The decision was explained by the fact that there is “no war” in the region In Izhevsk, a group of pensioners weaving camouflage nets for the needs of the SVO were evicted from the workshop. Komsomolskaya Pravda correspondent Dmitry Steshin spoke about this. According to him, pensioners weaved camouflage nets in Izhevsk on the premises of the organization “Voluntary Society for Assistance to the Army, Aviation and Navy of Russia” (DOSAAF).

According to the official version, he was delivering humanitarian aid Photo: Abedin Taherkenareh/EPA The newly elected Supreme Leader of Iran, Mojtaba Khamenei, was allegedly flown to Moscow for treatment on a Russian plane on March 12 as part of a “top-secret operation,” Kuwaiti publication Al-Jarida claims , citing a high-ranking source close to the Iranian leadership.

The Ukrainian Armed Forces are attacking Russian cities and enterprises with drones, Flamingos and Storm Shadow. What is the reason for the recent record activity? Emergency services workers at the site of a damaged apartment building in Bryansk, March 11, 2026. Photo: Maxim Blinov / Sputnik / Imago Images / Scanpix / LETA According to Moscow Mayor Sergei Sobyanin, the past weekend set a record for the number of Ukrainian drones attacking Moscow during the entire war.

At the drone festival at the Higher School of Economics on the anniversary of Russia’s invasion of Ukraine, students were shown laptops from Getac from Taiwan, New Europe noted in photographs from the event. Photo: Telegram According to visitors to this festival, the military demonstrated how to download a flight mission and watch the drone image from these computers. Rugged laptops are designed to withstand harsh conditions, such as rain, mud, or extreme temperatures.

Debris in front of a damaged apartment building following a reported Ukrainian drone strike in the Moscow suburb of Krasnogorsk, 24 October 2025. Photo: EPA / Maxim Shipenkov Moscow Mayor Sergey Sobyanin said in a Telegram post on Monday that over 250 Ukrainian drones targeting the Russian capital had been intercepted by the Russian military over the weekend. If confirmed, the barrage of Ukrainian drones would be the largest attack on Moscow since the start of the year.

How people in Russia and the world are reacting to the victory of “Mr. Nobody vs. Putin” at the Oscars Director Pavel Talankin, Oscar winner in the category “Best Documentary Feature Film” for the film “Mr. Nobody vs. Putin”, Los Angeles, USA, March 15, 2026. Photo: John Locher / AP Photo / Scanpix / LETA The documentary Mr. Nobody Against Putin, about militaristic propaganda in Russian schools, won an Oscar for Best Documentary.

How the Oscars work and why its results (even if we don’t like them) cannot be explained by conspiracy theories Photo: Daniel Cole / Reuters / Scanpix / LETA The 2025 Oscars were presented in Los Angeles. The films that were considered the favorites in the race - Ryan Coogler's The Sinners and Paul Thomas Anderson's Battle After Battle - received awards in the main categories. Vampire horror "The Sinners" was awarded for best actor (Michael B.

Photo: Sergei Ilnitsky / EPA Moscow authorities reported the largest raid of Ukrainian drones since the beginning of 2026 - air defense forces shot down about 250 drones in two days. However, this attack is almost impossible to confirm - there were no publications, photos or videos about it in local public pages and telegram channels. New Europe drew attention to this. The drone raid on Moscow lasted from March 14 to 16.

Iranians rally in support of Iran’s newly appointed Supreme Leader Ayatollah Mojtaba Khamenei in Tehran, Iran, 9 March 2026. Photo: EPA / Abedin Taherkenareh Kremlin spokesperson Dmitry Peskov has declined to comment on media reports that Iran’s new Supreme Leader Mojtaba Khamenei has been transferred to Moscow for medical treatment after he was severely injured in the Israeli airstrike that killed his father on 28 February, TASS reported on Monday.

Russian servicemen on an armoured personnel carrier on Red Square during the Victory Day military parade in Moscow, 9 May 2025. Photo: EPA / Pavel Bednyakov Russian soldiers on the front lines in Ukraine have been ordered to delete the popular messaging app Telegram, with those not doing so threatened with transfer to the Russian military’s dangerous Storm-Z penal units, according to pro-war Russian Telegram channels.

The main philosopher of post-war Europe died at the age of 96. What questions did he leave us with? German philosopher Jurgen Habermas, August 6, 2013. Photo: Simela Pantzartzi/EPA Many people now say that an era has passed with the death of Jürgen Habermas. But so that this does not remain an empty rhetorical formula, you need to understand what kind of era it was - and why exactly he became its embodiment.

Photo: Maxim Shipenkov/EPA In 2026, Yandex may close certain business areas and optimize the staff in them, writes Kommersant, citing three interlocutors in the IT market and a source familiar with the company’s plans. As the publication writes, the reductions affected the “Search Services and AI” direction, where up to several hundred people work. They plan to optimize the commercial department and individual products, including the Yandex Vzglyad marketing research service.

David Borenstein (C-L) and Pavel Talankin (C-R) pose with the Oscar for Best Documentary Feature at the Dolby Theatre in Los Angeles, 15 March 2026. Photo: EPA / Jill Connelly The documentary Mr Nobody Against Putin, which explores the growing use of military propaganda at a Russian school following the invasion of Ukraine, won Best Documentary Feature at the 98th Academy Awards in Los Angeles on Sunday night.

Pavel Talankin - about Oscar, propaganda in schools and love for the homeland. Interview with Kirill Martynov Pavel Talankin is a teacher from the Ural city of Karabash. Together with American documentarian David Borenstein, he made a film about how war propaganda penetrates Russian schools. Last night the film won an Oscar in the Best Documentary category. The editor-in-chief of Novaya Gazeta Europe spoke with Talankin on the eve of the award ceremony.

Photo: Alejandro Garcia/EPA The Dom.ru provider began testing speed limits for wired Internet subscribers who “consume excessive amounts of traffic.” Rossiyskaya Gazeta reports this. As the publication writes, the mechanics “repeat” the logic of cellular operators: if the limit of 3 terabytes per month is exceeded, the access speed will be forcibly reduced to 50 Mbit/s. This system began to be tested in St. Petersburg, Yekaterinburg and Samara.