Updated 14:40. Lawyer Kaloy Akhilgov suggests in his Telegram channel that we are talking about a criminal case related to the publications of Novaya. Employees of the capital's Investigative Committee are working on site. “I went to the editorial office. People in masks didn’t let me in - they said I was too odious to be allowed in. It’s not a joke (it’s not my style to push around with them),” Akhilgov wrote. Updated 15:34.

From July 1, it will become mandatory in Russia to indicate the Taxpayer Identification Number (TIN) when making payments through SBP. Nikita Yurkov, head of the Fast Payment System department of the NSPK anti-fraud center, spoke about this at the Antifraudum forum, RIA Novosti reports . According to him, the new requirement will apply to transfers between individuals, as well as between organizations and citizens.

Journalist and co-founder of the Sobesednik newspaper Oleg Roldugin was detained in Moscow. He is charged with illegal use of personal data (Article 272.1 of the Criminal Code of the Russian Federation). RIA Novosti published a video of the journalist’s arrest. Earlier today, Novaya Gazeta reported a search of its editorial office in Moscow. According to journalists, security forces came to search the editorial office of the publication at 3 Potapovsky Lane around noon on Thursday, April 9.

Victor Olevich, a U.S. citizen who regularly appeared as an “expert” on Russian domestic propaganda talk shows, primarily on NTV, wrote in a Facebook post on April 8 that he had left the country under pressure from the FSB, adding that he had asked the U.S. authorities for help. According to Olevich, FSB officers had shown up at his Moscow home twice — in December 2025 and in early February this year — and directly threatened him with persecution.

The FBI recovered Signal messaging messages from an iPhone thanks to Apple's push notification system, which stores the contents of incoming messages in the device's internal memory. This was reported by 404 Media with reference to testimony heard at a recent trial. The case involves an attack on the ICE Prairieland detention center in Alvaredo, Texas, last July.

The US Department of Justice has launched an investigation into the National Football League (NFL) on suspicion of engaging in anti-competitive practices that harm consumers, a source familiar with the situation told Reuters. There has long been friction between the Trump administration and the league.

The introduction of bypass routes followed the announcement of a two-week truce between the United States and Iran, which Donald Trump announced on the night of April 8. One of the conditions of the agreements was the opening of the Strait of Hormuz for international shipping, which was confirmed by Iranian Foreign Minister Abbas Araqchi.

Several Russian politicians and parties with anti-war and democratic platforms have begun preparing for the elections to the State Duma, which are scheduled for the fall of 2026. Those already declaring their intention to take part include the longstanding liberal party Yabloko, Yekaterina Duntsova’s unregistered party Rassvet (lit.

Lawyer Kaloy Akhilgov suggested on his Telegram channel that the raid may be related to a criminal case involving Novaya Gazeta ’s publications. Investigators from the Moscow Investigative Committee were present during the search. “I went to the editorial office. Masked individuals didn’t let me in —they said I’m too notorious to be allowed inside. Not a joke. (Not my style to jostle with them),” Akhilgov wrote.

Coincidentally, a sharp change in Orban’s rhetoric to pro-Russian occurred at the moment when one of the most significant leaders of the criminal world, Semyon (“Seva”) Mogilevich, was detained in Russia. In Russia, he is better known as the person to whom the Solntsevskaya organized crime group was subordinate, and as one of the organizers of the corruption scam involving the export of Russian gas through Rosukrenergo.

On the website of the Russian Ministry of Internal Affairs, wanted cards have appeared for Karina Iminova and Said-Khamzat Baysarov, whom the Armenian Investigative Committee suspects of the murder of 23-year-old Chechen woman Aishat Baymuradova. This was reported by the crisis group SK SOS. The cards indicate that both are wanted on criminal charges, but it is not specified which charges.

28-year-old conscript Emil Zhenishbekov, who had previously stated that his signature on the contract had been falsified, was taken from the military unit and taken to a training ground in Chebarkul, Chelyabinsk region. Astra reports this with reference to the serviceman himself. According to him, on the night of April 9, he was taken out of the unit under the pretext of a trip to Abakan after he refused to go to war and demanded to call the military prosecutor's office.

TASS, in a message entitled “The Ministry of Justice excluded 75 people from the register of foreign agents at their request,” writes : “Information about more than 1.1 thousand organizations and individuals is contained in the register of foreign agents,” said Russian Minister of Justice Konstantin Chuychenko. “In total, as of today, the register of foreign agents contains information about 1,173 organizations and individuals (of which 243 are excluded),” he said.

The FBI has arrested a former US Special Operations Command (SOCOM) employee on charges of passing classified information to a member of the media. This was announced by the director of the bureau, Cash Patel. “Let this serve as a message to all potential whistleblowers: we are working on these cases and making arrests. The FBI will not tolerate those who seek to betray our country and put Americans in danger,” Patel tweeted (X).

The Telega application, a third-party Telegram client, which the creators announced as one of the ways to bypass messenger blocking, has disappeared from the App Store. The Durov Code writes about this. The reason for deleting the application is unknown. It is still available on the Google Play marketplace, The Insider was convinced. An unofficial client, or “fork,” of Telegram has become popular amid the blocking of the messenger by the Russian authorities.