In Moscow, a video surveillance system is used to determine the place of residence of conscripts. This was reported to TASS by the capital's military commissar, Colonel Maxim Loktev. “To determine the place of residence of the conscript, video surveillance systems in the city of Moscow are used, at the direction of the Mayor of Moscow, organizations in which conscripts work provide information about them to the military commissariats.

The 235th garrison military court fined Ivan Mertvishchev, an officer of the General Staff responsible for conscription, 400,000 rubles. He tried to get a bribe with a Bosch washing machine for a positive review of the work of the military commissariat of the Ramenki district. The colonel was also banned from holding positions in state bodies for two years, Kommersant writes.

Employees of the colony where Alexei Navalny is being held used force against him and threatened him with a new criminal case. This was announced by his lawyer Vadim Kobzev. According to him, a prisoner who has "big problems with personal hygiene" was once again placed in Navalny's cell. The politician refused to enter it and said that a provocation was being committed against him.

On April 18, the Kremlin website published information about the visit of President Vladimir Putin to the headquarters of the Dnepr group of troops in the Kherson direction and the headquarters of the Vostok National Guard in the annexed LPR.

A 19-year-old resident of Tver was charged with attempted treason (Part 3 of Article 30 and Article 275 of the Criminal Code). Astra reports. The human rights project "First Department" names the young man - Semyon Koshevoy. According to investigators, Koshevoy was allegedly going to join the Freedom of Russia Legion and fight on the side of the Armed Forces of Ukraine. No evidence of his guilt has been released.

The Shcherbinsky District Court of Moscow fined 70-year-old pensioner Olga Slegina 40 thousand rubles under the article on “discrediting” the Russian army (20.3.3 of the Code of Administrative Offenses). It is reported by "OVD-Info". Being treated at a sanatorium on December 24, 2022, Slegina said out loud that the Ukrainians are great, as they are defending their country. She also called the President of Ukraine Volodymyr Zelensky an intelligent and handsome man.

On a digital advertising shield in Yekaterinburg and on screens in the Rostov shopping center, unknown people posted quotes of Russian soldiers and their relatives about the war in Ukraine. Photos from Yekaterinburg were published by IT's My City. In the reports on billboards, in particular, it was said that mobilized on the first day was sent to storm “like meat”. In addition, there were reports on the shields that Russian soldiers had no food and that they are armed with old equipment.

The Swedish company Absolut, which produces the vodka of the same name, announced the cessation of supplies to Russia a week after their resumption. This is stated in a statement by the company's CEO Stephanie Durru. According to her, Absolut does not consider it possible "to subject employees and partners to massive criticism in all forms." "The reaction of recent days clearly reflects the role that Absolut plays for its wider community in Sweden," Dürru said in a statement.

An assistant prosecutor for the supervision of correctional institutions in Nizhny Tagil performed oral sex on a prisoner from IK-6 for several months in exchange for promises to help her be released on parole. This is reported by the portal e1.ru. The employee is subject to a background check.

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Ural PR man Yaroslav Shirshikov, who was the first to report the disappearance of The Wall Street Journal correspondent Evan Gershkovich on March 29, has been charged with justifying terrorism (Part 2 of Article 205.2 of the Criminal Code). The PR lawyer Fyodor Akchermyshev told about this to the publications Vecherniye Vedomosti and 66.ru. The persecution of Shirshikov began after his post on the Hussar Bravado telegram channel.

A year ago, the battle for the Donbass began. Why didn't the Russian army won it? The battle for the Donbass is a year. On April 18, 2022, President of Ukraine Vladimir Zelensky announced its beginning in his daily circulation.

The State Duma adopted an amendment to the draft law "On Citizenship" in the second reading. It spells out the possibility of depriving convicts of acquired Russian citizenship under several articles of the criminal code.

The largest bank in Cyprus - Bank Of Cyprus - closes the accounts of its Russian clients. Forbes magazine writes about this, referring to the Main Partner Trust company, which provides legal and financial services to clients in Cyprus, as well as to the bank's clients who have already received the relevant notices. According to Alena Sakharova, Director of Main Partner Trust, Bank Of Cyprus began sending out notices of the imminent closure of accounts to its Russian clients in mid-April.

Wagner PMC founder Yevgeny Prigozhin has likely regained the favor of President Vladimir Putin. Analysts of the American Institute for the Study of War (ISW) write about this in a recent report. They claim that the PMC is getting "reinforcements, weapons and political recognition" again. According to ISW, Prigozhin was again in favor, due to the fact that parts of the regular Russian army during the winter offensive were unable to fulfill their tasks.