The Russian Ministry of Justice has placed journalists Oleg Kashin and Alexey Pivovarov to the list of media outlets acting as foreign agents. Artist and activist Yulia Tsvetkova was also included on the foreign agent register. In 2019, she was accused of “disseminating pornography” for posting cartoonish drawings of naked female bodies promoting body positivity in the Vagina Monologues online community on VK. She faces up to six years in prison.

Moscow residents of draft age have reported cases of police raids at their houses, with police officers demanding that they undergo a medical examination at local enlistment offices. Nikolai, a second-year student of the Moscow Timiryazev Agricultural Academy (we were asked to change the student’s name in the article and publish the story anonymously for security reasons – editor’s note ), told Novaya Gazeta.

The Ministry of Justice was introduced to the register of the media “foreign agents” of journalists Oleg Kashin and Alexei Pivovarov. Also, the media, the “ino-agent” recognized the artist and activist Julia Tsvetkov. In 2019, she was accused of spreading pornography (paragraph “B” of part 3 of Article 242 of the Criminal Code) due to publications of drawings of naked female bodies in the public “Vagina Monologists”. She faces up to six years in prison.

Zemfira, “Cinema” “Arkady Kots” and “Chronop” - about what the war turned into us into Frame from the clip of Zemfira "Meat" Three months after the start of Russia's invasion of Ukraine, it is already not enough just to say “no war!” It's time to seriously think about what it is, to understand where it came from, to the bottom of which abyss we fly. We did not notice how they became other people. And everything around us has changed.

Muscovites of draft age spoke about cases of police raids with delivery to military registration and enlistment offices and with a requirement to undergo a medical examination. As he told Novaya Gazeta.

Two Reuters journalists were injured in a shelling near Severodonetsk, and the driver of their car was killed. It is reported by CNN with reference to a representative of the Reuters agency. “During a reporting trip, two Reuters journalists were slightly injured when they came under fire on their way to Severodonetsk. They were traveling in a car provided by the Russian-backed separatists and driven by a person designated by the separatists.

For the first time since the beginning of the war, a French citizen has died in Ukraine. The name of the man is not known, he fought on the side of the Armed Forces of Ukraine. This is reported by the French radio station "Europe 1" with reference to the French Foreign Ministry. According to the radio station, the Frenchman served in the International Defense Legion of Ukraine. He was "mortally wounded by 'artillery fire'" in the Kharkiv region.

How Western brands in Russia will be replaced by firms from the Middle Kingdom: an interview with economist Maxim Kuznetsov Workers at the assembly enterprise in the city of Zhuhai. Photo: G.Tech Technology Factory Zhuhai With the outbreak of war, Western companies began to leave one after another. Together with them will leave clothes, equipment, household chemicals and various other products, to which in Russia they are used to in 30 years.

Marriott International suspends the operation of its hotels in Russia. This was reported in the press service of the company. “We have concluded that the new restrictions imposed by the US, UK and EU will make it impossible for Marriott or the franchise to continue operating in the Russian market. Therefore, we have taken the decision to suspend all Marriott International operations in Russia,” the company said in a statement.

Russian Internet giant Yandex announced on Friday that Arkady Volozh had resigned as CEO of the company and left its board of directors. Volozh will also step down from his board and executive positions with Yandex international subsidiaries after the EU included him on the latest list of sanctions against Russian companies and individuals. The businessman’s family trust owns 45.3% of Yandex N.V. voting shares. The trust also owns an economic interest of 8.6%.

Alyaksandar Lukashenka, the winner of the 2020 Belarusian presidential election according to the results of the country’s Central Election Commission, said that he would consider the extradition of Russian national Sofia Sapega, sentenced to six years in prison in Belarus for “inciting hatred,” Russian state news agency RIA Novosti reports . “I feel bad for the girl. We need to deal with this issue… She’s Russian. We have a practice: we can hand over a Russian national to Russia.

The EU has approved the sixth package of sanctions against Russia and Belarus, the Council of the European Union stated on its website. The new restrictions impose a stage-by-stage ban on the import of Russian oil into the EU. The phasing out of Russian oil will take from 6 months for crude oil to 8 months for other refined petroleum products, the Council of the EU informs.

The Meshchansky Court of Moscow sentenced ex-deputy head of the Ministry of Education and Science of the Russian Federation Marina Lukashevich to 6.5 years in a penal colony in a case of fraud for more than 50 million rubles. It is reported by TASS. The court also fined Lukashevich 800 thousand rubles. She was found guilty of major fraud (part 4 of article 159 of the Criminal Code) The state prosecution requested 7.5 years in prison for the accused.

A fire broke out at a business centre in western Moscow on Friday, RBC reports . The Russian Emergencies Ministry reports that the fire covered an area of about 1,000 square metres. Moscow Mayor Sergei Sobyanin said at around 12:30 Moscow time that the fire had been extinguished. He added that two people had requested medical aid following the fire, their lives are not in danger.

German President Frank-Walter Steinmeier met with Chairman of the Verkhovna Rada of Ukraine Ruslan Stefanchuk. It is reported by TASS with reference to the DPA. Steinmeier received Stefanchuk at his residence, Bellevue Palace. DPA notes that this is the first personal meeting of the President of Germany with a Ukrainian politician after the resolution of disagreements that arose between Kiev and Berlin due to Zelensky's refusal to accept the German leader in the Ukrainian capital.