But this is only temporary: trade wars, sanctions and budget problems have not disappeared anywhere Donald Trump before signing several executive orders to increase US coal production in the East Room of the White House in Washington, DC, USA, April 8, 2025. Photo: Jim Lo Scalzo/EPA-EFE A US trade court has paused some of the tariffs that Donald Trump imposed against the whole world.

The story of Alexey Rozhkov, sentenced to 16 years in prison for €14 worth of damage to a military recruitment office Alexey Rozhkov in court. Photo: Mediazona On 11 March 2022, at around 5am, Alexey Rozhkov left his house in the city of Beryozovsky in the Urals. He took three bottles of beer that he had made into Molotov cocktails, and went to the local military recruitment office. Rozhkov threw all three bottles at the military enlistment office and then painted a peace symbol on the wall.

Photo: EPA-EFE/SERGEI ILNITSKY A court in the Russian city of Yekaterinburg, in the Urals, is hearing a case against a 54-year-old man from the Ukrainian city of Mariupol accused of treason and attempted terrorism, independent media outlet Mediazona reported on Thursday.

Maria Bontsler. Photo: social media Maria Bontsler, a Russian defence lawyer who was detained in Kaliningrad on Wednesday, faces up to eight years in prison on charges of “cooperating with a foreign state on a confidential basis”, according to the regional Investigative Committee. The investigation claims that Bontsler handed over “information about the region’s security forces” to the intelligence services “of an unfriendly state” at some point in 2024, offering no further details.

He was forced to accept Russian citizenship; after a search, the man’s Ukrainian passport disappeared The Central District Military Court in Yekaterinburg is considering the case against 54-year-old native of Mariupol Andrei Lazarenko, accused of treason (Part 3 of Article 30, Article 275 of the Criminal Code) and attempted terrorism (Part 3 of Article 30, Part 1 of Article 205 of the Criminal Code). Mediazona reports this.

The story of Igor Alinevich, an anarchist sentenced in Belarus to 20 years. His book “Going to Magadan” was still being sold in Russia - but suddenly they realized Cover of the book “Going to Magadan”. Photo: Vkontakte / rtpbooks When in Belarus they learned that the court had fined the Moscow bookstore “Phalanster” and its founder Boris Kupriyanov for the book “On My Way to Magadan,” the reaction was obvious: “Has Olinevich’s book really been quietly sold in Russia all these years?!

How blogger Ksenia Dukalis went from a fighter for sex education to a relay of Kremlin narratives Illustration: “New newspaper Europe” “The next news about Zelensky seems to be from a textbook on the behavior of toddlers. If you want peace, then you don’t twist your fingers like a fan and don’t set another meaningless ultimatum and threaten to refuse altogether,” this is how Ksenia Dukalis commented on the news about Zelensky’s proposal for a meeting with Putin.

Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov attends a press conference in Moscow, Russia, 18 April 2025. Photo: EPA-EFE/TATYANA MAKEYEVA / POOL Russia has proposed a second round of negotiations with Ukraine to be held in Istanbul on Monday 2 June, Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov announced on Wednesday.

Zaur Gurtsiev. Photo: Crimean Wind, Telegram A Russian commander who participated in the siege of Mariupol was killed in an explosion in the southern Russian city of Stavropol in the early hours of Thursday, local authorities have reported.

The Primorsky District Court of St. Petersburg recognized the Noize MC track “Swan Lake Cooperative” as prohibited information in the Russian Federation. This was reported by the head of the joint press service of the city courts, Daria Lebedeva.

The second season of The Last of Us has ended: it seems that the Internet battles around it turned out to be more interesting than the battles between heroes and zombies Bella Ramsay and Pedro Pascal. Photo: Liane Hentscher/HBO/Warner Bros. Discovery, Inc.

Entrepreneur Elon Musk is leaving his position as a special government official in the administration of US President Donald Trump. He announced this in X. “As I conclude my tenure as a special government official, I would like to thank President Donald Trump for providing me with the opportunity to cut wasteful spending. DOGE's mission will only grow stronger over time as it becomes a way of life for the entire government," Musk wrote.

The first deputy head of the administration of Stavropol, Zaur Gurtsiev, died as a result of an explosion on Chekhov Street. The governor of the region, Vladimir Vladimirov, announced this in his Telegram channel. According to him, security forces and special services are working at the scene. The investigation is considering all versions of what happened, including a terrorist attack. The explosion in Stavropol occurred on the night of May 29.

The Ministry of Health has approved progressive recommendations for the treatment of ASD. But doctors still regularly mistake autism for developmental delays or even schizophrenia. Illustration: “New newspaper Europe” In 2024, parents of children with autism spectrum disorder (ASD) sounded the alarm: the Russian Society of Psychiatrists proposed an updated version of recommendations for the treatment of neurological disorders.