POLITICS Undercover chef: how the FBI interrogator of a Russian spy arrested in Florida later came down with Havana Syndrome 1 April 2024 The Insider Vitalii Kovalev worked for years as the executive chef of some of the American East Coast’s most prestigious Russian-themed haute cuisine restaurants.

News Having lost the opposition of Turkish local elections, Erdogan will become more accommodating with the West - political scientist Karim Has The Insider April 1, 2024 In the Turkish municipal elections, the Party of Justice and the Development of Recep Tayyip Erdogan for the first time in 22 years did not receive first place. It was bypassed by a small margin of the opposition folk-republican party.

The FSB said that the militants detained on the eve of Dagestan supplied the terrorists with weapons and money who attacked the Crocus City Hall near Moscow. It is claimed that four people included four people: three immigrants from Central Asia and one local resident. The FSB claims that the detainees planned to arrange a terrorist attack in Kaspiysk and go beyond Russia. During the search, the security forces found their weapons, homemade explosive devices and ammunition.

The Higher Qualification Collegium of Judges recommended the candidacy of the deputy chairman of the Supreme Court Irina Podnosova for the post of chairman. She is the only candidate. It is reported by RBC. The place of the head of the Supreme Court is vacant after the death of his permanent chairman Vyacheslav Lebedev on February 24. The Chairman of the Supreme Court is appointed by the Council of People's Commissars for a period of six years.

In Moscow, the Kursk station and the atrium shopping center was evacuated, reports MSK1.ru. The manager of one of the stores located in the Kursk station told reporters that people have not been allowed back for three hours. The station is numbered by the police. According to eyewitnesses, a message was supposedly received about the mining of the station building. “During the operation of law enforcement agencies at the Kursk Station of Moscow, passengers are notified.

After the Hamas attack on Israel on October 7, Syria and Iran supported the fighting of a terrorist organization. Israel strengthened the air strikes on the Husbollah militias in Syria. On January 20, it was reported that during a missile strike, one of the districts of Damascus died the head of Iranian intelligence in Syria and four more members of the Xirir. Iran accused Israel of the attack.

Press Secretary of Vladimir Putin Dmitry Peskov called the accusations against Russia regarding involvement in the cases of the “Gavan syndrome”, when American diplomats felt strange symptoms: dizziness, nausea, loss of coordination, etc.

The delegation of the Taliban movement prohibited in Russia, which is located in power in Afghanistan, was invited to the forum “Russia - the Islamic world: Kazanforum”. This was reported by TASS with reference to the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the Russian Federation. “Yes, they plan to [take part], they are invited,” said the director of the Second Department of Asia, the Ministry of Foreign Affairs Zamir Kabulov. The event is scheduled for May.

News SBU announced Margarita Simonyan suspected of calling for the genocide of Ukrainians The Insider April 1, 2024 The Security Service of Ukraine announced the editor-in-chief of RT Margarita Simonyan, suspect in calls for mass murder of Ukrainian children and agitation for continuing the missile and bombing attacks on the civil infrastructure of Ukraine.

Later, AP had to delete photographs taken on that day with Gaza photographers, as well as publish explanations. “Associated Press knew nothing about terrorist attacks on October 7 before they occurred. The role of AP is to collect information about the latest news events around the world, wherever they happen, even if these events are terrible and lead to mass victims.

Pepsico launched the first line of the factory for the production of snacks and salty snacks near Novosibirsk, TASS reports with reference to the Minister of Agriculture of the Novosibirsk Region Yevgeny Leshchenko. The official added that the company will use potatoes grown in Siberia. The construction of the plant began in the fall of 2020, investments in the project were estimated at 12 billion rubles. According to the plan, the company should produce up to 260 tons of products per day.

The condition of the 70-year-old human rights activist Oleg Orlov becomes worse. The chairman of the “Memorial” convicted of two and a half years in the case of the “discrediting” of the Russian Army and began to lose his hearing. This was reported by the Center "Memorial" in its Telegram channel. The publication says that the reason was daily exhausting trips from a pre -trial detention center to the court, where Orlov gets acquainted with the case file.

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The Russian Ministry of Foreign Affairs told Gazeta.ru that the department, together with the Ministry of Justice, was “working out the question” about the removal of the status of a terrorist organization from the Taliban movement.

From April 1 in Russia, the threshold has been reduced from 1000 to 200 euros, starting from which residents should pay a fee for purchases from abroad. Such a sharp decrease can give an unexpected effect and affect the volunteers that help the invasion army, purchasing private unmanned aerial vehicles (UAVs), radio electronic warfare, 3D printers and communication systems. The restrictions have changed several times recently.