The Russians who ask for asylum in Europe are faced with the same problems as citizens of other countries. It is impossible to help Russians only Proceedings of asylum in the territory of the registration center in Ter-Apel, the Netherlands, December 20, 2023. Photo: Vincent Jannink / EPA In early June, in Brussels, anti -war activists and politicians from Russia discussed with colleagues from the European Parliament the situation of Russian refugees.

Alexey Gorinov holds up a sign reading “Stop killing. End the war” at a court hearing in Vladimir, Russia on 27 November 2024. Photo: SOTAvision Russia’s Constitutional Court has upheld the legality of wartime censorship laws, ruling that a controversial statute on spreading false information about the military is constitutional, even as it continues to be used to jail critics of the war in Ukraine, human rights group Memorial reported on Tuesday.

Two years after Ukraine’s Kakhovka hydroelectric power dam collapsed, local residents are still grappling with the aftermath Illustration: Alisa Krasnikova Early in the morning on 6 June 2023, the Kakhovka dam collapsed, destroying thousands of homes in the Kherson region. The death toll is still unknown. Novaya Gazeta Europe checked in with local residents who have spoken to us in the past about how the flood and the constant shelling continue to shape daily life.

Svetlana Burceva. Photo: social media A court in Estonia has sentenced a journalist to six years in prison for treason and violating international sanctions for contributing to Russian state media, public broadcaster ERR reported on Wednesday. According to the court, Svetlana Burceva worked for several years for Russian state-owned media group Rossiya Segodnya, headed by Dmitry Kiselyov, who is under EU sanctions, and thus “provided a subject of sanctions with access to economic resources”.

The film "Legends of Eternal Snow Snow" received the main prize at the cinema festival in the language of indigenous peoples in Toronto. Vladimir Kocharyan talks about the picture Frame from the film "Legends of Eternal Snow Snow." Photo: Imaginenative Film On June 8, the film of the Yakut director Alexei Romanov “Legends of Eternal Snegles” was awarded awards for the best work in the language of indigenous peoples at the Imaginenative festival in Toronto.

Photo: Ukraine’s Coordination Headquarters for the Treatment of Prisoners of War Moscow has transferred the remains of 1,212 Ukrainian servicemen to Kyiv’s possession, in the first of a series of transfers expected to take place according to an agreement from the two sides’ face-to-face negotiations in Istanbul last week.

The Pskov City Court sent under house arrest the deputy chairman of the Yabloko party Lev Schlosberg in the case of the “discredit” of the army, the correspondent of Novo-Europe reports. The court hearing was held closed. The charge also requested a house arrest for a politician. He will stay under house arrest until August 8. Photo: "New Gazeta Europe" The day before, it became known that a criminal case on the “discredit” of the army was opened against Leo Schlosberg.

The Wattpad logo on the App Store. Russia’s media watchdog Roskomnadzor is considering banning popular storytelling platform Wattpad in an ongoing crackdown on what the Russian government deems “LGBT propaganda”, its press service told state news agency TASS on Wednesday.

The Südalinna Theatre in Tallinn, Estonia. Photo: Diego Delso, CC BY-SA 3.0 The celebrated Russian Theatre in the Estonian capital Tallinn has officially been renamed the Südalinna Theatre in the most symbolic identity shift in the playhouse’s 75-year history, Estonian public broadcaster ERR reported on Tuesday.

How Donald Trump and Elon Musk swear in social networks and what consequences for them and the rest of the world this quarrel can lead Donald Trump and Elon Musk. Photo: Nicholas Kamm / AFP / Scanpix / Leta; Kevin Lamarque / AFP / Scanpix / Leta Last week, Donald Trump and Ilon Musk exchanged wrappers and accusations of social networks.

The Kharya County of Estonia sentenced the country to the citizen of the country Svetlana Burtsev to six years in prison in the case of state treason and violation of international sanctions. It is reported by ERR. Previously, such a period was requested by the prosecutor for her. The sentence is counted from the moment of detention in February 2024, the publication notes.

Roskomnadzor considers the issue of blocking in Russia online platforms for Wattpad writers and readers, the department’s press service told TASS. The RKN argues that the Wattpad website publishes materials that allegedly violate Russian legislation. In particular, some texts contain "propaganda of non -traditional sexual relations." In total, WattPad did not delete 130 pages with “illegal content” at the request of the RKN, the department said.

On the morning of June 11, problems using mobile Internet began in the Irkutsk region, Siberian Express reports with reference to local residents. In particular, we are talking about restrictions in the Usolsky district. Also, according to the Downdetector service, users complain about turning off the Internet in Irkutsk. In addition, difficulties with communication are observed in the Omsk region in a row. Users report interruptions with both mobile Internet and telephone communications.

Photo: zoon.ru The Falanster bookstore in Moscow has had charges laid against it for promoting “LGBT propaganda”, independent news outletMediazona reported on Wednesday. Founded in 2002, Falanster is known as one of the few independent bookstores in the city, catering to academics and specialising in philosophy, history, sociology and other humanities.

In the center of Moscow, the ultra -conservative forum of “Constantinople” was held. Sergey Lavrov, Alexander Dugin, Father Ilona Mask and the Malofeev family discussed the future of Russia and the “plan of God” Konstantin Malofeev at the "Forum of the Future-2050". Photo: forum press service The ninth and tenth of June in the Moscow innovative cluster Lomonosov was held by the “Forum of the Future - 2050”, organized by the Tsargrad Institute of the “Orthodox oligarch” Konstantin Malofeev.