By his decree , Patriarch Kirill of Moscow and All Russia banned Priest Dimitry Safronov, a cleric of the Church of the Intercession of the Most Holy Theotokos on Lyshchikova Hill in Moscow, from serving in the priesthood for three years. The document dated April 15 was published on the website of the Moscow diocese on April 23. Sota and Siren drew attention to the decree. Kirill’s decision states that the priest is forbidden to bless, wear a cassock and a priestly cross.

He is suspected of receiving a bribe. Journalists and Navalny team found assets for a billion rubles Alexey Nikolsky / Sputnik / Reuters / Scanpix / Leta The Investigative Committee of the Russian Federation announced in the evening of April 23 that Timur Ivanov was detained by Deputy Minister of Defense of the Russian Federation.

Federal investigators have arrested Deputy Defense Minister Timur Ivanov on felony bribery charges. Ivanov has served in the role since 2016. According to journalist Farida Rustamova , Ivanov is “notoriously one of [Russia’s] wealthiest security elite.” “This is maybe the highest-ranking [criminal] suspect in terms of the state power hierarchy, since the start of the war,” writes Rustamova.

Deputy Minister of Defense of the Russian Federation Timur Ivanov was detained on suspicion of taking a bribe (Part 6 of Article 290 of the Criminal Code), reports the Investigative Committee of Russia. The message from the Investigative Committee, published on the department’s telegram channel, does not provide details about the case. The investigation will seek Ivanov’s arrest, TASS writes , citing law enforcement agencies.

The Zheleznodorozhny District Court of Novosibirsk imposed an administrative fine of 500 thousand rubles on the local establishment “Elton Bar” under the protocol on “LGBT propaganda” (Part 1 of Article 6.21 of the Administrative Code). “Layout” drew attention to the case card .

Russian political actors and historians on Team Navalny’s new film about Yeltsin’s role in Putin’s rise to power Team Navalny On April 16, Alexey Navalny’s team, spearheaded by Anti-Corruption Foundation Chairwoman Maria Pevchikh, released the first episode of their new YouTube series Traitors , which delves into the role Boris Yeltsin and his associates played in Vladimir Putin’s rise to power.

Russian Minister of Culture Olga Lyubimova stated that Russian films that have received a distribution certificate will be released even if the director of the film has left Russia, Interfax reports. “We decided long ago and together that films that were made... that received a distribution certificate for a national film can be released.

Kremlin press service / Anadolu / Getty Images Vladimir Putin on a presidential board during a visit to Khmeimim air base in Syria, December 11, 2017 The French company PGA (“daughter” of the American Astronics) after the start of a full -scale invasion of the Russian Federation to Ukraine continued to serve aircraft of high -ranking Russian officials, despite international sanctions against Russia.

The Fifth Court of Appeal of Novosibirsk returned to the prosecutor's office the criminal case of torture of prisoner Kezhik Ondar in the Irkutsk pre-trial detention center-1, in which five FSIN employees were sentenced to real terms. The Siberian Express publication drew attention to the case file .

The second episode of the documentary series "Traitors" has been released on Alexei Navalny's YouTube channel. This project is dedicated to the history of Russia in the 1990s and the rule of the first president Boris Yeltsin, after whom Vladimir Putin came to power in the country.

Telegram channel "Pashayev TV" Frame from the video message of Alexei Blinovsky Alexey Blinovsky, the husband of Elena Blinovskaya , the founder of the “Marathon of desires”, arrested on charges of non -payment of taxes and laundering money, turned to the head of the Investigative Committee of the Russian Federation Alexander Bastrykin with a request to prevent his contract from the Ministry of Defense of the Russian Federation. Blinovsky’s video message was published by lawyer Elman Pashayev.

German Chancellor Olaf Scholz said that Russian President Vladimir Putin has "no right whatsoever" to refer to the works of Immanuel Kant, since Moscow's current policies contradict the philosopher's views, the newspaper Die Zeit reports.

In mid-April 2024, Meduza was hit by the largest DDoS attack in its history. The scale of the attack made it clear that the perpetrators weren’t just trying to interfere with our work — they wanted to make it impossible for anybody to access our journalism. And while we don’t have direct evidence, we believe that this attack, like previous ones we’ve faced, was orchestrated by the Russian authorities.

The authorities of the Orenburg region responded to a video in which a resident of flood-affected Orsk scolds the mayor of the city, Vasily Kozupitsa, for inaction. A video from a meeting between the head of the city and residents of flooded houses spread on social networks on April 21. It shows a woman complaining that she has received no help from the authorities. “Why did my husband die? Because you covered your ass here? And he stood there blushing,” she shouts at the mayor.

Your Browser Does Not Support the Audio Element. What is known about the state of health of Kadyrov? How soon can he leave his post? And then what will happen to Chechnya and the huge Kadyrovsky clan? On April 22, New Gazeta Europe has published an investigation into the health status of the head of Chechnya Ramzan Kadyrov.