New Europe-about the most high-profile cases of recent years On the evening of June 3, entrepreneur Arreg Schipikhin was stolen from the Yaroslavl station in Moscow with the Chechen security officials. There was nothing more than 10 hours about his whereabouts. Both independent and federal media wrote about the abduction. On the afternoon of June 4, Schepikhina was released.

Nikita Ivankovich and Denis Popovich. Photo: screenshot of FSB video Lawyers for former church ministers Denis Popovich and Nikita Ivankovich, accused of preparing an assassination attempt on Metropolitan Tikhon Shevkunov, who is called “Putin’s confessor,” said that torture was used against their clients. Mediazona reports this. Today the Moscow City Court considered the defense's appeal to extend the preventive measure in this case.

Photo: Security Service of Ukraine The coordinated drone strikes organised by the Security Service of Ukraine (SBU) against Russian airfields on Sunday damaged 40 Russian aircraft, at least 10 to 13 of which were completely destroyed, independent news outlet Meduza reported on Wednesday, citing a senior NATO official.

How the personal complexes of Georgia's shadow ruler affect relations between Tbilisi and Washington Bidzina Ivanishvili speaks to journalists after voting in the elections in Tbilisi, October 26, 2024. Photo: Maria Giulia Molinaro Vitale / SOPA Images / Sipa USA / Vida Press Another drama in relations between Georgia and the United States - this time in letters. Tbilisi and Washington have recently actively exchanged open and confidential messages.

The Main Directorate of Intelligence at the Ministry of Defense of Ukraine (GUR) hacked the resources of the Russian design bureau "Tupolev". This was reported with reference to sources by Ukrainian Pravda and RBC-Ukraine . According to the interlocutors of publications, thanks to hacking special services, it gained access to 4.4 gigabytes of internal data, including official correspondence, personal information and addresses of employees, resume, procurement and protocols of closed meetings.

As a result of the operation of the Security Service of Ukraine (SBU), the “web” was destroyed from ten to 13 Russian aircraft, another 40 were damaged. Such intelligence data was brought by a senior representative of NATO, Medusa conveyed .

Moscow may not be willing to trade Assad’s head for its Syrian bases, but might it sacrifice a former ambassador? A portrait of former Syrian dictator Bashar al-Assad on the ground at the Mezzeh Air Base on the outskirts of Damascus, Syria, 16 December 2024. Photo: EPA-EFE/ANTONIO PEDRO SANTOS Syria remains firmly on the Kremlin’s radar.

Instructions "New-Europe" Reader on the subway. Photo: Novaya Gazeta Europe The authorities are increasingly putting pressure on Russian publishing houses under the article on “LGBT propaganda” and confiscating “forbidden” literature. The publishing company Eksmo and its member publishing houses Popcorn Books and individuum came under repression.

Photo: Baza / Telegram Entrepreneur Areg Shchepikhin, who was kidnapped at the Yaroslavsky railway station in Moscow, was freed and commented on what happened to him. The video with the man was published by Baza. Shchepikhin said that the attack on him occurred on June 3 between 20:00 and 21:00 at the Yaroslavl station.

A portrait of Alexey Navalny is left outside the Russian Embassy in Bucharest, Romania, to mark the first anniversary of his death, 16 February 2025. Photo: EPA-EFE / ROBERT GHEMENT Family, friends and associates paid tribute to slain Russian opposition politician Alexey Navalny on Wednesday, on what would have been his 49th birthday.

Andrey Veryanov. Photo: BBC News Russian A widely respected Russian archaeologist charged with treason and participation in the activities of a terrorist organisation was sentenced to 24 years in prison after a trial that was held behind closed doors at the end of May, the BBC News Russian reported on Wednesday.

Any mention of him in Russia is prohibited. “New Europe” reminds how Russians are persecuted for their memory of politics Photo: Anton Vaganov / Reuters / Scanpix / LETA June 4 is the birthday of Alexei Navalny. Today he would have turned 49 years old. The politician was killed on February 16, 2024 in the Polar Wolf colony in the village of Kharp in the Yamalo-Nenets Autonomous Okrug.

Female volunteers meet with Primorsky regional governor Oleg Kozhemyako. Photo: Oleg Kozhemyako / Telegram In a first for the country, authorities in Russia’s Far Eastern Primorsky region have announced the creation of an all-female military unit, which will serve as part of the Tiger volunteer brigade actively fighting in Ukraine.

Areg Shchepikhin’s abduction in central Moscow on 3 June 2025. Photo: Varlamov News / Telegram A Russian man who was abducted by plain clothes operatives working for the Chechen government from Moscow’s Yaroslavsky station on Tuesday evening, has been released by his captors, Telegram channel NEXTA Live reported on Wednesday.

Andrey Veryanov. Photo: BBC Russian Service The 2nd District Military Court in Moscow sentenced geophysicist and archaeologist Andrei Veryanov to 24 years in prison on charges of treason (Article 275 of the Criminal Code) and participation in the activities of a terrorist organization (Part 2 of Article 205.5 of the Criminal Code). This was reported by the BBC Russian Service. The verdict was handed down on May 23, the publication noted.