The authorities of at least 39 Russian regions have established quotas for the employment of participants in the war against Ukraine, New Europe has calculated. New quotas. Today, deputies of the Chelyabinsk Legislative Assembly adopted a bill that will oblige companies with more than 100 employees to allocate 1% of jobs to SVO participants.

Since the beginning of 2026, Russians have recorded at least 25 video messages to Vladimir Putin, New Europe was convinced after studying publications in the media. What the Russians told Putin about. In most cases, appeals were recorded by ordinary residents, but the most “viral” videos were from stars and bloggers - for example, from blogger Victoria Boni (over 30 million views) and rapper Aiza (appeal deleted).

“This is a very strong film, and it can be shown on federal channels as propaganda for a healthy lifestyle,” this is how Valeria Gaia Germanika presented her new documentary film for the audience, but not for herself (post-production ended in 2023) at the premiere at the Moscow Oktyabr cinema. “As you can see, I’m sober now,” added the main character of the film, Alexander Emelianenko, answering a question from a viewer.

Maria Butina, photo: Telegram The head of the Investigative Committee, Alexander Bastrykin, ordered to check the books of children's writer Grigory Oster after a denunciation by State Duma deputy Maria Butina. Kommersant reports this. The fact that the Investigative Committee will conduct an audit of Oster’s works became known on April 21 following a meeting of the department’s coordination council.

Photo: Russian Supreme Court In what appears to be a first, Russia's Supreme Court has used artificial intelligence to help draft a plenary resolution, pro-Kremlin media report. Supreme Court Judge Vyacheslav Gorshkov said the technology was used "for the collection and processing of information" for a set of guidelines on preparing civil cases for court. The document updates a 2008 decree in light of various changes to the Russian legal system over the last 18 years.

Photo: IMDB The Russian Culture Ministry has refused to grant a distribution licence to Hana Korea, a film about a North Korean woman who defects to South Korea, the Russian distributor U Films announced on Wednesday.

The port of Tuapse, which was previously attacked by Ukrainian drones, has probably suspended operations, New Europe found out after analyzing data from the VesselFinder service. Change in sea flow. Over the past 24 hours, the port has not received a single tanker or civilian vessel. The closest ship to Tuapse is currently more than 60 kilometers away. At the same time, as Novaya-Europa wrote , the average port acceptance per day is approximately 8-10 ships.

Over the past four years, Russian education institutions have spent nearly 16 billion rubles (€182.6 million) on drones and drone equipment, according to public procurement data. This number, which includes expenditures by schools , colleges and universities , and even kindergartens , is up from about 350 million rubles (€4 million) annually in the years before the full-scale invasion of Ukraine.

Alexei Navalny’s lawyer Igor Sergunin was released from pre-trial detention center-1 of the Federal Penitentiary Service of Russia in the Vladimir region, writes “First Department”. Sergunin has been in custody since October 13, 2023. He was sentenced to 3.5 years in prison for participation in an “extremist community.” Details of the case. Navalny’s other lawyers, Alexei Liptser and Vadim Kobzev, are still in custody.

According to media reports, the Russian government has decided to support the mitigation of penalties for criminal articles on drug trafficking, but in a very limited form. The Russian practice of punishing people detained for possession and use of drugs without the intent to sell them is gradually becoming softer, interlocutors of Novaya Gazeta Europe note. Putin heard, the court prepared The Presidential Council for Human Rights is an advisory body to Vladimir Putin.

Image: Parni+ / Telegram A court in Russia’s Oryol region has declared the online LGBTQ publication Parni+ an “extremist organisation”, effectively banning its activities in Russia, the outlet announced on Thursday. The decision means that organisers and members of Parni+ in Russia face potential prison sentences, and are legally obligated to cease their activities.

Every year the war spreads across Russia - the number of drone attacks is growing, drones and missiles are reaching more and more regions. New Europe has compiled a map of military incidents in the country since 2022. It is updated every 15 minutes and can be used to monitor attacks in real time. Our algorithm collects posts from more than 700 telegram channels and identifies military attacks from them using artificial intelligence.

K-13 energy drinks have begun to be sold in Chechnya. This brand is secretly reserved for people associated with the son of the head of the republic, Adam Kadyrov. “Caucasian Knot” and “Vorstka” write about this. Last week, a video from the opening of the Vkusdom hypermarket in Grozny appeared on Ramzan Kadyrov’s Telegram channel.

As politicians from Vladimir Putin to Donald Trump often say, oil is the basis of energy and economic security. However, during military operations, it is oil depots and refineries that become the target of attack. Until recently, the scale of pollution could be considered local, but fires at oil facilities in Tuapse and the Leningrad region led to pollution that threatened ecosystems important for many countries: the Black and Baltic Seas.