In the Kherson region, almost all of whose territory is controlled by Russian troops, access to Google has been blocked. This was reported by RIA Novosti, citing a statement by the deputy head of the temporary pro-Russian administration, Kirill Stremousov. "At my request, the Google search engine has been disabled, the same with YouTube and Viber. The search engine has been blocked," Stremousov said.

The director of Wikipedia’s Russian-language version on why the site is unlikely to bend under pressure from the authorities On July 20, Russia's federal censor, Roskomnadzor, announced that Russian search engines would now be required to inform users that Wikipedia stands in violation of Russia law. Its crime: refusing to delete articles that contain “fake news” about Russia’s “special military operation” in Ukraine.

Ukrainian volunteers held captive for more than 100 days describe harrowing conditions inside ‘filtration’ prison near Donetsk Eduard Korninenko / URA.RU / TASS Mariupol. March 19, 2022. In late March, Russian forces detained 32 Ukrainian volunteers who had been providing humanitarian aid to civilians in the besieged city of Mariupol.

The daily losses of Ukraine in battles have recently decreased several times. Such assessments were given by President Volodymyr Zelensky in an interview with The Wall Street Journal. According to Zelensky, every day the Ukrainian army loses up to 30 people killed and about 250 people wounded. He declined to answer how many people Ukraine has lost since the start of the war. Zelensky also rejected the possibility of a truce with Russia without the return of the occupied territories.

Russian soldiers held captive in Luhansk region for refusing to fight in Ukraine Verstka A basement in Brianka, Ukraine, where Russian soldiers are being held by their superiors Russian soldiers who refused to continue fighting against Ukraine are reportedly being held captive in the Luhansk region. According to media reports citing soldiers, their family members, and human rights workers, the servicemen were detained by their superiors after attempting to resign from the army.

Kyiv estimated potential revenue from him at a billion dollars a month Vadim Savitsky / Press Service of the Russian Ministry of Defense / AP / Scanpix / Leta UN Secretary General Antoniu Guterres, Russian Defense Minister Sergei Shoigu, Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan and Minister of Defense of Turkey Hulushi Akar (from left to right) when signing an agreement of Russia, Turkey and UN In Istanbul, on the afternoon of July 22, agreements were concluded that regulate the export of

The Ministry of Justice of the Russian Federation has expanded the list of individuals - "foreign agents". The list includes politicians Ilya Yashin and Maxim Katz, TV presenter Tatyana Lazareva, blogger Veronika Belotserkovskaya, and activist Ruslan Shaveddinov. The register of individuals - "foreign agents" was created in April. Since then, more than a dozen people have been brought there.

Since the beginning of the war in Ukraine, 3,303 administrative protocols have been drawn up in Russia under Article 20.3.3 of the Code of Administrative Offenses on "discrediting" the Russian armed forces. This was reported by the Network Freedoms project, citing data from the Russian Ministry of Internal Affairs. “On average, the police draw up 35 reports on ‘discrediting’ the Russian armed forces every working day,” says the publication by Network Freedoms.

Alexei Navalny's associate Leonid Volkov reported that a criminal case had been opened against him under the article "justification of terrorism." "For the post that Putin is now the number 1 terrorist in the world, and we must treat him accordingly. Thanks to the FSB for popularizing this idea!" Volkov wrote. According to the politician, this is "apparently the eighth" case against him.

Russian lawmakers develop competing bills in race to amend ‘gay propaganda’ law, sources tell Meduza Maxim Girgoriev / TASS On Monday, State Duma lawmakers put forward a bill that would broaden Russia’s existing “gay propaganda” law.

In Alabama, a Hyundai subsidiary used child labor at least a few months ago, reports Reuters. This is a metal stamping factory of SMART Alabama LLC, in which Hyundai is the majority owner. The company supplies parts for the popular Elantra, Sonata and Santa Fe models, which are assembled at Hyundai's main US plant in Alabama. Some former factory workers told the agency that dozens of underage workers worked side by side with them.

St. Petersburg politician Sergey Troshin on coming out amidst a rise in state-sponsored homophobia Valentin Yegorshin / Bumaga Sergey Troshin Last month, St. Petersburg opposition politician Sergey Troshin came out as gay. After years of struggling with internalized homophobia, he said it was seeing other LGBT+ people speak openly about their identity that gave him the strength to finally accept himself.

"Layout" a basement in the city of Bryanka, where the Russian military hold other Russian soldiers In the Luhansk region of Ukraine, which is controlled by the Russian military, they contain several dozen or hundreds of Russian troops, who decided to stop fighting and quit the army. This is reported by journalists with reference to the military, their relatives and human rights activists themselves. At least part of the refuseniks are called the city of Bryanka.

Russia illegally exports Ukrainian steel from Mariupol occupied by Russian troops. This was stated in an interview with the BBC by the general director of the Metinvest company, which owns the plant, Yuri Ryzhenkov. According to Ryzhenkov, the total value of steel stolen from factories and ports is $600 million.

After the start of the war, in the village of Eleenovka near Donetsk, a camp for Ukrainian prisoners was arranged. Here are under what conditions they keep people there Eduard Kornienko / URA.RU / TASS Mariupol, March 19, 2022 About a week ago, the authorities of the self -proclaimed DPR freed 31 out of 32 Ukrainian volunteers from captivity, who in the first month of the war delivered humanitarian aid to Mariupol and helped the inhabitants of the destroyed city evacuate.