Young people go to rallies because of the MAX messenger and calls to Telegram and WhatsApp. Organizers-communist micro-organization A rally for freedom of speech and the Internet in Novosibirsk, September 7, 2025. Photo: Telegram / Siberian express In Voronezh, Omsk, Novosibirsk and Petropavlovsk-Kamchatsky, rallies were held against call restrictions in Telegram and WhatsApp and coercion to use Max.

There was a thousands of procession in Moscow. It was observed by the correspondents of Kommersant and MSK1.ru. The participants gathered at the Cathedral of Christ the Savior at about 12:00 Moscow time and passed a march of about six kilometers to the Novodevichy Monastery. The procession was headed by Patriarch Kirill. The event was preceded by a solemn liturgy. The Moscow Patriarchate expected that 20 thousand people would join the procession.

Aisoltan Niyazov, a detained Pussy Riot Pussy Riot, refused to remove the Interpol from the base, as she was serving a criminal sentence in Russia, not Turkmenistan, and only one episode. This is stated in the response of the Interpol commission to a request to remove Niyazova from the base from 2023, another member of the group Lucy Shtein told Novaya Gazeta Europe.

50 years ago, the veteran Nikolai Nikulin wrote “Memories of the War” - one of the worst books about the Great Patriotic War, the crimes of the command and the price of victory In 1975, the famous art critic from the Hermitage Nikolai Nikulin wrote memoirs, trying to get rid of the painful memories of the Great Patriotic War, which he fell into 18 years old. He turned out to be a tough, emotional book, far from kvass patriotism and critical to power. Nikulin was not going to publish her.

In Novosibirsk, Omsk and Petropavlovsk-Kamchatsky, rallies agreed with the local authorities for freedom of speech and the Internet are held. Earlier, left -wing activists from the RCP (I) announced them. The first rally took place in Petropavlovsk-Kamchatsky, the action took place in the rain, writes the telegram channel “Kamchatka Life”. Despite this, several dozen people came to the event.

Surzhyk, a blend of Ukrainian and Russian once stigmatised as a marker of backwardness, is enjoying an unexpected comeback The remains of bus station sign in the Sumy region town of Trostyanets following its recapture by the Armed Forces of Ukraine, 29 March 2022. Photo: EPA/ROMAN PILIPEY The word surzhyk originally referred to a mix of grains — rye, wheat, barley and oats — or to flour made from such a blend that was considered of lower quality.

Review of the premiere of the play "My Favorite Country" based on Elena Kostyuchenko's book Photo: Thomas Mueller / Kunstfest Weimar “How did I become a journalist? When I was 14 years old, I accidentally bought a “new newspaper”. I realized that I know nothing about my country. That I was deceived. I went with this awareness for several weeks. I was angry at the "new newspaper." She took the common truth from me, but I did not have mine. Then I decided to work in Novaya Gazeta.

Smoke pours from the Cabinet of Ministers building in the Ukrainian captial Kyiv, 7 September 2025. Photo: Telegram / Zelensky At least five people have been killed and dozens more injured in overnight Russian airstrikes on multiple Ukrainian cities, including Kyiv, where a key government building has caught fire, the State Emergency Service of Ukraine said on Sunday morning.

How and why foreigners came to the Stalinist Soviet Union Illustration: Rina LU / "New Gazeta Europe" Today it is difficult to believe that the peak of admiration for the Soviet Union by Western intellectuals fell on the most gloomy years of its history - the time of collectivization, hunger and terror.

Two people died, suffered at least 25 At least two people were killed and 18 were injured as a result of a Russian attack on Kiev, the State Emergency Situations (State Emergency Situations) reported in the civil service of Ukraine. In particular, a nine -story residential building in the Svyatoshinsky district and a four -story building in the Darnitsky district fell under blow.