Torture of Moscow terror suspects recalls handling of St. Petersburg subway bombing case, rights activist say AFP / Scanpix / LETA The aftermath of the 2017 St. Petersburg subway bombing The day after the terrorist attack at the Crocus City Hall music venue outside Moscow, Russia’s Federal Security Service (FSB) announced that 11 suspects had been arrested. A short while later, videos of the suspects being tortured began to appear on pro-government Telegram channels.

The Ministry of Internal Affairs of the Republic of Khakassia opened a criminal case against a 15-year-old schoolgirl from Sayanogorsk under the article of knowingly false reporting of a terrorist attack (Part 2 of Article 207 of the Criminal Code of the Russian Federation). This was reported on the website of the regional department of the department.

The Central District Court of Chelyabinsk received a lawsuit from the Prosecutor General's Office of Russia, in which the agency asks to convert the shares of the country's largest pasta manufacturer, Makfa JSC, into state income. Kommersant reports this.

Telegram founder Pavel Durov said that from the beginning of next week, messenger users from Russia, Ukraine and Belarus will be able to limit “the circle of those who can send them private messages.” He explained this decision by the fact that four days ago, Russian-speaking users of the messenger began to complain about messages from strangers calling for terrorist attacks.

Anatoly Maltsev / EPA / Scanpix / LETA An elderly resident of Ola, a village in Russia’s Far Eastern Magadan region, is facing up to seven years in prison after being charged with “publicly justifying terrorism” in the aftermath of the Crocus City Hall terrorist attack.

The Investigative Committee has charged Sotavision journalist Antonina Favorskaya in the case of participation in an extremist community (Part 2 of Article 282.1 of the Criminal Code of the Russian Federation). This was reported by OVD-Info lawyer Eva Levenberg. According to her, Favorskaya is charged with participating in the activities of the Anti-Corruption Foundation, namely, posting certain posts on FBK platforms. It is unknown what posts we are talking about.

Ukrainian President Vladimir Zelensky believes that Russian troops are preparing a new major offensive that could begin in late May or June. He said this in an interview with CBS News. According to the President of Ukraine, last winter the Ukrainian Armed Forces managed to contain the advance of Russian troops and stabilize the situation. At the same time, both then and now, the Ukrainian army experienced an acute shortage of ammunition.

The White House has called Russian government statements about Ukraine's possible involvement in the Crocus City Hall attack "nonsense" and "propaganda." White House National Security Communications Advisor John Kirby said at a briefing that the Islamic State was "solely responsible" for the attack.

The founder of the FTX crypto exchange, which went bankrupt in 2022, Sam Bankman-Fried, received 25 years in prison for stealing billions of dollars from clients. The judge, handing down the sentence, said that Bankman-Fried was aware of the criminality of his actions and “in vain hoped that he would not be caught.” A jury found Bankman-Fried guilty on November 3, 2023, on all seven charges.

It can prevent it from a ceasefire, but Israel and Hamas are not ready to go for it, writes The Economist Leo Correa / AP / Scanpix / Leta a plane drops humanitarian aid over the north of the gas sector The hunger in the north of the gas sector is inevitable and will probably begin in May, and by July the inhabitants of the entire Palestinian enclave will starve, according to a partnership report on a comprehensive classification of food security stages ( IPC ).

Natan Sharansky - about doublethink, repression and correspondence with Alexei Navalny. Video interview conducted by journalist Vladimir Raevsky On March 21, Meduza published an interview with Soviet dissident Natan Sharansky, who served a nine-year sentence in the Soviet Union on charges of “treason,” but in reality for his work defending human rights. Sharansky is one of the main participants in the movement in support of the right of Jews to repatriate to Israel from the USSR.

A Russian Su-35 fighter plane crashed over Crimea near Sevastopol. A video of the fall spread across Telegram channels. The reasons for the incident are unclear. The anonymous telegram channel VChK-OGPU writes that the plane could have been shot down by Russian air defense by mistake. The plane crash was confirmed by the Russian-appointed governor of annexed Sevastopol, Mikhail Razvozhaev.

Your Browser Does Not Support the Audio Element. What is the attack in Crocus City Hall speak of the viability of the power apparatus of the Russian Federation? And how did he mutate in two years of a large war? On March 22, a terrorist attack occurred in Crocus City Hall near Moscow. According to March 28, as a result of an attack on the concert hall, 143 people were killed and 360 more were injured.

Another suspect has been detained in connection with the terrorist attack at Crocus City Hall. The Investigative Committee reports this. According to the Investigative Committee, the detainee “participated in a terrorist financing scheme.” The department did not provide any other details.

The BBC Russian Service told how their relatives are trying to find them AP / Scanpix / Leta rescuers take out the bodies of the dead from the Crocus City Hall building, March 23, 2024 The Russian Ministry of Emergencies in the evening of March 26 announced that the work on the search and salvation of the victims as a result of the terrorist attack in Crocus City Hall has been completed.