Mariupol. Photo: EPA Workers at several construction firms in the occupied Ukrainian city of Mariupol have not been paid their wages since December, independent news outlet ASTRA reported on Tuesday, citing information from Russian pro-war volunteer Sania Denisova.

No one still knows the exact answer. Analysis of the main versions, including conspiracy theories Illustration: “New Newspaper Europe” Massive slaughter of livestock is taking place in Siberian villages. Cows and bulls are destroyed, and the carcasses are burned in special landfills.

What is known about two high-profile cases - a football player and a student, who, according to security forces, committed crimes under the influence of attackers Collage: Rina Lu / “Novaya Gazeta Europe” In March, two attacks in Moscow with a similar motive became known.

In response, the United States lifted sanctions on a number of Belarusian organizations There are 250 political prisoners released in Belarus. This was reported by the human rights organization “Viasna”. 15 of them were deported to Lithuania, 235 remained in Belarus.

The crew abandoned the ship after the drone attack, with fuel remaining on the ship. This threatens the environment Tanker Arctic Metagaz. Photo: Matthew Xuereb / ​​Newsbook Malta / AFP / Scanpix / LETA The Russian tanker Arctic Metagaz with its cargo - liquefied natural gas - has been drifting in the Mediterranean Sea for more than two weeks after a drone attack and a fire on board.

Russian pro-war blogger and ex-Kremlin loyalist Ilya Remeslo has been admitted to a hospital in St. Petersburg, where he is currently undergoing psychiatric treatment, Russian independent news outlet Bumaga reported on Thursday, citing pro-Kremlin Telegram channels. Ilya Remeslo.

Photo: Ilya Remeslo / Telegram Pro-government blogger and informer Ilya Remeslo was hospitalized in psychiatric hospital No. 3 named after Skvortsov-Stepanov in St. Petersburg. Fontanka reported this. The publication's journalists learned from the hospital help desk that parcels can be delivered to a patient with that last name on Saturdays and Wednesdays.

A rally for free Internet and in support of the Telegram messenger in Moscow, 2018. Photo: EPA/SERGEI ILNITSKY RuNet’s traffic filtering tools, used by Russia’s media regulator Roskomnadzor to restrict access to banned online resources, are overloaded and unable to fully enforce blocks, Forbes Russia reported on Wednesday.

NATO warns of military threats from Russia in the Arctic and conducts large-scale exercises there. How did a conflict-free region become an arena of geopolitical confrontation? NATO exercise Cold Response 2026 in northern Norway, 14 March 2026. Photo: Robert Meerding / NL Beeld / Scanpix / LETA The likelihood of a military conflict in the Arctic is steadily increasing and will become especially high if the war in Ukraine ends.

Photo: Juha Metso / EPA From January to March 2026, the number of multiple-entry Schengen visas issued to Russian citizens decreased by 90% compared to the same period last year, the Association of Tour Operators of Russia (ATOR) reported on Wednesday, citing market participants.

Photo: Novaya Gazeta Europe The traffic filtering tools that RKN uses, including for blocking, are overloaded and cannot cope with their tasks, Forbes said , citing sources. Because of this, some already blocked platforms, such as WhatsApp or YouTube, sometimes become available again to users in Russia. Roskomnadzor may not have enough bandwidth to process all Russian Internet traffic and completely block some resources, Comnews Research partner Leonida Konik told Forbes.

The main thing about the mass slaughter of cows in Siberia is in the video “New Europe” For more than a month now, authorities in Siberia have been en masse confiscating and slaughtering livestock from local residents under the pretext of a “particularly dangerous disease.” Residents are protesting en masse, complaining that they are being deprived of food and their only income. Local authorities cannot explain anything clearly and pay off with small compensation.

Illustrative photo. Source: Sergey Ilnitsky / EPA Governor of the Novosibirsk region Andrei Travnikov for the first time commented on the mass slaughter of livestock in the region under the pretext of fighting the infection. His words were reported by TASS and RIA Novosti . “Today, strict but absolutely necessary veterinary measures are being implemented in the Novosibirsk region to prevent the spread of the disease and cause great damage to the livestock industry in our region,” Travnikov said.

United Russia's ratings are falling, and before the 2026 elections the authorities are expanding the use of extremely opaque election technology Testing of the DEG system at the capital's polling stations, August 25, 2023. Photo: Sergey Kiselev / Moscow Agency In the year of the Duma elections, remote electronic voting will expand to a record number of Russian regions, whose residents will be able to simply sit down at a computer on election day and vote, without traffic jams or queues.