The main events of April 5 The Ministry of Justice recognized the “foreign agents” of the RSD, writer Mikhail Weller and entrepreneur Anastasia Tatulova. The defendants of the case of the telegram channel "What to do!" They sentenced to terms of five to eight years. The Belarusian opposition leader Maria Kolesnikov is contained for almost a year in a single cell, writes the Belarusian Radio Liberty service. A dam broke through in Orsk.

The Ministry of Justice added the Russian Socialist Movement (RSM) and the writer Mikhail Weller to the register of “foreign agents”. This is reported on the department's website. As the Ministry of Justice said in a statement, Weller opposed the war in Ukraine, and also “called for actions, the results of which could lead to a violation of the territorial integrity” of Russia.

A dam broke in Orsk, Orenburg region, local media write. About four thousand private residential buildings may fall into the flood zone, TASS writes , citing operational services. Residents are urgently evacuated. According to Baza, the reason for the water breakthrough was that the dam did not have time to fill up. The breakthrough was recorded at 22:18 local time. Earlier, a state of emergency was introduced in the Orenburg region due to flooding.

Andrei Chibis was wounded with a knife in the stomach. A local resident explained the attempt by “voices in the head” and “disagreement” with the decision of the official Meeting Andrei Chibis with residents of the city of Apatita, April 4, 2024. Photo: Administration of the city of Apatity / Telegram The governor of the Murmansk region Andrei Chibis was attacked with a knife, after which he was in the hospital.

A court in the Stavropol Territory sentenced Artem Samedov, a fighter from the Wagner PMC, to six years of strict regime for the attempted murder of a girl who did not get to know him, Vestka reports . As stated in the court ruling, on the night of February 21, 2023, while intoxicated, he tried to meet an 18-year-old girl. She refused, and then Samedov stabbed her with a knife at least five times on her body, neck and face. The soldier was frightened by passers-by and ran away.

Evidence presented by the Russian Investigative Committee. Screenshot from a video Evidence presented by the Russian Investigative Committee. Screenshot from a video Russian investigators announced Friday that they had obtained evidence pointing to Ukraine’s involvement in the deadly terror attack at a concert hall near Moscow last month.

Why experts consider a new large-scale offensive on Kharkiv impossible A local market damaged by shelling in Kharkiv, April 2022. Photo: Sergey Kozlov / EPA-EFE Reports of an upcoming major Russian offensive on Ukraine’s second city Kharkiv fail to take into account how capable of launching a large-scale assault Russia may be in the foreseeable future.

An earthquake of magnitude 4.8 occurred in the New York area at 10:23 a.m. local time, the US Geological Survey reports . According to the service, the epicenter of the earthquake was the area of ​​Lebanon, New Jersey. The tremors were felt throughout New York and in cities from Philadelphia to Boston. Local authorities have not yet reported on the consequences.

Alexey Malyarevsky picketing outside the Kremlin. Photo: SOTAvision Alexey Malyarevsky picketing outside the Kremlin. Photo: SOTAvision A Russian programmer was sentenced to seven years in prison on Thursday for donating to Alexey Navalny’s Anti-Corruption Fund (FBK). Alexey Malyarevsky was found guilty of “participation in an extremist community” and “financing extremism”, Mediazona reported .

Maria Kalesnikava, one of the jailed leaders of the 2020 anti-government protests in Belarus, has been held in solitary confinement for almost a year during which time she has been denied any contact with her family, the Belarusian service of Radio Liberty reported on Thursday. Kalesnikava’s relatives received their last letter from her on 15 February 2023. Around this time, Kalesnikava was placed in a solitary confinement cell called a PKT, Radio Liberty wrote.

A bill on “foreign agents” was again submitted to the Georgian parliament. The authorities already refused him a year ago - after mass protests People hold a poster during the protest against the so -called "Law on Foreign Agents", Tbilisi, Georgia, on March 6, 2023. Photo: Zurab Kurzikidze / EPA-EFE The Georgian opposition and the civil sector announce new protests against the “Russian Law”. The European Union and the United States were sharply condemned by the initiative.

The President of the Russian Olympic Committee, Stanislav Pozdnyakov, commented on his Telegram channel on the plans of Russian tennis players to perform at the Summer Olympic Games in Paris in a neutral status.

The author of Novy-Europe-a long-term donor-tells how everything works Photo: Alexander Kazakov / Kommersant / Sipa USA / Vida Press After the terrorist attack in Crocus, the Russians wanted to help the victims and lined up in kilometer queues for blood donation.

Veterinarian Dmitry Karavaichik, sentenced to 17 years on charges of creating a criminal group and selling amphetamine, and also fought as part of the Wagner PMC, began recruiting prisoners to fight in the war in Ukraine. This was reported by Radio Liberty with reference to one of the prisoners, to whom Karavaichik came to a colony in the North-Western Federal District. As the publication writes, all prisoners were required to come for recruitment, except those who were at work.

The Butyrsky District Court sentenced 11 defendants in the case of the telegram channel “What to do!” to terms of five to eight years in prison. on charges of “inciting mass riots.” SOTA writes about this. All defendants were found guilty under articles of “inciting mass riots” (Part 1.1, Article 212 of the Criminal Code) and inciting hatred by an organized group (clause “c” of Part 2, Article 282 of the Criminal Code).