Updated . RIA Novosti, citing the Russian Defense Ministry , reported that "as a result of a fire" on the cruiser "Moskva", ammunition detonated, the ship received serious damage, and the crew was "completely evacuated." Ukrainian authorities claim that the military attacked the Russian missile cruiser Moskva, the flagship of the Black Sea Fleet.

St. Petersburg artist faces prison time for spreading information about civilian deaths in besieged Mariupol Marina Mamontova Sasha Skochilenko in court on April 13 On Wednesday, April 13, a district court in St. Petersburg jailed artist Sasha Skochilenko until May 31, pending trial on charges of spreading “knowingly false information” about the Russian military’s invasion of Ukraine.

Director-Documentist, producer in the team of Ksenia Sobchak Sergey Yerzhenkov, claims that after the detention in the city of Kasimov, in early March, he was tortured by law enforcement officials. He stated this on the air of the Air program on the Khodorkovsky Live channel. “People who know me can see that I have increased scars on my head. And I have certificates from the emergency room where I went. I have to say that, yes, there were torture, ”said Yerzhenkov.

Some of them are now in Russian captivity - but others managed to connect with the "Azov" Evgeniy Maloletka / AP / Scanpix / Leta Destroyed Church in Mariupol, March 10, 2022 In recent days, many conflicting messages have been received about the fate of the Ukrainian military left in Mariupol.

The Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the Russian Federation announced that it has banned 398 members of the House of Representatives of the US Congress from entering Russia in response to sanctions imposed on State Duma deputies. Taking into account the previously introduced visa restrictions, the Russian “stop list” includes all US congressmen, the ministry noted.

The Federal Security Service (FSB) of Russia tried to remove opposition politician Viktor Medvedchuk, who is called "Vladimir Putin's godfather", from Ukraine. This was stated by the head of the Security Service of Ukraine (SBU) Ivan Bakanov.

The Russian Defense Ministry said the Russian army would strike at "decision centers" in Ukraine, including Kiev, if the Ukrainian armed forces continue to commit acts of sabotage in Russia. This was announced by the official representative of the department Igor Konashenkov. “We see attempts of sabotage and strikes by Ukrainian troops on objects on the territory of the Russian Federation.

Ukrainian civilians deported to Russia describe forced evacuations and ‘filtration camps’ Eduard Kornienko / URA.RU / TASS Ukrainian refugees in Novoazovsk, a town under the control of the self-proclaimed “Donetsk People’s Republic.” March 8, 2022. On March 18, Ukrainian journalist Dmitry Gordon published a video message addressed to Ukrainians living in territories occupied or surrounded by Russian troops.

Detained Victor Medvedchuk. April 12, 2022. Security Service of Ukraine / EPA / Scanpix / Leta President of Ukraine Volodymyr Zelensky announced the detention of the head of the Opposition Platform - for Life (OPZH) Viktor Medvedchuk - an influential pro -Russian policy, which the media is called "Kum of Vladimir Putin." Since the beginning of the Russian invasion of Ukraine, Medvedchuk, according to the official version, was on the run, hiding from under house arrest.

The Royal Court on the island of Jersey has frozen billionaire Roman Abramovich's assets worth seven billion dollars, Bloomberg reports, citing a statement from local authorities. Jersey police also raided properties "suspected of being linked" to Abramovich. The Russian billionaire's representatives did not comment. The total amount of frozen assets equals almost half of Roman Abramovich's entire fortune.

British company Reckitt Benckiser , which produces household goods, medical products and condoms, announced that it will transfer the rights to its business in Russia to a third party or to the company's Russian employees. “We will do everything possible to ensure that our Russian colleagues continue to work in any new structure and are committed to paying them monthly salaries and benefits until the end of 2022,” the company said.

The Ukrainian authorities have removed all the animals from the Feldman Ecopark zoo in Kharkiv, said Deputy Mayor of the city of Dnipro Mikhail Lysenko, who was involved in the evacuation. "All. Mission Complete. We are already sending the last two cars to Kyiv and Khmelnitsky. All animals from the Kharkov Ecopark have been taken out. You can exhale, ”he wrote on Facebook.

Leaked documents indicate that Russia’s federal censor has been monitoring the Internet for peace activism since at least 2020 Elena Volzhankina / Kommersant A rally in support of jailed opposition leader Alexey Navalny on January 23, 2022 In early March, the nonprofit whistleblower site Distributed Denial of Secrets (DDoSecrets) published hyperlinks to a large data leak from the office of Russia’s federal censor, Roskomnadzor (RKN), in the Republic of Bashkortostan.

Experts from the Organization for Security and Cooperation in Europe (OSCE) have released a 108-page report ( .pdf ) on events in Ukraine between February 24 and April 1. Experts have concluded that Russian troops are responsible for the shelling of a maternity hospital and a drama theater in Mariupol. In both cases, according to the organization's representatives, those responsible committed a war crime.

A Russian contract soldier was dismissed from service for failing to fulfill the terms of his contract after he refused to participate in the war in Ukraine, according to lawyer Maksim Grebenyuk. The soldier refused to take part in the war because he had spent seven months on assignment in Syria and was counting on a rehabilitation leave. But after returning to Russia, Grebenyuk says, the serviceman was sent to a “special military operation” in Ukraine.