State Duma deputy from Dagestan Sultan Khamzaev visited his native region after the floods and came into conflict with bloggers who came to highlight the problems of the affected people and provide them with assistance. The politician accused them of “self-promotion” in response to the disaster - but for this he faced criticism from his own fellow countrymen.

In the spring of 2026, an ambivalent feeling hung in the air that the war was no longer moving, having rested against its natural limits, and at the same time, some important changes were occurring latently that would determine its outcome. The front stood up, negotiations died down. Fire and iron fly back and forth, but as if by inertia. There is no end in sight to the trouble, but there is no reason why Russia should continue.

Photo: RusNews on Telegram A Russian artist died by suicide in a detention centre less than a week after he was arrested for a social media comment, his close friend has confirmed. Andrey Akuzin, 53, was found hanged in his cell at a detention facility in the Far Eastern city of Komsomolsk-on-Amur. Film director Tatyana Frolova, a France-based friend of Akuzin's, confirmed his death to independent outlet Mediazona. Akuzin was arrested on 2 April over a comment he had posted online in 2025.

“We realized it too late, we didn’t study enough” “It’s spring now, and in the spring she always gets worse,” Alena, the mother of thirteen-year-old Asya, tells me, as if making excuses for her daughter, who vocalizes and sways behind her mother’s back while we talk with her on Zoom. The story of Alena and Asya is typical to the point of indistinguishability from the general background of all families where children with autism grow up.

On March 8, 2022, Putin signed a “decision” that allows security forces to place people in pre-trial detention centers without trial. This was reported by the First Department with reference to documents from the Investigative Committee.

Internet restrictions are causing discontent among big businesses and officials, including high-ranking officials, Faridaily writes , citing sources. “Everyone is against [internet shutdowns and blockings], except for one department,” said the journalists’ interlocutor, referring to the FSB. At the same time, officials are unhappy with the forced transfer of communications to the national messenger Max.

Against the backdrop of the war in the Middle East, Russia's revenues from the sale of oil, gas and coal in March 2026 increased by 52% compared to February and reached €713 million per day. This is the highest figure in the last two years, according to a report by the Center for Research on Energy and Clean Air (CREA), New-Europe noted. Analysts expect a sharp increase in tax revenues to the Russian budget.

The Cheryomushkinsky District Court of Moscow received materials from an administrative case regarding participation in the activities of an “undesirable” organization against the former editor-in-chief of Ekho Moskvy, Alexei Venediktov. Information about this was discovered by Mediazona. What exactly the Russian authorities considered Venediktov’s participation in the activities of an “undesirable” organization is unknown. The court hearing is scheduled for May 14.

Four years into Russia's full-scale invasion of Ukraine, the government is spending vast amounts of money not just on the war itself, but also on managing the needs of those who fought it. Hundreds of thousands of veterans, many with criminal pasts, have come home physically and psychologically broken.

Photo: RVIO An exhibition titled “Ten Centuries of Polish Russophobia” has opened at the memorial complex in the village of Katyn in Russia’s Smolensk region, where over 20 thousand Polish nationals were executed by Soviet authorities in 1940. The project was organized by the Russian Military Historical Society (RVIO), headed by Putin aide Vladimir Medinsky. The display opened on April 10, just three days before Poland marks the Day of Remembrance of the Victims of the Katyn Massacre.

Photo: Salwan Georges/Pool/EPA The US President, in an interview with Fox News journalist Maria Bartiromo, said that, in his opinion, the war with Iran is “nearing an end.” “[The war with Iran] is coming to an end, yes, I mean, in my opinion, it is extremely close to being over,” Trump said. At the same time, the head of the White House told ABC News journalist Jonathan Karl that he was not going to extend the ceasefire because he did not see the need for it.

In December 2024, two tankers carrying fuel oil sank in the Kerch Strait, and an environmental disaster broke out on the coast near Anapa, which people from all over the country went to eliminate. In the summer season of 2025, local beaches did not open.

Nadine Geisler is the pseudonym of Nadezhda Rossinskaya: a Belgorod woman who helped refugees from Ukraine. On June 20, 2025, the Second Western District Military Court in Belgorod sentenced her to 22 years in prison and a fine of 320 thousand rubles on charges of treason, promoting terrorism and public calls against the security of the Russian Federation. The defense attempted to appeal the verdict, but the military court of appeal also upheld the verdict. Nadine Geisler.

Photo: EPA/IGOR IVANKO/AFP POOL The Russian authorities’ internet restrictions are driving growing discontent among major business and government officials, including senior figures, independent news outlet Faridaily reported on Wednesday, citing sources familiar with the matter. “Everyone is against [the internet restrictions and messenger app block], except for one agency,” one source said, referring to the Federal Security Service (FSB).

The leader of the Tisza party, which won the parliamentary elections in Hungary, Peter Magyar announced his intention to amend the Constitution, which will limit his tenure as prime minister to two terms. FT reports this. “This ceiling will also apply to him [Viktor Orbán], which means that he will no longer be prime minister,” Magyar said. Today, Peter Magyar repeated this thesis after a meeting with Hungarian President Tamás Szujok.