21-year-old native of Chechnya Aishat Khizrieva said that they tried to kidnap her in Novosibirsk, where she flew after escaping from Chechnya, the projects “Freedom (not) around the corner” and “Marem” reported. “My name is Khizriyeva Aishat, born in 2004. I voluntarily left Chechnya, but on the way I was detained by two cars full of Chechens. They claim that I stole four million rubles, that I am an insane person and that my friends are taking me away and want to sell me into slavery.

Maria Butina said this about the books of Grigory Oster. It was because of this that the Investigative Committee decided to check his works Archive of Grigory Oster The Investigative Committee of Russia decided to check the books of Grigory Oster after they were criticized by State Duma deputy Maria Butina, the Kommersant newspaper found out on April 22.

Update. The United States notified Israel that Trump has extended the ceasefire with Iran until April 26, Ynet reports , citing an Israeli source. The temporary truce between the United States and Iran, the extension of which Donald Trump announced on April 21, will last another three to five days, Fox News reports, citing a White House spokesman.

Telegram founder Pavel Durov reported that a summons was sent to his apartment in Russia by mail. “A summons was sent to the apartment in Russia where I lived 20 years ago in the name of “suspect P.V. Durov.” They probably suspect me of defending Articles 29 and 23 of the Russian Constitution, which guarantee freedom of speech and the right to privacy of correspondence. I’m proud of my guilt!” — Durov wrote in his telegram channel on the evening of April 22.

Chain of quotes Marco Iacobucci / SOPA Images / ZUMA Press Wire / Scanpix / LETA by George Meloni Propagandist Vladimir Solovyov came under severe criticism a few days ago after he insulted blogger Victoria Bonya because of her appeal to Vladimir Putin. Users of social networks began to massively shame Solovyov (who had repeatedly insulted women before), called for his “cancellation” and demanded an apology.

Many services in the Russian Federation submitted to the authorities and stopped opening with VPN. Moreover, sometimes they do not work from abroad (although they should). User reaction is, well, understandable Carefully! This material contains obscenities and offensive tweets. We present them because they best illustrate the emotions of Russians towards domestic companies.

For 40 years it was the largest iceberg in the world. Now it's cracked and melted Anita Gould January 2025 A23a is one of the largest long-lived icebergs that scientists have been able to track. It broke away from Antarctica back in 1986. Its area was 4170 square kilometers - this is approximately the area of ​​​​Moscow and St. Petersburg combined.

Here's what he's said and done since then (while still not taking office as Prime Minister) Robert Hegedus / MTI / AP / Scanpix / LETA On April 12, parliamentary elections were held in Hungary, which were watched throughout Europe. In them, right-wing populist Viktor Orban, who held power for a total of 20 years, lost to the younger and more energetic Peter Magyar. Magyar's Tisa party won a constitutional majority in parliament - 141 of 199 seats - giving it a broad mandate for reform.

It sounds outrageous, but what exactly did the authorities find illegal in this practice? VKontakte, at the request of Roskomnadzor, removed the mutual aid section from a large community for people with diabetes “Nyura Sharikova. Diabetes mellitus." This group, named after its creator, has been around since 2019; During this time, 32 thousand people subscribed to it.

A court in Baku sentenced businessman from Yekaterinburg Alexander Vaissero to four years in prison, the first of the Russians arrested in the summer of 2025 amid the crisis between Azerbaijan and Russia. The Baku Court of Serious Crimes found Vaissero guilty of laundering money obtained by criminal means (Article 193-1.3.2 of the Criminal Code of Azerbaijan).

Journalist and politician Ekaterina Duntsova announced her intention to organize a “home protest” for free Internet in Russia. As Duntsova writes in her Telegram channel, the authorities have recently banned virtually any form of street protest, so she wants to express disagreement without bringing people into the streets.

A court in Chisinau declared former oligarch Vladimir Plahotniuc guilty of stealing $1 billion from the country's banking system and sentenced him to 19 years in prison. The court also deprived him of the right to hold certain government positions for five years and ordered him to pay compensation to the state in the amount of approximately $60 million, RBC writes. Plahotniuc's lawyer Lucian Rogac, TASS reports, said he would challenge the verdict.

Schools in Russian regions have begun teaching lessons about the dangers of using VPNs, writes Vestka. The publication studied posts about such classes on the pages of educational institutions on VKontakte.

The creators of Telega, an unofficial Telegram client, contacted the Russian Federal Antimonopoly Service (FAS) in connection with the removal of their application from the App Store. “We are faced with a situation in which the application has been removed from the App Store, the developer’s account has been blocked, and the launch of already installed applications on iOS is limited,” the Telega creators said in a statement.

There is little hope that anything will change by the end HBO The first episodes of the third season of Euphoria, Sam Levinson's series, the previous part of which ended four years ago, have been released on HBO Max. During this time, the heroes - recent schoolchildren with a difficult fate - managed to grow up. Their adult lives, as depicted by the showrunner, however, do not look realistic.