The defense of the ex-mayor of Yekaterinburg, Yevgeny Roizman, who is accused under a criminal article on “discrediting” the army, presented to the court a number of characteristics of his client from well-known Russians. This is reported by the local edition of It's My City.

The state of Montana has banned the use of the Chinese application TikTok in its territory. The corresponding law was signed by the local governor Greg Gianforte. He wrote about this on his Twitter. “In order to protect the personal and private data of Montana residents from the Chinese Communist Party, I have banned TikTok in Montana,” the governor said. The law should come into force on January 1, 2024.

The masterpiece is in danger of disappearing, even the special representative of the president is indignant Vladimir Putin approved the transfer to the Russian Orthodox Church (ROC) of a masterpiece of Russian icon painting - "Trinity" by Andrei Rublev. The first time the picture will be exhibited in the Cathedral of Christ the Savior, and then go to Sergiev Posad.

The former deputy head of the public order protection department (UOOP) of the Main Directorate of the Ministry of Internal Affairs Sergey Kulishov and his subordinate Vitaly Fokin were sentenced to five years in prison with a fine of 1.2 million rubles and 11 years in prison with a fine of two million rubles, respectively.

Russia has launched its ninth massive missile strike on Ukraine since early May. Commander-in-Chief of the Armed Forces of Ukraine Valery Zaluzhny announced this on his telegram channel. He noted that the Ukrainian air defense forces managed to shoot down 29 missiles out of 30, as well as two attack and two reconnaissance drones. Most of the missiles fired by the Russian military attacked Kyiv, but there the air defense of the Armed Forces of Ukraine managed to completely repel the attack.

The State Duma adopted in the third reading a bill that allows forcibly “relocating” residents of Russian-occupied Ukrainian regions. The text of the document is published on the website of the lower house of parliament. Amendments are being made to the federal law "On Martial Law". They allow the "forced and controlled movement" of people from areas where martial law has been introduced to areas where it is not.

On Thursday morning, it became known about searches in the homes of several Russian opposition politicians. In particular, the security forces came to associate professor of Moscow State University and former candidate for State Duma deputy Mikhail Lobanov, Moscow municipal deputies Galina Filchenko and Nodari Khananashvili, and editor-in-chief of the St. Petersburg edition of Ladoga Alexander Kalinin.

More than 500 Russian universities conducted a survey on attitudes towards the country, the war and Vladimir Putin. It turned out that more than a third of the respondents want to leave Russia, and from the words most suitable for describing the situation in Russia, the majority chose "crisis", "decline" and "degradation". "Important stories" got acquainted with the first results of the study. The survey was conducted on the platform "Not indifferent person".

Five wagons of a freight train derailed at the Kamarchaga-Balay stretch in the Krasnoyarsk Territory. This was reported by the press service of the Krasnoyarsk railway. There were no casualties, and the cause of the incident is under investigation. Recovery trains were sent to the accident site from Krasnoyarsk and Sayanskaya stations, the press service said. Due to the incident, delays in trains and long-distance trains are possible.

The story of a Russian officer who is fighting on the side of Ukraine for the independence of Yakutia 45-year-old Vladislav Ammosov was born in Yakutia and from childhood dreamed of becoming an officer. He spent 15 years in the Russian army. He served under a contract in Chechnya, created plans to destroy the enemy infrastructure and prepared young officers, and now he wants the collapse of Russia and fights on the side of Ukraine so that his native Yakutia became “independent and free”.

The Frunzensky District Court of Vladivostok fined first-year student Anna Vakhrameyeva 45,000 rubles, accusing her of not reporting to the police a comment “calling for terrorism” that her friend wrote in a messenger. Vakhrameeva was convicted under the article on failure to report a crime (205.6 of the Criminal Code) on February 20, Mediazona drew attention.

The leader of the "Aquarium" group, Boris Grebenshchikov, was charged with "discrediting" the army (Part 1 of Article 20.3.3 of the Code of Administrative Offenses). This was reported on the website of the courts of Moscow, drew the attention of Mediazona. The case will be considered in the Tverskoy District Court of the capital. What is the reason for the persecution of Grebenshchikov is not reported.