The FSB reported the detention of a German citizen born in 1969, who was allegedly preparing a terrorist attack in Pyatigorsk (Stavropol Territory). As the intelligence service said in a statement, the detainee had a backpack with her, which contained a homemade explosive device. The bomb was allegedly made of explosives with a capacity of 1.5 kg of TNT and filled with destructive elements.

On April 19, about 40 Israeli citizens arriving from Tel Aviv were detained at Moscow Domodedovo Airport. As Mediazona writes , citing a source, among the detainees were both holders of two passports - Israeli and Russian, as well as people without Russian citizenship. A Mediazona source said that people were not released for about five hours, and they did not have water, food or the opportunity to go to the toilet. The security forces behaved rudely and demanded that the phones be unlocked.

Estonian Foreign Minister Margus Tsahkna said that the words of Ukrainian President Vladimir Zelensky about an imminent Russian attack on the Baltic countries do not correspond to intelligence data from Tallinn, ERR reports . According to the minister, there are no signs that Moscow is concentrating forces to strike NATO or the Baltic states - on the contrary, Russia is in a weak position both on the Ukrainian front and economically.

The BBC's analysis showed a consistent pattern according to which, on the eve of Trump's key statements on the war with Iran and other topics, financial markets recorded abnormal spikes in trading activity literally minutes or hours before publication.

For the first time, scientists have reconstructed the genetics of several Neanderthals who lived in Central Europe more than 90 thousand years ago. Analysis of nine teeth from Poland's Steinja Cave has led to the reconstruction of the mitochondrial genomes of eight individuals - the oldest collection of Neanderthal genomes north of the Carpathians. In total, the teeth belonged to at least seven, and possibly eight, different individuals. The results were published in the journal Current Biology.

Swedish military intelligence believes that real inflation in Russia is significantly higher than official data, and the country's economy is heading towards financial disaster, department head Thomas Nilsson said in an interview with the Financial Times. According to him, the Russian Central Bank is underestimating inflation: the Swedish side believes that it is close to the key rate - 15%, while the official figure is 5.86%.

The Russian Defense Ministry said 112 Ukrainian drones were shot down overnight over Russia and the waters of the Black and Azov seas. The ministry did not specify how many others reached targets in Tuapse. The previous attack on Tuapse took place overnight into April 16, killing two people, including a 14-year-old girl, and leading equipment at Rosneft’s oil refinery and marine terminal to catch fire. The blaze was extinguished only on April 19.

Serbia risks losing about €1.5 billion in European funding if it does not stop the “rollback from democracy.” This was stated by European Commissioner for Enlargement Martha Kos on Monday, speaking to members of the European Parliament, reports the Associated Press.

In the parliamentary elections held in Bulgaria on April 19, the Progressive Bulgaria alliance, led by former President Rumen Radev, wins. He receives 44.6% of the vote after processing 87% of the ballots, according to the Election Commission's website. Thus, Progressive Bulgaria received even more votes than the exit polls predicted, according to which the coalition could count on the support of 39% of voters.

Military communications expert and Ukrainian Defense Ministry adviser Serhii “Flash” Beskrestnov said his house was attacked by drones overnight into April 20, destroying the building and leaving him wounded. He wrote about the attack on Facebook. According to Beskrestnov, Russian forces tried to kill him by launching four jet-powered Shahed drones in his direction. One of the drones, he said, reached its target and slammed into the wall of his house. “I no longer have a home.

Tesla, owned by Elon Musk, likely used foreign structures to reduce taxes in the United States and saved at least $400 million, Reuters reports , citing an analysis of the corporate reporting of the company and its subsidiaries. According to the agency, in 2023-2025, about $18 billion of Tesla's profits were reflected through units in the Netherlands and Singapore. These funds were not subject to tax in these countries or in the United States.

Russian educational institutions - from kindergartens to universities - have purchased almost 16 billion rubles worth of drones and equipment for training to work with them over the past four years. Novaya Gazeta Europe writes about this after analyzing government procurement data. Until 2022, such expenses amounted to about 300–350 million rubles annually.

The Meshchansky District Court of Moscow arrested in absentia former senior vice president of VTB Bank Alexander Ter-Avanesov, accused of fraud. This was reported by the press service of the courts of general jurisdiction of Moscow. The court chose a preventive measure for him in the form of detention for two months. This period will begin to count from the moment of his detention on Russian territory or after extradition or deportation to the country.

Over the past 2025, a record amount of wind power capacity has been commissioned around the world. The total capacity of all operating wind farms exceeds 165 GW. This is stated in the report of the World Wind Energy Council. The Council estimates that by the end of 2025, the total capacity of all wind farms on Earth will reach 1,299 GW. During the year, 28,395 new wind turbines were built - their total capacity was approximately 165 GW.

A Spanish archaeological expedition from the University of Barcelona and the Institute of the Ancient Near East, led by Maite Mascourt and Esther Pons Mellado, uncovered a Roman necropolis in the Egyptian province of Minya, in the El-Bahnasa area. During the excavations, mummies from the era of Roman rule were found - some of them were wrapped in fabric with geometric patterns, some were placed in painted wooden sarcophagi.