On April 16, the Izmailovsky District Court of Moscow registered in relation to the editor -in -chief of Medusa Ivan Kolpakov, Mediazona said. The journalist is accused under the article on participation in an “unwanted” organization (Article 20.33 of the Code of Administrative Offenses). What exactly became the reason for the administrative case is unknown. The meeting in the case has not yet been scheduled.

Update. According to the data on the morning of April 17, three people were killed and 30 were injured as a result of the attack of drones of the Russian Federation on the Dnieper, said the head of the military administration of the Dnipropetrovsk region Sergey Lysak. Among the dead - one child, five children were injured.

Vladimir Putin met with Russian citizens freed from captivity of Hamas terrorists, the Kremlin press service said. Putin met in the Kremlin with Alexander Trufanov, who was released on February 15, 2025, his mother Elena Trufanova and bride Sapir Cohen, who were released at the end of 2023. The meeting was also attended by the chief rabbi of Russia Berl Lazar and the President of the Federation of Jewish communities of the Russian Federation Alexander Borod.

European officials have abandoned the idea of ​​including the ban on the import of Russian liquefied natural gas (LNG) to future sanctions against the Russian Federation, Reuters reports citing EU representatives. The European Commission did not insist on sanctions against Russian LNG due to the resistance of some governments and the uncertainty regarding alternative gas sources.

The United States State Department for combating foreign information intervention (R/FIMI) stops working, announced US Secretary of State Marco Rubio. “I am announcing the closure of the Office to Combat Foreign Information Manipulations and Intervention, previously known as the Center for Global Interaction (GEC),” Rubio said. The head of the State Department explained the decision to close the center “Protection of freedom of speech” by Americans.

Serbia police did not use acoustic devices to disperse the rally participants on March 15 in Belgrade. This conclusion was reached by the FSB experts, whom the Serbian authorities invited the investigation of what happened. The conclusion of the FSB is published on the website of the Safety and Information Agency of Serbia (BIA).

In 2024, the Russian courts issued 13 sentences on sabotage (Article 281 of the Criminal Code) in relation to minors (14-17 years old), writes Mediazon with reference to the data of the Judicial Department at the Supreme Court of the Russian Federation. Before the start of the war, such sentences, as a rule, were not there, the publication notes. The number of sentences regarding young people (18-24 years) also increased. In 2024, the courts issued 24 such sentences.

The Meshchansky District Court of Moscow sent for two months to the pre-trial detention center of the former Governor of the Kursk Region Alexei Smirnov in the fraud case, the press service of Moscow courts reports . The official representative of the Ministry of Internal Affairs Irina Volk said that Smirnova and his former deputy Alexei Dedov were charged with fraud, which was part of an organized group using an official position (part 4 of Article 159 of the Criminal Code).

In Pyatigorsk, a native of one of the countries of Central Asia was detained, who planned to commit a terrorist attack in an entertainment center and leave for Syria, TASS, RIA Novosti and Interfax report with reference to the FSB. According to special services, the detainee has already conducted intelligence of the area, and also acquired weapons and components necessary for the manufacture of home -made incendiary mixtures.

The DPRK earned about $ 20 billion thanks to the supply of weapons to Russia for the war with Ukraine. This is stated in the report of the Institute of Defense Studies of South Korea (KIDA), which was retold by Newsweek and NK News . The report states that the DPRK received the greatest benefits from the supply of equipment and ammunition - 19.2 billion dollars. Pyongyang also earned $ 630 million by transferring technologies and 280 million - in the sending of military personnel.

The UK Supreme Court ruled that the definition of a “woman” in a British act of equality belongs to the “biological sex”. It is reported by BBC News. We are talking about a judicial dispute that has lasted since 2018. Then the Scotland parliament adopted a bill designed to ensure the gender balance in the reign of state institutions. The Group for the Protection of Women's Rights For Women Scotland (for women's rights, FWS) opposed this decision.

The 15-year-old Moscow schoolgirl, accused of killing her father, whom she stabbed, protecting her older sister, transferred under the supervision of relatives, the Moscow Department of the Investigative Committee reports. Investigators conducted a number of investigative actions with both daughters of the murdered man. Close relatives and other witnesses are also interrogated. During these actions, the circumstances set forth by the schoolgirl were confirmed, the metropolitan SK reports.

They must be free. We cannot forget about them On April 15, four journalists were imprisoned in Russia - Antonin Favorskaya, Konstantin Gabov, Sergey Karelin and Artem Krieger. Each of them received five and a half years of the colony - supposedly for cooperation with Navalny’s structures, which are declared “extremist” in Russia. Things against them look fabricated.

Rosfinmonitoring was introduced by 69-year-old Mikhail Volkov, the father of the opposition Leonid Volkov, in the list of "extremists and terrorists." In the updated list of the department, opposite the surname Volkov, there is no stars, which means that it is not investigated against him under a terrorist article. On the morning of April 3, the security forces came with a search of Mikhail Volkov’s apartment in Yekaterinburg.

Time magazine published a list of the 100 most influential people in the world as of 2025. US President Donald Trump, Vice President Jay Di Wence, founder of SpaceX, Ilon Musk and Minister of Trade Minister Howard Lutnik, fell into the Leaders' category.