The police drew up a report on discrediting the army (part 1 of article 20.3.3 of the Administrative Code) against 24-year-old Muscovite Roman Sakharov, who broke a cardboard figure of a Ukrainian grandmother with a Soviet flag. This was reported by MIA Media. TV presenter Vladimir Solovyov wrote that Sakharov broke his figure at the entrance to a dental clinic in the Moscow district of Kurkino, and published a video apologizing to the detainee.

The United States has not yet imposed sanctions against Russian President Vladimir Putin's alleged mistress Alina Kabaeva due to fears that this will lead to "a further escalation of tensions between Russia and the United States." This was reported by the Wall Street Journal , citing sources from among the officials. US authorities consider Kabaeva the mother of at least three of Putin’s children, the publication notes.

The Danish Saxo Bank will cease operating sent letters to clients informing them that NASDAQ exchanges in the US and Nordic countries this with clients from Russia from April 29. RBC reports with reference to profile chats and two bank clients. The exchanges “will cease to operate in Russia,” “which will lead to the cessation of access to exchanges for Russian residents,” the letter says.

“VKontakte”, at the request of the Prosecutor General’s Office, blocked the Tver public “Main Road” in Russia, which did not hide the name of the user who was learning how to register a Ukrainian “trophy” car brought by his military son-in-law. attention to this . drew Journalist Ilya Shepelin On April 18, the group published a post from a user who wished to remain anonymous. The entry said: “The other day my son-in-law, a military man, brought me this handsome “trophy” one. You know where.

In Moscow, Andrei Kryukov and Yuri Serdyukov , who went out on anti-war pickets, were detained. The protesters themselves told OVD-Info about this. Kryukov was detained on Red Square, where he was holding a picket with a poster “Christ for Peace.” According to human rights activists, he was taken to the Kitay-Gorod police department. The second picketer was detained on Triumfalnaya Square, where he stood with a “No to War” poster, and was taken to the Tverskoy police station.

Roskomnadzor, at the request of the Prosecutor General's Office, blocked two links to the pages of the chess portal Chess.com attention to this . drew . Roskomsvoboda The reason for blocking was the article “On the war in Ukraine.” It states that " Chess.com strongly condemns the Russian government's military aggression against Ukraine and its people." In addition, according to the authors of the site, they blocked the accounts of chess players who were subject to international sanctions.

Due to a ban on the supply of luxury goods, about eight thousand luxury cars destined for Russia remain in the Belgian port of Zeebrugge. about this . the Wall Street Journal told Mark Adriansens, director of the port's automobile terminal, As the publication notes, among the “stuck” were Lexus , Cadillac and Mercedes cars ; they were delivered from Asia “in the first week of April.” According to Adriansens, the port has space for 10,000 cars in total.

journalist Maria Ponomarenko was detained and brought to the Investigative Committee In St. Petersburg, RusNews ; she is charged with writing an article about “fake news” about the Russian army (Article 207.3 of the Criminal Code). This was reported by the publication itself and Sota with reference to lawyer Sergei Podolsky.

Illustration: Lisa Spoon / Mediazone After the outbreak of war, Georgia became a country of appointment not only for Russians who fled from sanctions and political repression, but also for Ukrainians who were saved from under bombing. Mediazona publishes the story of a resident of Mariupol, who fell into Georgia through Crimea and the south of Russia, on the way overcoming the mined roads and many checks.

A sheet of paper threatening him and his dog was taped to the door of Moscow activist Leopold Banionis. about this . He told OVD-Info In total, two printouts appeared at the entrance to the apartment. One of them says: “Leopold. Soon your mongrel will die, he will no longer go to rallies. And we'll get to you soon. Traitor to the Motherland. ZZZZZZ .” On the second sheet is a screenshot of the MSK1.RU.