Vladimir Putin appointed the Presidential Commissioner for Children's Rights, Maria Lvova-Belova, as chairman of the All-Russian public-state organization “Children's Protection Fund.” The corresponding decree was signed on April 14, 2026. The Children's Protection Fund was established by another presidential decree - No. 614 of October 6, 2020.

American volunteer Ryan O'Leary, who left his service in the Ukrainian Armed Forces in the summer of 2025, wrote a thread in January 2026 (now deleted) in which he raised the problems of the Defense Forces. In his opinion, Ukraine, while not losing the drone war at the tactical level, lost it operationally and strategically because it “did not define depth control as a goal.” His main idea boiled down to the following: wars are won not in the trenches, but at a depth of 10–40 km behind the LBS .

Russian customs began to charge additional increased duties on goods from “unfriendly” countries that were imported through the EAEU countries, Forbes reported , citing representatives of large consulting and legal companies. Previously, Russian customs officers relied on other norms: they assumed that no additional customs rates were required if the goods had already been imported into the EAEU territory once. What's happened? Russian businesses are faced with higher tariff rates.

The Central District Court of Minsk decided to include the Mediazona website and all associated social media accounts in the list of extremist materials. This was reported on the website of the Ministry of Information of Belarus, Mediazona itself discovered.

In September 2025, the NYT reported that Errol Musk was three times the subject of investigations into sexual abuse of children - including his own, stepdaughter and stepson. This information was republished by major Russian media, including TASS . Two investigations were closed, the fate of the third is unknown. Musk Sr.

Well-known activist Veronika Goretskaya in Rostov-da-Don works for the FSB, Mediazona claims, having studied the materials of the case against three activists accused of trying to set fire to the military registration and enlistment office.

Former director of the company Information Satellite Systems named after. Reshetnev (JSC Reshetnev), part of Roscosmos, and the director of the Institute of Space Technologies of the Siberian Branch of the Russian Academy of Sciences, Nikolai Testoedov, were sent under house arrest in the case of fraud on an especially large scale (Article 159 Part 4 of the Criminal Code of the Russian Federation).

Z-blogger and former deputy of the “Supreme Council of the DPR” Alexander Vaskovsky was detained in St. Petersburg. This was reported in his Telegram channel on April 13. From the publication it follows that an administrative protocol was drawn up against Vaskovsky for “discrediting the army” (Article 20.3.3 of the Code of Administrative Offenses of the Russian Federation) because of two posts published in January 2024.

Vladimir Putin signed a decree expelling Nikolai Timoshin from the Presidential Commission for the Appointment of Judges. His place will be taken by the chairman of the High Qualification Board of Judges, Vladimir Popov. The document was published on the legal information portal.

Up to 19% of people who become victims of crime do not even tell their loved ones about it, and only half of the victims contact the police. As RBC writes , scientists from the Institute of Law Enforcement Problems of the European University in St. Petersburg came to this conclusion based on the results of the third stage of the “All-Russian Survey of Crime Victims.” This is a study of “hidden crime” in Russia, that is, crimes that are not included in official statistics.

In Russia, two criminal cases were opened in two days under the article on insulting the feelings of believers. Both cases are related to publications made on Easter, notes Novaya Gazeta Europe. The defendant in one of the cases was a resident of Murino, Leningrad Region. According to media reports, she published a photo on the Internet showing an Easter cake and a sex toy. The Investigative Committee's release itself does not specify the details of the charges.

A court in Saratov fined the local news agency Saratov Business Consulting (SarBC) 500 thousand rubles for “LGBT propaganda.” As Mediazona reports with reference to the press service of the court, the reason was a review of the Canadian TV series Heated Rivalry published on the website. The article "Why 'Heat Rivalry' Became Popular?", published on February 6, has now been removed.

Cinemas in St. Petersburg refused to show a large retrospective of films directed by Alexander Sokurov for his anniversary. Director and editor-in-chief of the magazine “Seance” Lyubov Arkus spoke about this on the Telegram channel. “Our recent adventure was searching for a cinema hall in St. Petersburg to hold a large retrospective of Sokurov’s films for his anniversary. We were turned down by “Aurora” (I remember how its director folded her hands prayerfully in front of A.N.

Italian Prime Minister Giorgia Meloni announced the suspension of the automatic extension of the defense agreement with Israel, writes Reuters.

Amazon announced the purchase of satellite company Globalstar, which provides emergency satellite communications to iPhones. Globalstar has been an Apple partner for satellite features on iPhone 14 and later models and Apple Watch Ultra 3 since 2022. The service allows users to call emergency services, send messages and request roadside assistance in areas without cellular coverage.