The practice of forcibly transferring Ukrainian children to the territory of Russia corresponds to the international definition of genocide. This is stated in the resolution adopted on April 27 by the Parliamentary Assembly of the Council of Europe. According to the document, there is evidence that the deported children face a process of "Russification": in particular, they are retrained in Russian or forbidden to speak Ukrainian.

Russian President Vladimir Putin has instructed the Ministry of Culture, the Ministry of Education, the Ministry of Defense, and the Ministry of Education and Science to ensure the creation of museums dedicated to the events of the “special military operation.” Putin appointed the heads of the relevant departments, as well as governors and the chairman of the Russian Historical Society, Sergei Naryshkin, responsible for carrying out the instructions. They must report by the end of 2023.

The FSB claims that the calls are coming "from the territory of Ukraine" After the start of a full-scale invasion of Ukraine, a new type of telephone fraud appeared in Russia, as a result of which people set fire to military enlistment offices and banks, writes Mediazona . In total, the publication counted 16 such incidents.

Hackers hacked the broadcast of the expert conference "Russian-Iranian cooperation in a changing world" and threatened its participants that "the SBU will come for them." The corresponding video was published by the Trukha telegram channel. The conference, organized with the support of Rosatom, was held on April 25. It was attended, in particular, by State Duma Deputy Konstantin Zasulin, Iranian Ambassador to Russia Kazem Jalaly, employees of the Russian government apparatus and experts.

The United States has imposed blocking sanctions against the FSB, according to a statement on the country's Finance Ministry website. The reason for the introduction of sanctions was the “unlawful detention of US citizens abroad.” Blocking sanctions make any interaction with the FSB illegal for American companies.

Russian President Vladimir Putin signed a decree that allows in the future to deport residents from the annexed Ukrainian territories who have not accepted Russian citizenship. The document assumes that citizens of Ukraine or holders of passports of the self-proclaimed DPR and LPR must either become citizens of Russia, or declare their desire not to do so.

Roman Teryushkov, a State Duma deputy with the United Russia party, asked for law enforcement to open a criminal case against soccer blogger Yevgeny Savin for the disclosure of “state secrets.” Teryushkov said he decided to make this request after Savin’s interview with journalist Ksenia Sobchak. In the interview, Savin criticizes Russia’s invasion of Ukraine, says that “opinion leaders” should speak out about the war, and calls it impossible to keep politics out of soccer.

The supporters of Alexey Navalny, an imprisoned opposition politician once again on trial in Russia, are planning a worldwide series of protests against what looks like a concerted effort by Vladimir Putin’s regime to keep Navalny in prison indefinitely, and to make his conditions there intolerable. Last October, Navalny wrote that Russia’s Investigative Committee had launched a new criminal case against him.

Update : PACE has released a statement on its official site demanding the "safe return of Ukrainian children forcibly transferred to Russia or territory it temporarily occupies" and acknowledging that "the documented evidence of this practice matches with the international definition of genocide." The Parliamentary Assembly of the Council of Europe (PACE) has adopted a resolution recognizing the forced displacement of Ukrainian children to Russia as genocide, according to the Ukrainian news

Supporters of the Russian politician Alexei Navalny announced a series of actions in different countries of the world in support of him. At the moment, rallies are scheduled for April 29 in Tallinn, Lisbon, Tbilisi, Melbourne and German Göttingen, April 30 - in Chicago, Denver, Portland and in the city of Tulsa in Oklahoma. The list of cities where the promotions will take place is updated and supplemented.

According to Russia’s top pro-war military Telegram channels, Colonel General Mikhail Mizintsev, Russia’s deputy defense minister for materiel, may have been fired. The major military-focused channel Rybar has reported the cadre change without citing the source of the information.

How Eastern European art became the latest battlefront in countering Russian imperialism Story by Katie Marie Davies for The Beet . Edited by Eilish Hart . This story first appeared in The Beet , a weekly email dispatch from Meduza covering Central and Eastern Europe, the Caucasus, and Central Asia. Sign up here to get the next issue delivered directly to your inbox.

The Moscow City Court granted the claim of the Ministry of Justice of the Russian Federation on the liquidation of the information and analytical center "Sova", the press service of the organization reports. According to Mediazona, the judge made the relevant decision in five minutes. The formal reason for the liquidation of the "Owl" was the holding of events and participation in them outside of Moscow - that is, the region where the organization is registered.

Deputy Minister of Defense of the Russian Federation for Logistics Mikhail Mizintsev was dismissed from his post. This was reported by the pro-military telegram channel "Rybar" without indicating sources . The resignation of Mizintsev announced by was also "military commander" Alexander Sladkov.

State Duma deputy from United Russia Roman Teryushkov appealed to law enforcement agencies with a demand to initiate a criminal case under the article on the disclosure of state secrets against blogger Yevgeny Savin (KraSava). The deputy announced this during his speech at the Safe Internet Forum. According to Teryushkov, he was inspired to write the corresponding statement by Savin's interview , which he had previously given to journalist Ksenia Sobchak.