In Moscow, former First Deputy Prime Minister of the Moscow Region Svetlana Strigunkova was detained on suspicion of taking a bribe. This was reported by unnamed sources of TASS and Kommersant . Prior to this, information about Strigunkova’s arrest appeared in Mash and in other telegram channels close to the security forces.

The FSB Directorate for the Tambov Region reported on the detention of a Tambov resident who, according to the agency, was planning to commit a terrorist attack and sabotage in the city. The FSB press release is quoted by TASS and RIA Novosti .

The Vygonichsky District Court of the Bryansk Region arrested a local resident in the case of “inciting a serviceman to voluntarily surrender.” This was reported by the press service of the court. According to investigators, at the end of May 2023, a resident of the Bryansk region “maintained SMS correspondence” with a serviceman who was participating in the invasion of Ukraine.

The US has secretly supplied Ukraine with ATACMS long-range ballistic missiles in recent weeks , an unnamed US official told Reuters . According to an agency source, ATACMS missiles were included in the $300 million military aid package to Ukraine that US President Joe Biden approved on March 12. The Reuters interlocutor did not specify exactly how many missiles were transferred to Ukraine.

Alina Nemanova. Photo: Mediazone The Butyrsky District Court of Moscow began to consider the case against 20-year-old Alina Nenmyanova, who poured Zelenka in the urn on ballots on the ballot on Altufevsky highway on March 15. Right in the courtroom, the girl refused to admit guilt, which she had previously persuaded her by the lawyer, and said that she had become a victim of scammers. "Mediazona" tells how the first day of the trial of Nemanova passed.

The Krasninsky District Court of the Smolensk Region arrested a 16-year-old teenager in the case of arson of relay cabinets on the Krasnoe - Gusino section. This is reported on the court's website. A high school student is accused of sabotage committed by prior conspiracy (clause “a” of Part 2 of Article 281 of the Criminal Code). According to investigators, on the night of April 18, he set fire to three relay cabinets.

The Leninsky District Court of annexed Sevastopol received materials from the administrative case against journalist Anastasia Zhvik. Mediazona drew attention to the information in the court database. A protocol was drawn up on Zhvik, who does not live in Russia, about participation in the activities of an “undesirable” organization (Article 20.33 of the Administrative Code). According to Mediazona, an administrative case was opened after the publication of Zhvik’s texts on Meduza.

Telegram , due to warnings from Apple, will introduce “certain changes” for iPhone users with Ukrainian SIM cards, said the founder of the messenger Pavel Durov. According to him, the restrictions will affect “news/propaganda channels.” “To remain accessible to its users, Telegram must accommodate requests coming from app stores. If it were entirely up to us, we would always give our users what they ask for: access to information and opinions without censorship,” wrote the head of Telegram .

The Syktyvkar city court of Komi arrested chess player and oppositionist Garry Kasparov and former State Duma deputy Gennady Gudkov in absentia in the case of a “terrorist community.” The press service of the court reported this. A similar decision was made against Ivan Tyutrin, who together with Kasparov was a co-founder of the Free Russia Forum, as well as environmental activist and defender of the Khimki Forest Evgenia Chirikova.

US President Joe Biden signed a law providing military assistance to Ukraine, Israel and Taiwan, the White House tweeted . After the signing, Biden spoke to reporters, wearing a pin with the American and Ukrainian flags on his jacket. “This is a good day for America, a good day for Ukraine and a good day for world peace,” he said. Of the $99 billion package, $61 billion is intended for Ukraine. The United States will be able to transfer ATACMS long-range missiles to Kiev.

Russia and Ukraine held the first face-to-face negotiations on the return of children to their families, Commissioner for Children's Rights under the President of Russia Maria Lvova-Belova said at a press conference in Doha, RIA Novosti reports . Negotiations took place in Qatar. Based on their results, the parties compiled a list of 29 children who would be transferred to Ukraine, and 19 children who should be returned to Russia, Lvova-Belova said.

Deputy Defence Minister Timur Ivanov. Photo: Reuters On Monday, the Basmanny District Court in Moscow put Deputy Defence Minister Timur Ivanov under arrest on a charges of receiving “an especially large” bribe. Sergei Shoigu’s 49-year-old deputy was responsible for logistics within the ministry, including property management, housing, and medical support. Long before his arrest, Ivanov had repeatedly been the subject of publications about corruption in the Ministry of Defence.

The Turkish airline Turkish Airlines has stopped selling tickets to Mexico from Russia, according to the telegram channel of the Association of Tour Operators of Russia (ATOR). When you try to select a flight to Mexico City or Cancun from Moscow, St. Petersburg and Kazan, a message appears on the carrier’s website: “We do not have a single flight for the date and route you selected, or all our tickets have been sold out.

The Moscow City Court upheld the decision to extend the arrest of Alexei Navalny's lawyers Vadim Kobzev and Alexei Liptser, a listener from the courtroom told Mediazona. Three lawyers - Vadim Kobzev, Alexey Liptser and Igor Sergunin - are accused of participation in an extremist community (Part 2 of Article 282.1 of the Criminal Code). They have been in pre-trial detention since October 13. In November, all three were included in the “list of extremists and terrorists” of Rosfinmonitoring.

The Canadian government has allowed the aircraft manufacturer Airbus to use Russian titanium in production. Reuters writes about this. In February, the Canadian government imposed sanctions against a large titanium supplier from Russia, the VSMPO-Avisma corporation, with which Airbus had previously collaborated. Company representatives emphasized that they are aware of the restrictions imposed and will act in accordance with the sanctions.