In order not to miss the main materials of "Cold", subscribe to our instagram and telegram . Is it even possible to build a building with earthquake protection? Engineer Sean Wilkinson of Newcastle University told Euronews that it is possible to make buildings more resistant to earthquakes. However, it is quite expensive for developers.

On Monday night, the GRAY ZONE telegram channel, which is considered to be connected with the Wagner PMC structures, published a new video of the extrajudicial execution of a former PMC fighter. We are talking about Dmitry Yakushchenko, a native of Crimea, who was sentenced to 19 years in prison for murder. In places of deprivation of liberty, he enlisted in the ranks of the Wagner PMC, and once at the front, a few days later, he surrendered to the Ukrainian military.

Since last summer, the president has been actively using a special armored train instead of aircraft, the Dossier found out. The composition was prepared for Putin back in 2014-2015. The company that owns the train used to belong to the nephew of a friend of the president, Yuri Kovalchuk. The fact that Vladimir Putin prefers to ride an armored train since last summer was told to Dossier by one of the president's acquaintances. “Departure can be spontaneous, unannounced.

In 2022, the number of Russians who want to get a new passport due to “sex change” has almost doubled. This is evidenced by the statistics of the Ministry of Internal Affairs, which was studied by Mediazona. Human rights activists explained to the publication that some change their passports so as not to get into the army, others to emigrate, and some even fear that transgender transition will be banned in Russia.

Five Armenian trucks with humanitarian aid for the victims of the earthquake in Turkey crossed the Armenian-Turkish land border on the morning of February 11. The video recording of the direct border crossing near the Armenian city of Margara was published by the Deputy Minister of Foreign Affairs of Armenia Vahan Kostanyan. According to the News.am agency, Armenia sent food and medicines to Turkey, among other things. Ankara has already thanked Yerevan for its help.

BBC Russian Service and Mediazona were able to establish the names of 1,082 dead mobilized Russians. All of them died in the last four months of fighting. Journalists took into account only those cases when the death was confirmed publicly and when it was possible to establish the status of a combatant. They note that real losses can be much higher.

The prosecutor's office checked the educational institutions of St. Petersburg and found that they lacked the arsenal necessary for equipping life safety classrooms. This is reported by Novaya Gazeta. As a result, the heads of educational institutions were given lists of items that needed to be purchased.

The Judicial Department at the Supreme Court of Russia removed from public statistics detailed data on sentences that were issued under articles on crimes against military service. These include, in particular, desertion, failure to comply with an order, and unauthorized abandonment of a unit. The Judicial Department of the Supreme Court publishes summary statistics on the work of the courts and their decisions every six months, starting in 2014.

There is still nothing to know about the existence of this unit From the very beginning of the war in Ukraine, it became known about the Legion of Freedom of Russia. In it, Russians are fighting on the side of Ukraine, including in the most fierce battles. Journalist Michael Shvirts with The New York Times talked with several of them to understand why Russian citizens are fighting against their country.

Russians create religious publics in social networks in which they pray for their relatives who went to fight in Ukraine. Nestka discovered one of these publics on VKontakte. It is called "We pray together for the soldiers" and it consists of 26 thousand people. According to the publication, the group “Pray Together for Warriors” appeared on VKontakte on October 3, 2022.

In order not to miss the main materials of "Cold", subscribe to our instagram and telegram . Accused of torture ended up in war In the spring of 2022, lawyers from Moscow came to Angarsk correctional colony No. 15: they visited their clients in the case of mass torture in the colony. In IK-15, the lawyers saw Vladimir Spiridonov, who was serving time in a colony. It had marks of beatings.

Russian troops in Ukraine suffer the heaviest losses since the beginning of the war This was stated by representatives of British intelligence, who analyzed the data provided by the Ukrainian General Staff. As stated in the British Ministry of Defense, over the past week, Russia has lost an average of 824 soldiers a day in the war in Ukraine. This is the highest figure since March last year. There were more only in the first week of Russia's invasion of Ukraine - 1140 killed per day.