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Germany and Hungary are in favor, in Eastern Europe the idea is called “madness” European officials have begun discussing whether Russian pipeline gas supplies to the European Union should be resumed as part of a possible agreement to end the war in Ukraine. The Financial Times writes about this, citing sources.

There are fewer Western TV series in Russia due to new laws, and the plots lose their meaning after edits Over the almost three years of the “SVO”, many new prohibitive laws and legal acts have appeared in Russia. These restrictions are increasingly affecting ordinary areas of Russian life, such as watching movies. As Vorstka calculated, out of 71 multi-part films that touched on LGBT themes in one way or another, only 25 can now be viewed on the website of the online cinema Kinopoisk.