The mayor of Nevinnomyssk, Mikhail Minenkov, reported a fire on the territory of the local shopping complex "Central". “All resources of the Nevinnomyssk and Kochubeevsky fire garrison were brought to the scene of the fire! Currently, attempts are being made to localize the spread of the fire,” Minenkov wrote in his Telegram channel. SHOT published a video of the moment of the explosion at the market.

In the city of Belopolye, Sumy region, two elderly women were killed as a result of Russian shelling. The Ministry of Internal Affairs of Ukraine reports this. The dead were 69 and 77 years old. Three more women were injured. According to the department, Belopole was shelled from artillery for two hours. Multi-storey and private buildings in the city were damaged. The Ministry of Internal Affairs also reports that the Russian army dropped two guided bombs on an industrial facility in Sumy.

Photo: nurphoto / reuters Several Russian journalists found other people's sessions in Telegram-someone went into their accounts from the web version of the messenger. They assure that they did not use Telegram through the browser. This could have happened due to autologue: if you open the web.telegram.org link from the Telegram application on the mobile phone, you will get to your browser window without any additional checks.

The Tushinsky District Court of Moscow, at the request of the investigation, tightened the preventive measure against Nadezhda Buyanova, a 67-year-old therapist at Moscow children's clinic No. 140, in the case of military “fakes.” The OVD-Info project drew attention to information about this in the telegram story of her lawyer Oscar Cherdzhiev. Cherdzhiev himself confirmed to Mediazona that the preventive measure had been tightened.

Two Britons were accused of working for Russian intelligence during an investigation into a fire at a warehouse owned by Ukrainian businessmen in London. This was reported by the BBC and Sky News . The fire occurred on March 20 in the industrial area of ​​Leighton in the east of the UK capital. Eight fire engines and 60 rescuers were involved in extinguishing it.

The Basmanny District Court of Moscow registered the materials of a criminal case about military “fakes” against journalist Masha Gessen (clause “d” of part 2 of article 207.3 of the Criminal Code). Mediazona drew attention to the court card. The criminal prosecution of Gessen became known at the end of November. The reason for the case was the journalist’s story about war crimes in Bucha during an interview with Yuri Dudu.

The Basmanny District Court of Moscow arrested traffic police officer Dmitry Bovtunov in the case of accepting a bribe from someone accused of participating in the murder of a motorcyclist in the south-east of the capital. This was reported by the press service of the capital's courts. Exactly why a criminal case was opened against Bovtunov is unknown. According to investigators, the inspector stopped the car driven by Isakhan Abbasov.

Russian President Vladimir Putin signed a decree transferring 100% of the shares of Russian subsidiaries Ariston and BSH Hausgeraete GmbH (produces appliances under the Bosch brand) to Gazprom Household Systems. Ariston Thermo Rus and BSH Household Appliances are coming under the “temporary management” of the Russian energy company. Before Putin's decree, they belonged to the Italian Ariston Holding NV and the German BSH Hausgeraete GmbH, respectively.

Art: Mila Grabowski / Mediazona Since the beginning of 2024, Russian courts have received 19 reports of “participation” in the activities of an “undesirable” organization, all related to independent Russian media outlets. Prosecutors interpret “participation” to include not only working for a publication or providing comments for an article but also the mere act of reposting—meaning ordinary readers are being fined.

Ukraine has received the bodies of 140 dead soldiers, the country’s coordination headquarters for working with prisoners of war reported . Russia returned the bodies of 36 people, State Duma deputy Shamsail Saraliev told RBC. The last time the countries exchanged bodies of military personnel was on April 12. Then Ukraine returned 99 bodies of the dead, Russia - 23. Before that, in 2024, exchanges took place on March 29 , March 15 , February 16 and January 26 .

The Nikulinsky District Court of Moscow fined Meduza journalist Dmitry Kuznets ten thousand rubles. Mediazona was informed about this by the press service of the court. Kuznets was found guilty of participating in the activities of an “undesirable organization” (Article 20.33 of the Administrative Code). According to the text of the resolution, the reason was his participation in the daily podcast “What Happened?”, in an episode dated February 2024.

Illustration: Mila Grabowski / Mediazone Since the beginning of 2024, 19 protocols on the “participation” in the activities of an “unwanted” organization that are connected by independent Russian media have transferred to the Russian courts. Moreover, by “participation”, prosecutors understand not only work for the publication or commentary for publication, but also simple repost - that is, fines are written out to ordinary readers.

Security forces came to the buildings of the Garage Museum of Contemporary Art in Moscow, the telegram channel “Caution, News” writes . A museum employee, on condition of anonymity, confirmed to Mediazona the visit of the security forces. RBC, citing an unnamed source, reported that the “events” in the museum are carried out by FSB officers. The agency’s interlocutor did not specify which “events” we are talking about.

The Leninsky District Court of Ulyanovsk fined the author of the telegram channel “Simbirsk Shugozhor” Vitaly Akhmerov two thousand rubles because of two posts that mentioned the name of Alexei Navalny. Akhmerov himself wrote about this. The author of the telegram channel was found guilty under the protocol of disseminating information about an “extremist” organization without indicating that it is banned in Russia (Part 2 of Article 13.15 of the Administrative Code).

The Central District Military Court sentenced Chelyabinsk streamer Alexey Sidorov to two and a half years in a general regime colony in the case of calls for terrorism (Part 2 of Article 205.2 of the Criminal Code), the Access agency reports , citing the press service of the regional department of the FSB. Judging by the case file on the court’s website, he was sentenced on April 22; the decision has not been published.