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Three people killed, and 15 injured in an explosion near a summer restaurant terrace in central Moscow on Saturday evening, according to police. The National Anti-Terrorist Committee (NAC) confirms it was a result of a terrlrist attack. The explosion occurred at around 8:00 p.m. by a Stalin-era skyscraper at Kudrinksaya Ploshchad, where an upscale Italian restaurant Balzi Rossi is located. The venue had been closed for a private event. NAC, cited by Interfax, acknowledged that an “unknown woman” attempted to smuggle a “homemade explosive device” into the restaurant. A security guard who tried to stop the woman and one of the patrons were killed along with her. According to Kommersant, “a security guard stopped a woman who was delivering a box to the guests. She said it contained a gift, but the guard, suspecting something was amiss, decided to search her. At that moment, the explosion went off. Apparently, the bomb was detonated remotely.” The bomb, filled with metal balls, had a yield of about one kilogram in TNT equivalent. “The courier was literally blown to pieces; her arm was found on the road about 15 meters from the blast site,” Kommersant writes. Video: Baza

Three people killed, and 15 injured in an explosion near a summer restaurant terrace in central Moscow on Saturday evening, according to police. The National Anti-Terrorist Committee (NAC) confirms it was a result of a terrlrist attack. The explosion occurred at around 8:00 p.m. by a Stalin-era skyscraper at Kudrinksaya Ploshchad, where an upscale Italian restaurant Balzi Rossi is located. The venue had been closed for a private event. NAC, cited by Interfax, acknowledged that an “unknown woman” attempted to smuggle a “homemade explosive device” into the restaurant. A security guard who tried to stop the woman and one of the patrons were killed along with her. According to Kommersant, “a security guard stopped a woman who was delivering a box to the guests. She said it contained a gift, but the guard, suspecting something was amiss, decided to search her. At that moment, the explosion went off. Apparently, the bomb was detonated remotely.” The bomb, filled with metal balls, had a yield of about one kilogram in TNT equivalent. “The courier was literally blown to pieces; her arm was found on the road about 15 meters from the blast site,” Kommersant writes. Video: Baza

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Here’s a short statement by Daria Kozyreva, 20, anti-war political prisoner released today

Here’s a short statement by Daria Kozyreva, 20, anti-war political prisoner released today

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Soviet dissident Alexander Skobov is under arrest for “justifying terrorism” after posting about a drone attack on occupied Crimea’s Kerch Bridge. “Glory to Ukraine! Death to the Russian invaders,” he shouted in the court hallway

Soviet dissident Alexander Skobov is under arrest for “justifying terrorism” after posting about a drone attack on occupied Crimea’s Kerch Bridge. “Glory to Ukraine! Death to the Russian invaders,” he shouted in the court hallway

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Moscow City Court toughened the sentence for Yury Kokhovets, who gave a street interview to RFE/RL and talked about the war un Ukraine. Instead of 5 years of penal labor, Kokhovets will now have to serve 5.5 years of actual prison time. He was taken into custody in the court room. Video: Alexandra Astakhova / Mediazona
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Moscow City Court toughened the sentence for Yury Kokhovets, who gave a street interview to RFE/RL and talked about the war un Ukraine. Instead of 5 years of penal labor, Kokhovets will now have to serve 5.5 years of actual prison time. He was taken into custody in the court room. Video: Alexandra Astakhova / Mediazona

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Nizhny Novgorod court fined War Thunder streamer Maxim Chernyshev (CrewGTW) for “discrediting the Russian army”, charge triggered by a denunciation from pro-govt censorship crusader Ekaterina Mizulina. Fine undisclosed. Here’s what drew her ire:
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Nizhny Novgorod court fined War Thunder streamer Maxim Chernyshev (CrewGTW) for “discrediting the Russian army”, charge triggered by a denunciation from pro-govt censorship crusader Ekaterina Mizulina. Fine undisclosed. Here’s what drew her ire:

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60,485 views • 6 months ago

The Gulag History Museum in Moscow is being transformed into Memory Museum, foced on “genocide of the Soviet people” and the war in Ukraine. Most staff, according to Verstka, are leaving. Here's a recording of the new management's first meeting with museum staff in February
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The Gulag History Museum in Moscow is being transformed into Memory Museum, foced on “genocide of the Soviet people” and the war in Ukraine. Most staff, according to Verstka, are leaving. Here's a recording of the new management's first meeting with museum staff in February

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19,027 views • 5 months ago

Alexei Navalny’s team reveals illegal recordings of his meetings with lawyers
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Alexei Navalny’s team reveals illegal recordings of his meetings with lawyers

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46,072 views • 1 year ago

Same story: Putin beats his chest, swearing Russian soldiers didn’t die “in vain”. Whatever the cost, worth it. 221,206 killed is the lowest possible KIA count, every one confirmed by name
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Same story: Putin beats his chest, swearing Russian soldiers didn’t die “in vain”. Whatever the cost, worth it. 221,206 killed is the lowest possible KIA count, every one confirmed by name

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