News In 2023, every fourth LGBTK-man in Russia faced threats of violence-a survey The Insider May 17, 2024 Every fourth LGBTK-man in Russia faced threats of violence last year. This conclusion was reached by the Group “Exit” and the “ Sphere ” fund, which conducted a survey among 4.7 thousand people. Compared to the previous year, this figure increased by 4 percentage points, the researchers report said. Even more often, transgender people face threats of physical violence.

The Prosecutor General’s Office of the Russian Federation filed a lawsuit against the former head of Yukos, Mikhail Khodorkovsky, the former head of the MELIATEP MFI Platon Lebedev, as well as to the Siberian Leasing Company. As noted in the database, the lawsuit was filed in the interests of the Russian Federation. The details of the case were not reported in court, Interfax notes . Mikhail Khodorkovsky in 1995-2003 was a co -owner and head of the Yukos oil company.

Earlier, The Insider wrote about a missile impact on the airfield on May 15. In published photos with the consequences of “arrivals”, one could see the destroyed 92N6E radar from the S-400 air defense system . Fighterbomber wrote about the dead and wounded on the Russian side. The Telegram channel “Dossier Spy” claimed that ten Atacms were released along the airfield, and the team was given two minutes before the blow.

During the two years of the war, due to constant shelling, the Belgorod region from one of the most prosperous regions of the country has turned into depressive: residents leave the region, small enterprises are idle, and food prices are growing. This was found out by the Vilesta publication, analyzing the dynamics of several economic and socio-demographic indicators. In addition, there are still not enough shelters in the region-the locals told The Insider about this.

News The family close to Kadyrov Silovik is trading in grain in the occupied territories of Ukraine - an investigation into "important stories" The Insider May 16, 2024 After the Russian troops occupied the territory of the Kherson region, the Kremlin began to show interest in it in 2023. In March 2023, the chief curator of the occupied Ukrainian territories, the first deputy head of the presidential administration Sergey Kiriyenko, arrived there.

The lawyer of the Center for Assistance to International Protection Narek Akopyan and the expert of the Public Verdict, Asmik Novikov, again met with Anatoly Shchetinin, who was illegally detained in Armenia on March 29. Shchetinin is still located on the territory of the Russian military base No. 102 in Gyumri. This time he agreed to accept the help of human rights activists. This was reported by the Public Verdict Foundation.

Updated: Liya Zaurbekova’s lawyer Natalya Tikhonova confirmed the information that the girl went beyond Russia and is safe. The author of denunciations on the opposition media, a member of the Public Supervisory Commission and the Human Rights Council by the President of the Russian Federation, Alexander Ionov, claims that he had escaped from the house and announced the persecution of relatives of Chechenka Liya Zaurbekov allegedly left Russia.

News The new version of Chat GPT has ceased to be a toy. Now this is an assistant user who understands his emotions and mood - an expert The Insider May 17, 2024 On May 13, Openai announced a new flagship model of generative artificial intelligence called GPT-4O, where “O” means OMNI. The developers say that the model can process text, speech and video and will be available to users within a few weeks. GPT-4O allows people to communicate with him as a real interlocutor.

SOCIETY Research and espionage: an institute staffed by Russian intelligence officers is recruiting students and scientists abroad Sergey Kanev 16 May 2024 Following a series of high-profile failures and mass expulsions of uniformed “diplomats,” Russian intelligence has turned to more subtle methods, including leveraging scientific organizations with international ties.

The Prosecutor General’s Office of the Russian Federation recognized the publication of Sota as an “unwanted organization”. This was reported in the Telegram channel of the department. According to the Prosecutor General’s Office, the materials published by the project “represent nothing more than frank attempts to destabilize the socio-political situation in Russia, distort the circumstances that have taken place in the life of our country, create stress and irritation in society.

News The first transgender politician Julia Alyoshina in Russia announced that she was making a return transition, because he realizes “himself as a guy and patriot” The Insider May 16, 2024 The former head of the Civil Initiative Party in the Altai Territory, Julia Alyoshina, known as the first transgender politician in Russia, announced that she was making a return transition.

Earlier, the lawyer Zaurbekova Natalya Tikhonova confirmed the information that the girl had left Russia and was safe. The 19-year-old Leah Zaurbekova escaped from the house on May 13. She said that relatives applied physical and psychological violence to her. On May 16, she met her father near the house in Moscow, where she lived after the escape, and called the police. After that, Leah was taken to the department on the Kashirskoye Shosse, where relatives were already waiting for her.

News The blogger was forced to apologize for the fact that in Murmansk there was nothing to look at, except for the monuments of war, and he drew attention to this The Insider May 1, 2024 The collage uses photos of Ilya Varlamov Konstantin Petrov, the author of the Billionaire “billionaire from Izhevsk”, was forced to apologize to the camera for the opinion of Murmansk - on April 29, he noted on his blog that there was nothing to see, except for monuments and burial grounds.

Economy The height is not like that of humans. Why is the Russian economy growing while the welfare of Russians is declining? Vadim Belkin 1 May 2024 If you look at the official statistics, the Russian economy is growing faster than planned, and the budget deficit is small. Paradoxically, indicators of the population's real well-being are deteriorating. Of the peaceful industries, feverish revival is observed only in the subsidized construction complex.

In Kazakhstan, Russian military investigators detained the former soldier of the Armed Forces of the Russian Federation Kamil Kasimov, who deserted from the army. This was reported by "important stories" with reference to the brother of Kasimov Arthur Alkhastov and Kazakhstani human rights activist. According to the publication, Russian military investigators detained Kasimov on April 23 right at the workplace in Astana.