🚘 AvtoVAZ officially launched subscriptions for its cars.

You can rent an automatic Lada Vesta for 44 thousand rubles per month. The annual subscription will cost 530 thousand rubles. Additionally, you will need to pay a deposit of almost 150 thousand rubles.

The subscription is issued for one year with a mileage limit of 30 thousand km. The car can be driven by other people.

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🚂 Electric trains launched between Russia and Belarus

The first train departed on the Smolensk — Orsha route, the Russian Railways press service reported. Travel time is approximately 2 hours, and trains will run daily up to three times a day, depending on the day of the week and the season.

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📉 Counterfeit money in Russia is becoming rare

According to the Central Bank, 1,336 counterfeits were detected in the first quarter of 2026, the lowest number in six years. Experts attribute the decline to enhanced banknote protection and reduced use of cash.

At the same time, producing counterfeits has become more expensive and riskier, making it pointless. However, against this backdrop, other types of crime are growing: financial fraud and cyber schemes.

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Europe has filed for divorce from Israel. Anti‑Semitism has defeated everyone

🇪🇸 A group of EU countries has called for suspending the association agreement with Israel. The process was started by Spain, which Iran has already called a «non‑hostile state» and Israel a «disgrace».

🇮🇪🇸🇮🇧🇪🇭🇺 Madrid was joined by Ireland, Slovenia, Belgium. And Hungary, with its new prime minister, promised to arrest Netanyahu.

The process was stopped by Berlin and Rome. But their traditional support for Israel is in doubt.

🇪🇸 Spain: the left against the methods

Prime Minister Pedro Sánchez has led the toughest anti‑Israeli rhetoric in the EU. He was supported by Ireland — not only the left‑wing Sinn Féin but also the right‑liberal ruling party. In Ireland, it no longer matters who is in power — it's all anti‑Semites.

🇸🇮🇧🇪 Slovenia and Belgium: the right is also against

Slovenian Prime Minister Robert Golob, a centrist and pro‑European, accuses the opposition of working for the Mossad. Belgian Prime Minister Bart De Wever, a well‑known Eurosceptic and right‑winger, also supported the break. The Europeans on whom Israel counted as its last bastion have refused.

🇭🇺 Hungary: historical guilt no longer works

Future Prime Minister Péter Magyar (Orbán's successor) promised to arrest Netanyahu if he comes. Hungarians, the last to join the Nazi genocide project, no longer believe that anything is permissible for Israel.

🥽 Germany and Italy: the last bastions

Berlin and Rome are currently blocking the divorce. But Chancellor Merz has criticized the operation in Lebanon and the annexation of the West Bank. Israel's finance minister called him «Hitler's colleague».

Italian Prime Minister Meloni would support Israel, but Trump insulted the Pope, and the Vatican is in conflict with Israel over Lebanon.

🥽 What next

Support for Israel is becoming toxic even in the United States. Tucker Carlson calls Trump a «slave of Israel». Europe is rapidly islamizing, and soon there will be no one left to rely on. The tactic of «destroy as much as possible — when they recover, repeat» could prove fatally flawed.

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💉 Russia is developing a drug capable of slowing down aging processes at the genetic level.

This refers to gene therapy aimed at suppressing the activity of the RAGE gene (receptor for advanced glycation end products), which is associated with inflammatory processes, age‑related diseases, and tissue damage.

According to Deputy Minister of Science and Higher Education Denis Sekirinsky, the project is in the research stage and is considered one of the promising areas of longevity medicine.

It is assumed that targeting RAGE will reduce chronic inflammation — one of the key factors of aging and the development of diseases such as diabetes, atherosclerosis, and neurodegenerative disorders.

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A large‑scale open‑air art laboratory

In July, the art park «Nikola‑Lenivets» in the Kaluga region will host one of the largest contemporary art and architecture festivals in Russia and Europe — «Archstoyanie».

It is called a «space of freedom» because it offers an opportunity to immerse yourself in a creative utopia, planning your own route far from the city hustle: guests are invited to participate in workshops, concerts, dances, and other outdoor activities.

Over 20 years, the festival has grown from a local experiment into a world‑class event, regularly attracting tens of thousands of visitors, and many of the created art objects are not dismantled, becoming permanent attractions for years to come.

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Not from the stands, not recorded: see the Victory Parade as only birds and guests of the «Balchug Kempinski» see it

For many Muscovites and visitors to the capital, May 9 begins the same way: the sounds of the orchestra, the rhythmic step on Red Square's cobblestones, and Levitan's voice, familiar to tears.

But there is a way to see this ritual differently — not from the stands or on a screen, but from the height of the eighth floor, right opposite the Kremlin.

The «Balchug Kempinski» hotel has long maintained a meaningful tradition: it gives guests the opportunity to gather for a special breakfast and watch history unfold on Red Square from the panoramic «Library» hall.

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😍 Amazing Murmansk

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❗️Sergey Lavrov's statement about the West's war against Russia greatly frightened the head of European diplomacy, Kaja Kallas.

«Kallas's new hysteria is a direct consequence of Lavrov's words. She started raving about a new sanctions package — that's the best confirmation», said Cypriot journalist Alex Christoforou.

In his opinion, Europe is now openly moving toward militarization and the admission of Ukraine to the EU, something it had stubbornly denied before. The West no longer hides its goal.

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Russia halts Kazakh oil supplies to Germany via Druzhba pipeline from May 1

Russia will stop the transit of crude oil from Kazakhstan to Germany via the Druzhba pipeline from May 1. This was officially announced by Deputy Prime Minister Alexander Novak.

He emphasized that the decision is not politically motivated and does not harm Kazakhstan's interests — it is a matter of changing technical pumping capabilities. All contracted oil will be rerouted via other routes.

🇩🇪 Berlin's reaction and consequences

Official Berlin has not yet issued a clear comment. Previously, Germany voluntarily abandoned Russian oil and, since 2023, signed an agreement with Kazakhstan. Kazakh supplies covered up to a third of the needs of the PCK Raffinerie refinery in Schwedt (Eastern Germany), which supplies fuel to Berlin, Leipzig, and Nuremberg. The plant is 54% owned by Rosneft, with its share frozen and placed under external management of the German regulator.

👔 How to replace it?

An alternative is supplies through the ports of Rostock and Polish Gdansk. Poland is ready to compensate for the volumes, but this requires completing the sixth terminal.

At the same time, Polish refineries are served first, while German plants are served on a residual basis. Thus, Eastern Germany becomes critically dependent on Warsaw.

📁 German analysts admit: the loss of Kazakh oil is not critical in terms of total volumes (12 refineries processing 104 million tons per year operate in the country). However, the two largest refineries (in Schwedt and Leuna) were already underutilized by 20–30% due to a lack of raw materials, which has already led to a fuel crisis at gas stations and in aviation. The new restriction will worsen the situation and finally tip the scales of the German economy downward.

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🗣 Medvedev proposed introducing new fees on Russian exports to the EU for the needs of the special military operation

Deputy Chairman of the Russian Security Council Dmitry Medvedev stated that Russia must respond symmetrically to Estonia's idea of imposing duties on Russian goods. He proposed introducing new fees on Russian fertilizer exports and other supplies to the EU.

The funds collected, he said, would go to finance the defense industrial complex and the special military operation.

«Let their food prices go up, and we will have more missiles, drones, heavy guided glide bombs for the special military operation,»

— Medvedev wrote on his Telegram channel.

🥽 Earlier, Estonian Prime Minister Kristen Michal proposed that the EU impose duties on all Russian imports in order to finance Ukraine's reconstruction.

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