Slovak-Ukrainian border. Photo: Peter Lazar / AFP / East News According to the UN, since the start of the war in Ukraine, more than 150,000 refugees crossed the boundaries of neighboring countries. In total, their number, according to the organization, can be up to five million people. Mediazona talked with people who are in lines in front of the checkpoints for days. Most refugees from Ukraine go to Poland. From the beginning of the war, about 100 thousand people have already passed there.

In Belgorod, police detained four Novaya Gazeta journalists: Ilya Azar, Ivan Zhilin, Sergei Khazov-Kassia and Andrei Kisilev. They told 7x7 about this. According to Khazov-Kassia, he and cameraman Andrei Kiselyov were stopped on Glory Avenue by police while filming a report about the life of a city on the border with Ukraine. When Novaya Gazeta correspondents Azar and Zhilin approached them, the police took all four journalists to the police station.

The Russian Ministry of Defense called the coverage of the war in Ukraine by independent media “fake”. A statement from the ministry's press service is published by TASS. “Unfortunately, some Russian media and, above all, Novaya Gazeta, did not hear us. They are actively promoting fake information prepared by a stoned gang of nationalists and the SBU,” the Russian military claims. “In order for the editors to publish your information, it must be provided.

Russian Twitter users reported problems accessing the site, reports service the DownDetector . won't open or load slowly Facebook and Instagram . According to the service Globalcheck , Twitter is not available for users of operators Beeline, Tele2 , Megafon and Yota . Twitter “started to slow down at TSPU,” says block bypass service the creator of the AntiZapret under the pseudonym ValdikSS .

Deputy Chairman of the Security Council Dmitry Medvedev called the suspension of Russia's membership in the Council of Europe "an opportunity to restore the death penalty." “Not a bad reason to finally slam the door and forget about these meaningless almshouses forever. And they joined in foolishly once upon a time. From my youth. In addition, this is also a good opportunity to restore a number of important institutions to prevent particularly serious crimes in the country.

Roskomnadzor threatened to block Mediazona and nine other publications - including Novaya Gazeta, Ekho Moskvy, and NewTimes - for covering the war with Ukraine.

in Russia Roskomnadzor blocked the website of the publication Readovka , the editors reported . According to the register of the Roskomsvoboda project, the Prosecutor General’s Office decided to block them even before the start of the war with Ukraine, on February 22, and formally the claims are not related to the coverage of the war.