The US Treasury Department's Office of Foreign Assets Control (OFAC) announced a ban on the import of aluminum, copper and nickel of Russian origin. The corresponding document was published on the department’s website. “As a result, the import or entry into the United States of aluminum, copper, and nickel of Russian origin is prohibited, except as required by law or licensed,” the document states.

The residential sector of the city of Tokmak in the annexed Zaporozhye region came under fire from the Ukrainian Armed Forces, reported the Russian-appointed head of the region, Evgeniy Balitsky, and a representative of the local administration, Vladimir Rogov. “As a result of shelling by the Ukrainian Armed Forces of the apartment sector of Tokmak, there were deaths, including one child, and dozens of residents were seriously injured.

Belgian prosecutors have launched an investigation into alleged Russian interference in the European Parliament elections, which will be held in June, Reuters and Bloomberg report, citing Belgian Prime Minister Alexander De Croe. According to him, investigators confirmed information from the intelligence services about the existence of a Russian intelligence network that is trying to reduce the level of support for Ukraine in the EU.

Your browser does not support the audio element. The evolution of the Russian FSB Look at almost any recent major news story from Russia, and you’ll find the Federal Security Service, better known as the FSB. Having failed to prevent the Crocus City Hall terrorist attack in Moscow last month, the agency has played a major role in arresting and apparently torturing the suspected perpetrators.

In Florence, at the age of 83 years, fashion designer Roberto Cavalli died. This was reported by the Italian newspapers La Stampa and Corriere Della Sera . They clarified that the fashion designer was sick for a long time. Venturelli / Wiremage / Getty images Roberto Cavalli has been working in the fashion industry since the 1970s. Then he founded his own brand, patented the procedure for applying drawings to leather products and created a collection of clothes.

The Ministry of Justice of the Russian Federation has updated the register of “foreign agents”, adding to it the journalist of the BBC Russian Service Ilya Barabanov. The department’s statement said that the journalist opposed the “special military operation” and also disseminated “inaccurate information” about the decisions taken by Russian authorities and the policies they pursue.

About 40 rockets were fired at Israel from Lebanon, the press service of the Israel Defense Forces reports. The department claims that some of the missiles were intercepted, while the rest fell in open areas. According to preliminary data, there were no casualties. The IDF added that Israeli air defense forces had previously shot down two drones. In addition, over the past few hours, the Israeli military has carried out a series of attacks on targets in southern Lebanon, the press release said.

Your Browser Does Not Support the Audio Element. How did the Russian Federation and its Ukrainian agents prepare for the invasion of the Donbass - and carried out it in 2014? Says journalist Konstantin Skorkin On April 12, 2014, dozens of militants led by Igor Strelkov, with the support of local separatists, captured Slavyansk Donetsk region. During April 2014, the so-called Kharkov, Donetsk and Lugansk People’s Republics were proclaimed.

A test launch of an intercontinental ballistic missile was carried out in the Astrakhan region from the Kapustin Yar test site, the press service of the Russian Ministry of Defense reports. The department clarified that the launch was carried out as part of “state testing of promising missile systems, as well as confirmation of the stability of missiles in service.” “The results obtained confirm the high reliability of Russian missiles to ensure the strategic security of the Russian Federation.

What to expect from Vladimir Putin and Alexander Lukashenko’s ever closer union Olga Maltseva / AFP / Scanpix / LETA Two years into the full-scale invasion of Ukraine, Russia and Belarus appear to be intensifying their dialogue about the future of the Union State, the supranational body to which the two countries formally belong.

Roskomnadzor blocked the website of the socio-political publication Polit.ru in Russia. Interfax reports this. The department explained the blocking by “repeated posting of unreliable socially significant information.” Polit.ru is one of the oldest online publications in Russia. It started operating in February 1998.

Iran has warned the United States through several Arab countries that if Washington intervenes in the conflict between Iran and Israel, American bases in the region will be attacked, Axios reports, citing three unnamed American officials. According to the publication's sources, Iran has made it clear to Arab countries that it holds the United States responsible for Israel's attack on the consulate in Damascus, which killed seven members of the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps.

The Ministry of Internal Affairs of Belarus has included members of the rock group Nizkiz - vocalist Alexander Ilyin, bass guitarist Sergei Kulsh and drummer Dmitry Kholyavkin - in the register of "extremists", the human rights center Vesna reports. Human rights activists specify that the musicians were convicted under the article on gross violation of public order (Article 342 of the Criminal Code of Belarus).

Political scientist Sergei Karaganov, who a year ago called for a “preventive nuclear strike” on Europe, has an apartment in Berlin. Bild writes about this on April 11. According to the publication, Karaganov owns an apartment in the Prenzlauer Berg area with an area of ​​52 square meters and rents it out, receiving 850 euros monthly.

In March 2024, Russian military courts issued 684 sentences in cases of unauthorized abandonment of a unit (Article 337 of the Criminal Code of the Russian Federation). This is reported by Mediazona, which studied the files of criminal cases. Thus, the courts issued approximately 34 sentences under this article every working day. The number of criminal cases of AWOL began to increase after Vladimir Putin announced mobilization in September 2022.