The center of Kherson, occupied by Russian troops since the beginning of March, came under fire on the evening of April 27. According to RIA Novosti, a series of powerful explosions occurred near the television center. The correspondent of the agency claims that the shelling was carried out from the side of the positions of the Ukrainian troops. A source in the Russian law enforcement agencies said that Ukrainian troops fired three Tochka-U missiles at Kherson, two of them were shot down.

The French authorities arrested three villas of Russian businessmen who fell under Western sanctions because of the war in Ukraine, Nice-Matin reports. Two villas are located on the Cote d'Azur: the first near St. Tropez has been owned by the head of Rusal, Oleg Deripaska, since 2005; the second, located near the commune of Saint-Jean-Cap-Ferrat and looking like a smaller copy of the Palace of Versailles, belongs to the chairman of the board of directors of Russian Platinum, Musa Bazhaev.

Kremlin-orchestrated ‘referendums’ on Donbas ‘republics’ joining Russia postponed until May Alexander Ryumin / TASS Artema Street in Donetsk As Moscow’s full-scale invasion of Ukraine enters its third month, the Russian Defense Ministry has officially declared that its main aim has shifted to taking “full control” of the Donbas and southern Ukraine.

In the next two months, the revenue of Russian cinemas due to a “critical lack of repertoire” will fall by more than 80%, which will lead to the closure of at least half of the cinemas. This statement was made on April 27 by the Russian Association of Cinema Owners. The events of February and March 2022 dramatically changed the Russian film distribution industry...

Dmitry Lovetsky / AP / Scanpix / Leta view of the Lakhta Center tower, where Gazprom headquarters is located. St. Petersburg, April 27, 2022 On April twenty-seventh, Gazprom announced the stop of gas supplies to Poland and Bulgaria due to the fact that the countries refused to pay Russian gas in rubles. After that, they accused Russia of blackmail in the EU and promised that they were already developing a “coordinated answer”.

A month ago, one of them said that Kherson is Ukraine Page of Vladimir Saldo on Facebook Vladimir Saldo, 2020 RIA Novosti Russian state news agency announced that new leaders were “appointed” new leaders occupied by the Russian troops and Kherson region.

On Rovshan Askurov from “What? Where? When?" A criminal case was opened because of the post of Marshal Zhukov. He told Medusa that he thinks about it Rovshan Askerov page on Facebook The Investigative Committee opened a criminal case on the rehabilitation of Nazism against the participant “What? Where? When?" Rovshan Askurov. The reason for him was a post on Facebook, in which the connoisseur called Marshal Georgy Zhukov “a marazon with experience”, “murderer in uniform” and “thief”.

The Savelovsky Court of Moscow has arrested for two months the chairman of the Courier trade union, Kirill Ukraintsev, who is accused of repeatedly violating the procedure for holding a rally (Article 212.1 of the Criminal Code of the Russian Federation, the “Dadin” article ), reports the human rights project “Apologia”. According to investigators, Ukraintsev posted calls on the Internet for courier and taxi service workers to protest against the violation of their labor rights.

Your Browser Does Not Support the Audio Element. Putin will nevertheless cancel the election of governors? And what happened - is not the majority of Russians support his policy? On April 25 and 26, three Russian media - Kommersant , RBC and Vedomosti - said that the Kremlin will soon cancel direct elections of the heads of regions.

The Smolny website published a draft law on amendments to the Charter of St. Petersburg, which significantly expands the powers of the city governor. The paper drew attention to the document. In particular, the bill proposes to lift the ban on electing a governor for more than two consecutive terms. The third paragraph of article 38 of the current city charter reads : "The Governor of St.

The Presnensky Court of Moscow arrested Aleksey Gorinov, a municipal deputy of the Krasnoselsky district, against whom a criminal case was opened for disseminating “knowingly false information” about the use of the Russian army. This was announced by his colleague Ilya Yashin. Another defendant in the case is the head of the municipal district, Elena Kotenochkina, who is abroad.

The Krasnoyarsk regional court canceled a fine of 30,000 rubles imposed on local resident Vera Kotova for writing “No to war” in the snow. This is reported by the project "Network freedoms". The court granted the appeal against the previous decision. As Kotova said in social networks, she came to court without a defense lawyer.

Alexander Koryakov / Kommersant St. Petersburg artist Sasha Skochilenko is accused of spreading “knowingly false information” about the actions of the Russian armed forces in Ukraine due to the fact that she placed anti-war leaflets instead of price tags. She faces up to ten years in prison. Skochilenko has been in custody for more than two weeks, from April 11 - then she was detained at the apartment of a friend, where, as it should, from her story , she was lured with deception.

Russia's budget deficit in 2022 will amount to at least 1.6 trillion rubles, it will be compensated from the National Wealth Fund (NWF), said Russian Finance Minister Anton Siluanov. “All the income that we collect will go to expenses. Will this money be enough for expenses? In the conditions of the granted deferrals for insurance premiums, it will not be enough. How to replace these shortfalls in income from state non-budgetary funds? Federal budget money.

The Arbitration Court of the Krasnodar Territory has recovered 5.285 billion rubles from the Caspian Pipeline Consortium (CPC) under the claim of Rosprirodnadzor due to an oil spill near Novorossiysk in 2021. The court fully satisfied the claim of Rosprirodnadzor, Interfax writes. CPC intends to appeal the decision.