Internet isolation passes the Duma, an interview with Joanna Stingray, and another Pussy Riot arrest Tuesday, April 16, 2019 This day in history: 74 years ago, on April 16, 1945, the Soviet Army began its final assault against Nazi forces, initiating the Battle of Berlin. By the time the battle ended two weeks later, Adolf Hitler had committed suicide, and the fall of the Nazi regime was imminent. State Duma passes law ‘isolating’ Russian Internet Joanna Stingray brought Soviet rock to the West.