The plane crashed in the Bakhchisarai region. Everyone on board died An An-26 military transport aircraft crashed on the evening of March 31 at about 18:00 Moscow time in the Bakhchisarai region of the annexed Crimea - near the village of Kuibyshevo. Contact with the aircraft was lost during a scheduled flight; later the search and rescue team discovered the crash site in a mountain forest.

Against the backdrop of ongoing Telegram blocking The Russian “national messenger” Max experienced a massive failure for the second time in three days. After noon on April 1, users began to complain en masse about the service. He didn't send messages, didn't download media, and some people's chats disappeared. According to Downdetector, there are hundreds of complaints. Most of the messages came from Moscow and St.

"Patriotic" shows and government grants A monkey with a tricolor, a T-34 tank in the arena and performances about the war - in Russia in 2026, even a trip to the circus turns into “ talking about important things .” For example, in Tula they plan to immortalize participants in the war in Ukraine through circus performances . The artists will perform to “patriotic” and military songs.

The number of requests significantly exceeded the figures during the previous blocking in 2018 The number of requests for “Telegram proxy” in the Google and Yandex search engines at the beginning of 2026 significantly exceeded the figures in the spring of 2018, the period of the first large-scale blocking of the messenger, Vorstka noted.

Russian authorities have limited payment for Apple services through operators. The market and users are already feeling the consequences As of midnight on April 1 , Apple ID payments from a mobile phone account stopped working in Russia. This was confirmed by Russian media and telegram channels: payments do not go through MTS, Beeline and T2 - the three largest telecom operators. When trying to pay, users see the message: “Payment by mobile phone is temporarily unavailable.

How does it work, how safe is it, and will it help if the service is completely blocked? Russian authorities have been slowing down Telegram since February, and in April the messenger may be completely blocked . For users in Russia, pictures and videos load poorly, and audio and video calls do not work. A proxy server is designed to speed up the operation of the application: an intermediate service that redirects communications with telegram servers through itself.