Boris Grebenshchikov released a mini-album “New Silk Road” Boris Grebenshchikov has released a new mini-album called “New Silk Road”. The disc was recorded in London under the guise of “BG+” - a project that is temporarily replacing “Aquarium” from 2022. In addition to BG, Alexander Titov (bass guitar), Konstantin Tumanov (keys, accordion), Andrey Surotdinov (violin), Brian Finnegan (flute), Liam Bradley (drums, artistic whistling) took part in the recording.

How Ukrainian refugees are ending up homeless in Russia Bumaga After the start of the full-scale war, tens of thousands of Ukrainian refugees from Mariupol and other Russian-occupied Ukrainian territories ended up in St. Petersburg. Many hoped that in a big city, they’d have better chances of finding work and providing for their families. For some, however, this has proved impossible, and they’ve ended up on the streets. Over the course of six months, the St.

In Tbilisi, police and special forces began to disperse another protest against the law on “foreign agents,” taking place on the evening of April 30 near the Georgian Parliament building. Demonstrators began to block the exits from parliament, where deputies were considering the bill in the second reading, and threw stones and bottles at the police. In response, law enforcement officers used pepper spray, tear gas and water cannons against protesters.

BBC journalists found that the girl was killed by employees of the Iranian special services Marco Cantile / Lightroquet / Getty Images protesting with a photograph of Nika Shakars at a demonstration in Italian Naples, October 6, 2022 In September 2022, in Tehran, during a protest campaign against the Iranian government, 16-year-old Nick Shakars disappeared. Relatives found her body nine days later in one of the morgues. The authorities announced that the girl committed suicide.

This is the action "Putin's style", said the president of the country Vano Shalamov / AFP / Scanpix / Leta the rally of the ruling party "Georgian Dream" in Tbilisi. April 29, 2024 On April 29, a rally organized by the ruling party “Georgian Dream” was held in Tbilisi on Avenue on April 29 - in support of the law on “foreign agents” (the official name is the bill “On Transparency of Foreign Infant”).

In Ulan-Ude, authorities began evacuating the population after a forest fire spread to the private sector on the outskirts of the city. This was announced by the mayor of Ulan-Ude Igor Shutenkov. According to Shutenkov, the authorities are now setting up a temporary accommodation center in one of the schools. The head of Buryatia, Alexey Tsydenov, in turn, said that five fires were recorded in Ulan-Ude and its suburbs. Updated .

In the Kursk region, the village of Kozino, Rylsky district, was shelled twice a day from the Ukrainian side, said the governor of the region, Roman Starovoyt. According to him, after the shelling on the morning of April 30, two local residents were injured. The victims were hospitalized. Also in the village, ten residential buildings were damaged and the power line was interrupted. Three settlements were partially left without electricity.

The International Court of Justice in The Hague has refused to impose temporary measures against Germany, including a ban on Berlin supplying weapons to Israel. This decision was made following a lawsuit filed by Nicaragua.

The Second Western District Military Court in Moscow sentenced 46-year-old native of the Kharkov region Sergei Karmazin, who was detained in 2023 in the case of arson of railway equipment in the Moscow region, to 25 years in prison. Karmazin spoke about the verdict in a letter to one of the subscribers of the human rights project “Zone of Solidarity.” Karmazin will spend the first six years in prison, and the rest of his sentence in a maximum security colony.

All posts from the two official Instagram accounts of blogger and TV presenter Nastya Ivleeva have disappeared. Posts were deleted from the _agentgirl_ account with 17.9 million subscribers and from the nastyaivleeva account (7.7 million subscribers). Ivleeva did not comment on what happened.

With the start of a full-scale war in the Belgorod region, which borders Ukraine and is subject to shelling more often than other Russian regions, the illegal circulation of military weapons has increased, reports Kholod. “Today you can buy Kalashnikov assault rifles, hand grenades and even silent pistols used by special forces there for $300–350,” the publication writes.

Moscow's Oleg Tabakov Theatre announced that the play "Molière, avec amour", scheduled for May 1, will not be shown "for technical reasons". Instead, the theatre will perform the play-show "Atom of the Sun", created in memory of the venue's founder Oleg Tabakov. Spectators who do not agree to the replacement will be able to return their money for tickets. "Molière, avec amour" is a performance by Sergei Gazarov, who heads another Moscow venue, the Satire Theatre.

The Ukrainian authorities will not forcibly return Ukrainian men of military age from abroad, Deputy Prime Minister for Euro-Atlantic Integration of Ukraine Olga Stefanishyna told Deutsche Welle. This is how she commented on the cessation of providing consular services abroad to Ukrainian men of military age, the publication notes. According to Stefanishina, registration in the TCC does not mean “automatic mobilization to the front,” but is aimed at determining the potential for mobilization.

Sergey Kiselev / Moscow Agency on April 30, on the fortieth day after the terrorist attack in Crocus City Hall, and a memorial service for the dead passed near the concert hall. It was held by the archbishop of Odintsovo and Krasnogorsk Foma. Hundreds of people came to the memorial service, writes TASS. People brought flowers and soft toys to the spontaneous memorial. As a result of the terrorist attack, on March 22, 145 people were killed in Crocus, more than 550 were injured.

Roskomnadzor blocked the website “Support for political prisoners. Memorial". As human rights activists noted, the project’s website stopped opening in Russia without a VPN on April 30, although it has not yet been included in the list of blocked sites.