The Southern District Military Court sentenced three residents of Rostov-on-Don in the case of arson on the railway. As the press service of the court reported , the longest sentence of them was assigned to 30-year-old Vladislav Matukhnenko - he was sentenced to 20 years in a maximum security colony (with the first five years served in prison).

The Supreme Court of Kabardino-Balkaria sentenced a local resident to 12 years in prison in a treason case. As reported in a release on the court’s website, which Mediazona drew attention to, he will have to spend the first three years in prison, the rest of the term in a maximum security colony.

The Krasnodar Regional Court sentenced Daniil Khizhnyak, a 27-year-old resident of the Seversky district of the Krasnodar Territory, to 12 years and six months in prison in a sabotage case. According to the court's press service, he will have to spend the first three years in prison, the rest of the term in a maximum security colony. According to investigators, in December 2024, the defendant responded to an offer to earn 20 thousand rubles.

The city court in St. Petersburg recognized the Russian LGBT Network as an “extremist organization.” This was reported by the First Department. According to lawyer Max Olenichev, the court considered the activities of protecting the rights of LGBT people, monitoring violations and transmitting reports to the UN Special Rapporteur on human rights in Russia, Mariana Katsarova, extremist. “In essence, the Russian LGBT Network was banned because of its human rights activities.

The Helsinki Administrative Court has suspended the decision to deport Olga and Nikita Belov until an appeal against the denial of asylum is completed. This is reported by Dozhd and the Anti-War Committee of Russia . For now, the Belovs remain in custody at a temporary detention center in Helsinki, but on the evening of April 27 they will probably be released from there, ASTRA found out .

Judge of the 1st Western District Court in St. Petersburg, Alexey Olmezov, sentenced 54-year-old Irina Mashkaleva, a pensioner from Syktyvkar, to 9 years in a general regime colony in the case of financing a terrorist organization (Part 1.1 of Article 205.1 of the Criminal Code). Mediazona became aware of this. Mashkaleva was also awarded a fine of 300 thousand rubles. Prosecutor Anna Govera asked for 10 years in prison and a 200 thousand ruble fine.

The Pervomaisky District Court of Izhevsk sent a 44-year-old man to a pre-trial detention center accused of justifying terrorism on the Internet. This was reported by the press service of the courts of Udmurtia. The case was brought against the man because of a comment on Telegram left in June 2025. The court indicated that the Izhevsk resident justified the terrorist attacks “committed on June 1, 2025 on the territory of the Amur, Ivanovo, Irkutsk, Murmansk and Ryazan regions” using drones.

Serbia has granted citizenship to the CEO of Logika Milk, Yakub Zakriev, who is also known as the nephew of the head of Chechnya, Ramzan Kadyrov. The Bell drew attention to the publication of the Serbian publication Nedeljnik with reference to the order in the publication Službeni glasnik . The document with the wording “in the interests of the republic” was signed by Prime Minister Juro Matsut. What exactly Serbia's interest in Zakrijevo is is not specified.

Judge of the 2nd Western District Military Court Roman Vladimirov sentenced 18-year-old native of Kaluga Victoria Belyaeva to 6 years in prison for attempted participation in a terrorist organization, a Mediazona correspondent reports from the courtroom. The case was reviewed in three hours. Prosecutor Sabir Ismailov, “taking into account her age and active assistance to the investigation,” asked Belyaeva for 8 years in prison and a fine of 300 thousand rubles.

The Office of the Investigative Committee in the Tula Region opened a criminal case against a 34-year-old resident of the Bogoroditsky district under the article of insulting the feelings of believers. The press service of the department reports this. The Investigative Committee’s release states that on April 11, the man “committed public actions expressing clear disrespect for society” near the temple in the village of Mikhailovskoye, Kurkinsk district. No other details are provided.

The Tagilstroevsky District Court of Nizhny Tagil sentenced a local resident to 250 hours of compulsory work in a criminal case for financing an “undesirable” organization. The press service of the court reported this. In court, the convicted person is called Svetlana; her full name is hidden in the case file . According to investigators, the woman attended events and watched videos of a religious organization and charitable foundation, which were recognized as “undesirable” in 2022.

Pensioner Mikhail Kostenko, who was suing Alexei Navalny over a donation, sent money to the politician in agreement with blogger-informer Ilya Remeslo. Craft himself spoke about this in an interview with Ksenia Sobchak, which he gave after forced hospitalization in a psychiatric hospital.

The Russian government has softened the rules of the bill on the regulation of artificial intelligence after criticism from business. RBC reports this with reference to a representative of the Deputy Prime Minister’s office, Dmitry Grigorenko. The draft law “On the fundamentals of state regulation of the application of artificial intelligence technologies in Russia” was published in March.

The conscript from St. Petersburg who received the summons was unable to travel abroad through Belarus: he was denied leave three times. This was reported by the Conscientious Objector Movement (MOM). In early April, the young man received a summons demanding to appear at the military registration and enlistment office for a medical examination on April 29. At the same time, a note appeared in the electronic register of summonses that he was prohibited from leaving Russia. The first time a St.

Police officers detained participants in a video dancing in front of the Cathedral of the Nativity of the Blessed Virgin Mary in Rostov-on-Don. According to the press service of the regional department of the Ministry of Internal Affairs, a protocol on the desecration of objects of religious veneration has been drawn up against them.