“What could be worse? Will they kill me? They already" “Verstka” publishes a report from Kherson, which since November 2022 has been shelled by Russian soldiers who have fled the city 60 thousand people now live in frontline Kherson. Many of them went through torture and prison during the Russian occupation, but did not leave the city. In the empty and destroyed capital of the region, houses, cafes and shops are boarded up with plywood. Grocery stores and hospitals are open.

The number of sabotage incidents in Russia increased sharply in May In total, more than 50 sabotage attempts have occurred since the beginning of the year. From January 1 to May 12, on Russian territory, as well as in annexed Crimea, there were at least 57 attempts at sabotage on railway lines, Ministry of Defense facilities and energy facilities. Almost 25% of them occurred in just 13 days in May, Vorstka calculated .

“They freaked out and caused a stir” The Kremlin's propaganda machine began preparing for a fiasco on the Ukrainian front The news from the military correspondents about the supposedly begun counter-offensive of Ukraine reflected the new mood of the workers of the Kremlin’s propaganda machine. “There is a feeling of imminent inevitable failure on the Ukrainian front, in other words, the stage of accepting the inevitable,” says an employee of one of the pro-government federal media.

The Kremlin's propaganda machine began preparing for a fiasco on the Ukrainian front The news from the military correspondents about the supposedly begun counter-offensive of Ukraine reflected the new mood of the workers of the Kremlin’s propaganda machine. “There is a feeling of imminent inevitable failure on the Ukrainian front, in other words, the stage of accepting the inevitable,” says an employee of one of the pro-government federal media.

Federal channels completely ignored the crash of helicopters and planes in the Bryansk region The news programs of Channel One, Rossiya 1 and NTV did not release a single story about four helicopters and planes of the Ministry of Defense that crashed on May 13 in the Bryansk region As “Verstka” was convinced, since the accidents, the state TV channels “Pervy”, “Russia-1” and NTV have shown 19 news releases and four final programs, for which stories about the incident in the Bryansk region could

“Max Barskikh is also not allowed” A report on how gay clubs live in Russia after the ban on “LGBT propaganda” among everyone In the capital's gay clubs, dancing to Meladze is prohibited, cameras on phones are covered, and the owners say that their establishments have never been gay clubs at all. Managers of other themed bars believe that the law banning LGBT propaganda and threats to their employees cannot be considered homophobic: the main thing is to have a good time, they say.