At least three people were injured in a shooting on Dizengoff Street in central Tel Aviv. It is reported by The Jerusalem Post. All the wounded are receiving medical care. One of the victims was shot in the neck and is in critical condition. The Israeli authorities call the incident a terrorist attack. According to preliminary data, two shooters participated in the attack. According to local police, one of the shooters was "neutralized", the search for the second continues.

The military tribunal of Rome found guilty and sentenced to 30 years in prison an Italian soldier, naval officer Walter Biot, accused of spying for passing secret information and documents to an employee of the Russian Embassy in Italy in exchange for a monetary reward, ANSA . reported The military prosecutor's office in Rome requested a life sentence for Biot.

Russian billionaires Mikhail Fridman and Pyotr Aven have agreed to sell their stakes in Alfa-Bank for $2.3 billion, the Financial Times reports , citing four people who are directly familiar with the agreement and deal documents. Presumably, such a decision could have been taken in the hope of being freed from Western sanctions. “They want to do everything possible to get rid of their Russian assets so that the sanctions are lifted,” one source familiar with the deal told the publication.

In the Belgorod region, the construction of the “seal feature” on the border with Ukraine was completed. This was announced during the "Direct Line" by the governor of the region Vyacheslav Gladkov. “We completed it. Completed for a long time. I hope that the enemy sees the volume and with what quality it is built, ”said Gladkov. According to the governor, 10 billion rubles were spent on the construction of the defensive structure, which did not come from the budget of the region.

All protesters against the “foreign agents” bill who were detained for committing administrative offences have been released in Georgia, the country’s Ministry of Internal affairs reports . The investigation into criminal cases connected to “the violent events” that took place on 7-8 March during the protest rallies is still ongoing, the ministry adds.

Eighty-two people included on the “foreign agents” list compiled by Russia’s Justice Ministry have appealed to Georgia’s Parliament asking its members not to approve a similar law in the country, human rights defender Pavel Chikov reports .

All protesters detained for administrative violations against the law on "foreign agents" in Georgia have been released, they reported to the country's Ministry of Internal Affairs. The investigation of criminal cases related to the violence on March 7 and 8 continues, the department added.

Alyaksandar Lukashenka has signed the law “On Changing Criminal Liability Codes” which introduces capital punishment for officials and servicemen who commit high treason in Belarus, Telegram channel Pul 1, affiliated with Lukashenka, reports . “The main purpose of the document is strengthening the counteractions in response to crimes of extremist (terrorist) and anti-state nature,” the message reads.

82 members of the Russian register of “foreign agents” have applied to the Georgian parliament with a request to refuse to adopt a similar law, reports on his Telegram channel.

Hungarian Prime Minister Viktor Orban said his country would have to reconsider relations with Russia due to "changes in geopolitical realities" after the start of the war in Ukraine. His words are reported by Bloomberg. Orban believes that it is in Hungary's interests to maintain ties with Moscow, but relations between Russia and Europe may not be restored for a long time after the end of the war.

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Russia has imposed sanctions against 144 citizens of Latvia, Lithuania and Estonia, said . the Russian Foreign Ministry The list, according to the ministry, included the "most hostile" to Russia ministers, parliamentarians, public figures and journalists. This step was adopted as a "response to the active lobbying" by the Baltic countries of "sanctions and other measures against Russia, interference in our internal affairs, inciting Russophobic sentiments," the report says.

The investigation has announced charges against Artem Kamardin, Russian activist and poet, human rights defender Pavel Chikov says . The poet is accused of group incitement to hatred towards “participants of hostilities in LPR and DPR” [the self-proclaimed Luhansk and Donetsk “people’s republics”] and calls for actions directed against the state’s security.

Alyaksandr Lukashenka signed the law “On Amending the Codes on Criminal Liability”, which introduces the death penalty for officials and military personnel for high treason in Belarus. This was reported in the telegram channel “Pul Pervogo” associated with Lukashenka. “The main goal of the document is to strengthen counteraction to crimes of extremist (terrorist) and anti-state orientation,” the message says.

A money-laundering scheme and a luxury hotel in Montenegro may be tied to the mysterious death of a top Gazprom manager. An investigation by Novaya-Europe and Transparency Illustration by Novaya Gazeta Europe Numerous top managers of Russian oil and gas companies died one after another over the course of 2022 under suspicious circumstances.