More than two weeks before the terrorist attack at Crocus City Hall on March 6, U.S. officials warned Russia that the site could be a potential target for an attack, The Washington Post reported , citing two unnamed U.S. officials familiar with the discussions. As The Washington Post notes, the “high level of specificity” underscores Washington’s belief that the attack was being planned by the Islamic State . It directly contradicts Moscow’s claims that the U.S.

Soviet dissident Alexander Skobov was detained in St. Petersburg, human rights activist Yuliy Rybakov, who Skobov was visiting at that moment, told Fontanka. According to Rybakov, in the evening an investigator and police came to his home with a resolution to initiate a criminal case against Skobov under the article on public justification of terrorism (Article 205.2 of the Criminal Code). As Rybakov says, he was not allowed to photograph the document.

In Israel, anti-government protesters, along with relatives of hostages kidnapped by Hamas, tried to break through to the residence of Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu in Jerusalem. The march of demonstrators and families of hostages began at the Knesset building. Then the protesters, as The Times of Israel writes , went to Netanyahu’s residence on Gaza Street. The police tried to erect fences, but the protesters began to demolish them, Kan radio station reported.

Novatek has suspended production of liquefied natural gas (LNG) at its Arctic LNG 2 project due to sanctions and a shortage of tankers, Reuters reports , citing two industry sources. In November 2023, the United States imposed sanctions on the Arctic LNG 2 project. In late December, Novatek, Russia's largest LNG producer, which owns 60% of the project, notified buyers of force majeure regarding future deliveries of liquefied gas.

The United States and other Western countries are discussing the possibility of placing the Contact Group on Ukraine's Defense , which coordinates arms sales, under NATO control, Politico reported , citing three European and one American official. That could help preserve supplies if Donald Trump is elected president.

In the port of the German city of Rostock, customs detained the Atlantic Navigator II ship from Russia, which was transporting cargo that is on the EU sanctions list, the Ostsee Zeitung newspaper reports . According to the newspaper, the ship left St. Petersburg in early March, and was detained in Rostock three weeks ago when it entered the port due to damage to the propeller.

The Center for Monitoring and Management of the Public Communications Network, subordinate to Roskomnadzor, reported a large-scale failure in the work of the Telegram messenger around the world. The reasons for the failure are unknown. The Downradar service also recorded more than 1,400 messages about the failure of the messenger in the last two hours. According to the service, the most reports of failure are from Moscow, St. Petersburg is in second place, then Kyiv and Minsk.

The Cabinet of Ministers of Ukraine adopted a resolution proposed by the Ministry of Education, which allows certain categories of students to travel abroad.

Maxim Shipenkov / EPA / Scanpix / LETA Vladimir Putin and Emomali Rahmon in Kazan. February 21, 2024. Autocracies in the former Soviet space have long been adopting each other’s strategies for staying in power. But in the wake of the Crocus City Hall terrorist attack , Moscow has employed a new disinformation tactic previously used by one of Central Asia’s most brutal and least transparent governments: Emomali Rahmon’s regime in Tajikistan.

Iran promised that this "would not remain unanswered" Louai Beshara / AFP / Scanpix / Leta ruins at the site of the blow to Damascus. April 2, 2024 On April 1, the Air Forces of Israeli struck the Iranian consulate in Damascus, as a result of which at least seven people, including the al-KudS division, the Islamic Revolutionary (KSIR) unit, General Mohammad Reza Zakhadi and General Mohammad Hadi Hadji Rakhimi, were stroked on April 1.

Rostov Region Governor Vasily Golubev signed an order to increase the one-time payment for concluding a contract for military service to 700 thousand rubles, he reported on his Telegram channel. This amount will be paid from the regional budget to everyone who signed a contract from April 1, 2024 in the Rostov region - regardless of their place of residence or registration, Golubev explained. Payments to those who will serve in named battalions will amount to one million rubles.

He denies everything while remaining free-but already loses his business imperial Dia Dipasupil / Getty images At the end of March, the police conducted searches in the houses of the American rapper and producer Diddy in Los Angeles and Miami Beach, seized phones, laptops and tablets-and detained the sons of Didi, Justin and King. In November 2023, the singer Cassie, the former girl Diddy and his label, said that the musician beat her and raped her.

Updated. The number of victims of the strike on the Dnieper increased to 18 people. 12 wounded were hospitalized, including five children, said the head of the regional administration, Sergei Lysak. Russian troops launched a missile attack on the city of Dnepr on the afternoon of April 2, said the head of the Dnepropetrovsk regional administration, Sergei Lysak. The Air Force of the Ukrainian Armed Forces said that an aircraft missile was launched in the direction of the Dnieper.

At least 29 people died in a fire at the Masquerade nightclub in central Istanbul, Anadolu and BBC News reported. Another person was injured. The fire occurred on the afternoon of April 2 during renovation work at the club, which is located in the basement of a 16-story residential building in the Besiktas area. 31 fire engines and 86 rescuers were involved in extinguishing the fire. It is not yet clear why the fire occurred.

President of Ukraine Vladimir Zelensky signed a law reducing the age limit for mobilization from 27 to 25 years, according to materials on the Verkhovna Rada website. Corresponding amendments were made to the law “On Military Duty”. The previous version of the law stated that during martial law in Ukraine, it was impossible to mobilize men from 18 to 27 years old who had not served in military service. Zelensky did not sign the law for several months.