Photo: official page of the Georgian Patriarchate on Facebook Photo: official page of the Georgian Patriarchate on Facebook Catholicos-Patriarch of All Georgia Ilia II died at the age of 93. This was reported by the Georgian First Channel with reference to representatives of the Patriarchate. According to media reports, Elijah was hospitalized last night with massive gastrointestinal bleeding. In his last hours he was in intensive care at the Caucasus Medical Center in Tbilisi.

Photo: Wael Hamzen/EPA The Israeli army killed the secretary of Iran's Supreme National Security Council, Ali Larijani. This was reported by the IDF press service. Source: Israeli army press service They clarified that Larijani died on March 17 as a result of a precision airstrike. After the death of Ali Khamenei, he was the de facto leader of Iran, the Israeli army noted. Information about Larijani's death was also confirmed by Israeli Defense Minister Israel Katz.

Users of the state messenger Max began to have subscriptions to channels that were impossible to unsubscribe from. Members of the Pikabu portal spoke about this, Meduza noted . A user with the nickname Kozotrah1975 published a video in which he tries to unsubscribe from the channel of propagandist Vladimir Solovyov. He clicks the “Unsubscribe from channel” button over and over again, but nothing changes.

A municipal worker clears the snow-covered Red Square near the Kremlin during a snowy winter day in Moscow, Russia, 25 February 2026. Photo: EPA/MAXIM SHIPENKOV The Russian government’s lower parliamentary chamber will review a draft law which, if passed, will lead to further restrictions and stricter penalties for migrants in Russia, Russian state-affiliated business daily Kommersant reported on Tuesday.

Will Viktor Orban be able to bring the national pacifism of the Hungarians to Ukrainian phobia? Propaganda posters “We will not let Zelensky have the last laugh!” on the streets of Budapest before the parliamentary elections, March 14, 2026.

Photo: FSB The position of advisor to the general director at X Holding is occupied by Andrei Fetisov, a 76-year-old FSB colonel general and former head of the Scientific and Technical Service, New Europe learned from leaks. This holding includes manufacturing companies and suppliers of equipment for surveillance and traffic filtering. Until 2019, Fetisov could have been responsible for this work in the FSB.

Arctic Metagaz. Photo: Newsbook Malta Nine EU member states have called for swift coordinated action to deal with a damaged Russian vessel currently drifting between Italy and Malta, The Financial Times reported on Tuesday.

The war with Iran has put Trump in a difficult position: Republicans' chances of maintaining control of Congress are steadily declining. Participants protest against US military strikes on Iran, New York, February 28, 2026. Photo: Derek French/EPA The ongoing US military operation against Iran is a serious blow to the electoral position of Republicans, who face the difficult task of maintaining control of both houses of Congress in the November 3 elections.

On the afternoon of March 16, during a Pakistani attack on a drug treatment hospital in Kabul, 400 people were killed and another 250 people were injured, Tolo News writes , citing Afghan government spokesman Hamdullah Fitrat. Pakistan denies reports of the strike. According to government officials, their attacks did not affect civilian targets. About 100 people died during the attack on the hospital, the BBC writes, citing data from the forensic laboratory.

A woman looks at her phone while waiting in the Moscow metro, 16 October 2024. Photo: EPA / Yuri Kochetkov Nearly 80% of attempts to access popular messaging service Telegram from Russia were blocked on Monday, according to Russian business daily Kommersant, which reported a massive rise in complaints from Russian internet users to internet outage detector websites over the weekend.

Photo: Ronald Wittek/EPA The European Commission has published clarifications on the application of sanctions against Russia. They indicate that European banks cannot provide services to Russians with a D visa. The clarification states that the sanctions do not apply to people with residence permits and permanent residence in the European Union, the European Economic Area and Switzerland, as well as to D visa holders who registered at their place of residence.

The wives of wealthy men are especially targeted, says the Ad Rem report. Illustration: “New Newspaper Europe” Aina On January 15, the Marem group, which helps victims of domestic violence, announced the arrest in Moscow of 21-year-old resident of Ingushetia Aina Mankieva. In April last year, the girl was able to escape from a family in which she was subjected to violence. With the help of human rights activists, Aina left Ingushetia and hid in a shelter apartment in Moscow all this time.

An image of Iranian supreme leader Ayatollah Mojtaba Khamenei shown on Iranian State Television, as a presenter reads his first address to the nation in Tehran, Iran, 12 March 2026.

Photo: Alejandro Azcuy/EPA The administration of US President Donald Trump is seeking the resignation of Cuban President Miguel Diaz-Canel, The New York Times writes , citing four sources. In particular, Trump's representatives made it clear to their Cuban colleagues that the president must leave office. However, they “leave further steps to the discretion” of the Cubans.

The EU is turning down ever more asylum claims from queer Russians fleeing violence at home Collage: Novaya Gazeta Europe Obtaining refugee status in Europe is becoming increasingly difficult for queer Russians fleeing their homeland, despite the vast amount of carefully documented evidence proving the omnipresent threat of discrimination and violence facing members of the country's LGBTQI+ community.