Since the beginning of 2023, the Prosecutor General's Office of Russia has achieved in the courts the conversion of 15 enterprises of the military-industrial complex worth over 333 billion rubles into state ownership. Prosecutor General Igor Krasnov spoke about this in an interview with the Kommersant newspaper. According to him, we are talking about strategic enterprises that were illegally privatized.

Deductions, dismissal, denunciations and a ban on dissent: how censorship works in Russian universities Since the beginning of the full -scale Russian invasion of Ukraine, dozens of Russian universities get rid of dissenters: students are expelled, teachers are dismissed. Criticism of the authorities and war becomes a reason for denunciation. Such cases are already at least in 34 Russian universities.

British security experts believe Russia is involved in spreading rumors about the condition of Princess of Wales Kate Middleton. The BBC reports this. Experts who analyzed social networks identified “characteristic signs of a coordinated campaign to spread fake news” about the princess. Accounts that spread rumors about Kate into the information field also disseminated content directed against French support for Ukraine.

The Investigative Committee received 143 reports of missing people after the terrorist attack at Crocus City Hall. This is stated in the department's message . The Investigative Committee added that 84 bodies have now been identified, among which are the bodies of five children aged 9 to 16 years. To establish the identities of the remaining victims, molecular genetic examinations are being carried out.

The Investigative Committee will consider a request from State Duma deputies to investigate the organization, financing and conduct of terrorist attacks directed against Russia by the United States and other Western countries. This is reported on the department's website. Earlier, deputies Andrei Krasov, Nikolai Kharitonov and Yana Lantratova made such a request to the Investigative Committee. Philosopher Alexander Dugin and former Ukrainian politician Andrei Derkach also joined the appeal.

The police detained two young people who chanted xenophobic chants to a resident of Yakutia in the Moscow metro. This was reported by the Astra telegram channel with reference to the victim’s sister Vasilina. According to her, the detainees are being interrogated by security forces.

Banks in China, Turkey and the United Arab Emirates are delaying payments or completely refusing transactions for Russian oil supplies due to the threat of secondary sanctions from the United States. Reuters writes about this, citing eight sources who wished to remain anonymous. Thus, according to two of them, in the UAE, First Abu Dhabi Bank and Dubai Islamic Bank blocked several accounts that are associated with trade in Russian goods.

Petersburg artist Viktor Zabugu is accused of rape. He denies everything The famous St. Petersburg artist and tattooist Viktor Zabugu is accused of rape and harassment. His victims were probably more than 10 people, among them there is even a man. In almost all stories, drugs and alcohol appear. Girls who accused Zabuga of sexualized violence prepare a collective lawsuit and look for other victims. The "cold" talked with both sides of the conflict and tells this confusing story.

The Primorsky District Court of St. Petersburg decided to expel Tajik citizen Akhmad Faizulokhonzoda from Russia due to the fact that he was in the same chat with people suspected of committing a terrorist attack in Crocus City Hall. This was reported by the head of the press service of the St. Petersburg courts, Daria Lebedeva.

SotaVision correspondent Antonina Favorskaya, who was supposed to be released after administrative arrest, as well as her two colleagues Alexandra Astakhova and Anastasia Musatova were detained near the Sakharovo special detention center. This is reported by SotaVision. According to lawyer Mikhail Biryukov, immediately after leaving the special detention center, Favorskaya was taken to her home for a search. Currently, investigations are taking place in her apartment, SotaVision reports .

The Samsung Pay payment system will no longer work with the Mir card. “Starting April 3, 2024, adding and using Mir cards in Samsung Pay will no longer be available,” the company’s website says . At the same time, it became known that the Mir Pay application disappeared from the Google Play application store. Shortly after the start of the full-scale Russian invasion of Ukraine in February 2022, the Google Pay and Apple Pay payment systems stopped working in Russia.

Pro-government blogger Ilya Remeslo announced that he has patented the trademark “Beautiful Russia of the Future.” He published the corresponding certificate of registration in his telegram channel. The blogger submitted an application to Rospatent in 2021. “The examination of the trademark lasted 2.5 years and the decision to register was made only in February 2024. […] Now we can officially announce - yes, I am the owner of the “PRB” trademark.

The lower house of the Thai Parliament has approved a bill allowing same-sex marriage in the country. Now the document must be approved by the Senate and the royal family, writes the BBC. This is expected to happen by the end of 2024. 400 out of 415 deputies voted for the adoption of the bill. If the document is approved by higher authorities, Thailand will become the first and only country in Southeast Asia to recognize same-sex unions.

Sales of antidepressants have increased in Russia. Since the beginning of 2024, 3.6 million packages of such drugs have been sold for a total of 2.9 billion rubles. The Vedomosti newspaper writes about this, citing data from the analytical company DSM Group, whose analysts called the sales volume a record over the past five years. Thus, compared to the same period in 2023, sales of drugs increased by 33% in volume and by 45% in value.

Used clothing that ends up back in stores will take up a 10th share of the global fashion market next year, The Guardian reports, citing a GlobalData report . The growth of secondary goods is associated with the cost of living crisis, as well as with the fact that the business of selling used clothes feels more stable than the usual retailers: clothes that are already loved by someone are guaranteed to be liked by customers - and sell better.