The Armenian border service did not release Russian deserter Anatoly Shchetinin from the country, who was detained by Russian military police in Gyumri the day before. This was reported by “Important Stories” with reference to the head of the Vanadzor branch of the Helsinki Citizens’ Assembly, Artur Sakunts. Shchetinin himself told the lawyers that he wanted to return to Russia.

Lawyers for a schoolboy from Ufa, who illegally spent a year and a half in a pre-trial detention center, did not notice that he had not reached the age of criminal responsibility. Lawyer Vitaly Burkin reported this on his Telegram channel. “As it turned out, during the entire period the boy was defended by several lawyers in turn. And not one of them noticed that their client had not reached the required age.

Belgorod volunteer Alexander Demidenko committed suicide. The regional department of the Federal Penitentiary Service reported this to the local publication Bel.ru. At the same time, the department did not specify the circumstances of Demidenko’s death, adding only that doctors tried to resuscitate the volunteer, and then found no signs of violent death on his body. The FSIN also claims that they notified relatives of Demidenko’s death by telegram on the day of his death, April 5.

Tatyana Lazareva, Daria Serenko and other “foreign agents” want to turn the elections into a performance. What and why? Oppositionists create a “foreign” coalition to participate in the elections to the Moscow City Duma, which will be held on September 8. TV presenter Tatyana Lazareva, economist Vladislav Inozemtsev, journalist Sergey Markelov, activist Daria Serenko, has already joined her.

The widow of Alexei Navalny, Yulia, spoke out against the decision of the court of first instance to lift EU sanctions from the founders of Alfa Group, Pyotr Aven and Mikhail Fridman. She called the decision "harmful" and said it would weaken the Russian anti-war movement. The corresponding post was published in Navalnaya’s channel in X. “I would like to ask European politicians: “What has changed since you sanctioned the Russian oligarchs?”,” she wrote.

The state regulator System Operator (SO), which manages the Unified Energy System of Russia, expressed concern about the sudden transition to Russian software at the country's thermal power plants (TPPs). The Kommersant newspaper writes about this, citing sources in the industry. We are talking about automatic control systems (ACS), which are responsible for monitoring the operation of imported turbines at Russian thermal power plants.

In Kaluga, local residents picketed to collect signatures against the construction of a “super prison.” This was reported in a group of activists on Telegram. A colony for three thousand places may appear 20 kilometers from the city near the village of Zherelo.

The Pentagon sent Ukraine confiscated weapons of Iranian origin intended for the Houthis in Yemen. Emergency military assistance was sent to Ukraine until the multi-billion dollar funding package for Kyiv was passed in the US Congress. The Washington Post reports this. The supplies include five thousand Iranian-made Kalashnikov assault rifles, sniper rifles, machine guns and rocket-propelled grenades and about half a million rounds of ammunition.

German citizen Dagmar Henn was granted temporary asylum in Russia. This was reported by the press secretary of the Ministry of Internal Affairs Irina Volk. Henn supports the war in Ukraine, spreads conspiracy theories exonerating Hitler, and works for the Russia Today propaganda channel. “Important Stories” found out that Henn came to Russia in 2022 to work in the editorial office of Russia Today.

The military unit recognized a participant in the war in Ukraine from Sukhoi Log, who has been in a coma for almost a year after being wounded, as having left his unit without permission. Because of this, they refused to pay him compensation for his injury. State Duma deputy Maxim Ivanov spoke about this.

She talked about the search for missing people and gathered the donates. The Ministry of Emergencies says that she was not there, and the dog handler itself disappeared with the money The dog handler Olesya Khramykina, along with her detachment, “shaggy angels” took part in the search for people after the terrorist attack in Crocus. Her dogs, including a six -month puppy named Hans, helped the Ministry of Emergencies and even found several bodies under the rubble of the concert hall.

American-made drones have proven ineffective in the war against Russia, The Wall Street Journal reports . This forced Ukraine to start purchasing drones and spare parts for them from China. Over the past two years, about 300 U.S. drone companies have raised a total of about $2.5 billion in venture capital, according to PitchBook data cited by the publication. However, most of the drones they produced turned out to be useless in battles against the Russian army.

In Cheboksary, assistant deputy Markel Egorov was detained for beating his wife on the side of the road. This was reported by the telegram channel “Cheboksary Auto News from ZR”, which published a video of the incident. Soon after the publication, Egorov was stripped of his powers. In the published footage, Egorov allegedly beats a woman, and then drags her along the ground by her hair and pushes her into a car. The video was taken by an eyewitness who heard a woman's screams.

German industry will not be able to fully recover from the energy crisis. Europe's largest economy is at a "disadvantage" due to inflated prices for liquefied natural gas (LNG). This was reported by the Financial Times with reference to the head of the energy company RWE. Gas prices in Europe fell by 90% relative to peak crisis prices in 2022 and did not last long at pre-war levels. However, experts are puzzled by the extent to which industrial demand for LNG will recover.

The water level in the Ural River near Orenburg has reached 978 centimeters and continues to rise. This was reported to the city administration. Previously, they called the 930 centimeter mark “dangerous”. As of the morning of April 10, 2,392 household plots and 1,910 households were flooded in Orenburg. There are 58 people in temporary accommodation centers, including 22 children.