Roskomnadzor blocked in Russia the website of the Crisis group SK SOS, whose human rights activists help LGBTK-loves who have encountered persecution in the North Caucasus. Attention to the lock was drawn by the Roskomskvobod project. The decision to block was made by Roskomnadzor on March 27. “Apparently, we are talking about the so-called“ LGBT propaganda, ”” the project suggests.

Two people died and 15 more were injured due to bad weather in Moscow, said city mayor Sergei Sobyanin. “Today bad weather hit Moscow - strong winds with temperature changes. Wind gusts reached more than 21 m/s. <…> But, unfortunately, there were victims. 17 victims, two of them died,” Sobyanin said. The mayor expressed condolences to the families of the victims. According to him, the victims are receiving the necessary medical care.

The Governor of Krasnodar Krai, Veniamin Kondratyev, increased the amount of the one-time regional payment to military personnel and volunteers who have signed a contract with the Russian Ministry of Defense to one million rubles. As the head of the region reported , such a payment will be received by residents of the region who signed a contract for military service from April 1. Kondratyev called this decision "another step in support" of those who will go to fight in Ukraine.

Seven-year-old Engelsina Markizova and Joseph Stalin, 1936. Sovfoto / Universal Images Group / Shutterstock / Vida Press In late December, Alexey Tsydenov, the governor of Russia’s Republic of Buryatia, created a brand-new agency aimed at preventing “separatism and nationalism” in the region.

Political scientist Kirill Shamiev on what the Kremlin stands to gain by blaming Ukraine for the Moscow terrorist attack Maxim Shemetov / Reuters / Scanpix / LETA On March 18, Russia’s Central Election Commission announced that incumbent Vladimir Putin had secured almost 90 percent of the vote in the country’s presidential elections.

Users of Meta's platforms - WhatsApp, Instagram and Facebook - have encountered disruptions in the messenger and social networks around the world, according to data from the Downdetector service. The failure was confirmed by the NetBlocks organization, which monitors network access around the world. Most of the users who filed a complaint about WhatsApp reported that they could not open the application.

The Commissioner for Human Rights in Chechnya, Mansur Soltaev, said that the detention of a native of the republic, Askhab Uspanov, was not related to the terrorist attack in Crocus City Hall, and his death is considered a suicide by the Moscow police department. Soltaev published a post about this in his Telegram channel.

Ukrainian President Vladimir Zelensky believes that Western partners should support attacks on Russian infrastructure in response to shelling of Ukrainian territories. At a joint press conference with Finnish President Alexander Stubb, the Ukrainian leader, among other things, commented on the UN call to stop attacks on civilian infrastructure in Russia after drone strikes in Tatarstan.

French Defense Minister Sebastien Lecornu held a telephone conversation with Russian Defense Minister Sergei Shoigu, Le Monde reported , citing a statement from the French ministry. In a conversation with Shoigu, Lecornu “strongly condemned” the terrorist attack at Crocus City Hall and expressed France’s solidarity with the victims and their families. He also noted that France does not have any information that would allow establishing a connection between this terrorist attack and Ukraine.

Russians who left for Armenia for political reasons due to fears of persecution have begun to notice surveillance in recent weeks, the Helsinki Citizens' Assembly Vanadzor human rights organization reports .

He claims that during a quarrel she fell and hit her head. According to the investigation, he beat her and strangled her Frame from the broadcast of the Supreme Court of the Republic of Kazakhstan on YouTube Kuandyk Bishimbaev at a court meeting, April 3, 2024 In Astana, there is a trial of the former Minister of the National Economy of Kazakhstan Kuandyk Bishimbaev, who is accused of the murder of his wife Saltanat Nukenova during a quarrel in a restaurant.

Here's what his friend Ekaterina Molotnova tells about this - everything happened in her apartment Alexander Skobov page on Facebook On the night of April 3 in St. Petersburg, the Soviet dissident, journalist and participant in the “Free Russia Forum” Alexander Skobov was detained. At this time, the publicist was visiting his friends - human rights activist Julia Rybakov and his wife, biologist Ekaterina Molostova.

In Moscow, searches are being conducted at Sirena-Travel , the developer of the Russian Leonardo airline ticket booking system. Employees of the Ministry of Internal Affairs, the FSB, and the Russian National Guard came to the company's office on Leningradsky Prospekt, Kommersant and RBC report, citing sources.

On April 3, an earthquake of magnitude 7.4 occurred on the east coast of Taiwan on April 3. According to the latest data, at least nine people died, more than 800 people were injured. This is the strongest earthquake in Taiwan over 25 years. The epicenter was about 18 kilometers south of the city of Hulyan - in a sparsely populated area, but underground tremors were felt including in the capital, the city of Taibee. At least 26 buildings fell on the island.

The countries “sympathizing with Russia” urge the European Union to abandon the confiscation of frozen Russian assets. Representatives of China, Saudi Arabia and Indonesia made this position in private, Politico writes with reference to sources. These three states addressed the EU representatives with a call to “resist the pressure from the United States and Great Britain,” which insist on the confiscation of Russian assets.