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20  avril     10h35
Civilians Killed as Ukraine, Russia Trade Strikes
   Kyiv has ramped up strikes on Russian oil and gas facilities in recent months, part of what it calls fair retaliation on infrastructure used to fuel Russia’s war.
    10h25
Russian Shelling Kills One in Ukraine’s North East
   The attack took place in Vovchansk, a city that lies about five kilometers from the Russian border and has been frequently targeted throughout the war.
    09h28
Russian Newspaper Says Correspondent Killed in Ukraine
   The attack took place on Friday as the journalist Semyon Eremin and his film crew returned from a reporting trip to the frontline village of Pryiutne, Izvestia said.
    07h47
Ukrainian Drone Strike Kills Two in Russian Border Region
   A residential building and a barn in the village of Poroz were completely burned down , regional Governor Vyacheslav Gladkov said. Another building was severely damaged.
19  avril     20h22
U.S. Citizen Killed in Moscow-Held Donetsk - Russian Media
   Russell Bentley, , was known to have fought with Moscow backed separatists in eastern Ukraine and had been given Russian nationality.
    13h55
Russian Officials Face Restrictions on Foreign Trips, Kremlin Confirms
   The confirmation comes after a Reuters report said Russia’s stricter travel rules were linked to fears of foreign powers gaining access to state secrets.
    12h02
Russian Official Resigns Over Son’s Viral Bali Vacation Video
   Some ask me, Ilya, will you ever come back to Perm ’ ... Why the hell would I want to be in Perm regional official Alexei Dyomkin’s son said in an Instagram video filmed in Bali.
    11h58
Russia: We Told Israel Iran Does Not Want Escalation’
   The Kremlin also said Friday it was looking into the reports that Israel carried out a strike on Iran and urged all sides to exercise restraint.
    11h34
Russian Theater Director, Playwright’s Terrorism’ Case Transferred to Military Court
   Yevgenia Berkovich and Svetlana Petriychuk face up to seven years in prison over their award winning play about Russian women who fall in love with Islamist militants.
    10h09
St. Petersburg Journalist’s Home Searched Over Exiled Colleague’s Criminal Case - Reports
   Reporter Ksenia Klochkova was reportedly named a witness in the case against former colleague Andrei Zakharov.
    08h15
Poland Detains Suspects, Alleged Organizer in Attack on Navalny Ally Volkov
   Lithuania’s counter intelligence service has accused Russia of orchestrating the attack on Volkov in Vilnius.
    07h02
9 Killed in Overnight Russian Strikes on Ukraine
   Three children were among the victims in the eastern Dnipropetrovsk region.
    06h19
Russian Long-Range Strategic Bomber Crashes, Ukraine Claims Responsibility
   The plane had crashed over the southern Stavropol region when it was flying back to base, the Russian Defense Ministry said.
18  avril     19h19
What’s Causing Russia’s Record Floods?
   Above average snowfall followed by a rapid spring thaw, a warmer planet and human influences have all played a role in the current crisis.
    18h14
Poland Arrests Man Over Suspected Russian Plan To Kill Zelensky
   Warsaw said the suspect stated that he was ready to act on behalf of the military intelligence services of the Russian Federation.
    16h13
Memorial to Russian Sailors Lists 19 Casualties in Moskva Sinking - Reports
   Russia’s Defense Ministry has officially confirmed one death and missing sailors in the April , , sinking of the Moskva.
    14h32
Kamchatka’s Glaciers Have Shrunk by 36% Since 1950 - Russian Scientists
   The rate of retreat of the ice caps in the northern Sredinny Range from to was . times higher than from to .
    13h43
Kremlin Slams France’s Seizure of Russia-Linked Villa
   The palatial villa is allegedly owned by Russian businessman Artur Ocheretny, the new partner of President Vladimir Putin’s ex wife.
    13h37
Fewer Russians Getting Married Despite State’s Encouragement to Start Families - Official Data
   Some of the biggest drops in marriages were recorded in regions that the Defense Ministry hailed as the most successful at recruiting contract soldiers.
    12h52
Worker at Russian Military’s Patriot Park Accused of Treason - BBC
   Nikolai Martynov, , worked as an engineer at Patriot Park, which displays Russian and Soviet military equipment.
    12h13
Kremlin Says U.S. Aid for Ukraine Won’t Change Military Situation
   U.S. House Speaker Mike Johnson said Wednesday he would advance a billion package of funding for Ukraine, stalled since last year.
    11h58
Palestinian Refugees to Assemble Jihad Mobiles’ for Chechen Military
   Around Palestinians have settled in Chechnya since the start of the Israel Hamas war in October .
    11h52
Ukraine Says Hit Russian Airfield in Annexed Crimea
   The attack took place in the early hours of Wednesday at the Dzhankoi air base, on the northern part of the peninsula seized by Moscow in .
    11h28
Russian Court Upholds 4-Year Sentence for Prominent Bashkir Activist
   Fayil Alsynov’s sentencing to four years in January sparked some of the largest protests in Russia since the invasion of Ukraine.
    10h20
Top Russian Hypersonic Scientist Sentenced to 7 Years for Treason
   Alexander Kuranov, , was the head of a St. Petersburg state research institute who oversaw the Soviet era Ayaks hypersonic aircraft program.
