The founder of the PMC of Wagner Evgeny Prigozhin, who is under international sanctions, accused of violations of human rights around the world, was able to go through the British Law Firm on the issue of money laundering, providing an account for utilities in the name of his 81-year-old mother. About this writes The Financial Times with reference to flowing emails.

Unknown people painted the territory of the Russian Consulate General in the German city of Bonn. This was reported on the website of the representative office. The representatives complained to the police, asking to find the perpetrators. The Consulate General also required to take measures from the German authorities. According to the agency, the paint was applied on Wednesday night. “We strongly condemn this disgusting act of vandalism.

In Russia, billions of dollars of international financial organizations that invested in the Russian economy were stuck in Russia. Money is stored in special accounts of the type “C”, however, neither the Russian authorities nor the Western companies owned by Russian assets have access to them. This was reported by Bloomberg with reference to representatives of financial organizations, many of which agreed only on conditions of anonymity due to possible risks against the background of war.

On February 21, more than 100 wooden coffins were brought to Tolmachevo Airport in Novosibirsk. A video with boxes and sheets attached to them appeared in social networks, on which there was information about the dead. As Siberia found out . Realities ”, in the tombs - the bodies of the military personnel and mercenaries of the Wagner PMC who died and mercenaries.

POLITICS Courtroom, graveyard, political arena. Where the initial invaders of Crimea ended up Sergey Kanev 23 февраля 2023 The Russian authorities are preparing to celebrate the anniversary of their full-scale invasion of Ukraine, with the Russian Union of Afghan Veterans (RUVA) and the Night Wolves motorcycle club, known for their pro-Kremlin stance, joining in the festivities.

The president of the unrecognized Nagorno-Karabakh Republic (Artsaha) Araik Harutyunyan dismissed the state minister Ruben Vardanyan, who last year abandoned Russian citizenship and moved to the NKR. This was reported by the press service of Harutyunyan. “I am grateful to Mr. Vardanyan for always trying to maximize the responsibility with me both in friendly and collegial relations, and did not try to shift it to me, referring to constitutional norms.

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The Russian Ministry of Defense on the morning of February 23 reported that Kiev was preparing an armed provocation in Transnistria in the near future. The Government of Moldova said they did not confirm the information of the department, and called on citizens to calm. The report of the Ministry of Defense of the Russian Federation says that provocation will be carried out by the APU units with the involvement of the Azov battalion.

The ex-prime minister of Great Britain Boris Johnson said he was ready to compete for the position of NATO Secretary General. He announced this on the air of the Ukrainian National Telemerathon. Journalists asked the politician if he was going to go to work in NATO, he replied that work was going on in this direction. “I have to announce that there is such an idea. <...> I consider myself as a candidate. This is a very good position, important. Now NATO is stronger than ever, ”Johnson said.

SOCIETY A sexuality like any other: How gay-tolerant medieval Rus borrowed homophobia from the West and stuck with it for good 23 February 2023 In December, Russia imposed a total ban on the “propaganda of non-traditional sexual relationships”, justifying it by the protection of “traditional values”. The Insider studied Russia’s history of anti-homosexual legislation and found that in the days of traditional society, Russia was far from homophobic.

The Belarusian group of hackers "Cyber ​​Partizana" updated the data in the leak of the letters of the employees of the "Main Radio Frequency Center" ("Daughter" of Roskomnadzor). According to “important stories”, new certificates submitted to the department were found in this update, on the basis of which people are recognized as “foreign agents”.

Russian President Vladimir Putin admitted that he himself could hardly listen to his entire message to the Federal Assembly. He mentioned his speech in an interview with war veterans on the day of the defender of the Fatherland, he is quoted by TASS. The video publishes the Kremlin “Pul No. 3”. “You said about the message. You know, of course, everything is very difficult to listen. There are almost two hours there.

Доступно на русском According to a social media post by the Tikhvin District administration in the Leningrad Region, families of Russian soldiers killed in action during the full-scale invasion of Ukraine were gifted shaving foam and shampoo kits as a congratulatory gesture on "Defender of the Fatherland Day," celebrated on February 23rd.

The new head of the largest energy company of Ukraine - Naftogaz - Alexei Chernyshov announced his intention to achieve an ambitious task in 2023 and for the first time in the history of Ukraine to abandon the import of gas to the country. The top manager told about this in an interview with Bloomberg. According to the top manager, Ukraine will be able to achieve the task by increasing its own gas production.

According to Mash, at 4:45 a.m. the unknown man threw a bottle of fuel out the window. The police are looking for a man. In Russia, after the announcement of “partial” mobilization in different regions in September 2022, military registration and enlistment offices or administrative buildings began to be set on fire. In 2023, the arson continued. In Podolsk, a 70-year-old pensioner was sentenced for arson of the military enlistment office to forced treatment in a psychiatric clinic.