The United States has prepared a package of sanctions against the chairman of the board of directors of the National Media Group, Alina Kabaeva, but has so far postponed its implementation, writes The Wall Street Journal, citing sources. One of the reasons for this is the fear that Russian President Vladimir Putin may "react aggressively" to this, one of the officials of the US Treasury told the publication.

The president’s position was affected by the destruction of the cruiser "Moscow" Alexander Zemlyanichenko / AP / Scanpix / Leta Russian President Vladimir Putin has lost interest in the diplomatic settlement of the conflict in Ukraine and instead, it seems, wants to capture as many Ukrainian territory as possible. This was written by Financial Times with reference to three sources familiar with the plans of the Russian president.

The filmmaker from Mariupol, Olga Novikova, said that her son was captured - and she was extorting five thousand euros for his life. Here is her interview The son of Olga Novikova Alexey. Olga Novikova page on Facebook On the evening of April 24, the Mariupol filmmaker Olga Novikova reported that her son was captured - and they demand a ransom of five thousand euros for him. The kidnappers contacted her through the Facebook account of her son and sent her a video of his interrogation.

Updated . After processing all the ballots, Emmanuel Macron received 58.55% of the vote in the second round of the presidential election, according to the French Interior Ministry. Marine Le Pen, the leader of the far-right National Rally party, has 41.45%. Incumbent French President Emmanuel Macron won the second round of the presidential election, according to exit polls. All the most influential exit polls (IPSOS, IFOP, Elabe) give Macron from 57.6% to 58.2% of the vote.

Nasdaq exchanges in the US and Nordic countries will "stop working in Russia" from April 29. Danish broker Saxo Bank announced this in a letter to clients.

A shell from the Ukrainian side hit the village of Otradnoye in the Belgorod region. This was stated by the head of the Belgorod region Vladimir Pertsev. The shell fell in a field located on the territory of the village. As a result of the incident, no one was injured, there was no destruction or damage to buildings. Pertsev called unreliable information that six shells allegedly fell on the territory of the village, emphasizing that he was only one.

Russia holds captive Ukrainians in general regime colonies that have not been converted into POW camps. This was stated by the Ombudsman of the Verkhovna Rada Lyudmila Denisova. According to Denisova, the prisoners of war are in IK-1 in the city of Zverevo and in IK-12 in the city of Kamensk-Shakhtinsky in the Rostov region.

What the musicians sing about during the war. Player "Medusa" For two months of Russian invasion, musicians from Ukraine and Russia have already made many anti -war statements. We have chosen several tracks that seem to be the most important. BG "Vorozhba" Boris Grebenshchikov unequivocally outlined his position on the first day of the Russian invasion of Ukraine: “What is happening is genuine madness. People who unleashed this war have gone crazy. They are a shame on Russia.

The social network VKontakte, at the request of the Prosecutor General's Office of the Russian Federation, blocked access to the public page "Main Road | Tver and Region" in Russia. Journalist Ilya Shepelin drew attention to the blocking. Judging by the messages from the public administration, the page was blocked no later than April 20.

Bank of America, one of the largest US banks, has closed the accounts of the Russian Consulates General in Houston and New York, Anatoly Antonov, Russian Ambassador to Washington, said on the Russia 24 TV channel. “In fact, the embassy is under blockade by US government agencies. The accounts of our two Consulates General in Houston and New York have been closed by Bank of America. Threats come to our address: both telephone and letters come.

Subscribe to our YouTube TV presenter Maxim Galkin in a video message on Instagram condemned missile blows to Odessa, as a result of which eight civilians were killed, including a three -month -old child . Galkin emphasized that Russia denies involvement in the shelling of a residential building in Odessa, as previously denied the connection with massacres in Buch. “Everything is not us. What are we doing there? " - He asked a question.

The site of the largest online chess platform Chess.com has become unavailable in Russia. attention to this . drew Roskomsvoboda Roskomnadzor blocked two pages of the site with articles "Ukrainian chess players during the war" and "About the war in Ukraine" , follows from the materials of Roskomsvoboda. The decision to block the pages on April 23 was made by the Prosecutor General's Office of the Russian Federation.

Photos of the wedding against the backdrop of bombed Kharkov saw the whole world. We talked with the bride Anastasia Gracheva During the war in Ukraine, more than 30 thousand marriages were registered . In mid -April, the Ukrainian Ministry of Justice simplified this procedure: now military personnel can get married even by Zoom. One wedding - dentist Anton Sokolova and nurses Anastasia Gracheva from Kharkov - became known far beyond the borders of Ukraine.

The seventh Federal Chancellor of Germany, the head of the board of directors of Rosneft, Gerhard Schroeder, at the request of Ukrainian officials, tried to mediate in the negotiations between Russia and Ukraine. He spoke about this in an interview with The New York Times. In early March, about a week after the start of the war in Ukraine, Schroeder said, he was approached by representatives of the Ukrainian authorities.

Your Browser Does Not Support the Audio Element. “What happened behind closed doors at night is much worse than an exploded tank or a burned school.” Special Corps "Medusa" Lilia Yapparova - about war crimes in the Kiev village of Bogdanovka The war in Ukraine has been going on for two months.