The Lomonosovsky District Court of the Leningrad Region refused to extend the detention of Dmitry Skurikhin, an entrepreneur and activist from the village of Russko-Vysotskoye in the Leningrad Region, who is accused of repeatedly “discrediting” the Russian army. According to the Network Freedoms project, the court sent Skurikhin from the pre-trial detention center to house arrest. His interests are represented by lawyer Dmitry Gerasimov.

The Director General of the UN International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) Rafael Grossi said that during a visit to the Zaporizhzhya Nuclear Power Plant in late March he “saw clear signs of military preparations.” "Since then, our experts at the site have frequently reported hearing explosions and sometimes heavy shelling near the nuclear power plant. I am deeply concerned about the situation at the plant," Grossi said, according to the IAEA press service.

The Russian politician Alexei Navalny condemned businessman Mikhail Khodorkovsky because he hired PR man Rostislav Murzagulov, who worked in the apparatus of the head of Bashkortostan Radiy Khabirov. This is stated in the message “I am ashamed of Mikhail Khodorkovsky, published on the Navalny website. According to the politician, earlier Murzagulov “prepared an ideological base” for criminal prosecution of the former head of the headquarters of Navalny in Ufa Lilia Chanysheva.

Wagner Group founder Evgeny Prigozhin claims that the son of Putin’s Press Secretary Dmitry Peskov served in the ranks of his “private military company.” “Of all my acquaintances,” Prigozhin said, just one person, Dmitry Peskov, once reputed to be a total liberal, asked me about his son, who had spent some of his life in America, or maybe England… He came to me saying: “Why don’t you take him, just as a simple artilleryman.” And the guy served like anybody else.

Meduza explains how the war has changed Russia’s most liberal university Dmitrii Neumoin / Photobank Lori For over 30 years, the Higher School of Economics (HSE) was considered Russia’s most liberal university, home to the country’s best researchers and instructors. In recent years, HSE’s image as an independent university has rapidly crumbled. It began to dismiss employees for making political remarks and banned independent student media.

The founder of PMC Wagner, Yevgeny Prigozhin, claims that the son of the press secretary of the Russian President Dmitry Peskov fought in Ukraine as part of this paramilitary group. this Prigozhin stated in an interview with Alexander Simonov, an employee of RIA FAN. “Of all my acquaintances, one person is Dmitry Sergeevich Peskov, who at one time was known as a complete liberal - his son, who lived part of his life in America, in my opinion, if I’m not mistaken, or in England ...

Russian citizens will now have to apply for a visa to travel to Albania, according to the Albanian Embassy in Russia . Previously, Russian citizens could visit visa-free from May until September and stay for up to 90 days. Now, citizens of the Russian Federation will have to apply for a visa all year round.

St. Petersburg’s Alexandrinsky Theater has canceled the April and May shows of “Cyrano de Bergerac,” a production of Edmond Rostand’s 19th-century play. Earlier this month, St. Petersburg police received a complaint from an audience member who accused the play’s director, Nikolay Roshchin, of “discrediting” the Russian armed forces in his production. The theater troupe confirmed to the St.

The Ministry of Justice of the Russian Federation announced that it has included in the register of “foreign agents” ( .pdf ). Bellingcat journalist Hristo Grozev According to the Russian ministry, Grozev disseminated false information, participated in the creation of materials by "foreign agents" and participated in the activities of an "undesirable" organization.

The Alexandrinsky Theater in St. Petersburg has canceled the showing of Cyrano de Bergerac in April and May, according to the theatre's website. Instead, on April 23 they will show the play "The Raven", on May 24 - "Marriage". In early April, the St. Petersburg police received a complaint against the chief director of the Alexandrinsky Theater, Nikolai Roshchin, who staged Cyrano de Bergerac, the reported Izvestia.78 TV channel .

Roskomnadzor demanded that the Telegram messenger and Twitch and Kick streaming services restrict access to the accounts of 15 bloggers in Russia. This was stated by the head of the Safe Internet League, Ekaterina Mizulina, referring to the response of Roskomnadzor. According to Mizulina, Roskomnadzor entered the accounts of bloggers in the register of prohibited information. At the time of publication of this note appeared in the registry .

A Moscow district court has ordered the arrest in absentia of Bellingcat investigative journalist Christo Grozev in absentia, reports Mediazona. The court made the ruling during a closed hearing. Veronika Polyakova, a lawyer representing Grozev, reported that the court ordered a two-month pre-trial detention for her client. Polyakova did not discuss the details of the charges, citing a non-disclosure agreement.

Deputies of the Legislative Assembly of the Orenburg Region have developed and sent to the Parliament of the Russian Federation a draft law allowing "the killing of stray dogs by humane methods." As reported in the telegram channel of the regional legislature, it is proposed to allow the killing of dogs: if the animal has unmotivated aggressiveness in behavior, established by experts; if it is necessary to stop the unbearable physical suffering of the animal or the incurable consequences of an

The main thing from the investigation The Washington Post Christian Mang / Reuters / Scanpix / Leta demonstration of German far -right ones against rising energy prices.

On April 26, Moscow’s Basmanny court will hold the first hearing in a new case against the opposition politician and Anti-Corruption Foundation founder Alexey Navalny. ACF Director Ivan Zhdanov tweeted about the scheduled hearing, adding that the convicted politician, who is now serving his sentence, will take part in the new round of court proceedings. “This means the start of a major new criminal trial for Navalny,” Zhdanov wrote.