Vladimir Putin, during a meeting of the board of the Ministry of Internal Affairs, proposed replenishing personnel at the expense of contract soldiers and conscripts returning from the front.

The worst thing these people did was build a “new morality” with which they infected the entire population of the country I clearly understood: it was just a small, let’s say, company that seized power over a huge country, even, to be completely precise, two companies. Both in the underground and in emigration, people of the same type were selected, with minor exceptions.

Special episode “24×7” with Valery Shiryaev We are discussing a new war between a coalition led by the United States and Israel against the Islamic Republic of Iran. On the third day of the conflict, new participants actually join the action, and the key issues are the strategy of the parties, the resource of war, the blockade of the Strait of Hormuz and the limits of the American operation.

François Ozon's film The Stranger, based on the famous novel by Albert Camus, is being released. Still from the film “The Outsider” The prologue contains a black and white chronicle from Algeria in the late thirties. Behind the scenes, an exaggeratedly cheerful voice sings the praises of Algeria, which is becoming upset and prettier before our eyes. “The city no longer looks like a slum! - the commentator rejoices. — France opened the city and country to the world!

How will the February cultural repressions be remembered? Photo: Alexey Dushutin / Novaya Gazeta Before we begin a review of the repressive and censorship practices of February, I would like to remind you: when we talk about repression (even in the cultural sphere), we are not just talking about pressure measures or bans. We are talking about human lives. On February 19, political prisoner artist Alexander Dotsenko died after a heart attack at the age of 65.

Apple has begun blocking the accounts of State Duma deputies who use iPhones, Vedomosti writes, citing three parliamentarians. As the newspaper notes, the blocking of Russian accounts, which became known in mid-February, “reached those for whom everything was started.” Then, due to automatic verification, Apple blocked the accounts of those users whose names coincided with data from the sanctions lists.

Top 10 February dope Photo: Anatoly Zhdanov / Kommersant Where do “foreign agents” grow? In the Nizhny Novgorod region, a list of “foreign agent plants” will be compiled. This was announced by the chairman of the regional parliament, Evgeny Lyulin. He also called representatives of unsympathetic flora “evil pests” and gave an example - Sosnovsky's hogweed. The concept of “plant-foreign agent” will be included in regional laws, and the list will be compiled by the regional government.

Interview with Israeli Ambassador to Armenia Joel Lyon Joel Lyon. Photo: press service of Ambassador Joel Lyon Relations between Israel and Armenia are reviving. But the more often they talk about a political “reset” between these countries, the more questions arise. We collected the most relevant ones and asked them to Joel Lyon, the Ambassador of the State of Israel to Armenia. Joel (Yoel) Lyon is an Israeli diplomat, Ph.D., and Orthodox Jew.

Galina Filchenko. Photos from social networks A video of the FSB’s visit to the woman’s apartment was published by the Mash telegram channel associated with the security forces. According to the publication, a possible reason for the search is Filchenko’s connection with former State Duma deputy Ilya Ponomarev.

Moscow accused Kiev of an attack by sea drones on the gas carrier Arctic Metagas off the coast of Malta. The Russian Ministry of Transport stated that the ship was attacked “from the coast of Libya by unmanned Ukrainian boats.” “The tanker was traveling with cargo, registered in accordance with all international rules, from the port of Murmansk,” the department said in a statement.

The Bulgarian spring found itself between memory and calculation Rally for the neutrality of Bulgaria and friendship with Russia in Sofia. Photo: Igor Lenkin / TASS With the arrival of March in Bulgaria, for almost a century and a half - 148 years since the signing of the Treaty of San Stefano - the same dispute has been renewed. Between memory and sobriety, gratitude and historical calculation.

St. Petersburg Governor Alexander Beglov has limited the sale of petroleum products to those under 18 years of age, the press service of the city administration reports . It is noted that the measure is temporary and will be in effect from March 9 to December 31, 2026.

How much did the most famous “Epstein victim” and liar earn from information hype and blackmail? Photo: AP / TASS Epsteinianism, as often happens, began with denunciations, including one from Trump.

The Second Court of Appeal upheld the decision of the St. Petersburg City Court, which in November last year recognized the book of the deputy chairman of the Yabloko party, Boris Vishnevsky, as “extremist material.” We are talking about the collection “Chronicles of the Revived Arkanar”, published 11 years ago - it included articles by Vishnevsky for the years 2008–2015 about political events in St. Petersburg and Russia.

An anti-corruption lawsuit against the former chairman of the regional court may lead to a revision of many decisions made under him Photo: Dmitry Feoktistov / TASS On the Novaya website for February 25, a note by Alexander Romanov “100 hectares, Breguet and other “Tales” was published. This is an overview of criminal cases and so-called anti-corruption lawsuits against officials who made their fortunes under the governor of the Krasnodar Territory, Alexander Tkachev.