    10h16
Germany Arrests 2 Over Military Base Attack Plot for Russia
   The men are suspected of spying for Russia and planning blasts and arson attacks to undermine Berlin’s military support for Ukraine.
    08h46
At Least 7 People Killed in Russian Floods - IStories
   Russia’s Emergency Situations Ministry has maintained that no one was killed directly by the floods.
    07h18
Russian Shelling Kills 2 in East Ukraine
   The shelling came as Russia said it had thwarted Ukrainian attacks on border territories, downing drones and two ballistic missiles, most over the Belgorod region.
    04h36
Russian Missile Barrage on Ukraine City Kills 18
   President Volodymyr Zelensky said Ukraine lacked the weapons needed to intercept the three cruise missiles that struck Chernihiv.
17  avril     20h15
20K Rally in Georgia as MPs Advance Controversial Foreign Influence’ Law
   The bill would require any independent NGO or media outlet receiving more than of funding from abroad to register as an organization pursuing the interests of a foreign power.
    19h29
Dirty as Hell’: Coal Dust Chokes Murmansk as Moscow Ramps Up Asia Exports
   As the dust fuels public grievances and concerns for human health, the Murmansk Commercial Seaport is busy expanding its operations.
    18h19
Putin Calls To Protect Flood-Hit Areas From Looting
   Putin also scolded the governor of the flood hit Tyumen region for calling people who resisted evacuation orders stubborn.
    15h45
Russia Labels 3 More Human Rights Groups ’Undesirable’
   The Boris Nemtsov Foundation for Freedom, the Friedrich Naumann Foundation for Freedom and Ukraine’s Center for Civil Liberties are now outlawed in Russia.
    15h11
Record Number of Russian Soldiers Convicted of Murder in 2023 - Data
   Russian courts sentenced contract soldiers and conscripts for premeditated murder last year, a dramatic increase from and .
    14h31
Russia Arrests Four Accused of Helping Ukraine Army
   Russia arrested four people Wednesday, accusing them of sending money to Ukrainian armed forces and planning to join its ranks.
    12h31
Yulia Navalnaya Appears on Time’s ’100 Most Influential People’ List
   U.S. Vice President Kamala Harris said Navalnaya has given renewed hope to those working against corruption and for a free, democratic Russia.
    12h12
Russian Court Orders Review of Verdict Against Scientist
   Valery Golubkin, , a professor at the Moscow Institute of Physics and Technology, was arrested in April on suspicion of passing state secrets to a NATO member country.
    11h50
Sakha Rights Official Calls on Russia To Criminalize Domestic Abuse
   Sardana Guryeva’s comments were likely inspired by the high profile trial of an ex official in Kazakhstan accused of brutally murdering his wife.
    10h56
Russian Peacekeepers Withdrawing From Nagorno-Karabakh, Kremlin Confirms
   Russia had deployed around, military personnel to the region as part of a Moscow brokered deal in to end weeks of fighting between Armenia and Azerbaijan.
    09h25
50K Russian Soldiers Confirmed Killed in Ukraine - Independent Tally
   The real number of Russian war casualties is likely much higher, the journalists said.
    09h08
Airports in Russia’s Volga Region Halt Flights Over Drone Threat
   The SIBUR petrochemicals company is also evacuating employees from its factories in Nizhnekamsk, local Telegram channel reported.
    08h32
Telegram’s Durov Tells Tucker Carlson That Kremlin Pressure Forced Him Out of Russia
   He also claimed that the FBI attempted to secretly recruit one of Telegram’s developers to build a backdoor into the messenger.
16  avril     15h46
Russian-Backed Official Survives Assassination Attempt in Occupied Ukraine, Colleague Says
   Anton was lucky, the main direction of the explosion went past him. He was just grazed, local pro Russian politician Vladimir Rogov said.
    15h07
Russia’s Orenburg Holds WWII Victory Parade Rehearsals Amid Flood Crisis
   As thousands of homes remained submerged underwater, city officials pressed on with rehearsals for Russia’s showpiece patriotic holiday.
    14h40
Russia But Not Putin Invited To French D-Day Anniversary - Organizers
   Putin, who is wanted by the International Criminal Court, was not invited due to Russia’s war of aggression in Ukraine.
    14h11
Putin Urges Restraint in Call With Iran’s Raisi
   The Russian leader expressed the hope that all sides would show reasonable restraint and prevent a new round of confrontation.
    14h02
She Photographed Russian Political Prisoners. Now She’s Charged With ’Extremism.’
   Antonina Favorskaya and her colleagues consider the charges against her to be revenge for her journalism and political views.
    13h48
IMF Raises Russia’s Growth Forecast for 2024
   Russia’s economy is expected to grow . this year, up from the previous forecast of . issued in January.
    12h16
Raiffeisen Touts Russia Expansion’ in Job Ads Despite Intended Exit - FT
   The Austrian bank has placed more than, job ads in Russia since December , the Financial Times reported.
    11h04
Russia Says Arrested Man Behind Car Bomb Attack on Ukrainian Defector
   Vasily Prozorov, a former member of Ukraine’s SBU security service, was injured last week after a bomb went off under his SUV in Moscow.