What Russians who were previously ‘not interested in politics’ think about the war against Ukraine TASS Sergey Karapukhin For many Russians, life has changed radically because of Moscow’s decision to wage an all-out war against Ukraine. As a result, some Russians who had never given politics a second thought are now closely following the news and have begun to carefully criticize the government, quit their jobs in protest, and even attend anti-war rallies.

The Russian missile cruiser Moskva, which suffered damage to its hull in a fire the day before, sank while being towed to its destination port, the Russian Defense Ministry reported. According to the department, the ship lost stability in stormy sea conditions. The cruiser's crew was evacuated to ships of the Russian Black Sea Fleet located in the area, the military added.

Saudi Prince Al-Waleed bin Talal Al Saud, one of the largest shareholders of Twitter, rejected the offer of the founder of Tesla and SpaceX, the richest man on the planet, Elon Musk, to buy 100% of the shares of the social network. “I don't believe that Musk's proposed price ($54.20 per share) is close to Twitter's true value given the company's growth prospects. As one of Twitter's largest and longest-term shareholders, I reject this offer," he tweeted.

Dmitry Pavlov, co-founder of one of the most famous darknet marketplaces Hydra, was arrested in Moscow, TASS reports, citing the decision of the Meshchansky Court. A preventive measure was chosen for Pavlov on April 11, he is a suspect in the case of illegal sale of narcotic drugs on an especially large scale ( part 5 of article 228.1 of the Criminal Code of the Russian Federation , punishable by imprisonment for a term of 15 to 20 years).

Almost 100 residential buildings were damaged in the village of Klimovo in the Bryansk region as a result of shelling by the Ukrainian military, said the governor of the region, Alexander Bogomaz, on the air of the Rossiya 24 TV channel. “They hit an urban-type settlement - this is the regional center of Klimovo, nine shells flew there. They knew where they were shooting, and they knew that they were shooting at a residential sector, at residential buildings.

The Gorno-Altaisk court has arrested the publisher and columnist for the opposition Altai newspaper Listok, Sergei Mikhailov, for two months under an article about “fakes” about the Russian military, Sota reports . According to the Investigative Committee, in March-April, Mikhailov published in the press and on the Internet "a number of posts" with deliberately false information about the goals, objectives and conduct of a "military special operation" in Ukraine.

Russian warship Moskva ‘seriously damaged’ after Ukraine claims missile strike Valery Sharifulin / TASS The missile cruiser Mosvka in the Sevastopol Bay. March 2014. Russia’s missile cruiser Moskva, the flagship of its Black Sea Fleet, sustained “serious damage” and had to be towed back to port on Thursday, April 14. This came after a fire aboard the vessel that broke out on Wednesday evening.

From April 18, classes in schools in the Voronezh region will begin with the raising of the Russian flag, said the head of the region, Alexander Gusev. “Today it is very important to instill in children the right meanings about the Motherland, to instill in them respect for the values ​​of the country. I think no additional explanations are needed here,” the governor wrote in his telegram channel.

The editors of DOXA are finally free. Interview Alla Gutnikova - about what will happen next Evgeny Feldman / "Medusa" On April 12, Dorogomilovsky District Court sentenced former editors of the DOXA student magazine Vladimir Metelkin, Alla Gutnikova, Armen Aramamyan and Natalya Tyshkevich by two years of correctional labor and forbade them to administer sites.

The Verkhovna Rada adopted a bill banning symbols used by the Russian army during the invasion of Ukraine. According to the document , the letters Z and V, symbols of the Russian armed forces, any propaganda of the Russian regime and "military special operation" in Ukraine are banned. Symbols cannot be used on clothes, in social networks, media, advertising, public places.

The BBC Russian Service found that from these ads you can get to the war in Ukraine in just a couple of weeks Since the beginning of March, thousands of vacancies of military personnel on a contract have been published on civilian job search sites, the BBC Russian Service drew attention. The publication suggests that this happens against the background of the “significant” losses of the Russian army in Ukraine.

Politician Alexei Navalny has called on Western countries and international IT corporations to open an information front against the Kremlin's military propaganda. The appeal by the oppositionist, who is serving a sentence in the Pokrovskaya colony, was published on his Twitter account. "In order to kill Ukrainians, Putin really needs support for the war inside Russia. And the first thing to understand is that there is no 75 percent support for the war with Ukraine in Russia.

What else to expect from the festival Morris Mac Matzen / AFP / Scanpix / Leta The 75th Cannes Film Festival, which will be held from May 17 to May 28, announced the program. The festival did not boycott Russian directors against the backdrop of the war in Ukraine - the main competition included Kirill Serebrennikov’s painting “Tchaikovsky’s wife”.

Updated . Vyacheslav Gladkov reported that Ukraine had shelled the second Belgorod village of the day - Zhuravlevka. Residential buildings and social facilities were damaged there. Residents have previously been evacuated from the village. On the afternoon of April 14, the village of Spodaryushino in the Belgorod region was shelled “from the side of Ukraine,” said the governor of the region, Vyacheslav Gladkov. “There are no casualties or casualties among the civilian population.

Airline companies will be allocated 19.5 billion rubles from the Russian government's reserve fund to refund passengers for flights that were cancelled due to sanctions, Russian Prime Minister Mikhail Mishustin said, Interfax reports. Subsidies allocated on the instructions of President Vladimir Putin will save carriers their own working capital. "This means there will be financial resources to ensure flight safety and maintain the airworthiness of aircraft," Mishustin said.