The main events of March 21 The correspondent of the Spanish newspaper El Mundo and the author of Putinistan, Javier Kolas, sent from the Russian Federation. Photo: social networks The head of the Belgorod city of Grailooron called on the residents to evacuate due to the "tense situation." The court in Tatarstan sentenced the “Volga Maniac” to a life sentence. He was found guilty of the murder of 31 elderly women.

The Russian trawler Kapitan Lobanov, which sank on March 19, sank after it was hit by a Russian Navy missile during an exercise. About this "Rain" told relative of a crew member. According to him, three crew members were killed and four more were injured as a result of a missile hitting the ship. The missile was fired during exercises of the Russian Baltic Fleet, he said. “When the survivors were taken away, everyone knew perfectly well that three people had died.

Main Photo: Government of the Amur Region / Telegram On March 18, on the Pioneer mine in the Zeisk municipal district of the Amur Region, a collapse of rocks occurred. By information Baza, there were two collapses: first at 20:40 on the north-eastern exploration bias of the Bakhmut mine, repeated-ten hours later. Under the rubble at a depth of about 125 meters were 13 miners. There is no connection with them from Monday, from 20:40 local time (14:40 Moscow time).

NATO Secretary General visited Azerbaijan, Georgia and Armenia. Russia was agitated Joint press conference of NATO Secretary General Jens Stoltenberg and President of Azerbaijan Ilham Aliyev, March 17, 2024. Photo: NATO NATO Secretary General Jens Stoltenberg this week visited all three capitals of the countries of the South Caucasus: he had not visited Baku and Tbilisi for four years, and he came to Yerevan at all for the first time.

Julia Latynina - about how a fairy tale about "genetic imperials" turned against Ukraine Illustration: "New Gazeta Europe" From the editorial office "New Europe" may not share the assessments given by the author. We publish this text, since we believe that it has a topic that has been tabooed in the third year of fair liberation war, which Ukraine wages against the invaders - the army of the Russian Federation.

Xavier Colás / X Spanish journalist Xavier Colás was forced to leave Russia on Wednesday after 12 years of reporting from Moscow for Spanish daily newspaper El Mundo. Colás received a call on Tuesday evening from an unnamed Russian official who informed him his visa had not been renewed, ordering him to leave Russia within 24 hours to avoid “problems”, El Mundo reported on Thursday.

Correctional colony No. 16 in the village of Gromadsk and IK-7 in the village of Areiskoye, Krasnoyarsk Territory, will close due to a lack of prisoners. Commissioner for Human Rights in the region Mark Denisov stated this at a session of the regional legislative assembly, his words transmits "Peace Avenue". According to him, the shortage of prisoners is due to the fact that they were sent to fight in Ukraine.

Javier Colas, a correspondent for the Spanish newspaper El Mundo, did not have his Russian visa extended. reported edition of the publication. On the evening of March 19, an unnamed Russian official contacted the journalist and told him that he must leave the country within 24 hours, El Mundo reported. According to the editors, otherwise Kolas would have had problems. The next day after this, the correspondent left Russia.

Over the past year, Rosneft, Lukoil, Transneft and other fuel and energy companies have held almost 300 tenders for the purchase of anti-drone equipment, discovered "Important Stories" The amount of purchases is at least 1 billion rubles, journalists said. The publication emphasized that the real figure may be higher, because some of the trading is carried out on closed platforms.

The Supreme Court of Tatarstan sentenced Kazan resident Radik Tagirov to life imprisonment on charges of murdering 31 elderly women. About it reports press service of the court. The court proved that from 2011 to 2012 Tagirov committed 31 murders, 3 attempted murders, and 33 robberies against elderly women in Kazan, Nizhnekamsk, Volzhsk, Izhevsk, Nizhny Novgorod, Cheboksary, Ufa, Perm, Samara, Saratov and Yekaterinburg .

The 2024 presidential election in Russia saw unprecedented levels of voter fraud A woman casts her ballot during presidential elections in Moscow, 16 March 2024. Photo: EPA-EFE / MAXIM SHIPENKOV Incumbent Russian President Vladimir Putin secured another six-year term in office last weekend with a whopping 87.28% of the vote, his best result ever.

Russia is increasingly using "smart" air bombs in the war with Ukraine. What are they capable of and how can they affect the course of hostilities? Russian Su-34 bomber before departure for shock in the Avdeevsky direction of Ukraine.

The Arbitration Court of the Primorsky Territory satisfied the claim of the Prosecutor General’s Office against the businessman Oleg Kan, known as the Far Eastern “Crab King”, and several more defendants for 358.7 billion rubles, reported TASS agency. As follows from the court decision, the money will be collected in favor of the Russian budget due to damage, which the defendants caused aquatic biological resources.

People cast their ballots during the presidential election in Moscow, 17 March 2024. Photo: EPA-EFE/MAXIM SHIPENKOV People cast their ballots during the presidential election in Moscow, 17 March 2024.

India's largest energy company Reliance will refuse to supply oil from Russia via Sovcomflot tankers due to the threat of falling under secondary US sanctions. reports Reuters cited two sources familiar with the situation. The agency's interlocutors note that the Indian Reliance is a major buyer of Russian Urals oil.