ECONOMICS Malignant growth: Rumors of a Russian economic recovery have been greatly exaggerated Vadim Belkin 8 May 2024 After more than two years of increasingly harsh international sanctions and mounting casualties from its war in Ukraine, Russia’s GDP is growing faster than anticipated. However, more nuanced indicators show that the population's actual well-being has only deteriorated since the start of their country’s full-scale invasion of its neighbor.

The Belgorod family accused the participant in the war with Ukraine of raping their son, reports the Telegram channel “Apolity of the destruction” with reference to the lawyer Vladimir Sazonov. According to the lawyer, on April 20, Alexei, from Prokhorovka, beat a 15-year-old boy, accompanying it with sexualized violence, and threatened him with reprisals. Also, a 33-year-old man threatened the boy’s father with a gun. Father wrote a statement to the police. “Alexei G.

Confession “Shreds of bodies hung from the branches”: Confessions of “meat grinder” assault veterans Victoria Ponomareva 8 May 2024 The Russian capture of Avdiivka and its military’s slow subsequent advance this spring has come at the cost of thousands of deaths of its own servicemen, to say nothing of Ukrainian losses. Since the summer of 2022, Russian commanders have repeatedly sent their soldiers on suicidal assaults, essentially using them as cannon fodder.

In the 2nd Eastern District Military Court of Novosibirsk, the prosecutor requested 26 years in a colony for 24-year-old Ilya Baburin, accused of preparing the arson of the military enlistment office. It is reported by the "Zone of Solidarity". On May 16, Baburin will utter the last word, and, presumably, the verdict will be announced on the same day. Baburin was detained in September 2022 on charges of preparing the arson of the military commissariat.

The Border Service of Poland detained a Russian who illegally crossed the border with Belarus, the department reports . According to the RMF publication, he had a contract with the Russian army. According to the publication, the deserter fled from the war with Ukraine, but was without weapons and in civilian clothes. It is still unknown whether he asked the shelters in Poland. It is reported that the country's national security agency joined the case.

Antifacked The scene of “forced mobilization” shown by the first channel in Ukraine turned out to be an ordinary drunken fight The Insider 8 May 2024 In the Channel One News program, a story appeared about how the inhabitants of Ukraine are trying to resist mobilization: “New personnel mobilization in Ukraine appeared on the network. Odessa region is a man on Earth. An employee of the military registration and enlistment office beats him with his feet. And he does not even try to resist.

In India, in the case of human trafficking, four people were arrested. According to the prosecution, they lured young compatriots under a false pretext to Russia, promising them profitable work or admission to the university. However, already in Russia the arrivals were not sent to universities, but to combat training and further to the war in Ukraine. This was reported in the statement of the Central Bureau of Investigations of India.

Since the beginning of the year, the European depository has received € 1.6 billion income as interest from more than € 200 billion stored in blocked accounts of the Russian Federation. This was announced by the general director of the depository Valery Urben in an interview with the newspaper L'Echo. According to her, more than a hundred depository employees work on the management of Russian assets.

Citizens of Uzbekistan will not be allowed to Kazakhstan if the Russian Federation accuses them of offenses. This was announced by the Foreign Ministry of Uzbekistan. In case of detection of a recorded violation during the period of stay in the Russian Federation or the presence of an unpaid fine, the Kazakh authorities may decide to prevent the entry of a citizen of Uzbekistan into Kazakhstan or departure from it, the statement said.

A student of the Faculty of Fundamental Medicine of Moscow State University with citizenship of Ukraine Sergei Gulko was detained at the exit of the special receiver after the third consecutive administrative arrest. He was sent to the temporary maintenance center for foreigners, where it will be before expulsion from Russia. About this "Mediazone" was told by the girl Gulko. Gulko signed consent to expulsion. His girlfriend says that the student will be sent to the third country.

Permanent representatives of the European Union previously agreed on the idea of ​​using income from frozen Russian assets not only for the restoration of Ukraine, but also for military assistance to it, Belgium chairmanship reported . “I welcome today's political agreement,” commented the chairman of the European Commission Ursula von der Lyain.

The court fined 5 thousand rubles of rock musician Alexei Vishnya because of two songs of 1989 and 1998. In early April, the musician drew up a protocol on drug promotion due to two songs- “Seeks” and “Khan” , which were published on the Visny VKontakte social network page. The song "Spring" was released in 1989.

News Swiss banks hide work with large ruble translations from the Russian Federation, because publicity will negatively affect their image - expert The Insider May 8, 2024 Swiss banks, despite the tightening of the rules of banking services of citizens of the Russian Federation, continue to carry out large transfers in rubles from Russia, Forbes reported with reference to sources. The amount should exceed $ 10 million.

On the day of the inauguration, Vladimir Putin signed the traditional “May decree” with national goals for the next six -year presidential term and “for the future until 2036”, when Putin can still manage the state.

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