US President Donald Trump sent his envoys Steve Witkoff and Jared Kushner to negotiations with Iranian Foreign Minister Abbas Araghchi in Islamabad, the Associated Press reported on April 24, citing the White House. White House press secretary Caroline Levitt said they would leave for Pakistan on April 25, writes Reuters. According to her, US Vice President J.D.

A Russian disinformation network spread a fake BBC report that there was a Paul Cézanne painting stolen in Italy in the office of Ukrainian President Vladimir Zelensky. This was reported by France 24 and Euronews in their investigations released on April 24. The fake report began spreading on social network X on April 21.

The US is extending the truce, but Iran refuses to negotiate - how is this even possible? And who has a stronger position? Former diplomat Boris Bondarev answers Jacquelyn Martin / AFP / Scanpix / LETA US Vice President JD Vance after negotiations with representatives of Iran and Pakistan. April 12, 2026 Donald Trump has extended the truce with Iran for the second time, this time until April 26.

The administration of interim Syrian President Ahmed al-Sharaa plans to turn the Russian Khmeimim airbase into a training and humanitarian center, Kommersant reports, citing a Syrian source familiar with the situation.

People detained on suspicion of organizing, as the FSB claims, a terrorist attack against the leaders of Roskomnadzor, may be participants in the Scarlet Swan anti-blocking movement. This is the conclusion reached by the human rights project “First Department”.

Russian developers wrote a letter to Mishustin (not Putin) saying that Internet blocking is useless.

There are “oil” rains in the city, and oil slicks in the sea. Authorities do not close schools and report almost no air pollution situation Boris Morozov / RIA Novosti / Sputnik / Profimedia Smoke from a fire at the marine terminal in Tuapse, April 21, 2026 The fire at the marine terminal in Tuapse lasted almost five days. By the morning of April 24, the operational headquarters of the Krasnodar region reported that firefighters managed to localize the fire and eliminate open burning.

In French Guiana, at the Kourou cosmodrome, as part of the dismantling work, the launch pad, which was previously used to launch Russian Soyuz rockets, was blown up. The footage was published by the Closed Space telegram channel. Soyuz rockets have been launched from the Kourou cosmodrome since 2011, with a total of 27 launches. Russian rockets launched European and American satellites into orbit. The launches stopped after the Russian invasion of Ukraine.

The Russian Ministry of Justice has updated the register of “foreign agents” to include three people, two projects and two legal entities.

Russian e-book and audiobook services have begun to label the works of Russian classics with warnings about the dangers of drugs, including Alexander Pushkin, Nikolai Gogol and Mikhail Bulgakov, Nesting noted. Thus, warnings appeared on Gogol’s stories “The Nose” and “Viy”. Books - both text versions and audiobooks - were marked in the Liters and KION Strings electronic libraries, as well as in separate product cards on Ozon.

As briefly as possible - about an amazing coincidence April 23 ↓ Vladimir Putin : Internet disruptions are related to the need to prevent terrorist attacks. It is impossible to inform the population about this in advance - after all, criminals also see everything. But then you need to inform people based on the results. April 24 ↓ FSB (which oversees Internet blocking) : a terrorist attack against the leaders of Roskomnadzor was prevented . Seven people were detained.

In Omsk, a local resident died, who was beaten by two drunken men on March 25 and set their dog on her. This was reported by TASS citing a source in law enforcement agencies. “Caution, News” and “Omsk-Inform” write that the deceased is 35-year-old animal rights activist Valeria Belova.

Moscow and Kyiv conducted a new prisoner exchange, the Russian Ministry of Defense reported. 193 military personnel returned to Russia, and the same number of military personnel were transferred to Ukraine. The exchange was mediated by the United States and the United Arab Emirates. President of Ukraine Vladimir Zelensky confirmed that the exchange took place and 193 Ukrainian Armed Forces servicemen are returning from captivity.

At the closing ceremony of the 48th Moscow International Film Festival (MIFF), they did not award the special prize “For Contribution to World Cinema,” which director Alexander Sokurov was expected to receive. Kommersant reported this. Earlier on April 14, director Lyubov Arkus said that Sokurov received a letter from MIFF President Nikita Mikhalkov. In her Telegram channel, she published a photo of a letter signed by Mikhalkov.

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