Top 5 best music releases of the beginning of the year Fragment of the cover of the album “Aliens” The first months of 2026 presented listeners with several music releases at once, the covers of which featured big names well known to the Russian-speaking audience. Boris Barabanov selected five records, the authors of which not only released new songs, but revised the very approach to releasing music, from the name of the group to the structure of the album.

The Serbian authorities have begun to combat the practice of “visarans” among Russians: at least one case is known where a person was expelled from the country. The publication Uglavnom writes about this. According to the rules, Russians have the right to stay in Serbia without a visa for 30 days, and then are required to leave the country. Many renewed their stay by leaving Serbia and crossing the border back.

Researchers are unwittingly creating memory management technologies. If you know how it is formed, then you can influence it Photo: Dmitry Dukhanin / Kommersant This publication begins a new series of articles by sociologist Alexey Semenov-Troyat on the phenomenon of collective memory. Quiet office at the RANEPA Institute. It’s the Moscow winter outside, and there are thousands of profiles on the computer screen.

Why adoption of quotas is dangerous for Russian film exhibition and the industry as a whole Vladimir Medinsky and Nikita Mikhalkov. Photo: Sergey Fadeichev / TASS On March 25, Mikhalkov again complained to Putin that the corresponding order from the head of state on quotas limiting foreign film exhibitions had not been implemented for 390 days.

On March 27, the Russian Ministry of Justice updated the register of “foreign agents”: it included Oscar winner for best documentary Pavel Talankin. The agency claims that a former school teacher from the city of Karabash collaborated with foreign media, disseminated “unreliable” information about the policies of the Russian authorities and opposed military actions in Ukraine.

On April 9, the Supreme Court of the Russian Federation will consider the application to recognize Memorial as an extremist organization. The Ministry of Justice’s lawsuit was noted in the file of the RF Armed Forces by “Caution, news”, the information is confirmed by TASS. It is reported that the meeting will be held behind closed doors. Let us remind you that back in February, the organizations Zukunft Memorial ev** (“Future.

How a show trial was prepared in the USSR and what stopped the repressions 1953. February. She's 14. Employees of the Ministry of State Security break into her and her parents' communal apartment on Sokol. They came for their father, the famous pathologist Yakov Rapoport. But my parents are not at home - they are at work. They hid from their daughter that they had actually already prepared a bag with things in case of arrest. Their doctor friends have already been arrested. Whole families.

Lessons from the Slovenian case of the “private Mossad” March 20, 2026. Ljubljana. Photo: Zuma/TASS The publication about the alleged activities of the private Israeli intelligence company Black Cube in Slovenia certainly deserves the most serious attention. If the stated facts are confirmed, they require a legal assessment, a transparent investigation and an assessment of the levels of responsibility.

Photo: Crisis group SK SOS. Chechen woman Aishat Baymuradova, killed in Armenia in October 2025, was buried at the Nubarashen cemetery in Yerevan. The ceremony was organized by the Armenian authorities, reports the crisis group SK SOS. The media write that about 20 people came to the funeral, including journalists and activists. A bailiff was also present at the ceremony. The only speech was made by journalist Anna Yeganyan, who herself did not have time to recognize Aishat before the murder.

Putin at a meeting with businessmen of the Russian Union of Industrialists and Entrepreneurs. Photo: Kremlin press service The meeting of President Vladimir Putin with representatives of Russian business on Thursday, March 26, acquired new details and comments within a day. At first, The Bell*'s business sources said that during the closed part of the meeting, Putin allegedly notified the business that hostilities would continue until Russia reached the borders of Donbass.

Why did they demand to start a seal hunt in Murmansk? Photo: Yuri Smityuk / TASS Previously, the Murmansk deputy Stepakhno was the director of the oceanarium. Gray seals and ringed seals were trained there. Then Stepakhno studied them from the outside. And now I don’t mind taking a look inside: the other day he offered to feed the Russians sausage made from seals. Open a sea animal fishery and make sausage from it.

More than 90% of fuel oil has been removed from the beaches of Anapa, so they can be opened for swimming by the beginning of summer, said Deputy Prime Minister Vitaly Savelyev. According to him, the latest tests by Rospotrebnadzor confirmed the safety of eight pebble beaches. Savelyev added that the water has been recognized as suitable for use, and the remaining work on pumping out the fuel oil will be completed during April and May.

Unknown people threw Molotov cocktails at the Russian House in Prague, its director Igor Girenko told TASS. The attack occurred on the evening of March 26, on the eve of the final event of the Days of Russian Culture, he added. “By a happy coincidence, 3 out of 6 Molotov cocktails did not explode,” - said Girenko. He clarified that “the bottles that were thrown directly into the building” and into the library windows did not explode.

Penza authorities banned a rally against Internet blocking, which was supposed to take place on March 29. The occasion was a roller skating master class planned in the same Hyde Park.

Why livestock is being destroyed in Siberia and how farmers plan to live on In the Novosibirsk region, farm owners say that their cows, which they consider completely healthy, are going to be destroyed due to suspected infection. People show animals, talk about symptoms that do not exist, and ask for tests instead of destroying the entire herd.