The unabated carnival and military terror in Brazil in the 1970s - on the screens of Mendonça's "Secret Agent" Still from the film "Secret Agent" Today, Kleber Mendonça's zigzag action thriller "Secret Agent" opens in theaters, winning Best Director and Best Actor (Wagner Moura) at the Cannes Film Festival. The story of a scientist hiding from repression and hired killers has become one of the favorites in the Oscar race (four nominations).

In less than three months of 2026, attendance at many catering establishments in Russia has decreased by 10-40%, writes Kommersant, citing market players. Both traffic and revenue, they say, are down to 25-year lows. One of the reasons for the poor performance of restaurants is the fall in real incomes of the population, noted the founder of the Teremok chain, Mikhail Goncharov.

Serbian President Aleksandar Vucic for the second time in a short period raised the topic of relations with Moscow, admitting that its strategic decisions may not take into account the interests of Serbia and the region. Speaking on March 24 in the city of Vranje at a ceremony in memory of the victims of the NATO bombing of Yugoslavia, Vucic linked existing security risks with the conclusion of a military cooperation agreement between Zagreb, Tirana and Pristina, signed in 2025.

The Moscow City Court upheld the decision of the Zamoskvoretsky District Court of Moscow to extend the arrest of the deputy chairman of the Yabloko party, Maxim Kruglov, said lawyer Natalia Tikhonova. The court ignored the defense’s arguments that there were no grounds for extending Kruglov’s arrest, Tikhonova said.

Speech by Alexander Shokhin at the congress of the Russian Union of Industrialists and Entrepreneurs. Skinshot The head of the Russian Union of Industrialists and Entrepreneurs (RSPP), Alexander Shokhin, said during the congress that restrictions on the mobile Internet by the Russian authorities have made life more difficult for businesses and citizens.

Psychologist in Russia. Part 1: between the aggregator and the state regulator Petr Sarukhanov / Novaya Gazeta In April, the State Duma will return to consider the law on the fundamentals of regulation of psychological activity in Russia - this time in a new version of the law.

And to the question “Whose Crimea?” answer without hesitation: “King Mithridates, of course.” Once again about the case of the historian Butyagin Alexander Butyagin. Photo: social networks A Warsaw court decided to satisfy Ukraine's request for the extradition of Russian archaeologist and Hermitage employee Alexander Butyagin.

Putin signed (http://publication.pravo.gov.ru/document/0001202603250043) a decree that, from April 1, prohibits citizens from exporting cash rubles from Russia to the EEA countries in an amount exceeding the equivalent of $100,000 at the Central Bank exchange rate on the date of export. At the Central Bank exchange rate as of March 26, this is about 8 million rubles. In addition to Russia, the EAEU includes Armenia, Belarus, Kazakhstan and Kyrgyzstan.

Lawyer Alexey Pryanishnikov* said that the Supreme Court of Yakutia today upheld the decision to extend compulsory treatment in a mental hospital for shaman Alexander Gabyshev. Representatives of the mental hospital where Gabyshev is being treated spoke in court. They stated that the shaman allegedly still poses a “social danger,” including because he is prone to solitude. “We will appeal in cassation,” Pryanishnikov promised.

The beating case resulted in a guilty verdict for the victim; they tried to send his sister to a mental hospital for a single picket Yulia Melnichenko during a picket at the Prosecutor General's Office. Photo courtesy of Yulia Melnichenko This story began with a night-time quarrel on the street, and turned into a long-term chronicle of resistance.

The Federal Penitentiary Service of Russia responded to media reports that Nikita Zhuravel’s family has not had any information about him for three full months and doubts that he is alive. The Federal Penitentiary Service stated that Zhuravel was serving his sentence “in one of the institutions of the penal system,” and information about this was allegedly sent to the family. On January 21, 2026, Zhuravel was given a letter from his mother, the FSIN added.

Humpback whale in the shallow waters of the Baltic Sea. Screenshot A humpback whale “ran aground” in the Baltic Sea in the zone of state interests of Germany; it has not been able to go to depth on its own for four days, there is a sandy bottom underneath it. The rescue operation has not yet yielded results. It is suspended due to the “exhaustion” of the mammal, which is on the verge of death. Staying in the shallows for a whale seriously affects its lungs, changing the pressure in them.

At a meeting of the Council for Culture, President Putin, having listened to Mikhalkov’s complaints that officials were blurting out and postponing the procedure for quotas for foreign films in Russian film distribution, demanded that Advisor Vladimir Medinsky, Deputy Chairman of the Government Tatyana Golikova and Minister of Culture Olga Lyubimova speed up the procedure. Putin said that France already has “strict” national quotas, as does China. “Well, why are we keeping our mouths open?

Expulsion, contract, travel ban. Lawyer Lev Karmanov on new risks for students New conscription, contracts for students, UAV troops, pressure from universities, risk of expulsion, travel restrictions and new rules for challenging conscription in court. In this fragment with lawyer Lev Karmanov we analyze in detail what does a “contract for a year” actually mean? is it possible to return to study later? how do pre-trial complaints work? why do courts rarely suspend conscription?

The state, armed with prohibitions, total control and (stupid) artificial intelligence, declared civil war on society Photo: Oleg Elkov / TASS (18+) THIS MATERIAL (INFORMATION) IS PRODUCED, DISTRIBUTED AND (OR) SENT BY FOREIGN AGENT ANDREY VLADIMIROVICH KOLESNIKOV OR CONCERNES THE ACTIVITIES OF FOREIGN AGENT ANDREY VLADIMIROVICH KOLESNIKOV. Not a single classic of the theater of the absurd is able to describe any one day in the life of today's Russia. He just doesn't have enough imagination.