Photo: Maxim Shipenkov/EPA 40 billion rubles have already been spent on this Last year, the Ministry of Digital Development allocated 39.5 billion rubles for the creation, development, operation and promotion of a “national video platform,” Kommersant reports . Details . The money was received by the company "Unified Video", associated with VK. Its general director is Andrey Borodin, who was previously the head of the FSBI TsEKI organization, subordinate to the Ministry of Digital Development.

What's happened . The head of Dagestan, Sergei Melikov, is “moving to another job,” Vladimir Putin said . “The current head of the republic [Dagestan] Sergei Melikov’s term ends in September. He did a lot. And we are grateful to him for this. But he moves on to another job, life moves on,” he said. "Varyag" . Fyodor Shchukin had no connection with Dagestan throughout his career until very recently.

Fines for photographs dating back 15 years, forced treatment for drug addiction, searches, administrative cases, arrests and traffic police raids - news about pressure on members of the Yabloko party now appear almost weekly. There are only a few months left before elections to the State Duma and regional parliaments, and forceful prosecution is becoming the main tool to weed out unnecessary candidates.

The parties report increased fighting in many areas of the Russian-Ukrainian war. Novaya Gazeta Europe discussed with experts where the hottest battles are taking place today and how the offensive of the Russian Armed Forces may develop in the summer campaign. Russian military personnel during combat training in the Zaporozhye direction, Ukraine, March 25, 2026. Photo: Alexey Maishev / Sputnik / Imago Images / Scanpix / LETA Putin again said that Kyiv is losing territory every day.

Photo: Exilnova+ On the night of April 30, Perm was attacked by Ukrainian drones for the second time in a week. Details about the attack. During the night, the drone alert was announced twice. In the morning, sirens continued to sound in the city. Local residents reported that early in the morning several explosions were heard in the south of Perm. Governor of the Perm Territory Dmitry Makhonin explained that Ukrainian drones attacked “one of the industrial sites” of the region.

Photo: Yabloko Russian security forces in Yekaterinburg have raided the home of Maxim Petlin, the regional leader of the liberal opposition party Yabloko, according to a statement from the party’s press service on Wednesday. A raid was also carried out at the home of local Yabloko activist Yegor Tkachenko. Police reportedly seized Petlin and Tkachenko’s phones and laptops, before taking them to an unknown location where they could not be contacted.

The appeal of blogger Victoria Boni to Vladimir Putin, insults from propagandist Vladimir Solovyov and their unexpected reconciliation at the debate still raise questions and bewilderment. Was it Boney’s spontaneous impulses or a cunning political technology scenario from the presidential administration? Is this a symptom of a deep crisis of power - or a one-time, already resolved problem?

Photo: Abedin/EPA What does it mean? The US Central Command (centcom) has requested the deployment of Dark Eagle hypersonic missiles to the Middle East for potential attacks on Iran, Bloomberg writes , citing sources. Details . The Pentagon explains the need for such a step by the fact that Iran has moved ballistic missile launchers deep into the country, making them inaccessible to other American weapons. A final decision on deployment has not yet been made. What kind of rockets are these?

At least one person was beaten at the police station, a case has been opened Employees of the Ministry of Internal Affairs in Karachay-Cherkessia detained 16 residents on suspicion of “organizing the activities of an extremist organization” due to an LGBT dating group. This was reported by the SOS Crisis Group with reference to a source. People were members of a local VK group with queer dating, which remained one of the few unblocked ones in the region, they noted.

The Russian media is discussing the upcoming reduction of the school curriculum. Novaya Gazeta Europe spoke with experts who left Russia and the remaining teachers and parents. Everyone admits that the program is overloaded, but they doubt that the Ministry of Education is capable of adequately optimizing it.

Sergey Melikov. Photo: Putin’s press service The head of Dagestan, Sergei Melikov, is “moving to another job,” Vladimir Putin said . “The current head of the republic [Dagestan] Sergei Melikov’s term ends in September. He did a lot. And we are grateful to him for this. But he moves on to another job, life moves on,” he said. “Representatives of Dagestan” suggested that Putin nominate the chairman of the Supreme Court of the republic , Fyodor Shchukin, for the post of head of the region.

After being targeted by Ukrainian drone strikes in late March, Russia’s Baltic Sea ports of Primorsk and Ust-Luga have fully recovered, according to official reports at least. Oil exports are even supposedly on track to set new records. Residents of the towns of Primorsk and Ust-Luga, meanwhile, are still dealing with drones and damage from falling debris. In a report from the Leningrad region, Novaya Gazeta Europe’s correspondent asks locals what they think will happen next.

Now it will probably be removed from app stores The largest hosting provider Cloudflare has labeled the domain of the “national messenger” Max as spyware, Vorstka noted . When exactly this happened is unknown. The Cloudflare website states that the Max domain still has a TLS certificate, which indicates the authenticity of the project. Screenshot: Cloudflare What's next? The Max application is currently available for download in the AppStore and Google Play.