Your browser does not support the audio element. The Russian Volunteer Corps and its neo-Nazi leader On Thursday morning, March 2, a few dozen armed men crossed over from Ukraine and raided two small towns in the Russian border region of Bryansk.

The commander of the Russian Volunteer Corps, Denis Kapustin, better known under the pseudonyms Denis Nikitin and White Rex, gave an interview to the Financial Times. He, in particular, stated that the Ukrainian authorities knew about the operation of the “Russian Volunteer Corps” in the Bryansk region and it was agreed upon with the Ukrainian authorities, “otherwise it simply could not have taken place.” How would I get through there at night in the dark?

The wives and sisters of those mobilized from the Irkutsk region, sent to the Donetsk region, recorded a new appeal to the President of the Russian Federation. In a video published by the telegram channel “Caution, News,” relatives of those mobilized say that their husbands and brothers, assigned to the 1439th regiment, were sent to the assault, although they were promised not to do this, and were surrounded.

The administration of the part of Zaporizhzhia currently occupied by Russian forces has announced that occupying authorities will consider Melitopol the regional capital. Evgeny Balitsky, head of the occupying administration, signed the order making Melitopol a regional capital on March 3. The same order made Berdyansk and Enerhodar cities of regional significance.

The US Treasury Department announced the inclusion in the sanctions list of six Russians involved in the criminal prosecution of politician Vladimir Kara-Murza. The sanctions are imposed in accordance with the Magnitsky Act, which allows restrictive measures to be taken against human rights violators. The list includes: Judge Elena Lenskaya of the Basmanny Court of Moscow, who made the decision to arrest Kara-Murza.

The administration of the part of the Zaporozhye region of Ukraine occupied by Russian troops announced that Melitopol will be considered the capital of the region. The corresponding decree signed by Yevgeny Balitsky, who heads the occupation administration, was issued on March 3. By the same decree, Berdyansk and Energodar received the status of cities of regional significance. In the region, the TASS document quotes, 13 districts have been formed.

This is how Sergey Lavrov spoke at a conference in Delhi. His words met with laughter The Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov spoke at a conference in Delhi, which took place after the Great Twenty summit (G20). Lavrov said: We are trying to stop the war that was started against us, [it began] using the Ukrainian people. The hall met Lavrov’s words with laughter, dissatisfied exclamations and noise. After Lavrov finished his performance, some spectators conducted him with applause.

Andrey Botikov, one of the creators of the Sputnik V vaccine against COVID-19, was reportedly killed in north-west Moscow, during a domestic dispute. Botikov was an employee of Moscow’s Gamaleya National Center for Epidemiology and Microbiology. An employee of Moscow’s Investigative Committee reports that in an apartment in north-west Moscow, a 29-year-old guest argued with the apartment’s owner and then strangled him with a belt.

How Russian intelligence services declared an Estonian citizen with two criminal convictions a “spy” In June 2022, the FSB reported the detention in Murmansk of a 36-year-old Estonian citizen who allegedly "on instructions from foreign intelligence services" was supposed to collect information about "FSB employees and individuals providing them with confidential cooperation." Yahoo News journalists found out that the detainee was a convicted person who was wanted in Estonia for robbing a jewelry

Apple has suspended warranty service for MacBook laptops and iPad tablets in Russia. As Interfax was told by several service centers and Apple support, the reason for this decision is restrictions on imports into Russia, including spare parts. Apple support and authorized service centers emphasized that this is a temporary suspension, and not a termination of warranty service, but could not clarify when it could be resumed. Warranty service for iPhone phones is carried out as usual.

Your Browser Does Not Support the Audio Element. We are talking about the “Russian Volunteer Corps” and the Legion of “Freedom of Russia”. They say that they are fighting with the army of Ukraine. But to be honest, they look very suspicious On March 2, the authorities of the Bryansk region announced that the "Ukrainian sabotage and intelligence group" entered the villages of the Village of Lyubeans and Sushany.

A court in Ukraine sentenced a Russian service member to 12 years in prison, finding him guilty of violating the laws and customs of war, reports Ukraine’s Prosecutor General. According to the prosecution , on March 6, 2022, the pilot participated in an attack on Kharkiv, dropping eight bombs on the city’s radio and television station. The attack damaged the station’s tower and administrative building. Ukrainian forces shot down his plane, and the pilot ejected and was arrested.

The gas pipelines of the Nord Stream system, damaged in the fall of 2022, will be mothballed. There are no plans for their repair and commissioning in the near future, writes Reuters, citing sources, including from Russia. According to two of the agency's interlocutors, Moscow does not believe that in the foreseeable future its relations with the West will improve enough for gas pipelines to be needed again.

"I am engaged in diplomacy so that there is something to fight" Julien de Rosa / AFP / Scanpix / Leta Vladimir Zelensky arrives on a visit to Paris. February 8, 2023 Vladimir Zelensky won the presidential election, not least due to the fact that the world promised Ukrainians. Such was a public request in 2019, but with the beginning of a full-scale Russian invasion in February 2022, the Ukrainian leader turned out to be president of a warring country.

The Russian-controlled Supreme Court of Crimea sentenced a 40-year-old resident of St. Petersburg to six years in prison. The man attempted to swim from Crimea to Odesa to join the war on Ukraine’s side. According to the official investigation, in 2022, the man, whose name has been withheld, contacted a volunteer unit that works to recruit Russians and send them to Ukraine. He first tried to exit Russia via the Bryansk region, but didn’t succeed.