Latvia will transfer to Ukraine all Stinger anti-aircraft missile systems remaining at the disposal of the army of the republic. This was stated by the Minister of Defense of Latvia Inara Murniece, reports her words. Delfi “Latvia responded to Ukraine's request for the supply of air defense systems and decided to transfer to Ukraine all the Stinger air defense systems at our disposal. We will do our best to deliver them as soon as possible,” she said.

Russia’s Ministry of Justice had made its weekly additions to the list of “foreign agents”, the new entries including Christo Grozev of Bellingcat, a human rights group Net Prizyvu, and AdvStreet, a media project focusing on the lawyers’ environment. The updates were posted on the agency’s website. In addition, the list includes feminist activist and journalist Natalya Sevets-Yermolina, as well as politician and former candidate for the State Duma Elvira Vikhareva.

The head of Bellingcat Hristo Grozev, the human rights organization School of the Conscript, and the journalistic project Lawyer Street were included in the register of “foreign agents”. This was reported on the website of the department. In addition, the list includes feminist activist and journalist Natalya Sevets-Yermolina, politician and former candidate for the State Duma Elvira Vikhareva.

Albania has waived its visa-free mode of entry for Russian nationals, the country’s embassy in Russia said in a statement . This way, Russians visiting Albania will have to apply for a visa of the type that matches their intentions in the country. Citizens of Russia were previously allowed to enter Albania without a visa between 1 May and 30 September each year. The EU countries agreed to suspend the 2007 visa facilitation deal with Russia last August.

The level of subsidization of the “DPR”, “LPR”, Zaporozhye and Kherson regions occupied by Russia in 2023 will be 89%. This was reported by RBC, which analyzed the data in the Electronic Budget system. According to the authorities, 410.7 billion rubles will be allocated for subsidies to these “regions” in 2023, with their total consolidated budget of 461.3 billion rubles.

The Lomonosov Court of the Leningrad Region refused to satisfy the investigator's request to extend the detention of businessman Dmitry Skurikhin. This is reported by "Network Freedom". Skurikhin has been in a pre-trial detention center since February 26 on the case of repeated “discrediting” of the army. Now the court has changed his measure of restraint to house arrest.

The Investigative Department of the Investigative Committee of the South-Western Administrative District of Moscow opened a criminal case against the editor of DOXA magazine Maria Menshikova under an article on public justification of terrorism (part 2 of article 205.2 of the Criminal Code of the Russian Federation). This publication "Kommersant" was reported in the department. Maria Menshikova. Photo: social networks According to this article, Menshikova threatens up to seven years in prison.

How refugees are (not) treated in Russia There is a popular stereotype among Russians that refugees bring exotic diseases. In fact, migrants in Russia suffer from the most common diseases: colds, flu and poisoning. But even with such ordinary ailments, it is often not necessary to count on help. If a refugee has a more serious illness, such as cancer, it becomes even more difficult to get help. And tuberculosis and HIV may even become grounds for deportation.

The Lefortovo court in Moscow has issued an arrest warrant for Kyrylo Budanov, the chief at Ukraine’s Main Directorate of Intelligence, Novaya-Europe found out as it spoke to the court’s press relations department. “The individual will be put under custody for two months as soon as he is extradited to Russia, that is, from the moment he crosses the Russian border or is detained on the Russian territory,” the court says.

The Lefortovo court in Moscow has issued an arrest warrant for Christo Grozev, the leader of investigative media outlet Bellingcat, for illegally crossing the Russian border, the court’s website says . Grozev is facing up to two years in prison. Russia declared him wanted last December for “spreading fake news about the Russian army”, according to OVD-Info. In February, Grozev was forced to leave Austria , his home of nearly 20 years, due to security threats.

In the mansion of Arkady Volozha, anarchists have been living for more than six months. The co -founder of Yandex is trying to sue them, but if the squatters win the process, this will give a new impetus to seize the property of Russian oligarchs in Europe Photo: Fedor Agapov, especially for Novaya Gazeta Europe In the fall of 2022, a group of Squotter captured a five -story mansion in the center of Amsterdam, owned by the co -founder of Yandex, Arkady Volozh.

A high-tech Russian bomb may have caused the explosion in Belgorod, a city near the border with Ukraine A damaged flat in the aftermath of the explosion in Belgorod, 20 April 2023. Photo: Telegram Yesterday, 20 April, at around 10 PM local time, a powerful explosion rocked the Russian city of Belgorod, leading to a 20-metre-wide crater being formed. ‘Undue going off of munition’ The blast wave threw one of the cars parked nearby to the roof of a neighbouring shop.

A court in Yefremov, Russia’s Tula region, has dismissed the lawsuit that could have potentially restricted parental rights for parents of Masha Moskalyova, a local girl who drew an anti-war doodle in school last year, Vladimir Bilienko, the lawyer of Alexey Moskalyov, has told Novaya-Europe. The local commission for juvenile affairs withdrew its claim to restrict parental rights a short while ago.

Street dogs have mauled a child to death in Russia’s Orenburg. The authorities are now seeking to greenlight homeless animal murders Photo: EPA-EFE / MAXIM SHIPENKOV Following a string of attacks by stray dogs on kids across Russia, the authorities and public figures have revived the possibility of culling them. The bill is advanced by former Yakutsk Mayor Sardana Avksentyeva and residents of the affected cities. Animal rights activists vehemently oppose the amendments.

The Prosecutor General did not conduct a procedural audit on the fact of torture of anti -war activists in the Bratevo police department. This was announced by the deputy of the Moscow City Duma Evgeny Stupin, who sent numerous appeals to the Investigative Committee and the Prosecutor General's Office regarding the incident.