According to experts, after this, attempts to “lose sight of the military registration and enlistment offices will become futile.” Special prosecutorial control will be introduced over military registration for conscription and mobilization in Russia. This is stated in the draft order of the Prosecutor General’s Office, published on the portal of draft regulations, discovered by Vorstka.

This is the first exchange after recent statements about the preparation of an exchange in the “1000 to 1000” format Russia and Ukraine exchanged prisoners of war according to the “205 for 205” formula. This was reported by the Russian Ministry of Defense and Ukrainian President Vladimir Zelensky .

Rosfinmonitoring added the punk group Pussy Riot to the list of “terrorists and extremists” Rosfinmonitoring included the punk group Pussy Riot in the list of organizations and individuals involved in “extremist activities” or “terrorism.” The updated list was published on May 15. Earlier, in December 2025, the Tverskoy Court of Moscow, behind closed doors, recognized Pussy Riot as an “extremist organization” and banned its activities in Russia.

The number of links that Google eventually removed also increased. In 2025, Roskomnadzor sent 492 requests to Google with demands to remove more than 3 million 835 thousand unique addresses from the search engine results. This is stated in the Google transparency report, which was analyzed by Vorstka. In order not to miss new texts from “Layout”, subscribe to our telegram channel This figure turned out to be a record since 2018 - since the adoption of Federal Law No.

How a governor from “no name” became a “people’s leader” The resignation of the governor of the Belgorod region Vyacheslav Gladkov became a meme long before May 13, when it was officially formalized by decree of Vladimir Putin.

In her suicide note she wrote about the war in Ukraine and political prisoners Human rights activist and dissident Nina Litvinova committed suicide on May 12 in Moscow. She was 80 years old. Litvinova's death was first reported by Russian state media, citing law enforcement agencies. They mentioned that Litvinova left a suicide note, but did not reveal its contents. A fragment of the note was later published by Litvinova’s cousin, journalist Maria Slonim. “I have to leave, I can’t bear to live.

Fertility and mortality, income of elites, losses in war - all this is now a state secret Authorities are blocking access to databases: from declarations of officials and real estate registers to court sentences and crime statistics . Now the birth rate and death rate, the income of the elites, losses in the war - all this is a state secret. Why is the Kremlin building a “digital curtain”? And how did GAS “Justice” turn into a “black hole”?

The register also included former HSE vice-rector Sergei Erofeev, journalist Georgy Birger and the environmental association Nature Conservation. The Russian Ministry of Justice has updated the register of “foreign agents”. The list included poetess and journalist Elena Fanailova, Ukrainian journalist and blogger Denis Kazansky, former HSE vice-rector and sociologist Sergei Erofeev, as well as journalist and former deputy editor-in-chief of Afisha Georgy Birger.