Image: Natasha Shpak / Mediazona On February 24, Vladimir Putin announced the beginning of his "special military operation", and the Russian troops invaded Ukraine. Shortly thereafter, employees of the Prosveshcheniye group, one of the country's largest and oldest publishers of schoolbooks, were asked to remove "inappropriate" references to Ukraine and Kyiv from all school textbooks. Mediazona learned how the editors scrap Ukraine out of history, geography, and literature textbooks.

Companies from European Union countries supplied ammunition worth hundreds of millions of euros to Russia, circumventing the arms embargo. This was reported by newspaper the Daily Telegraph with reference to a report from the European Union provided by MEP from Romania Christian Terges. Companies from at least 10 countries supplied Russia with dual-use weapons in circumvention of the trade embargo, the newspaper claims.

Türkiye has closed its airspace to Russian civil and military aircraft flying to Syria. This was reported by TV channel TRT Haber with reference to Turkish Foreign Minister Mevlut Cavusoglu. “We closed the airspace to Russian military aircraft, and even to civilian aircraft that were flying to Syria and carrying soldiers. We gave permission for three months. They had permission until April. Our president also reported [this to Russian President Vladimir] Putin,” he said.

In Pskov, the police forced a local resident to repaint the yellow-blue fence. This was reported by the Pskov Province and 7 × 7 with reference to the residents of the district. According to the “Pskov province”, the police came to the microdistrict crosses after the message of local residents who complained to a neighbor, annually coloring a fence near the house. Photo: "Pskov province" As the subscriber said 7 × 7 , the woman painted the fence at the house in blue and yellow every year.

In Moscow, participants in single pickets against the war with Ukraine were detained on Red and Pushkinskaya squares. This was reported by OVD-Info and Avtozak LIVE . According to human rights activists, Artur Alaev with a “No to War” poster, Liya Klimenko with a “No to Fascism” poster and Artem Potapov with a “Children Need Peace” poster came to Red Square. They were all detained. Picketer Artem Latushkin was detained on Pushkin Square .

Alexander Rodnyansky. Photo: Irina Buzhor / Kommersant The film producer Alexander Rodnyansky from Ukraine is known for his work on dozens of Russian films and TV shows, such as Stalingrad, 9 Company, Leviathan, Dylda, Smoking Fists and others. After he publicly opposed the war, the head of the Ministry of Defense Sergei Shoigu demanded to delete the producer “from the cultural agenda” of the country. The interview with Rodnyansky was published on his Instagram, journalist Ilya Krasovchik.

The Ministry of Industry and Trade has prepared a list of goods that can be imported into Russia without the consent of copyright holders. this with reference to the text of the ministry's order. reports Interfax On March 30, Prime Minister Mikhail Mishustin partially lifted responsibility for gray imports. The government called this “parallel import” and instructed the Ministry of Industry and Trade to maintain a list of such goods.

The creators of the “Immortal Regiment” campaign from Tomsk asked on their website not to be associated with future marches. “Unfortunately, we see many phenomena and events that change the original meaning of the Immortal Regiment. Of course, each person is free to decide for himself who and how exactly he remembers May 9. But we no longer consider it possible to associate ourselves with what is happening in the columns on the street,” they wrote.

Illustration: Natasha Shpak / Mediazone On February 24, Vladimir Putin announced the beginning of the “special operation”, and the Russian troops invaded Ukraine. Immediately after this employees of the Enlightenment group of companies - one of the largest and oldest publishers of educational and pedagogical literature in the country - was strongly asked to remove “incorrect” references to Ukraine and Kyiv from all school textbooks.

The arrested driver of the Moscow Main Directorate of the Ministry of Internal Affairs, Sergei Klokov, was going to arrange a call between his colleagues and a policeman from Kyiv, so that he would tell them about the actions of the Russian military. this reports The Wall Street Journal with reference to the case materials. 37-year-old father of two Klokov, who grew up in the battle -torn Kiev suburb of Irpen, was detained on March 16 at his workplace.

In the Orenburg region, three miners died in a mine at the Gaisky mining and processing plant. This was reported by the regional prosecutor's office and the Orenburg department of the Investigative Committee. According to the prosecutor's office, at about 08:50 (06:50 Moscow time) “during production work, an abnormal detonation occurred at a depth of 1.2 kilometers”; 88 people were evacuated.

The Ukhta City Court of Komi fined 30 thousand rubles of a 33-year-old local resident under an article on the “discredit” of the Russian military (part 1 of Article 20.3.3 of the Code of Administrative Offenses). This was reported by the press service of the court and the Republican Administration of the Ministry of Internal Affairs . According to police officers, a resident of Ukhta doused a banner with red paint on a multi -storey building with a St.