Archive photo The St. Petersburg City Court, at the request of the Ministry of Justice, recognized the organization “Alliance of Heterosexuals and LGBT for Equality” as an extremist association. According to the human rights organization First Department, this is already the tenth LGBT organization recognized as “extremist” by the Russian authorities. Court hearings were held behind closed doors.

The most interesting thing from our common past. An unfinished story. Unhealed wounds. Hopes still alive. Could Russia have taken a different path? Archive project. Ivan Tolstoy selects from our broadcast what is still relevant and has turned out to be eternal.

Anastasia Shevchenko, photo from the archive Rostov civil activist Anastasia Shevchenko was found guilty of promoting terrorism and sentenced in absentia to 17 years in prison. In the past, Shevchenko was the regional coordinator of the Open Russia movement - the first criminal case in Russia was brought against her for cooperation with an “undesirable” organization. After the start of the war, the human rights activist left the country - at that time she was serving a suspended sentence.

Show more Collapse The fuel crisis in Russia is reaching the federal level. Motorists from Samara, Nizhny Novgorod, Yoshkar-Ola and Saransk publish footage of huge queues and empty gas stations, where AI-95 gasoline is sold at a price of up to 120 rubles per liter. From Volgograd to Saratov, the fuel at Lukoil gas stations was completely gone. Due to regular attacks by Ukrainian drones on Russia's largest oil refineries, the country lost 25% of its gasoline production.

There are restrictions on the publication of photos and videos of Ukrainian Armed Forces raids in three dozen regions of Russia, including Moscow and the occupied territories of Crimea and Donbass. But videos and photos still appear after every strike by the Ukrainian Armed Forces, and Z-patriots demand that their authors be tried for treason and collaboration with the enemy

19-year-old applicants in Grozny were taken to the military registration and enlistment office while submitting documents to the university, the Chechen movement NIYSO reported. There is no confirmation of this information, but human rights activist Ivan Chuvilyaev from the organization “Go through the Forest” explained why this is a very likely scenario.

Killer Artem Buchin during an investigative experiment On May 25, 2026, the Central District Military Court in Yekaterinburg sentenced 29-year-old Russian army serviceman Artem Buchin to life imprisonment for double murder. He was found guilty of raping and murdering his ex-wife and her seven-year-old daughter from his first marriage. He will spend the first 10 years in prison, and the remaining term will be served in a maximum security colony.

Illustrative photo The Russian-appointed head of the peninsula, Sergei Aksenov, announced yesterday that children's camps in Crimea will not accept children until September 1. The Ministry of Youth of Tatarstan announced the suspension until September 1 of the sending of children to the camps of the annexed Crimea.

The rift between British Prime Minister Keir Starmer, who announced his resignation on June 22, and his party began long ago, when Labor was still in opposition. The date when this discord came to light is known: November 15, 2023. On that day, 56 Labor MPs broke party discipline and voted for a resolution proposed by the Scottish National Party (SNP) demanding an immediate ceasefire in the Gaza Strip.

Illustrative photo In Russia, including in the Volga region, there is a fuel crisis due to the increasing frequency of attacks by the Armed Forces of Ukraine on oil refineries. In the republics and regions of the Volga Federal District, authorities report on the introduction of limits on the purchase of fuel, and residents also complain about a sharp jump in prices.

A documentary series based on the book “The End of the Regime: How Three European Dictatorships Ended” by Alexander Baunov about the fall of autocratic regimes in Spain, Portugal and Greece in the 20th century was released on the Current Time channel. As the author says, his book was “written by a resident of an autocracy for other residents of an autocracy.”

Planes at Krasnoyarsk airport during the COVID-19 coronavirus pandemic The Tverskoy Court in Moscow sent the former director of Aeroflot and top manager of Rostec Mikhail Poluboyarinov under arrest. As Mediazona reports , he is involved in a case of abuse of power, but his status is unknown. The court hearing took place on June 19. The official reasons for the persecution of Poluboyarinov are not disclosed. It is known that in 2009–2019 Poluboyarinov worked in the state corporation VEB.RF.

At least 15 regions of Russia introduced restrictions on fuel sales on June 23. At the same time, the authorities of most regions declare a sufficient amount of gasoline and diesel fuel, and explain the measures taken by “avoiding an artificial shortage.” Thus, restrictions were introduced in the Khanty-Mansiysk Autonomous Okrug at Gazpromneft and Lukoil gas stations. In the Belgorod region, limits apply at filling stations of Rosneft and Gazpromneft.

Illustrative photo The Achkhoy-Martanovsky District Court of Chechnya received a protocol on the administrative article on the search for “extremist” materials on the Internet. This is the fifth known use of this article in Russia and at least the second such case in Chechnya, Mediazona noted . The protocol was drawn up against a 22-year-old resident of the village of Achkhoy-Martan. It is unclear what exactly he is accused of.

Information digest “Time of Freedom with Andrei Sharogradsky.” Tuesday, June 23 01:01 Ukraine may toughen its approach to negotiations with Russia.