Maria Moskalyova and her father, Alexey Moskalyov. Photo: OVD-Info The Russian authorities have been attempting to locate Maria Moskalyova, a schoolgirl whose anti-war artwork indirectly led to her father, Alexey Moskalyov, being imprisoned in 2023, Moskalyov told independent Russian radio station Ekho FM on Wednesday.

Nikita Mikhalkov speaks during a news conference in Moscow, Russia, 29 April 2021. EPA/MAXIM SHIPENKOV Alexey Navalny’s Anti-Corruption Foundation (FBK) revealed on Wednesday that Oscar-winning Russian film director and vocal Putin supporter Nikita Mikhalkov has a secret second family, as well as a large property portfolio in Spain that he has put in the name of his relatives to avoid sanctions.

Anti-corruption expert explains how this threatens the economy and ordinary Russians Russian Embassy in Berlin, Germany, November 23, 2023. Photo: Jens Kalaene / dpa / Scanpix / LETA The European Union will add Russia to the blacklist of countries that are associated with high risks of money laundering and terrorist financing, report Politico, Le Monde and independent anti-corruption expert Ilya Shumanov. The list already includes, among others, North Korea, Iran and Afghanistan.

The formal reason is propaganda of “extremist materials and LGBT” Roskomnadzor confirmed the blocking of Roblox. The formal reason is the propaganda of “extremist materials and LGBT people.” RBC writes about this.

How Ukrainians have used memes to counter Russia’s propaganda machine A portrayal of the now-iconic exchange between one Ukrainian soldier and a Russian battleship on Snake Island. Image: Boris Groh As Russian tanks rolled towards Kyiv in February 2022, a quick Russian victory seemed assured. But as Ukrainian soldiers fought off Russian invaders, Ukrainian netizens launched waves of memes to provide hope to a nation under existential threat.

In Lithuania, lawyer Mikhail Benyash was deprived of a residence permit. He traveled to Belarus twice to meet his son. “Word to Defense” writes about this. Benyash was deprived of his residence permit at the end of September. The reason for this decision was two trips to Minsk in August - then he visited Belarus to see his little son and bring him to Vilnius for the holidays, and then return him to his mother living in Russia.

Maria and Alexey Moskalev. Photo: OVD-Info The police, as well as representatives of the guardianship authorities and the Ministry of Education, called Maria Moskaleva’s mother and asked her to tell her daughter’s location. Ex-political prisoner Alexey Moskalev told Echo about this. “[Moskaleva’s] mother is reluctant to give details. But Masha managed to find out why we were wanted.

Sergey Furgal, former governor of the Khabarovsk region, in court in Moscow, Russia, 8 February 2023. Photo: Alexander Zemlianichenko / AP Photo / Scanpix / LETA A Moscow court has sentenced the jailed former governor of the Khabarovsk region in Russia’s Far East to a further 23 years in a high-security penal colony in a separate criminal case, state-affiliated business news outlet RBC reported on Wednesday.

How did the singer's scandal crash the housing market? Full story on the YouTube channel “New Europe” State Duma deputies propose to compensate for losses to buyers who suffered from the “grandmother’s scheme,” and singer Larisa Dolina is invited to the parliamentary working group on protecting buyers of secondary real estate.

Villa Mikhalkov in the Spanish city of Sotogrande. Photo: Navalny website Nikita Mikhalkov has a second family. The mother of the director’s illegitimate daughter owns two apartments in Spain. The official Mikhalkov family also has real estate in this European country, the Anti-Corruption Foundation found out . In the director's only published declaration for 2017, investigators found three apartments that were listed as Russian, but were actually located in the Spanish city of Torrevieja.

In response to drone attacks on the Russian shadow fleet, Putin threatened to “cut off Ukraine from the sea.” Is this real and what does international law say? Ukrainian military personnel stand in front of the Sea Baby "Avdeevka" maritime drone during a presentation by the Security Service of Ukraine, Kiev region, Ukraine, March 5, 2024.

Executive Director of the International Energy Agency Fatih Birol (L), European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen (C) and European Commissioner for Energy and Housing Dan Jørgensen (R) attend a press conference on the provisional agreement on the phasing out of Russian fossil fuels, in Brussels, Belgium, 03 December 2025.

The Babushkinsky District Court of Moscow sentenced the former governor of the Khabarovsk Territory Sergei Furgal to 23 years in a maximum security colony in a new criminal case, RBC reports . The politician was found guilty on charges of fraud, money laundering, abuse of power and other charges. Taking into account the previous verdict in the case of organizing two murders and attempted murder, Furgal was sentenced to 25 years in a maximum security colony.

Vladimir Putin (R) and his aide Yury Ushakov (L) meet with US Presidential Envoy Steve Witkoff (C) at the Kremlin in Moscow, Russia, 02 December 2025. Photo: EPA/ALEXANDER KAZAKOV / SPUTNIK / KREMLIN POOL Talks between Vladimir Putin and US officials in the Kremlin on Tuesday were “useful, constructive and highly substantive”, but failed to bring a deal to end the war in Ukraine any closer, Putin’s aide Yury Ushakov has said .

Photo: Anatoly Maltsev / EPA The Council of the European Union and the European Parliament have agreed on regulations for the refusal of Russian gas. The corresponding press release was published on the parliament website. It is expected that a complete ban on long-term contracts for the supply of Russian gas to the EU via pipelines will come into force on November 1, 2027. Restrictions on the supply of liquefied natural gas (LNG) will come into force on January 1, 2027.