The Main Directorate of the Ministry of Internal Affairs for Moscow accuses former Deputy Minister of Natural Resources and Environment Denis Butsaev, who fled Russia, of fraud in the implementation of “garbage reform.” Kommersant writes about this with reference to an unnamed source. According to the newspaper, Butsayev is accused of fraud on an especially large scale (part 4 of Article 159 of the Criminal Code).

The 2nd Western District Military Court sentenced Ukrainian event host and showman Artem Klassen in absentia to 30 years in prison in the case of terrorist attacks in the Ryazan region. The Investigative Committee announced the court's decision. Klassen must spend the first 10 years of his sentence in prison, the rest of the term in a maximum security colony.

The 2nd Western District Military Court sentenced 53-year-old native of the Chelyabinsk region Eduard Voronov to 22 years and two months in a special regime colony in the case of cooperation with the Freedom of Russia Legion. This was reported by the press service of the court.

Vladimir Putin accepted the resignations of Vyacheslav Gladkov from the post of governor of the Belgorod region and Alexander Bogomaz, who served as governor of the Bryansk region. Decrees on this are published on the president’s website. Alexander Shuvaev, a major general who took part in the invasion of Ukraine, was appointed to lead the Belgorod region instead of Gladkov. In addition, Shuvaev fought in Syria and Georgia; he previously served as deputy governor of the Irkutsk region.

The Moscow Anti-Terrorism Commission has imposed a ban on the publication of photos and videos about the consequences of terrorist attacks, sabotage and drone attacks in the capital. This was reported on the official website of the Moscow government.

A court in Baku sentenced Russians Igor Zabolotskikh and Ilnur Valitov to three years in prison on charges of legalizing 98 thousand manats obtained by criminal means (Article 193-1.3.2 of the Criminal Code of Azerbaijan). This was reported by Haqqin.az . It is unknown whether the Russians admitted their guilt. This is the second decision in the case of Russian citizens who were detained in Azerbaijan last summer.

In the Rivne region, three people were killed as a result of Russian shelling. This was reported by the head of the region, Alexander Koval. Six more people were injured, Ukrainian rescuers say . The exact location of the attack is unknown. Koval writes about damage to a residential building. It is also known about attacks in other cities of Western Ukraine. In Ivano-Frankivsk, a Russian drone crashed into a residential building. Explosions were heard in Lutsk, Lviv and Transcarpathia.

The Magadan City Court ruled to destroy a batch of New Year's toys as part of an administrative case regarding the display of Nazi symbols. Information about this was found on the court’s website by the publication Sibir.Realii. Transparent balls with decorative snow and a Santa Claus figurine inside were sold in the Buble-Gum online store. A propeller with blades in the shape of the Cyrillic letter “G” was attached to the character.

The State Duma adopted in the third and final reading amendments developed by the Ministry of Defense, which expand the grounds for the use of the Armed Forces abroad.

The government prohibited Rospotrebnadzor from providing information on the content of harmful substances in Anapa, where an oil spill occurred in 2024. The response of officials to municipal deputy Oleg Yantsen was published by Kuban ecologist Evgeniy Vitishko. According to the document, Rospotrebnadzor continues to measure the content of harmful substances in the water and sand on the beaches of Anapa. The department sends the monitoring results to a special government commission.

The Basmanny Court of Moscow arrested former British Defense Minister Ben Wallace in absentia on charges of “justifying terrorism” (Part 2 of Article 205.2 of the Criminal Code). Mediazona became aware of this. The meeting on the arrest in absentia at the request of the investigation took place in mid-November 2025, but it was not publicly reported. Two months later, Wallace’s wanted card appeared on the website of the Russian Ministry of Internal Affairs.

Prosecutor Anna Govera in the 1st Western District Military Court asked for 18 years in a maximum security colony for Nikita Krasilnikov and 17 years for Rinat Ilyin in the case of participation in a terrorist organization, attempted terrorist attack and high treason. Mediazona became aware of this.

The 2nd Western District Military Court sentenced Alexey Miloserdov from a suburb of Tambov, who was accused of preparing to blow up courts, to 22 years in prison. The FSB press service reported about this. Of the assigned sentence , 46-year-old Miloserdov will have to spend the first four years in prison and the remainder in a maximum security colony. In addition, he was fined one million rubles.

The Odintsovo garrison military court sentenced Mikhail Babinin, a participant in the war in Ukraine, to seven years in a maximum security colony in the case of several thefts, including burglary, and desertion. Mediazona found information about this on the court’s website. The verdict was handed down on April 16. In addition to the main punishment, Babinin was also fined 20 thousand rubles.

Former editor-in-chief of YA62.ru Alexander Moiseyuk pleaded guilty in the case of financing an extremist organization, a Mediazona correspondent reports from the Ryazan Railway Court. There Moiseyuk's arrest was extended until July 29. He called prosecutor Stepanova’s petition “excessive” and asked that a preventive measure be chosen for him that was not related to detention.