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A court in the United States has ordered the Metropolitan Opera in New York to pay Russian opera singer Anna Netrebko more than $200,000 in compensation for performances canceled in 2022. The New York Times writes about this, referring to a court order. Last year, the Metropolitan Opera canceled 13 performances by Netrebko after she refused to denounce Vladimir Putin and the war in Ukraine.

Lawyer Konstantin Erokhin published on his telegram channel an official statement from the team of Underdog and La Virgen bars in connection with a security raid, during which the police first mocked the visitors, and then took some of them, as well as some of the staff, to the police department.

In Moscow, 40-year-old Yury Samoilov was arrested under an article on the distribution of extremist materials. He was detained in the capital's subway after, presumably, one of the passengers saw "discrediting the army" pictures on Samoilov's phone. Novaya Gazeta Europe and OVD-Info write about this. According to them, Samoilov was detained on the morning of March 17, when he was driving to work.

Peoples' Friendship University of Russia dismissed Sergey Bazavluk, vice-rector for work with students, because of an exhibition held in the building of the university, where Ukrainian flags were hung. The website of the university reports that Mikhail Katsarsky will take his position. It also says that in 2011 he graduated from the PFUR Law Institute and worked in the Federation Council for more than eight years.

The 45th President of the United States, Donald Trump, said that he became aware of the intentions of law enforcement officers to "illegally" arrest him in the case of financial fraud. He called on his supporters to protest. Reuters writes about this, referring to the message of the politician in his social network Truth Social.

The Investigative Committee opened a case to justify terrorism against 37-year-old Kemerovo resident Maxim Smyshlyaev. The reason was his approving comments on the Internet about the explosion on the Crimean Bridge and his wish for death to Vladimir Putin, writes OVD-Info. According to investigators, Smyshlyaev allegedly published these comments while first in Mexico and then in the United States.