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against Russian aggression. According to his estimation, these revenues can amount to about €2-3B annually. The European Commissioner emphasised that with the launch of the submission of applications to the Register of Damages caused by the Russian aggression, the affected citisens of Ukraine are one step closer to reparations. At the same time, the head of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Ukraine, Dmytro Kuleba, said that Switzerland has frozen only about 5% of Russian assets under its jurisdiction.
● Domestic Politics
Starting on November 1, Russia will start issuing electronic summonses and impose travel restrictions on conscripts, according to a recent government decree, published on April 27. Russia has been recruiting some 30,000 volunteers a month to replenish its forces following a partial mobilisation last September and the army is 15% larger than at the start of the conflict two years ago. However, in recent months it has intensified its fighting as the Kremlin seeks to take advantage of Ukraine’s ammo crisis and is reportedly taking heavy losses. The details of conscripts will be kept in two significant electronic databases: the Unified Register of Military Records and the Register of Summonses.
Russian authorities detain 12th suspect in connection with Moscow terrorist attack. Another Tajik citisen has been taken into custody due to his alleged connection with the terrorist attack at Crocus City Hall on March 22, according to a Moscow court ruling on April 27.
U.S. intelligence agencies believe that while the Russian president was
ultimately responsible for the death of opposition leader Alexei Navalny, he didn't order it to take place when it did, the Wall Street Journal reported.
Russia's deputy defence minister detained on suspicions of bribery. Russia's Deputy defence Minister Timur Ivanov was detained on April 23 on the suspicion of receiving a bribe, Russia's Investigative Committee announced.
Flooding in Russia's Orenburg, Kurgan oblasts causes widespread destruction, mass evacuations. The impact of the floodwaters has prompted the evacuation of at least 120,000 people in the two oblasts and in a neighboring region of northern Kazakhstan.
There was an explosion in the capital of Russia, the mass media of the aggressor states that Vasyl Prozorov, a former employee of the Security Service of Ukraine, was injured on April 12. Moscow investigators opened a criminal case after an explosion in a Toyota Land Cruiser Prado car in the north of Moscow. It is reported that the owner of the vehicle was injured. TASS, citing sources in the operational services, writes that the owner of the car in
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