“Terrible News” with Kirill Martynov Every Saturday, Kirill Martynov, editor-in-chief of Novaya Gazeta Europe, comments on the most important events of the week in Russia and the world. Russia is running out of money for war. Putin called on the Russian Union of Industrialists and Entrepreneurs to chip in for the army. At the same time, according to opinion polls, Putin’s trust rating is the lowest since the beginning of the war.

US President Donald Trump is considering a pay-to-play option for NATO reform. It will allow allies to be excluded from decision-making on key issues if they spend less than 5% of GDP on defense. The Telegraph reports this. According to the publication, this could include issues of alliance expenses, decisions on participation in joint missions, expansion of the alliance, and even the application of Article 5 on collective defense in the event of external aggression.

The foundation is headed by his close friend Sergei Roldugin By decree, Vladimir Putin transferred 10.8 thousand ordinary shares of the Muzyka publishing house as a property contribution to the Talent and Success educational foundation. The decree was published on the legal information portal, writes RBC. Last September, the court nationalized the Muzyka publishing house. The Prosecutor General's Office accused ex-owner Mark Zilberkvit of illegal privatization of the company.

OpenAI announces turning chatbot subscriptions into a “utility service.” Who will stand in the way of this business plan? Photo: Kirill Kudryavtsev / AFP / Scanpix / LETA My last article in “New Europe” about artificial intelligence is dated April 7, 2025 ( Invasion of artificial agents ).

MAX does not work correctly under whitelist conditions. To isolate Runet, the authorities will have to create a new OS Photo: Vasily Kuzmichenok / Moscow Agency The governor of the Belgorod region, Vyacheslav Gladkov, goes to Moscow to “resolve the issue” about the MAX: residents of the region do not receive air raid notifications through the “national messenger” when “white lists” are turned on. Gladkov explains the situation by MAX’s dependence on the services of foreign companies.

After heavy rains, flooding began in Dagestan. This is reported by TASS , Baza , “Caution, News” and “Kommersant” . There is no information about the victims yet. Dozens of houses were flooded in Makhachkala, leaving more than 60 thousand people without electricity. Rivers formed on the roads and cars sank. Several dozen people were evacuated. In Derbent, rivers overflowed their banks, flooded roads, and flows of water carried away and overturned cars.

Powerful floods are expected throughout Russia. Along with this, a movement emerged demanding that the authorities report on flood control. Photo: Alamy/Vida Press A snowy winter has led to the threat of flooding throughout Russia: they are predicted to be more destructive than in 2024, when floods caused damage to more than 1,500 settlements.

Photo: ALLISON DINNER/EPA Apple has removed a number of popular VPN clients from the Russian App Store: Streisand, V2Box, v2RayTun and one of the versions of Happ. This was reported by the Durov Code and Rozetked portals. Already installed applications will continue to work, but they will no longer receive updates, journalists note. VPNs are still available in other regions.

Culturologist Andrei Arkhangelsky - about the hidden causes of war, the crisis of faith in the future and how to live inside a catastrophe Photo: Igor Ivanko / AFP / Scanpix / LETA In 2025, publicist and cultural scientist Andrei Arkhangelsky published the book “The Country That Decided Not to Be” (Freedom Letters).