Apple and Google have refused to support Mir payment cards, the National Payment Card System told TASS. "Mir" will not work in Apple Pay and Google Pay . On March 6, the international payment systems Visa and Mastercard suspended operations in Russia. Previously issued cards continued to work in Russia, but they cannot be used abroad.

China's Sinopec Group has suspended negotiations on major investments in the Russian petrochemical sector and the sale of Russian gas to China, reports Reuters , citing sources. The agency clarifies that this decision is related to sanctions against the Russian economy due to the invasion of Ukraine. Reuters writes that representatives of three energy companies were summoned to the Chinese Foreign Ministry this month.

The US Federal Communications Commission has added Kaspersky Lab to its list of companies that threaten national security. This is stated on the department's website. Today, Kaspersky Lab announced the suspension of its bug bounty program due to HackerOne's refusal to cooperate. On March 1, the founder of Kaspersky Lab, Evgeniy Kaspersky, condemned the invasion of Ukraine. “The war did no good to anyone. Like the rest of the world, we are shocked by the latest events,” he said.

Jewelry transnational company Tiffany & Co has suspended purchases of Russian rough and polished diamonds, reports Marketwatch , citing a company statement. “ Tiffany has suspended the purchase of all rough diamonds from Russia, as well as mass-produced diamonds of Russian origin, regardless of where they are cut and polished,” the company said. The restrictions apply to diamonds mined in Russia as of March 21.

Music streaming service Spotify has decided to stop operating in Russia due to the law on fake news about the armed forces. This was reported by The Village and RBC with reference to the company’s statement. “Unfortunately, the recently adopted law imposes further restrictions on access to information, eliminates freedom of expression and criminalizes some types of news. This puts the safety of our staff and possibly our listeners at risk.

Volunteers in vests help refugees get on the train. Photo: Sergei Grits / Ap According to the UN, 3.7 million people have already left Ukraine because of the war. Most of them, 2.2 million, fled to Poland, a huge flow of refugees goes through a small city of Przemysl. Every day thousands of people come there, which volunteers from all over Europe come to help.

Writer JK Rowling criticized President Vladimir Putin on Twitter, calling her a victim of “cancel culture” in the West. Putin, speaking via video link today to the winners of presidential cultural awards, compared Russia's isolation over the invasion of Ukraine to "cancel culture" and cited Rowling as an example .

The Volga film company announced on VKontakte the postponement of the premiere of the film Empire V directed by Victor Ginzburg, an adaptation of the novel of the same name by Victor Pelevin, from March 31 to an undetermined date. “The film Empire V will not be released in Russia on March 31. We will definitely inform you about the new release date, so stay tuned,” the message says.

Since the beginning of the Russian invasion of Ukraine, St. Petersburg courts have imposed 861 administrative arrests and 2,456 fines for anti-war actions. This was reported by the joint press service of the city courts. 123 protesters were assigned to mandatory work, the cases of 210 people were terminated, and another 533 people were returned to the police to correct mistakes.

Passengers on the Moscow and St. Petersburg metro said on Twitter that when they connected to free Wi-Fi, they were shown an advertisement stating that there is no shortage of goods in Russia. attention to the tweets drew TJournal . The advertisement read in capital letters, “No hint of shortage. There is an oversupply of basic food products in Russia,” “Everything will be fine with food. Russia is not facing a food crisis. Everything has been calculated!” and “Guide on import substitution.

The Russian Ministry of Defense reported that 1,351 Russian servicemen were killed in the war with Ukraine, and another 3,825 were injured. The data is provided by RIA Novosti. The last time the ministry provided data was on March 2 and then spoke of 498 dead and 1,597 wounded military personnel. The Ukrainian Armed Forces estimated the losses of the Russian army at 16,100 people.

Ukrainian hackers gained access to the Buryat government’s database for registering coronavirus patients and people in self-isolation. They themselves spoke about this ; the publication confirmed the authenticity of the data in the database in other sources. The system has been operating in Buryatia since April 1, 2020. Those infected with COVID-19, people, and those who had been tested for coronavirus were brought there.

The Chemalsky District Court of Altai fined elder Karysh Kergilov 30 thousand rubles under the article on discrediting the Russian military (Article 20.3.3 of the Administrative Code) for an anti-war comment and post. He himself told Mediazona about this.

In Kazan, employees of the Investigative Committee conducted new searches of activists as part of a case of inciting riots in a telegram chat (Part 1.1 of Article 212 of the Criminal Code). This was reported by the human rights project and the Kazan student magazine “Wind”.

A criminal case was opened against second-year student Ekaterina Ivanova due to posts on social networks about plans to plant explosives at the institute. This was reported by the Dovod publication with reference to a letter from the press service of the regional department of the Ministry of Internal Affairs. According to the document, a case was opened against Ivanova for knowingly false reporting an act of terrorism (Article 207 of the Criminal Code).