Emma Tagaeva, co-chairwoman of the Voice of Beslan, who lost two sons and her husband during the terrorist attack in Beslan, turned to Vladimir Putin because of the death of politician Alexei Navalny. A photograph with a poster containing the text of Tagayeva’s appeal was published by journalist Elena Kostyuchenko. The appeal notes that for 20 years, the officials who ordered the shooting at the Beslan school in 2004 have never been punished. “What did Navalny do? Who did he kill?

The Russian newspaper Sobesednik in its latest issue published a report from the funeral of Alexei Navalny, and Siren drew attention. At the end of February, the newspaper edition dedicated to Navalny’s death and with his photograph on the front page was withdrawn from sale. Material about the politician’s funeral, in addition to the printed version, is also available on the publication’s website .

The International Criminal Court (ICC) has issued arrest warrants for the commander of Russian long-range aviation, Sergei Kobylash, and the commander of the Black Sea Fleet, Viktor Sokolov. This is reported on the court's website. The ICC suspected Kobylash and Sokolov of committing war crimes. Among them are attacks on civilian targets, which led to the death of civilians. Infrastructure attacks occurred from October 10, 2022 to at least March 9, 2023.

The editor-in-chief of the propaganda publication Readovka, Alexei Kostylev, starred in an advertisement for his own clothing brand, which produces blouses, tunics and quilted jackets. In the image of Stalin - in a white jacket and with a pipe - he walks against the backdrop of destroyed houses in Ukraine.

The Russian consulate in Armenia did not issue a foreign passport to Krasnodar activist and SOTAvision journalist Alipat Sultanbegova. The official reason for the refusal was a restriction on leaving Russia. She told Kholod about this. “This restriction is due to the fact that I am in Russia under recognizance not to leave because of my criminal case about “discrediting” the army,” Sultanbegova explained.

Users complained about a massive outage of Facebook, Instagram (owned by Meta) and YouTube. This is evidenced by data from the Downdetector service. 76% of complaints filed against Facebook are related to problems logging into your account. 62% of users who complained about Instagram reported difficulties with the application. 44% of complaints about problems with YouTube refer to problems with the site. Meta reported that they are looking into the situation.

The head of the Russian Foreign Intelligence Service, Sergei Naryshkin, commented on the death of politician Alexei Navalny. His words spoken in an interview with the Solovyov Live channel are quoted by TASS. “I don’t think that this is some kind of special plan, but, unfortunately, people have a peculiarity: sooner or later life ends, they die. Navalny died of natural causes, yes,” Naryshkin said.

On March 5, the Bitcoin rate updated its historical maximum and exceeded the mark of 69 thousand dollars. This is evidenced by data from the Binance cryptocurrency platform. The cost of Bitcoin during trading on March 5 increased by almost 9% - to 69.031 thousand dollars. The previous record was recorded on November 10, 2021. Then the cost of Bitcoin reached 68.7 thousand dollars.

The Russian army is using new, riskier aviation tactics on the Ukrainian front, which have achieved notable successes on the ground but have led to heavy losses in the skies. The American newspaper The New York Times writes about this, citing British and Ukrainian military experts. The publication notes that after the invasion of Ukraine began in February 2022, Russian troops failed to implement plans to destroy Ukrainian air defense forces and establish their dominance in the skies.

The Main Intelligence Directorate (GUR) of the Ministry of Defense of Ukraine announced the destruction of the newest patrol ship of the Russian Black Sea Fleet, Sergei Kotov, as a result of a strike by naval drones. The report says that the strike was carried out on the night of March 5 near the Kerch Strait by Magura V5 maritime drones. A number of Russian telegram channels also reported about the attack on the corvette Sergei Kotov.

State Duma Speaker Vyacheslav Volodin proposed depriving “foreign agents” of payments for copyright and related rights. He wrote about this in his Telegram channel. According to him, the recently adopted law banning the placement of advertisements by “foreign agents” “has shown its effectiveness.” “Some have already announced the closure of the project, others are reducing the staff of their editorial offices.

Milyutinsky Squat is an underground commune in the center of Moscow. Director Vitaly Akimov showed how she lives during the war On March 1, the Artdokfest festival was opened in Riga - the main show of Russian -language documentary cinema, albeit with Latvian residence permit. One of the most anticipated films on it is Vitaly Akimov's Last Summer. This is a black and white drama about the inhabitants of the “Milyutinsky squat”-a place of attraction of musicians, artists and designers in Moscow.

At a concert in Las Vegas on March 2, the lead singer of the Irish band U2, Bono, asked the audience to record the song “Don't Dream It's Over” for Yulia Navalnaya. about this . wrote Russian journalist and music critic Mikhail Kozyrev “Let's sing in honor of Yulia, the widow of Alexei Navalny. She will continue to fight against Vladimir Putin for a free Russia, and that is what we want for Russians,” Bono said. After that, the group performed the song “Don't Dream It's Over” by Crowded House.

The Kremlin has stopped insisting on a secret funeral for Alexei Navalny due to the principled position of his mother Lyudmila, the politician’s family, as well as a public campaign demanding the release of the oppositionist’s body. Meduza's sources reported this. According to two of the publication’s interlocutors, the Kremlin wanted Navalny’s funeral to be as quiet as possible.

A retired U.S. Army lieutenant colonel who worked at U.S. nuclear headquarters has been charged with passing classified information to a “woman from Ukraine” on a dating site. This is stated in a press release from the US Department of Justice. It clarifies that 63-year-old David Franklin Slater served after retirement as a civilian, but with security clearance, at the headquarters of the US Strategic Command, which controls US nuclear forces.