Memorial in Katyn In the Smolensk region, on the territory of the Katyn memorial complex, a traveling exhibition “Ten Centuries of Polish Russophobia” opened. It was organized by the Russian Military Historical Society (RVIO), which is headed by Assistant to the President of Russia Vladimir Medinsky. The exhibition is located at the site of the mass executions of Polish prisoners of war, primarily officers, by the Soviet NKVD in 1940.

Putin and his classmate Alexander Grigoriev in Ust-Nembaz 20 years ago, in the spring of 2006, Putin visited the Komi Republic for the first time as president. He was horrified by the state of the roads in the region and said that he had already been to these places in 1972 as part of a student construction team - in the village of Ust-Nembaza (since 1975 renamed Yugydyag, translated from the Komi language as “bright forest”). In 2026, life in this village, at first glance, has changed little.

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Putin noted that the Russian economy has serious problems. Who will be responsible for the problems in the Russian economy? We are discussing with economist Igor Lipsits.

The oil slick off the coast of Anapa has grown to 200 square meters. km - this can be seen on satellite images. The wind tore it into several parts, which complicates the work to eliminate the leak. Volunteers are once again cleaning beaches and rescuing birds.

After new releases of oil products in the Black Sea, near Anapa, more than 800 birds were killed and injured over the past week. This was announced on Thursday by the head of the Green Patrol organization, Roman Pukalov. According to him, about 650 waterfowl stained with oil products were delivered to the Zhemchuzhnaya rehabilitation center in the village of Vityazevo, Krasnodar Territory, from April 9 to April 15.

Refugees in Uganda More than four million people around the world could be forced to flee their homes by the end of 2027 due to wars and cuts in humanitarian aid. This was reported by Reuters with reference to the Secretary General of the Danish Refugee Council Charlotte Slente. According to the International Committee of the Red Cross, there are already about 117 million internally displaced people in the world.

Israeli troops are cordoning off the area around a rocket fired by Hezbollah that landed in a field in the Israeli-annexed Golan Heights, bordering Lebanon. March 19, 2026 In Washington on April 14, the first meeting of diplomats from Israel and Lebanon took place in the US State Department building in several decades. The parties agreed to begin bilateral direct contacts in accordance with the time and place agreed upon by them.

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Meeting on economic issues Putin realized that the Russian economy has serious problems The economic decline in Russia in the first months of 2026 is stronger than the government and the Central Bank predicted: the decline continues for the second month in a row, Vladimir Putin said at a meeting on economic issues on April 15. And he demanded an explanation from the government and the Central Bank for the deterioration of macroeconomic indicators.

An oil refinery in Tuapse caught fire as a result of a massive drone attack. This was reported by Ukrainian monitoring channels and local residents. Satellite imagery of the impact shows smoke from the fire spreading more than 100 kilometers. A new photo from space from Planet.com, taken around noon local time, shows a dense column of smoke. The Ukrainian monitoring channel Exilenova+, citing local residents, wrote that three tanks at the refinery caught fire.