The Crimean Bridge was blown up in October 2022 using an improvised explosive device (IED), which used solid rocket fuel instead of industrial explosives, Kommersant writes, citing the results of an explosives examination. According to the conclusions of experts, the power of the explosive device was ten tons of TNT. The publication notes that the explosive was hidden under a plastic film, a dense layer of which acted as a shell for the device.

The head of Raiffeisen Bank International (RBI), Johan Strobl, said that in the third quarter of 2024, the banking group will begin to comply with the European Central Bank (ECB) order to significantly reduce business in Russia, RBC and Kommersant report. “There is an expectation that implementation [of the ECB’s order] will begin in the third quarter, hardly earlier. Now we are drawing up a plan and analyzing what can be done and what will have to be done.

These four Ukrainian families hoped to return home one day. Now all they have left of their homes is their keys. In the aftermath of Russia’s full-scale invasion of Ukraine, over 14 million people — nearly one third of Ukraine’s pre-war population — were forced to flee their homes. For many of those hoping to someday return, however, Moscow’s war of aggression has left them without a home to go back to.

The Center for Russian Studies began operating at Tel Aviv University, in which Anatoly Chubais acted as “the organizer of a group of sponsors,” writes the university’s press service. According to the publication, the center will study the modern history of Russia - its economic, political, social and cultural aspects.

Türkiye has suspended all trade with Israel, Bloomberg writes, citing two Turkish officials familiar with the situation. Türkiye did not officially announce this decision, but the agency’s information was confirmed by the Israeli Foreign Ministry. Thus, the head of the department, Israel Katz , accused Turkish President Recep Erdogan of violating trade agreements.

At the court in the Novgorod case, Alice Fedorova, the daughter of Antonina Martynova, with whom she had been hiding for the past 16 years, was interrogated. This is what she told about her life Antonina Martynova during the second meeting in her case. Veliky Novgorod, May 2, 2024. United press service of the courts of the Novgorod region In Veliky Novgorod, the process over Antonina Martynova continues .

US President Joe Biden, commenting on protests at American universities against Israel's military operation in the Gaza Strip, said that the right to freedom of speech and the rule of law must be respected. He stated this at a briefing at the White House, CNN reports . “We have all seen footage that tests two fundamental American principles: first, the right to free speech and the right of the people to peacefully assemble and speak their minds. The second is the rule of law.

“I thought I would stay there for a long time. It’s easier to accept the situation. I am a prisoner " Satellite / Imago Images / Scanpix / Leta Britney Grainer during a court session in the Khimkinsky court, August 4, 2022 One of the best basketball players in the world, American Britney Grainer was detained at Sheremetyevo Airport in February 2022. She flew to Russia to continue speaking for the Yekaterinburg UMMC. In her luggage, they found cartridges for vape with hash oil.

Russian President Vladimir Putin awarded the Governor of the Belgorod Region Vyacheslav Gladkov with the Order of Courage. The corresponding decree was published on the portal for the official publication of legal acts.

The governor of the Kursk region, Roman Starovoit, said that he signed a decree banning migrant workers from working as taxi drivers in the region. The official recalled that before this he conducted a survey on his Telegram channel about the need to introduce such restrictions. More than 42 thousand users took part in the survey; 82% of those who voted supported the ban.

The Russian BBC Service told its history Stanislav Krasilnikov / satellite / Imago Images / Scanpix / Leta Journalists of the Russian BBC service talked with a former prisoner who went to war from a colony in the Vladimir region in the fall of 2023 and spent a month at the front line, participating in the assaults. He says that the prisoners who fell with him were practically not prepared for battle, but sent to the most difficult tasks, of which the majority did not return.

The first deputy head of the municipality, Anton Naumenko, became the acting head of Kurgan, according to the city administration’s website. Naumenko's candidacy was unanimously supported by deputies of the local Duma. The powers of the acting head of Kurgan, Yulia Guryanova, who took this position on April 27, have been terminated. The reasons for this decision are not specified. Guryanova will continue to hold the post of deputy head of the city.

The Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Kyrgyzstan recommended that citizens of the country temporarily refrain from traveling to Russia.

Since the beginning of December 2023, Russian troops have killed at least 15 Ukrainian soldiers attempting to surrender, according to a report by the human rights organization Human Rights Watch (HRW). As human rights activists write, using drone recordings published on social networks in December 2023 and February 2024, they studied three episodes of alleged extrajudicial executions, during which at least 12 Ukrainian soldiers were killed.

Luka Guadagnino made his most expressive film (and Zendea played the best role) Metro Goldwyn Mayer Pictures At the world box office there is a new film by Luke Guadaninino “Applicants”. This is the story of a love triangle: the famous tennis player experiences a strip of failures and goes to competitions, where he will have to fight with his former lover of his wife (and part -time his coach). Zendea, Josh Okonnor and Mike Feist brilliantly play this sensual plot.