Pussy Riot member and Moscow municipal deputy Lyusya Shteyn said she left Russia because of the war in Ukraine. She wrote about this on her social networks. “Parting is a small death, but I am forced to prematurely break off my relations with the Russian Federation,” wrote Stein (the author’s spelling has been preserved). She posted a video of herself cutting off a tracking bracelet from her leg.

52 dead at the railway station in Kramatorsk. On the exploded rocket - the inscription "For children" Hello, THIS MESSAGE (MATERIAL) IS CREATED AND (OR) DISTRIBUTED BY A FOREIGN MASS MEDIA PERFORMING THE FUNCTIONS OF A FOREIGN AGENT AND (OR) A RUSSIAN LEGAL ENTITY PERFORMING THE FUNCTIONS OF A FOREIGN AGENT This is the Meduza mailing list, where we talk about the main events related to the war in Ukraine.

The American movie academy, which awards Oscar, announced that actor Will Smith, starting on April 8, 2022, will not be able to attend any of its events for 10 years - both personally and online. In the statement of the leadership of the film academy, which is quoted by CNN, it is said that the ban applies, including to the Oscar, but is not limited to it. The Council of Managing American Film Academy made such a decision at a meeting in Los Angeles.

The European Commission approved the fifth package of sanctions against Russia due to the invasion of Ukraine. The European Union, in particular, expanded the sanctions list of Russian individuals and legal entities . It additionally includes 18 more organizations and 217 individuals.

From April 11, the Central Bank of Russia abolished the commission of 12% for individuals for the purchase of foreign currency on the stock exchange through brokers. The brokerage company Tinkoff Investments was the first to report this, referring to the order of the Central Bank of the Russian Federation for brokers. Gazprombank confirmed this information to RIA Novosti. The Bank of Russia has not yet commented on this.

The Russian Ministry of Justice has included rapper Face in the register of media outlets that are “foreign agents.” Ivan Dremin (Face’s real name) is listed as number 128 of “foreign agents.” Face, commenting on the ministry's decision, wrote a post in which he rudely refused to comply with the requirements of the law on "foreign agents". "Thank you for the best birthday present! The first rapper-foreign agent!

Sergey Dolzhenko / EPA / Scanpix / LETA On April 6, the New York Times reported that its journalists had verified a video that appears to show Ukrainian soldiers killing captured Russian troops. This footage surfaced on April 4, amid the international outcry over the civilian killings revealed in Bucha following the withdrawal of Russian forces from the Kyiv region.

The largest festival of Russian-language rock music "Invasion", which was supposed to be held in the summer of 2022, was postponed to 2023. “We regret to inform you that the Invasion Festival has been postponed to the summer of 2023. We will announce the exact dates later, ”the statement published in the public of the festival on VKontakte says. The organizers said that the purchased tickets will be valid at the festival in 2023. The reasons for the transfer were not disclosed.

European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen, during her visit to Kyiv, promised the Ukrainian authorities to consider their application for EU membership as soon as possible, Reuters reports. Von der Leyen handed Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky a questionnaire, the completion of which will allow the European Commission to recommend starting negotiations on Ukraine's accession to the EU.

The head of the village of Makarov in the Buchansky district of the Kyiv region, Vadym Tokar, claims that the Russian military killed at least 132 civilians, reports Ukrayinska Pravda. Vadym Tokar said on the air of the Ukrainian telethon that the locals "were shot." According to him, the dead were found separately and in mass graves. The village of Makarov, according to its head, is 40% destroyed, many houses cannot be restored.

The Ukrainian Parliament's Commissioner for Human Rights, Lyudmila Denisova, stated that, according to information from various sources, Russian forces "abducted" more than 121 thousand Ukrainian children. According to her, both orphans and those who have parents were forcibly taken to Russia. Russian forces took some of the children from Mariupol to Donetsk, and then in the direction of Taganrog.

The Ministry of Justice of the Russian Federation excluded 15 organizations from the register of branches and representative offices of non-profit non-governmental organizations. Among them are offices of Amnesty International, Human Rights Watch and the Carnegie Endowment for International Peace.

Mikhail Metzel / TASS The SDEK express service service refused to accept the packages with goods if the sender cannot confirm ownership of them-for example, providing a cash receipt from the store. This is stated in the order of the General Director of the SDEC Leonid Goldort of April 5, who was at the disposal of "Medusa".

Meduza speaks to Borodyanka residents about how they survived under Russian occupation Matthew Hatcher / SOPA Images / ZUMA Press Wire / Scanpix / LETA A car that was crushed by an armored vehicle on the main square in Borodyanka Bucha and Borodyanka are two small towns in the vicinity of Kyiv that were recently occupied by Russian troops. The images of murdered civilians in Bucha sent shockwaves around the world after journalists arrived in the village following its liberation.

SpaceX has sent the first all-space tourist crew to the International Space Station (ISS). A Falcon 9 rocket was launched from the Florida spaceport with the Crew Dragon spacecraft carrying former NASA astronaut and Axiom Vice President Michael Lopez-Alegria, American businessman Larry Connor, Canadian investor Mark Paty and Israeli entrepreneur Ethan Stibbe. The first stage of the Falcon 9 rocket successfully returned to earth and landed on a floating platform, and Crew Dragon entered orbit.