Former transport minister Roman Starovoyt, who committed suicide, received multimillion-dollar sums as kickbacks, former head of the Kursk region Alexei Smirnov said at a court hearing. His words are quoted by the press service. During interrogation, Smirnov said that he received a total of about 21 million rubles from two entrepreneurs for concluding contracts for the construction of protective structures in the territories bordering Ukraine.

The city of Lille, with a population of 240,000, located in northern France, has been chosen as the location for the headquarters of the future Customs Service of the European Union. In the fight for the right to host the department, the French city beat out eight other candidates, AFP reports. Lille, the capital of the French Hauts-de-France region, competed against Rome (which reached the final), The Hague, Warsaw, Zagreb, Bucharest, Liege, Porto and Malaga.

He's tired, but he's not going to leave. He is Alexander Ovechkin Photo: AP / TASS In fact, Alexander Ovechkin needs not one, but 17 goals in order to close all the major overseas sniper records, this time in the “regular season plus playoffs” format. The thousand that he just reached is a beautiful and amazing number, but in North America they don’t count goals that way, there flies and cutlets separately, and accordingly, without any fuss, they take note that there is such a total figure.

Inside dystopia: interest in this genre is incredibly high, so much so that the authorities are already thinking about censoring the classics Photo: Sergey Konkov / Kommersant In Soviet times, dystopias were very popular among the intelligentsia, who knew how to read between the lines. Because the world around us (or its recent but well-remembered past) was immediately recognizable. Even if it was cleverly disguised as something completely different.

Is it true that it will become more difficult and more expensive for foreigners to settle in Armenia? We analyze new amendments to migration laws Photo: AP / TASS The Armenian Parliament has approved a package of changes that will significantly tighten the procedure for obtaining temporary and permanent residence permits for foreigners. The corresponding message was published on the official website of the legislative body.

Film panorama with Irina Petrovskaya and Larisa Malyukova In the new episode of “Kinopanorama” on the NO.Media channel from Russia, we discuss the main events in the world of cinema: the results of the Oscars, unexpected victories and disappointments, high-profile scandals around the film “Mr. Nobody Against Putin,” as well as the fate of films without a distribution certificate, including the works of Alexander Sokurov.

The Ministry of Digital Development has sent to the government a bill to support Russian Post. One of the key innovations is that the authorities want to force marketplaces to open pickup points in post offices or deliver goods directly there. The document also provides new requirements for the entire delivery market. Operators will be required to install inspection equipment for parcels—the rules are planned to be developed jointly with the FSB.

Lawyer Maria Bonzler - about the reasons for her persecution, how to make daylight hours shorter, how to write 5 books in a pre-trial detention center in 9 months Lawyer Maria Bontzler, accused of treason, answered Novaya's questions about the reasons for her persecution, how to make daylight hours in prison impossible, and how to write five books in a pre-trial detention center in nine months. Maria Bonzler, June 26, 2025. Kaliningrad regional court.

The Tagansky Court of Moscow rejected the complaint of the defense of political prisoner Alexei Gorinov against the refusal of the prosecutor’s office to resume proceedings in the case, Novaya’s correspondent reports from the courtroom. Previously, the UN Human Rights Council declared the persecution of Gorinov illegal and recommended his immediate release. Lawyer Katerina Tertukhina noted that the decision of the UN Council should be considered as a new circumstance.

The Supreme Court decision regarding real estate in Finland has purely propaganda value Photo: Alexander Demyanchuk / TASS The Civil Division of the Supreme Court of the Russian Federation overturned the decisions of lower instances and ordered the Dzerzhinsky District Court of St. Petersburg to consider the merits of the claim brought by the Tsvetkov family against the state of Finland. Information about this decision appeared on the website of the RF Armed Forces on March 24.

The Ministry of Digital Development has taken up artificial intelligence and plans to ban everything foreign - that is, AI itself Photo: Alexander Baranov / Kommersant The Ministry of Digital Development’s draft law “On the fundamentals of state regulation of the areas of application of artificial intelligence technologies in the Russian Federation” has appeared on the portal of regulatory acts, the content of which allows us to assert that all foreign models are under threat, read - will be

Interview with expert on modern Latin America Ekaterina Bazanova Photo: East News / YAMIL LAGE / AFP The modern world is filled with dramatic events: they shoot here, they bomb here, there’s another invasion, and then another war, and so on in a circle.

The Federal Antimonopoly Service will not punish for advertising on Telegram and YouTube until the end of 2026. This is stated in the department's message. The FAS explained the decision by the need for a “transition period” for business: “It is obvious that business entities need time to adapt to new rules and refocus on other advertising channels.

Why the Gulag History Museum will be turned into a Museum of Memory of the Victims of the Genocide of the Soviet People and why do the authorities need the concept of “genocide” Photo: Sergey Fadeichev / TASS The closure of the Gulag History Museum in Moscow marks a new round of re-Stalinization in “a single country”, the transition of this process to a qualitatively different level.

The former head of Rosprirodnadzor Oleg Mitvol, who was released from prison after 4.5 years of punishment in a fraud case, is being checked as part of a new criminal case on corruption, writes TASS. “His involvement in the theft of budget funds allocated for the implementation of the state order is being verified. There are no defendants in the case yet, and the former official himself does not have any status,” - said the agency's interlocutor.