Krzysztof Galos, photo: “Like this” In 2023, Polish citizen Krzysztof Galos died in pre-trial detention center-2 in Taganrog. For a long time, the Russian authorities did not report his death, but recently the Russian Foreign Ministry confirmed this information. Gazeta Wyborcza writes about this.

A woman walks past a poster calling on people to enlist in the Russian military outside the Kremlin in Moscow, 19 August 2024. Photo: EPA / YURI KOCHETKOV An investigation by Novaya Gazeta Europe has found that 261 Russian veterans of the war in Ukraine have already registered to stand in primaries to run as candidates for the ruling United Russia party ahead of elections to the State Duma in September.

On March 28, the head of the Ministry of Digital Development, Maksut Shadayev, at a meeting with representatives of the Big Four operators, called on them to introduce fees for using VPN services. Forbes writes about this with reference to sources. The information is confirmed by RBC's interlocutors. According to the publication, Shadayev proposed introducing a fee for using more than 15 GB of international traffic per month on mobile networks.

A Novosibirsk resident was fined for broadcasting a failed protest against the blocking of Telegram. He was detained on the way to another protest - against cattle slaughter Sergei Krupenko with the police.

Photo: EPA/JESSICA LEE In 2022-2024, Apple removed 190 applications from the Russian App Store at the request of Roskomnadzor, Novaya Gazeta Europe noted. This follows from the “transparency reports” published by the company itself. In 2024, Russia ranked second in the number of applications removed at the request of the authorities after China. The number of applications removed from the Russian App Store grew every year.

When 12-year-old Masha Moskalyova drew an anti-war picture at school, her father ended up in prison. Both are now free in France. A policeman guards the courtroom during Alexey Mosklayov’s trial for “discrediting the armed forces” in Yefremov, Russia, 6 April 2023. Photo: EPA / MAXIM SHIPENKOV “I don’t even know who I’m supposed to be meeting,” confesses 16-year-old Masha Moskalyova apologetically as she arrives an hour late for our interview in Paris.

Russians detained at anti-lockdown rallies were beaten and threatened with rape Police officers and people with placards in St. Petersburg, March 29, 2026. Photo: Mediazona On March 29, at least 19 people were detained at protests against Internet blocking in Russia, most of them in Moscow. Some were released after a few hours, others were left overnight in the departments, with administrative protocols drawn up against them.

Photo: United Russia press service 261 participants in the Russian invasion of Ukraine have registered in the United Russia primaries, New-Europe has calculated. In total, 3,017 people from 85 regions had registered for the United Russia primaries by March 27, 2026. Of these, 261 are participants in the war in Ukraine, as follows from the information on the official website of the preliminary voting.

Before this, Trump said that he was not against the supply of Russian fuel to the island An oil tanker in Matanzas Bay in Havana, Cuba, February 16, 2026. Photo: EPA The Russian tanker Anatoly Kolodkin brought 100 thousand tons of oil to Cuba, the TASS agency reported , citing the Russian Ministry of Transport. The department called this cargo humanitarian. This is the first supply of raw materials to the island since the beginning of the US energy blockade, that is, in almost three months.

Photo: Maxim Shipenkov / EPA Photo: Maxim Shipenkov / EPA The Russian authorities are preparing to launch a system for registering all personal mobility devices (PIMs), including private and kick-sharing electric scooters. Kommersant writes about this. What is a SIM tool? A SIM vehicle is a personal vehicle with an electric motor. The most common type of such transport is electric scooters.

Photo: Sergey Ilnitsky / EPA The Ministry of Digital Development of the Russian Federation has instructed the Big Four operators to limit payments for Apple services from a mobile phone account from April 1. RBC reports this with reference to sources. Thus, from April 1, users of Apple services in Russia will not be able to top up their Apple ID balance. As a reason, operators were given, among other things, the need to prevent payment for VPN services, RBC’s interlocutor noted.

How residents of Komi are saving the city-forming plywood factory from closure, demanding its nationalization or transfer to the ownership of the workers Rally in the village of Zheshart, Komi, February 22, 2026. Photo: press service of the Komi Republican Committee of the Communist Party of the Russian Federation In March 2026, the investigative authorities of Komi began an investigation into the case of the withdrawal of funds from the Zheshart timber industry complex near Syktyvkar.

In an Udmurt village they want to close an outpatient clinic, organizing instead a station with one paramedic. Healthcare is being “optimized” across the country Paramedic and midwife station. Photo: Administration of the Vavozhsky district of Udmurtia Residents of the Udmurt village of Nyurdor-Kotya with a population of less than a thousand people are protesting against the opening of a paramedic and obstetric station (FAP).

The accused is Dmitry Klyuev, whom Magnitsky’s colleagues consider the head of a criminal group that stole money from the Russian budget. Robin Van Lonkhuijsen/EPA On March 30, 2026, a court in Paris will consider the materials of a criminal case on laundering in France money stolen from the Russian budget in 2009 during a scam known as the “Magnisky Case.” This is not the first such case to come to court in Europe and the United States.