Shoigu is ready to suffer, tourists are running from Crimea, 'I killed'
Horrible News with Kirill Martynov
A Russian soldier confessed to murder and looting while stationed near Kyiv in a conversation with IStories*. Another row of explosions hit Crimea where the air defence system had to be activated several times, however, the authorities are claiming the events to be accidents and diversions. Two people were murdered over arguments about war in the Rostov region; Russian regional journalists’ places are being searched by the police.
The UK's Defence Minister came to Moscow in February to try to convince the Russian government not to start the war in Ukraine. Russia’s Defence Minister Sergey Shoigu replied: “We can withstand suffering like no others”.
The Russian propaganda proposes Russia invade the Baltic countries and organises formulaic events.
Every Saturday, Kirill Martynov, editor-in-chief of Novaya Gazeta. Europe, comments on last week’s news from Russia and the world.
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