The Estonian Tax and Customs Board (MTA) in cooperation with the Dutch police, the Finnish customs, and Europol have seized 3.5 tonnes of a narcotic substance in Muuga, Estonia’s largest seaport. The express test showed a positive result for cocaine, states the Board's website . The batch of drugs was detected on March 21 on the Milan Express, which had left Rotterdam on March 5. Most of the containers were destined for Russia.

In Moscow, on the night of April 26, the chairman of the Courier trade union Kirill Ukrainsev was detained. A criminal case has been instituted against him about a repeated violation of the rally (212.1 of the Criminal Code of the Russian Federation, “Dadinskaya” article), the trade union and TASS reported . In the evening, the security forces broke the door to the Ukrainian apartment and conducted a search during which they seized a working computer, laptop, smartphones.

At the same time, on the evening of April 25, at least two civilians suffered during the shelling of the village of Zhuravlevka, after which the governor went there personally to persuade local residents to evacuate. “I had to go on a business trip to Moscow, already got on a train. The head of Zhuravlevka Angelika Vasilievna called. The shelling of the village began. I canceled the business trip, I remain in the region. Already now it is clear that there are injured civilians.

The Basmanny Court of Moscow, at the request of the investigation, sent two defendants in a criminal case to prepare the murder of propagandist Vladimir Solovyov - Vasily Strizhakov and Alexander Druzhinin, Interfax reports . The process at the request of the prosecutor was closed, since the case file contains information related to the security of the state.

The Polish oil and gas concern PGNIG refused to pay for the supply of Russian gas with mandatory conversion to rubles. The company said that it received a notification from Gazprom about the complete suspension of gas supplies from April 27 through the drooping and gender of Drozdovichi, Vysokoy, Teterovka and Kondratka. These are all points of the entrance of Russian gas to Poland.

Pussy Riot participant Maria Alekhina, convicted of the “sanitary case”, was put on the wanted list, RIA Novosti reports . On April 21, Alekhina replaced the conditional term in the "sanitary case" with real. She will have to spend three weeks in the colony. Earlier, on her Instagram, Alekhina said that she cut off the electronic bracelet of the FSIN.

Russian President Vladimir Putin awarded the title of Hero of Russia to the deputy of the State Duma Adam Delimkhanov, who was the head of Chechnya Ramzan Kadyrov to a cousin. This is stated in the decree signed on April 26.

On April 26, Russian president Vladimir Putin met with United Nations Secretary-General António Guterres in the Kremlin. Putin declared that Russia had started its invasion of Ukraine, referred to as “the special operation” by the Russian authorities, to provide military assistance to the People's Republics of Donetsk and Luhansk under Article 51 of the UN Charter.

SOCIETY «The residential complex is locked down, anyone who tries to leave gets arrested.» A month of lockdown for millions of Shanghai residents Alyona Koroleva 26 апреля 2022 Shanghai, a city of 26 million people, has been closed for a month for a total quarantine. Getting a covid test is the only way out of the apartment for most residents. Even if the test is negative, you have to go back into the apartment and wait until no one else in the house is found to have the coronavirus.

Shanghai, a city of 26 million people, has been closed for a month for a total quarantine. Getting a covid test is the only way out of the apartment for most residents. Even if the test is negative, you have to go back into the apartment and wait until no one else in the house is found to have the coronavirus. People don't have enough food, delivery services are intermittent, and any complaints from residents on social media are blocked and deleted, interlocutors told The Insider. Contents 1.

Moldova President Maya Sandu convenes a meeting of the Security Council on April 26 due to the explosions that occurred over the past day in Transnistria. A meeting of the Security Council of Moldova is scheduled for 13:00 local time. After that, Sandu’s speech with a statement for the media is planned, her press service said . The information and security service said they are tracking the situation.

Russian President Vladimir Putin held a meeting in the Kremlin with the UN Secretary General Antoniu Guterrysh. Putin said that Russia began the invasion of Ukraine, which the authorities of the Russian Federation call the “special operation”, relying on the UN Charter and provided military assistance to the LPR and the DPR in accordance with the 51th article of the Charter of the Organization.

Just the other day, the Minister of Foreign Affairs of the Russian Federation Sergey Lavrov said that he did not see the focus of tension in Transnistria, that everything is normal there and everyone will proceed from the principles of solving a conflict established by a format of 5+2 in relation to the territorial integrity of the Republic of Moldova and giving a special status to the Transnistria as part of the sovereign Moldova.

The Investigative Committee of the Russian Federation opened a criminal case against the head of the municipal district of Krasnoselsky Elena Kotenochkin and deputy Alexei Gorinov. This was announced by municipal deputy Ilya Yashin on his Facebook page. According to him, Kotenochkin and Gorinov are accused of spreading false information about the actions of the Russian army in Ukraine (Article 207.3 of the Criminal Code of the Russian Federation).

Employees of the Investigation Department of the Tax-Supervised Department (NTD) of Estonia in cooperation with the Dutch police, Finnish customs and Europol found 3.5 tons of narcotic substance in the largest Estonian port, express test showed a positive result for cocaine. This was reported on the website of the department. Smuggling was identified on March 21 on the Milan Express vessel, the ship left Rotterdam on March 5. The country of purpose for most containers was Russia.