Biathlete Daria Dolidovich and her father, a former famous Belarusian skier Sergei Dolidovich, in an interview with Present Time TV channel journalist Alexei Alexandrov, talk about the refugee team and participation in the Biathlon World Cup.

Alexander Shestun The former head of the Serpukhov district of the Moscow region, Alexander Shestun, convicted on charges of fraud and bribery, went on a dry hunger strike in the Torzhok prison hospital, where he has been staying since March 30. RusNews reports this with reference to Shestun himself. In his letter, Shestun writes that from April 7 he went on a dry hunger strike, refusing water.

Pre-trial detention center "Lefortovo" The FSB has taken ownership of seven pre-trial detention centers that were previously part of the FSIN system, The Insider reports , citing data from the Unified State Register of Legal Entities. The publication notes that the transfer took place without public announcements. The FSB has taken over pre-trial detention centers in Moscow, St. Petersburg, Rostov-on-Don, Krasnodar, Vladikavkaz, Chelyabinsk and Simferopol in the annexed Crimea.

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22 of the 30 most popular Russian applications from the RuStore and Google Play stores monitor the operation of VPN services on the device, experts from the RKS Global project found out , The Bell noted . As determined by project analysts, the use of VPN is, in particular, monitored by banking services (T-Bank, Sberbank), marketplaces (Wildberries, Ozon, MegaMarket and Samokat), as well as applications from the Yandex ecosystems (Browser, Maps) and VK (VKontakte, Odnoklassniki).

Rotunda of the Church of the Holy Sepulcher During the Easter holidays, it is reasonable to think about the treasures of the Church of the Holy Sepulcher in Jerusalem, which was erected on Calvary, where Jesus Christ was crucified and resurrected. The Russian-language guide to this temple has just been published in Israel with an expanded fourth edition, and it was written by the poet Mikhail Korol . His book can be read not only as a regular reference book, but also as an experimental novel.

Blocking of the Telegram messenger in Russia has reached an all-time high, according to projects that track blocking in real time, based on user data. As the Agency writes with reference to the OONI project, when logging into Telegram on the morning of April 10, the level of anomalies reached 95%. The publication notes that the messenger is blocked more strongly than WhatsApp and Signal, which are officially blocked in Russia.

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Alexander Podrabinek Gamblers know: a joker is a card that can replace any other. However, such universal substitutes are not only found in card games. I recently heard in a speech by an emigre publicist that one of the most important qualities of a Russian person is shamelessness. The publicist himself seems to be Russian, too, but he says nothing about his relationship with conscience. There are a lot of normal people around me - are they all unscrupulous?

EU countries, against the backdrop of the war in the Middle East, significantly increased imports of Russian liquefied natural gas (LNG) in the first quarter of 2026. This was reported by the Financial Times with reference to the analytical company Kpler. According to data cited by the publication, the EU accounts for 97% of all purchases made from January to March at the Russian Yamal LNG project, owned by Novatek.

A court in Moscow placed Novaya Gazeta journalist Oleg Roldugin under arrest until May 10, Mediazona reports. The investigation asked for this. A criminal case has been initiated against Roldugin under the article “Illegal use, transfer, collection or storage of computer information containing personal data obtained through unauthorized access.” Roldugin’s defense, as well as the journalist himself, asked the court for a more lenient measure of restraint.

The State All-Russian Center for the Study of Public Opinion (VTsIOM), in its latest survey , the data of which was published on April 10, reported a new drop in the approval rating of Russian President Vladimir Putin. According to the VTsIOM website, in the period from March 30 to April 5, Putin's approval rating was 67.8%, which is 2.3 percentage points lower than in the previous survey conducted on March 19-22.

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Ukraine has “made significant progress” in restoring the damaged Druzhba oil pipeline and will complete repairs during the spring, Ukrainian President Vladimir Zelensky said while speaking to reporters. He is quoted by Reuters. The stoppage of Russian oil supplies to Slovakia and Hungary through the Druzhba oil pipeline has aggravated the conflict between Budapest and Kiev.

Military hospital, Ussuriysk Six new military hospitals are planned to open in 2026 in Russia, said the head of the Ministry of Defense Andrei Belousov. The same number of new institutions, according to him, were opened last year. Before the war, according to various sources , the Medical Service of the RF Armed Forces included 140 military hospitals and 240 military clinics.