Grigory Viktorovich Lepsveridze,known as Grigory Leps;born 16 July 1962),is a Russian singer-songwriter of Georgian origin. His musical style gradually changed from Russian chanson in his early years to soft rock recently. He is known for his low,strong baritone voice. People's Artist of Russia (2022). Grigory Leps reported the highest income of all singers in Russia in 2013 with $15 million,2014 with $12 million and 2015 with $12.2 million.
Sergey Vladimirovich Surovikin is a Russian army general who serves as head of the Coordinating Committee for Air Defence under the Council of Defence Ministers of the Commonwealth of Independent States (CIS) since September 2023.
Valery Vilyamovich Tsepkalo or Valery Vilyamavich Tsapkala is a Belarusian politician and entrepreneur. After graduating from the Moscow State Institute of International Relations with a doctoral degree in international law and serving in the embassy of the Soviet Union in Finland,Tsepkalo joined the staff of the Belarusian Ministry of Foreign Affairs. He later became an advisor on foreign political and economic relations to the Chairman of the Belarusian Parliament,Stanislav Shushkevich,and then a senior advisor to the Secretary General of the Commonwealth of Independent States.
Yury Aleksandrovich Dud is a German-born Russian journalist known primarily for his informational online videos he distributes as a YouTuber. He has been deputy director-general of the sports website Sports.ru since 2018,having previously served as the editor-in-chief from 2011 to 2018.
The Russian Liberation Movement «SERB»,formerly known as South East Radical Block is a Radical Russian nationalist political group operating in Russia and Ukraine.
Valery Dmitriyevich Solovei is a Russian historian,political scientist and conspiracy theorist,who served as the professor and head of the Public Relations Department at the Moscow State Institute of International Relations (MGIMO). He resigned from the MGIMO on June 19,2019.
Mikhail Vladimirovich Svetov is a Russian politician and public figure,chairman of the civil society movement "Civil Society",political scientist,blogger,one of the main ideologists and popularizers of libertarianism in Russia,and the organizer of major rallies on various political and public topics. Svetov hosts his own YouTube channel and an online newspaper both entitled "SVTV".
Ilia Sergeyevich Novikov is a Russian and Ukrainian attorney (advocate). He defended famous political prisoners in Russia such as Nadiya Savchenko,Mykola Karpyuk,Oyub Titiev,Yegor Zhukov,and Frode Berg. In 2019,Novikov became a defence lawyer of the 5th President of Ukraine Petro Poroshenko.
Maria Kalesnikava is a Belarusian professional flutist and political activist. In 2020,she headed Viktar Babaryka's electoral campaign during the presidential elections of 2020 in Belarus. Kalesnikava represented the united campaign of Sviatlana Tsikhanouskaya,then she became a member of the presidium of the Coordination Council formed during the 2020 Belarusian protests in opposition to the regime of Alexander Lukashenko. She is also a founder of the 'Razam' political party.
Marina Vladimirovna Ovsyannikova is a Russian journalist who was employed on the Channel One Russia television channel. She worked for Russia's main evening newscast Vremya on Channel One since the beginning of the 2000s,later describing her role as "producing Kremlin propaganda".
Since the beginning of the Russian invasion of Ukraine in February 2022,there have been numerous incidents of Ukrainians collaborating with Russia to undermine Ukraine from within. This phenomenon,which has had a significantly negative impact on the country's aspiration and ability to recover the Russian-occupied territories,has involved both countries' politicians,military officials and soldiers,and ordinary citizens. In response,the Ukrainian government has adopted new legislation that enables the targeting of collaborators by more specifically defining collaborationist acts and by introducing strict punishments for Ukrainians who are found to have colluded with the Russian military campaign in any capacity.
On 21 September 2022,seven months into the Russian invasion of Ukraine,Russia declared a partial mobilization of military reservists. The decision was made a day after the announcement of the Russian annexation of the DPR,LPR,Kherson and Zaporizhzhia oblasts.
The general mobilization in the Donetsk People's Republic and the Luhansk People's Republic began on 19 February 2022,5 days before the start of Russia's full-scale invasion of Ukraine. Tens of thousands of local residents were forcibly mobilized for the war.
On the evening of 17 October 2022,a Su-34 military aircraft crashed into an apartment building in Yeysk,Krasnodar Krai,Russia.
Martial law in Russia was introduced on 20 October 2022 during the ongoing Russian invasion of Ukraine and a month after the announcement of mobilization. President Vladimir Putin issued two decrees:"On the introduction of martial law in the territories of the DPR,LPR,Zaporozhye and Kherson Oblasts" and "On measures taken in the constituent entities of the Russian Federation in connection with Decree of the President of the Russian Federation dated October 19,2022 No. 756".
On 24 February 2022,the Lithuanian authorities declared a state of emergency in the country due to the Russian invasion of Ukraine. Lithuanian President Gitanas Nauseda said that he condemned the aggression of the Russian Federation against Ukraine,and also said that after Russia started a war against Ukraine,NATO should clearly state that Russia is a serious threat to Euro-Atlantic security.
The 2023 Khakassia head election took place on 8–10 September 2023,on common election day,coinciding with 2023 Khakassia Supreme Council election. Incumbent Head Valentin Konovalov was elected to a second term in office.
On the morning of 13 May 2023,an air group of four aircraft of the Russian Air Force crashed almost simultaneously in the Bryansk Oblast of Russia:two Mi-8 helicopters,a Su-34 fighter-bomber and a Su-35 fighter. According to Baza,nine people were killed:three crew members each in two Mi-8s,two Su-34 pilots and a Su-35 pilot.
Andrei Borisovich Loshak is a Russian journalist and reporter.
Dmitry Alexandrovich Ivanov is a Russian programmer,civil activist,creator of the Telegram channel "Protest MSU”,and correspondent for For the human rights. On March 7,2023,the Timiryazevsky Court in Moscow found Ivanov guilty under the fake news law and sentenced him to 8 and a half years of imprisonment in a correctional facility.
