The Southern District Military Court in Rostov-on-Don sentenced the corporal Ilya Trachuk to 14 years in a maximum security colony in the case of Gosizmen and illegal access to Gostaina. It is reported by TASS with reference to the court. The convicted person is deprived of a military rank. According to the agency, the case was listened in a general manner and closed mode, since its materials contain a “secret” vulture.

The AFU is preparing a counteroffensive and is not going to surrender Bakhmut, Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky told Al Arabiya . “It is impossible for us to give up on Bakhmut because this will [help] expand the battle front and will give the Russian forces and Wagner chances to seize more of our lands,” Zelensky said.

Where did Kennedy get such numbers, the “News of the Week” did not even try to explain, so let's try to do it for them. The Pentagon’s secret materials have recently flowed into the network talk about the total losses of Ukraine and Russia about 354,000 people, and it is stipulated that this is the total amount of losses killed and wounded.

Alla Manilova, who had previously held the posts of state secretary and deputy minister in the Russian Ministry of Crpus, will be the new general director of the Russian Museum in St. Petersburg. This was reported by Interfax with reference to the press service of the department. The former general director of the Russian Museum Vladimir Gusev in February became the president of the same institution.

OPINION Temptation by Europe. How the EU prevents China from striking a deal with the Kremlin 25 April 2023 Andrey Smolyakov Ever since Russia's full-scale invasion of Ukraine, the relationship between the West (primarily the U.S.) and China has worsened. Xi Jinping's persistent refusal to openly denounce Russian aggression and sever ties with Putin has resulted in a new crisis in Sino-U.S. relations.

The countries of Eastern Europe, bordering on Ukraine, are forced to increase public debts with a record pace. They have increased expenses due to the influx of Ukrainian refugees, and also compensate their own citizens with losses due to a sharp increase in energy prices, which was largely provoked by Russia's actions in the world market.

Opinions The temptation of Europe. How the EU prevents China from agreeing with the Kremlin 25 April 2023 Andrey Smolyakov Since the beginning of the full -scale invasion of Russia to Ukraine, the Relations of the West (primarily the United States) have worsened with China. The stubborn reluctance of Xi Jinping openly condemn Russian aggression and break contacts with Putin led to a new crisis in the Chinese-American relations.

The government withdrew from the State Duma a law on a tax on a 30% tax for the border of Russians who are not tax residents of the Russian Federation, TASS reports . The press service of the government explained that the document was recalled "for clarification." The bill introduced the day before proposed to oblige employers to check the tax residency of the Russians who left and, depending on this, choose a personal income tax rate for them 13% or 30% from January 1, 2024.

Pupils of at least 21 schools in Iran suffered from gas poisoning on April 24–25. According to the Student Monitoring Group We are Iranian Students (Wais), which collects information about the attacks, 19 of these schools are women's. Among the educational institutions from which students with signs of poisoning were evacuated, women's conservatories in Tehran and Hamadan and secondary schools in different provinces of the country are evacuated.

At the Gusinobrod cemetery in Novosibirsk, about 200 graves of Wagner PMC fighters were discovered. Local residents sent a video with hundreds of Siberia. Real graves, the Taiga.info and local Telegram channels also publish the video. The tombstones indicate the dates according to which the mercenaries died from November 2022 to January 2023.

The US allies on the G7 are not ready to introduce a total ban on the export of goods to Russia. The Countries of the European Union are opposed to Japan and the British Financial Times, citing sources in the delegations of countries. Diplomats note that such a measure is simply impossible to implement. Washington invited his partners to consider the possibility of introducing a total ban on export to Russia due to loopholes in the current sanction mode.

Russia, after attacks, drones in the occupied Sevastopol strengthened the defense of the city and bay, using also combat dolphins. This was written by Naval News, which specializes in the naval theme. The enhanced defense was primarily created to protect against Ukrainian sea drones, the publication notes.

Sweden decided to send five Russian diplomats, since their activities in the country are incompatible with their Dipstatus. This was stated by the country's foreign minister Tobias Billstroem in an interview with SVT Nyter. The Med of Sweden notified the ambassador of Russia Viktor Tatarintsev of the expulsion of diplomats on April 25, the Russian ambassador refused to comment, SVT reports.

The current vice-president of the country of Kamal Harris said that she would be advanced in this capacity paired with Biden. The presidential election will be held on November 5, 2024. In the same month, Biden will turn 82 years old.

In the capital of Sudan, where the battles between government troops and the militarized grouping “RSF forces” (RSF) continue, armed people captured a laboratory in which cholera and measles causative agents are stored. According to Reuters with reference to a representative of WHO, employees of a scientific institution cannot get there and protect materials from leakage. The National Public Health Laboratory in Hartum was captured by one of the warring parties, but which one is not specified.