Why did the state get into Ivan’s underpants? “If “Russia” had been written on Ivan’s swimming trunks in the same letters, no one would have removed him from the competition.” Photo: Igor Ivanko / Kommersant In Krasnodar, the state suspended 12-year-old Ivan from swimming competitions because of the inscription on his swimming trunks: “Arena.” Next time someone gets kicked out of school for using a Bic pen. We are no longer talking about the cars that the legislators themselves drive.

About Nikolai Travkin’s book “A Separate Branch of Evolution,” which talks about the Russian “mansion” People's foreman, foreman of perestroika, Hero of Labor, three times deputy, minister without portfolio, personal pensioner of national importance and for many years a simple, unemployed blogger Nikolai Travkin released the book “A Separate Branch of Evolution,” built on the foundation of his sarcastic online notes on the topic of the day.

Advertising on Telegram, YouTube, WhatsApp* and VPN services will be prohibited if the authorities decide to block them in Russia, the Federal Antimonopoly Service said . They emphasized that both the advertiser and the distributor of advertising will bear responsibility for violations. FAS referred to Part 10.7 of Art. 5 of the Law “On Advertising”.

Who and how can return Russia to the trajectory of a “normal country” Photo: Anatoly Zhdanov / Kommersant In 2005, economist Andrei Shleifer and political scientist Daniel Treisman published an article in the Journal of Economic Perspectives, A Normal Country: Russia After Communism. They argued that, after all the turmoil of the previous decade, by the end of the 1990s Russia had become a “typical middle-income capitalist democracy,” like Turkey, Brazil and dozens of other countries.

Political scientist Kirill Rogov* explains how events in the Middle East and Russian-Ukrainian negotiations are connected 18+. THIS MATERIAL (INFORMATION) IS PRODUCED, DISTRIBUTED AND (OR) SENT BY FOREIGN AGENT ROGOV KIRILL YURIEVICH OR CONCERNES THE ACTIVITIES OF FOREIGN AGENT ROGOV KIRILL YURIEVICH. How does the war with Iran affect negotiations on Ukraine? Why did Donald Trump focus specifically on the Iranian problem and what role does Russia play in this?

In the Krasnodar Territory, local resident Ivan Kazhan was fined for a photo with “AUE* symbols”, which he posted as an avatar in the “national messenger” Max. Nesting** drew attention to the court’s decision. The document says that in the summer of 2025, the man installed his photo on his profile, which shows a tattoo in the form of an eight-pointed star - “symbols of the AUE social movement.” In February 2026, security forces found the avatar and drew up a report.

Anton Fedorov staged the play “Sherlock and All-All-All” in the Space “Inside” Scene from the play "Sherlock". Photo: teatrmesto.ru ...Tra-la-la-la-la-la-la-la: this performance begins with a screensaver motif from Igor Maslennikov’s series. The play is about eccentrics who are either on a carriage (a sofa on wheels that they move with their own feet), or on a boat (which descends from the sky), or on a two-seater bicycle, rushing to the rescue faster than Chip and Dale.

Russian courts are not obliged to comply with requests from the UN Human Rights Committee - they are only advisory in nature. This is stated in the resolution of the Presidium of the Supreme Court dated March 10, Kommersant noted . A similar formulation appeared in the case of the eviction of Murmansk pensioners from their only home.

Since Friday, some areas of Moscow have been experiencing problems with access to the network. According to residents, in the center of the capital and on some metro lines, only sites and applications from the “white list” work. Thus, on the evening of March 6 there was no Internet in the Chistye Prudy area, and on Sunday at the Maryina Roshcha and Rizhskaya metro stations, Novaya’s correspondent noted. “The Internet is cut off precisely closer to the center, somehow in districts.

A Pakistani man was convicted in Brooklyn for trying to order the assassination of the US President on behalf of Iran. Assassination attempt on Donald Trump in Pennsylvania in July 2024. Photo: AP Photo/Gene J.

“All men are born free, except when humanity needs them.” About the book "Ender's Game" Cover of the book "Ender's Game" Everyone says: talent, talent. For some reason, it is believed that recognition of talent is a compliment, a privilege and generally great happiness. And only a few understand what a diagnosis actually is. This diagnosis becomes especially difficult in difficult times, that is, in times like now, when countries are either already at war or preparing for war.

Nikolay Kolesov. Photo: rhc.ru On Monday, March 9, members of the Spanish National Police conducted searches in several luxury mansions on the island of Mallorca, which, according to Spanish investigators, may belong to Russian businessman Nikolai Kolesov, writes El Pais Dozens of police officers responded to at least two addresses in one of the island's most exclusive areas, the municipality of Calvià.

The wife and mother of political prisoner Alexander Somryakov, sentenced to 6 years for spreading “fakes” about the army, said that the man fears for his life. Somryakov is in IK-9 Khadyzhensk (Krasnodar Territory). According to his relatives, he has now been locked in a punishment cell again for a minor reason - he was found with broken headphones, which the colony staff themselves gave him with a request to keep. “Sasha called in the morning and said goodbye.

Protesters in Russia are already being dispersed with chainsaws Rally against Roblox blocking in Tomsk. Photo: Alexander Golikov / Kommersant The reasons why authorities refuse to approve public actions they do not like, although varied, are generally known. Either the site of the action has already been occupied, then urgent work is being carried out on it, then the monuments located nearby are in poor condition, then the Covid epidemic has been raging for six years...

Nationalization in the Urals: government agencies and the president’s associates take away the assets of entrepreneurs. Even if they are “patriots” Petr Sarukhanov / Novaya Gazeta Since February 2022, the Russian state has seized more than 500 enterprises from businesses. This was done gradually, with testing the boundaries of the possible: everyone understood that we were talking about a violation of one of the social foundations - the inviolability of private property.