A district court in the Croatian city of Split has ruled in favor of transferring the Royal Romance yacht that belonged to pro-Moscow Ukrainian oligarch Viktor Medvedchuk to the Ukrainian state, the head of Ukraine's Asset Recovery and Management Agency, Olena Duma, reported on Telegram.
A Russian independent online newspaper, the Kavkazsky Uzel (The Caucasus Knot), says unknown masked men tried to break in the apartment of one of its correspondents in the southwestern city of Volgograd, on January 25.
In March 2022, Russian lawmakers adopted changes to the country’s laws, imposing fines and prison terms for discrediting the military and the actions of government agencies abroad, or spreading “fake” information about them. Badmayev faces up to three years in prison if convicted.