The Commission of the Federal Antimonopoly Service (FAS) of Russia recognized "Clip for 10 Lyamov" - a commercial that rapper Morgenstern shot for Alfa Bank - violating the law on advertising. RBC writes about this with reference to the FAS. The agency found that the video contains violations in terms of alcohol consumption, advertising of financial services, addressing minors, using incorrect statements, obscene and offensive images.

Following violent arrests on the streets of St. Petersburg, protesters report continued abuse in police custody Dmitry Lovetsky / AP / Scanpix / LETA Protesters took to the streets in cities across Russia on April 21, in solidarity with jailed Kremlin critic Alexey Navalny. Law enforcement officers detained more than 1,900 demonstrators nationwide, and more than 800 of these arrests took place in St. Petersburg.

Russian President Vladimir Putin has restricted the diplomatic missions of countries that commit “unfriendly acts” against the Russian Federation from hiring individuals located on Russian territory. The corresponding decree was published on the Kremlin website. The restriction does not apply to citizens of “unfriendly states” who arrived in Russia as employees of diplomatic missions.

Transgender woman Caitlyn Jenner will run for governor of California. She announced this on her Twitter. Jenner criticized California's current Democratic governor, Gavin Newsom, for his "overly strict lockdown" and high taxes. Jenner supports Republicans and has hired several former aides to former US President Donald Trump for her campaign, Axios writes.

The police found him thanks to a Twitter enthusiast who is fond of image analysis. 45-year-old American Rene Compean is an experienced hiker and has been to Angeles National Park in California more than once. On April 12, he arrived there again and decided to follow a new path. A few hours later, the tourist realized that he was lost. It was getting colder, the wind was getting stronger, and his phone had only 10% of the charge left, writes The Washington Post.

The Ministry of Justice included us in the list of “foreign agents”. Navalny ends his hunger strike. Putin made days off between the May holidays Good evening, This is Meduza's daily newsletter about the important news of the day. Today they are such that you want to fly somewhere into space. Just like SpaceX's Crew Dragon - 2 ship, which went to the ISS with four astronauts on board. The launch looked fantastically beautiful . Subscribe to our newsletter.

The government of Belarus has temporarily banned the import of products from the automaker Škoda Auto, the company Liqui Moly, which produces automotive oils and lubricants, and the owner of a number of cosmetic brands Beiersdorf, into the country. To ensure the protection of national interests, taking into account unfriendly actions against the Belarusian people, the government has established a list of goods prohibited for import and sale on the territory of the Republic of Belarus.

On April 23, 2021, the Ministry of Justice of Russia included Medusa in the Media list - “foreign agents” (here is the shortest preliminary statement of the editorial office on this subject; we will appeal the decision of the Ministry of Justice). Here is what our colleagues say about this - Russian and foreign journalists, government officials and heroes of our reports, interviews and investigations.

Your Browser Does Not Support the Audio Element. Lukashenko and Putin say that the special services stopped the coup in Belarus. At least theoretically is it possible? On April 22, Alexander Lukashenko visited Moscow in negotiations with Vladimir Putin. They talked for almost four hours, but according to the results of the meeting, only general words were said - about cooperation in the field of energy and medicine.

The doctors treating politician Alexei Navalny, who ended a 24-day hunger strike , have called for him to be transferred to a civilian hospital in Moscow and for a council of medical workers, including those from Western countries, to be convened. The text of the doctors' appeal was published by Novaya Gazeta. The patient is not provided with correct pain relief, he experiences pain for two months. This violates all standards and ethical principles.

Dmitry Medvedev’s op-ed on the ‘return to the Cold War era’ — in a nutshell On Friday, April 23, the Russian state-owned news agency RIA Novosti published a column by former Prime Minister Dmitry Medvedev.

Jan Kholodov was asked to quit on the “order from above” - and then they ordered to forget about it On April 18, an employee of Mosgortrans, Yana Kholodova, received an anonymous letter for personal IWIL. It said that her data leaked from Free.Navalny.com - and that soon the fact that the girl plans to reach the rally in support of Alexei Navalny, her employer finds out. Kholodova did not attach importance to this and on April 21 came to the campaign in the center of Moscow.

Victor Smirnov / 47news Viktor Smirnov for shares on April 21 On April 21, shares of solidarity with Alexei Navalny were held throughout Russia, who held a hunger strike in the colony on March 31. In different cities, almost 1900 participants were detained at rallies, more than 800 of which were in St. Petersburg. The most stringent detentions took place here.

The Savelovsky District Court of Moscow sentenced Kakha Gazzaev to 14 years of imprisonment in a maximum security penal colony in the case of the murder of crime boss Vyacheslav Ivankov (Yaponchik) . According to the court's press service, Gazzaev was found guilty of murder committed by a group of people for hire. He was sentenced to 11 years in prison, and taking into account the sentences handed down to Gazzaev in 2016 and 2018, the prison term was increased to 14 years.

Joe Skipper / Reuters / Scanpix / Leta Ilona Mask SpaceX launched the Crew Dragon-2 ship with four astronauts on board to the International Space Station (ISS). The launch began at 05:49 on the time of the east coast of the United States (12:49 in Moscow) from the Cosmodrome at Cape Canaveral in Florida. The first step of the Falcon 9 launch vehicle made a successful landing on the floating platform of course i still love you (“Of course, I still love you”) in the Atlantic ocean.