to the peace plan for Ukraine of Donald Trump’s team and the conditions on which Kyiv is ready to negotiate with Moscow. Details.