The former head of the Government of the Nagoric Karabakh, businessman Ruben Vardanyan contacted his family on the phone for the first time in two weeks. This is stated in a statement by his family in the Telegram channel Vardanyan. It is reported that Vardnanyan was in full isolation all this time, he was not even allowed to read. Also, relatives are worried about the worsening state of his health.

The Moscow Arbitration Court ordered Valeria’s blogger “Lerk” Chekalina Bu Fit, which is engaged in the retail sale of cosmetics, pay the logistics company “Tempolist Logistics” a debt worth 22.5 million rubles. This was reported by RIA Novosti, referring to the court order. According to the document, the parties entered into a settlement agreement.

During a visit to China, which should take place from April 24 to 26, US Secretary of State Anthony Blinken is going to warn Chinese interlocutors about the introduction of serious sanctions against companies and China organizations, reports Financialtimes with reference to sources. It will be possible to avoid this only if the Chinese authorities take measures to prevent the exports of military technologies and dual -use technologies to Russia.

News Axios: The United States will first impose sanctions against the battalion of the IDF. This is Yehuda Nets, accused of war crimes on the western shore The Insider April 21, 2024 The United States plan to impose sanctions against the Israeli defense battalion of Netzha Yekhud for violations of human rights on the western bank of the Jordan River, Axios reports with reference to three American sources.

1300 priests are necessary in order to cover the needs of the personnel of the Russian army located in the combat zone in Ukraine. This, as Kommersant writes , said the head of the Synodal Department for interaction with the Armed Forces of the Russian Federation and law enforcement agencies, Metropolitan and Nevinnomyssky Cyril on the air of Russia-24. The Metropolitan noted that 309 people who are now acting as military clergy are “very few”. At the same time, 60-70% of them are volunteers.

Western countries consider frozen Russian sovereign assets as a medium -term and long -term decision to finance Ukraine. It is reported by The Washington Post with reference to a source in the US Treasury. According to the publication, the allies agreed that for Kyiv they need to do more, but there is no consensus on how to do it.

A criminal case was opened against the 33-year-old resident of Tambov Andrei Tkach. The reason was his comments in the VK about the arson of the military enlistment office in Murmansk. It is reported by Astra. The weaver is charged with the article "On the Justification of Terrorism." His page on the social network has already been blocked. Where the person involved is the criminal case is unknown.

China published a set of geological maps of the moon on a scale of 1: 2 500,000. This is reported by the Sinhua agency. According to the agency, this is the world's first set of geological maps of the Moon of High Clarity, which provides basic cartographic data for future scientific research and lunar sounding. According to the Institute of Geochemistry of the Academy of Sciences of China (ANC), a set of geological maps of the moon was compiled in Chinese and English.

The site of the organization "Reporters without borders" is blocked. This was reported by the RoskomSvoboda project, which tracks censorship in the Russian Internet segment. The reason for the blocking is still unknown. It is reported that it was carried out at the request of the "state body." Presumably the initiator was the General Prosecutor's Office of the Russian Federation. The decision was made on April 15.

On April 21, in the village of Nikolskoye in the Tosnensky district of the Leningrad region, 42-year-old Alexei Serov was detained, suspected of the murder and dismemberment of a resident of St. Petersburg, writes Fontanka. The source of the publication said that the police arrived on call from the 20-year-old daughter of the missing woman. Earlier in front of the house where the apartment is located, where Serov lived, they found a suitcase with dissected human remains.

Children in Dagestan in technology lessons will weave camouflage networks and make trench candles. The order to include this kind of activity in the program of classes, as well as extracurricular activity and additional education, was given by the Minister of Education and Science of the Republic of Yahya Buchaev. In his opinion, this contributes to the "patriotic education" of schoolchildren.

A resident of Ryazan Ruslan Hammatov said that the military was beaten by taking him for the Ukrainian saboteur. It is reported by BAZA. Hammatov bought himself a motorcycle and decided to run it before the season on the road, which is located near the military airfield. Soon he left there, tucked a motorcycle on the way and drove him to the garage. He was stopped by three armed people who introduced themselves to the fighters of the WHRAR detachment.

Mike Johnson, the Republican Speaker of the House of Representatives of the US Congress, who previously opposed military assistance for Ukraine, has turned into a prosecutor for the adoption of a bill of it, having familiarized himself with the intelligence and certificates of crimes by the Russian military, writes The New York Times.

The head of the Israeli General Staff Herzi Herzi Herzi approved plans to continue hostilities in the Gaza Strip, and also discussed the operational situation with the IDF command, the press service of the Israeli Defense Army reports . Earlier today, the country's Prime Minister, Benjamin Netanyahu threatened Hamas with “painful and powerful blows”, which will be inflicted “soon.

Contents 1. Does Russia have enough soldiers? 2. An offensive without mobilization is impossible 3. Why was the “Leningrad Front” really created? The Russian authorities and pro-Kremlin experts have been actively hinting at an attempt at a new major offensive in Ukraine: this follows, for example, from Vladimir Putin's initiative to create a so-called “sanitary zone” on the border with Belgorod Region.