Norway announced 15 employees of the Russian embassy by Persons Non Grata, this was reported in the Kingdom Foreign Ministry. Norway authorities observed their activities and found out that diplomats are actually employees of Russian intelligence undercover. The relevant officers must in the near future leave Norway. “15 intelligence officers were engaged in activities incompatible with their diplomatic status,” said Foreign Minister Anniken Hutfeldt.

The EU Council approved the sending of 1 billion euros from the European Fund of the World (EPF) to provide Ukraine with ammunition until May 31. This decision was made public in the Council statement . The statement says that this The measure will allow the EU to compensate the Member States with the cost of ammunition from existing reserves or by changing the priorities of existing orders from February 9 to May 9, 2023.

Human Rights Watch Human Rights Protection received new certificates of torture of the residents of Ukrainian Kherson by the Russian military during the occupation. The victims and members of their families talked about the bullying and humiliations that people were subjected to in torture centers on the streets of heat power and Perekopskaya. The torture, located in the administrative building of the city, a village school and an aviation hangar are also mentioned.

News "There are doubts about your readiness to return to your homeland." Germany refuses a visa to Russians because of mobilization in the Russian Federation 13 April 2023 Germany refuses the Russians to issue Schengen visas, citing the fact that they have increased interest in emigration from Russia due to “partial mobilization”. Two "refuseniks" who tried to visit relatives in Germany and received refusal, even despite the presence of an invitation and financial guarantees, told about this.

On April 12, the Council of the State Duma decided to return the bill on the exclusion of the death penalty from the Criminal Code to its authors, the Vedomosti reports . Now the death penalty is one of the types of punishment provided for in the Criminal Code, but is not applied in Russia because of the moratorium established by the Constitutional Court. The bill submitted to the State Duma back in 2001 provided for the complete exclusion of the phrase “death penalty” from the Criminal Code.

Evan Gershkovich, a journalist for The Wall Street Journal, was detained by the FSB in Yekaterinburg on March 30, on charges of collecting state secrets. The journalist had been under surveillance before his arrest. It is expected that his detainment will contribute to Putin's “exchange fund,” which is used to secure the return of Russian spies who have been arrested. This practice of taking foreign hostages for the purpose of later exchange has been adopted by Putin for quite some time.

By the fifth batch of the match for the world chess crown, Jan Nepomnya and Dean Liegen are approached in equal positions - the Russian lost, equalizing the score. The surprise of the fourth batch was the gross mistake of the non-removal on the 28th move. In the debut, Liezhen played the English beginning, the Nepomnya was able to successfully get out of the debut and create a strong blockage position by moving the horse to the center.

In December 2022, Putin signed a decree according to which all Russian officials during the time of “Svo” are exempted from the need to make a public income declaration. The same applies to the military, security forces and, in general, all who had previously been obliged to publish such declarations on public resources.

In Transbaikalia, the widows of the soldiers who died in Ukraine ask the authorities to improve the places of burials, as well as protect the graves, where they constantly break wreaths, and also paint monuments. This was reported by the Transbaikalier channel, the publication "People of Baikal" paid attention to the news.

Belarus should remain Venezuela almost $ 1.5 billion for oil supply. At the same time, Alexander Lukashenko is not going to return the debt to the republic, as he considers the funds provided as help. This was reported by the Belarusian Investigation Center in an investigation carried out jointly with Venezuelan publication Armando.info and the Center for the Investigation of Corruption and Organized Crime (OCCRP).

The founder of the opposition Telegram channel of NEXTA Roman Protasevich in the Minsk Regional Court was a new, more stringent accusation, RIA Novosti reports . Protasevich was accused of repeated leadership with an extremist formation. The same accusation was brought by another defendant “NEXTA case” - Jan Rudik, who is abroad. A new charge of the prosecution (part 2 of article 361–1 of the Criminal Code) provides for up to ten years in prison.

The United States has not yet agreed on the arrival of the Russian Minister of Foreign Affairs Sergei Lavrov to the country and did not give out visas of the Russian delegation to participate in events at the UN headquarters in New York on April 24–25. According to the Russian ambassador to the United States Anatoly Antonov, published in the Telegram channel of the diplomatic mission, a request for a visa for the Russian delegation and journalists was filed at the end of March.

The European Union imposed sanctions against the PMC of Wagner and RIA Fan financed by Evgeny Prigozhin. The document is published on the official portal of the European Union. As stated in the document, the EU introduces two organizations responsible for actions that undermine or threaten territorial integrity, sovereignty and independence of Ukraine.

Updated: The FBI arrested the suspect in the leak of the secret documents of Jack Teiner, writes Nyt. The New York Times journalists have established the personality of a person who may be involved in the leakage of Pentagon's secret documents-this is the 21-year-old US Air Force, Jack Teiser. He is the moderator of the closed online chat Thug Shaker Central, where these documents first appeared.

The accused of the murder of nine people in the Kazan gymnasium in 2021 Ilnaz Galyaviev received a life sentence. This was reported by RIA Novosti correspondent from the courtroom.