The Investigative Committee, the FSB and the Ministry of Internal Affairs reported on the detention of seven residents of the Rostov region in the case of an extremist community (parts 1, 2 of Article 282.1 of the Criminal Code). The message was published by the press services of the departments and RIA Novosti . The suspects were members of the extremist NS/WP community and imitated the neo-Nazi terrorist organization NationalSocialism/WhitePower , the Investigative Committee claims.

Law enforcement agencies of the Republic of Fiji, at the request of the United States, confiscated the yacht Amadea , which allegedly belongs to Russian senator Suleiman Kerimov. This was reported by the press service of the US Department of Justice. “This seizure demonstrates the FBI's tenacity in pursuing sanctioned Russian oligarchs who are attempting to evade accountability for their role in threatening our national security,” said FBI Director Christopher Wray.

The girlfriend of St. Petersburg artist Sasha Skochilenko, Sonya Subbotina , said that in the pre-trial detention center, fellow inmates began to harass the activist. Skochilenko is allowed to eat only during common meals, although there is no such rule, says Subbotina. One day, the artist missed breakfast because of a visit to the doctor, and the cell mate forbade Skochilenko to eat until lunch, her girlfriend added.

The office of Israeli Prime Minister Naftali Benet reported that today, during a telephone conversation between heads of state, Vladimir Putin apologized for the words of Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov. “They discussed the statements of Russian Foreign Minister Lavrov. The Prime Minister accepted President Putin’s apology for Lavrov’s words and thanked him for clarifying the president’s attitude towards the Jewish people and the memory of the Holocaust,” the statement said.

In Bucha, located in the suburbs of Kiev, during the occupation there were military personnel of the 76th Guards Air Assault Division from Pskov and employees of the Vityaz unit of the Russian Guard, according to an investigation by Reuters .

Illustration: Arina Istomin / Mediazone According to the Constitution, the President of Russia has very broad powers, including issuing decrees. Unlike laws, they can be secret and come into force immediately. These documents relate to two topics especially relevant during the war: personnel permutations in power structures and awards. Mediazona studied how the share of secret decrees changed for 20 years, and found that during the period of the “special military operation” it became record.

Alexey Gorinov in the Presnensky district court, April 27, 2022. Photo: Gleb Shchelkunov / Kommersant The Investigative Committee was enough for five days to start and complete the investigation of the case of “fakes” about the army, excited against two municipal deputies of the Krasnoselsky district of Moscow, Alexei Gorinov and Elena Kotyenochkina.

The Pskov City Court fined municipal deputy from Yabloko Nikolai Kuzmin 30 thousand rubles under the article of “discrediting the army,” Pskov Yabloko reported in its VKontakte group. A protocol under Part 1 of Article 20.3.3 of the Code of Administrative Offenses was drawn up against Kuzmin for reposting a video of the action of former Channel One employee Marina Ovsyannikova, who ran into the studio during a live broadcast with a poster against the war in Ukraine.

The Oktyabrsky District Court of St. Petersburg dismissed the case of Vadim Dudarev, who was accused of “discrediting the army” for a single picket, reports the United Press Service of the Courts of St. Petersburg. The court did not find any elements of an offense in the posters “Icons Are Streaming the World” and “You Try Too”. The activist was charged with violating Part 1 of Article 20.3.3 of the Administrative Code. Dudarev was detained on April 8 during a single picket near St.

was seized in France Villa Copab , allegedly owned by the family of the Russian oligarch and head of Alfa Bank Mikhail Fridman, , information about this appeared on the website of the French Ministry of Economy and Finance. The update was noticed by The Insider. Earlier, journalists from the Ukrainian project “Schemes” reported that this villa belongs to Friedman’s daughters and wife. The villa was seized due to EU sanctions.

The Kirovsky District Court of St. Petersburg banned the clip of CMH and Instasamka “AUE”, reports the joint press service of the courts of St. Petersburg. A lawsuit to recognize the clip as prohibited information was filed by the Deputy Military Prosecutor of the 301st Military Prosecutor's Office.

Searches are underway in St. Petersburg for five members of the Peaceful Resistance group, reports the Rotunda publication, citing human rights activist Dinar Idrisov. According to him, on the morning of May 5, searches took place at the homes of Olga Smirnova, Asan Mumdzhi, Tatyana Sichkareva, Vlad Shipitsyn and Ilya Tkachenko.

A “white list” of publications whose news is shown on the main page of Yandex has existed in the company since at least 2016, Meduza reports , citing its own sources in the company. The list of permitted media included Izvestia, RIA Novosti, Interfax, Rossiyskaya Gazeta, Kommersant, RBC, Gazeta.ru, RT, Lenta, Regnum , Nezavisimaya Gazeta and Vzglyad. All independent media, including Dozhd, Ekho Moskvy and Novaya Gazeta, were prohibited from being displayed on the main page of the search engine.