Citizens of the Third Reich believed until the last that it was their country that stood guard over the world - notes from an eyewitness August 24, 1939. Berlin residents listen to the latest news from loudspeakers. Photo: AP (18+) THIS MATERIAL (INFORMATION) IS PRODUCED, DISTRIBUTED AND (OR) SENT BY FOREIGN AGENT ANDREY SERGEEVICH KALITIN OR CONCERNES THE ACTIVITIES OF FOREIGN AGENT ANDREY SERGEEVICH KALITIN.

Former deputy of the Legislative Assembly of the Altai Territory from the Communists of Russia, Sergei Matasov, pleaded guilty to particularly large-scale fraud (Part 4 of Article 159 of the Criminal Code of the Russian Federation), reports MK in Altai. At the same time, he stated that he spent money on the creation of the “Stalin Center” in Barnaul. “Your Honor, I fully admit my guilt. From the very beginning until today, I have not tried to evade responsibility.

Comedian Artemy Ostanin was sentenced to 5 years 9 months and a fine of 300 thousand rubles for two unsuccessful jokes. Stand-up comedian Artemy Ostanin during a court hearing. March, 2025 Photo: Evgeny Razumny / Kommersant The trial in the case of stand-up comedian Artemy Ostanin was carried out in a raised voice from the very beginning. Judge Olesya Mendeleeva made it clear in the first minutes: she did not intend to listen to the accused outside the strictly defined framework.

Orthodox St. Tikhon's University for the Humanities (PSHU) has opened enrollment for the study program “Sociology: Modern Theories and Field Research.” As sociologist Ivan Nizgoraev noted, the program is built “on the basis of the Shaninsky approach to higher education,” and classes will be taught by teachers from the Moscow School of Social Sciences (Shaninki) listed on the PSTGU website. The head of the curriculum is the Dean of the Faculty of Social Sciences of Shaninka, Irina Dudenkova.

Olympics 2026 in letters, numbers and facts Olympic Village in Milan. Photo: AP / TASS The first of two major sporting events scheduled for the Year of the Horse kicks off on Friday in Milan and Cortina d'Ampezzo. Unlike the World Football Championship, which will take place over almost 40 days in the summer in the USA, Canada and Mexico, the snowy festival of beauty, youth and physical perfection will take place in 17 Italian days. It is unlikely to change life for the better.

Rospotrebnadzor has extended the ban on the use of the beaches of Anapa and the Temryuk district of the Krasnodar Territory, where fuel oil contamination occurred at the end of 2024, said the head of Rospotrebnadzor Anna Popova.

Can President Trump be considered a fascist? Donald Trump. Photo: AP / TASS At first, Italian fascism found a warm welcome among many American and European progressives. At first, the Western press favored him. For polemical purposes, the “F-word” began to be used in the United States during the period of Roosevelt’s New Deal, writes Stanley Payne, professor emeritus of history at the University of Wisconsin, a great expert on this topic.

A 14-year-old eighth-grader brought a bottle of gasoline into school No. 153 in Krasnoyarsk, set a fire in the toilet, and then hit other students in the class with a hammer, the regional department of the Ministry of Internal Affairs reported . Telegram channels close to the security forces, citing students, provide details: an eighth-grader threw a flammable mixture into the classroom, the flames spread to the walls, blinds and the first row of desks.

What templates does Putin use when appointing governors? Anatoly Artamonov. Photo: Artem Geodakyan / TASS The appointment of a “Varangian” governor in Russian politics can be considered a universal way to strengthen control over the region. However, data on the actual career trajectories of officials show that this logic does not always work.

A calm, detailed conversation about television as a mirror of society with media critic Arina Borodina - without hysterics and illusions What do people actually watch in Russia today - news, propaganda or TV series? Why is TV still the main screen in the country, despite YouTube and streaming? Media critic Arina Borodina says: what real TV ratings look like Why do Moscow and the regions watch differently? what programs and series are consistently in the top Why don't propaganda shows go away?

Residents of the Donetsk and Lugansk People's Republics, Zaporozhye and Kherson regions will take part in the elections of State Duma deputies in 2026 for the first time, the Central Election Commission of the Russian Federation reported .

The village of Nikolsk is rare for Russia: it is growing and developing. But he can be erased from the card for the sake of 5 million rubles The village of Nikolsk. Photo: Alexey Dushutin / Novaya Gazeta On February 5, a meeting of deputies will be held in the Vilegodsky district of the Arkhangelsk region. An ordinary event with an ordinary agenda: the issue of abolishing a secondary school in the village of Nikolsk will be decided.

Aishat Baymuradova. Photo: Ministry of Internal Affairs of Armenia The Investigative Committee of Armenia has officially confirmed that two Russian citizens, Karina Iminova and Said-Khamzat Baysarov, are considered suspects in the murder of 23-year-old Aishat Baymuradova, who fled to Armenia from Chechnya. The Russian BBC service writes about this. Investigators reported that Iminova and Baysarov left the apartment in which Baymuradova’s body was found on the day of the murder.

Heated political passions in the midst of an icy winter - from Epstein to Zyuganov "The Epstein Files." Photo: AP/TASS The publication of Epstein's documents opened up abysses that propagandists never dared to dream of. In the midst of an icy winter, hot passions flared in the media spaces of the Motherland. The general opinion was formulated by Vladimir Solovyov.