An independent expert determined the composition of the chemical that was sprayed at the entrance to the editorial office of Novaya Gazeta. The main volatile components of the mixture were 4-ethylphenol and 3-methylindole (skatole). 4-ethylphenol, Novaya Gazeta writes, at high concentrations (97% and above) causes serious eye irritation when ingested in liquid form, as well as skin irritation, but does not pose a danger when inhaled.

Russia is building up troops near the border with Ukraine. We asked experts if full-scale war is inevitable. Serhiy Takhmazov / Reuters / Scanpix / LETA Recently, there’s been a lot of talk about worsening relations between Russia and Ukraine. Late last week, Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky confirmed a growing escalation of the conflict in Ukraine’s Donbas region, and Russia has continued to build up troops near its borders with Ukraine.

The rector of St. Petersburg State Mining University Vladimir Litvinenko has become a dollar billionaire, writes Forbes. In its annual rating, the publication estimated Litvinenko's fortune at $1.5 billion. His wealth has increased significantly due to the growth of shares in the fertilizer company PhosAgro, in which Litvinenko owns a 20.98% stake. The company's shares have risen in price over the year from 2,443 rubles (April 6, 2020) to 4,163 rubles (April 6, 2021) per share.

The concentration of Russian troops near the border with Ukraine has been maximum over the past six years. This conclusion was reached by analysts from the Conflict Intelligence Team investigation based on open data analysis. As the investigators have established, motorized rifle, artillery, landing and, most likely, tank units have moved to the border in recent weeks.

He was recognized as an "honest and impartial police officer" Wikimedia Commons On April 11, 2021, it will turn 60 since in Israel the trial of Adolf Eichmann-the head of the Gestapo IV-B-4 department, who was called the "architect of the Holocaust". Eichmann became the second and last man in the history of Israel, executed by the court verdict. The process over him forms the basis of the famous book of the philosopher Hannah Arendt “The banality of evil”.

🎲 ➡️ 🔑 "Jellyfish" Dicekeys - a set of unique cryptographic cubes. Recently, the creators began to send it to the first people who supported the project. Using such a set of cubes and a special application, you can create reliable passwords and spare copies of tokens for two -factor authentication. Cubes are even outwardly different from ordinary playing: they are applied not only to numbers, but also by letters, as well as special icons for correcting errors when scanning the application.

The action in support of Navalny at the colony ended with detentions. Why Russia is building up troops on the border with Ukraine. The connection between the Astrazeneca vaccine and the formation of blood clots is “obvious” Good evening, This is the daily newsletter of "Medusa" about important news of the day. Well, how do you like spring? Rejoice in the weather? If not, do not worry: here are the Netherlands cows are also not enthusiastic .

A Moscow district court has ordered opposition figure Lyubov Sobol to pay 500,000 rubles ($6,480) in compensation for moral damages, satisfying (at least in part) yet another defamation lawsuit filed against her by Kremlin-linked catering mogul Evgeny Prigozhin. According to MBX Media, the lawsuit was filed over a post Sobol wrote on Twitter in October 2020.

A court in Bryansk fined blogger Sergei Maslov one million rubles for saying that the father of the regional governor collaborated with the Nazi invaders during World War II. In August 2020, Maslov, in a video posted on YouTube, stated that the father of the governor of the Bryansk region, Alexander Bogomaz, Vasily, collaborated with the Abwehr during the war years.

The Simonovsky District Court of Moscow has ordered FBK lawyer Lyubov Sobol to pay 500 thousand rubles in compensation for moral damages following a lawsuit filed by businessman Yevgeny Prigozhin. The lawsuit, as MBKh Media clarifies, was filed because of Sobol's tweet "When you steal billions from the budget, but want to grab a little more money?", which she posted in October 2020.

Your Browser Does Not Support the Audio Element. The story of Tumso Abdurahmanov. In 2015, he collided on the road with Kadyrov's relatives. He had to escape to Europe - there he survived the attempt On April 2, 2021, the Sweden Court of Appeal tightened the punishment for a Russian, convicted of attempted attempted Chechen blogger Tumso Abdurahmanov. A man, whose name (according to Swedish laws) is not called, will spend 12 years instead of 10 in the colony.

A Russian court has fined the video sharing platform TikTok for failing to remove content that allegedly incited minors to participate in unsanctioned protests in Moscow, reports the Russian state news agency TASS. The 2.5-million ruble ($32,375) fine was handed down by a magistrate on charges of “violating the procedure for restricting access to information” that is prohibited under Russian law (article 13.41 of the Russian Administrative Code).

State Duma deputy Dmitry Ionin gave a concert in the city of Rezh (Sverdlovsk Region), where he came to "help with the program of improvement of the court." It so happened that his arrival coincided with the holiday-the 50th anniversary of the house, to which local musicians called. Ionin decided that he himself was a kind of musician, so he went on stage and sang the "childhood" Yuri Shatunov. But there was no scenes: the deputy performed in the mud of, judging by the video, the old garage.

Yulia Navalnaya has reported receiving a letter from Alexander Mukhanov, the director of the prison colony where her husband, Alexey Navalny, is being held. In the letter, which Navalnaya shared in an Instagram post , Mukhanov writes that the prison administration isn’t in possession of Navalny’s passport and asks if Navalnaya knows of its whereabouts.

Reporting of the Medusa Special Room Andrei Persev from Pokrov Evgeny Feldman Head of the Alliance of Doctors Union Anastasia Vasilieva and Police On Tuesday, on Tuesday, April 6, to the correctional colony No. 2 of the city of Pokrov, where Alexei Navalny is located, representatives of the medical workers “Alliance of Doctors” , supporters of politics and journalists, came.