Promotion in Veliky Novgorod, April 11, 2022 The architect from Veliky Novgorod Anton Gorban was accused of discrediting the Russian Armed Forces for the fact that he lay down in the city center in the yellow-blue bag and listed the destroyed cities of Ukraine: Bucha, Mariupol, Kharkov, Lviv.

An illustrative photo The world's largest independent oil industry company Vitol Group will stop selling Russian oil and oil products until the end of 2022. It is reported by Bloomberg referring to the representative of the Swiss-Niderland company. The volumes of Russian oil, which is sold by the Vitol Group, will be reduced in the second quarter of the year. The company will fulfill purchases only under the contracts that were concluded before the start of the Russian invasion of Ukraine.

Petersburg Since 2020, the Roskomnadzor departments in the regions have been monitoring social networks and the media in order to create reports on "protest moods", which were then sent to the Ministry of Internal Affairs, the FSB, the National Guard and the Kremlin. This was found out by the Medusa publications and The Intercept.

Alexandra Skochilenko The court in St. Petersburg arrested until May 31 the artist Alexander Skochilenko, who is accused of discrediting the Russian army for pasting pacifist price tags in the store. This was reported to the North. Reali by a friend of Skochilenko, who is in the courtroom. “When you come to the process, everyone inspires you that you are doing something shameful, wrong, bad, that you are a criminal, if you play for the world.

Lesson about "special operation" at the Petrozavodsk school The war in Ukraine has been going on for the second month, and ordinary Russian citizens are increasingly involved in it. Including minors - schools and kindergartens are sealed with the letter Z , and on classroom hours it is told about the meaning of "special operation" and the benefits of sanctions. In vocabulary, lecturers also cease to be shy. The correspondent of the North. Realiy talked with people who teach children hatred.

Caricature of Sergey Yolkina for Radio Liberty Artist Sergei Yolkin left Russia. The popular cartoonist reported this on his Facebook page. “Nevertheless, I left Russia. The border guard -could not let me go like Lao Tsi. But now I am in Bulgaria. The future is vague,” Yulkin wrote. One of the last caricatures of Yolkina Sergey Yolkin, a famous Russian artist and architect. Since 1999, he has been working as a professional cartoonist.

The Petersburg police announced the detention of a suspect in the case of financing terrorism. According to the agency, the 28-year-old unemployed for several years transferred money to a friend who professes the idea of religious extremism. The case says that from June 2015 to June 2017, the suspect made seven as a total of 59 thousand rubles. Searches went to three addresses, documents and equipment were seized.

The All -Russian Center for the Study of Public Opinion (VTsIOM) found out that 85% of Russians stored for the future. Compared to 1992, this indicator increased, then 71% of the country's inhabitants purchased products. The Vitz study says that in 2022, the share of no reserves was reduced in comparison from 1992 - from 19 to 13%. More than half of citizens have as many reserves as last year (61%) - over thirty years, this share has increased by more than a third (plus 38%, 1992 - 23%).

Professor and teacher of the St. Petersburg Humanitarian University of Trade Unions, Maria Rakhmaninova, quit from the university after one of the students announced to the rector that Rakhmaninova was discussing a war in Ukraine at a lecture. The monologue of the teacher was published by the publication "Vowel". On February 24, Rakhmaninova learned about the start of the war in Ukraine on the way to work at the university. When she came to the lecture, she turned to students.

The Russian government increased the financing of state media against the backdrop of the war with Ukraine. About this writes The Moskow News with reference to the report of the Ministry of Finance. From January to March, 17.4 billion rubles were allocated from the federal budget at the media, while over the same time last year, expenses amounted to 5.4 billion.

Corrupt practices In the Arkhangelsk region, the head of the Krasnoborsky district, Vladimir Rudakov, was detained. The official is suspected of corruption. This was reported in the regional administration of the Investigative Committee. According to investigators, Rudakov received a bribe from a friend entrepreneur for concluding a contract for the purchase of a house for orphans. The official is also suspected of fraud with ransom of emergency housing.

The UK expanded the sanctions list and introduced 206 businessmen and politicians from Russia, as well as members of their families. The document includes the head of Lukoil Vagit Alekperov, the owner of the AFK "System" Vladimir Yevtushenkov, as well as the former beneficiary of Kuzbassegly Andrei Bokarev.

Russian President Vladimir Putin On the morning of February 24, Russian President Vladimir Putin made a television show in which he announced the beginning of a "special military operation" in Ukraine. "The goal of [special operation] is the protection of people who have been inhibited for eight years, the genocide from the Kyiv regime. And for this we will strive for the demilitarization and denazification of Ukraine," the Russian head said.

Annual inflation in Russia in March amounted to 16.69 percent. This is the maximum value since the beginning of March 2015. This was reported in the Bank of Russia. The main factors of inflation growth were the fall of the ruble and a surge in consumer demand, which is caused by the introduction of sanctions after the outbreak of war in Ukraine. The monthly increase in prices reached 7.5 percent.