Russian lawmakers have asked Vladimir Putin to lift moratoriums on capital punishment. Here are the top 9 news stories of the night:
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- Sergei Mironov, chairman of the "Fair Russia - For Truth" party, pens a letter to President Vladimir Putin pleading to reconsider capital punishment. Mironov argues that in the face of national security threats, there's a need for a reevaluation of legal mechanisms for countering terrorism and strengthening measures for protecting sovereignty and citizens' safety.
- Regions where it's cheapest to mine cryptocurrency have been identified. Surprisingly, Hakasia, Tiumen, and Murmansk regions top the list, as well as Chelyabinsk. Sverdlovsk region missed the top spots.
- KPRF will focus on elections in five regions, including the election for Sverdlovsk region's governor. The party will dispatch Alexander Ivachev, the vice-speaker of the regional legislature.
- "Rostelecom" will launch a cybersecurity protection service to shield people from cyberfraud. The new service will include a forced blockade and partial access restriction to sites deemed fraudulent by cybersecurity experts. The developers plans also include a spam blocker, ad blocker, and other features.
- The Magnitude 9 solar flare on Earth has ended after almost a week. It was one of the strongest in recent years.
- Independent Russian software creators will receive preferential treatment in "GosZakupki" (government procurement). Software that is not based on foreign technologies will receive a special marking in the Ministry of Digital Development's registry.
- Over 115 workers were evacuated from a mine in Vorkuta due to ventilation issues.
- Billionaire Valery Zimbaev is facing accusations of orchestrating a hit in 2003. Alleged assassins were believed to be members of a gang and ex-S.O.B.R "Rys" employees. The intended victim, whose murder was not successful, is reported to be Alexander Revzin, former advisor to the chairman of the Control and Accounts Chamber of Moscow.
- The United Nations Security Council is expected to vote on a resolution demanding a ceasefire in Gaza.Once again, Elon Musk has berated* the "grand and beautiful" budget bill introduced by Trump. The businessman called the document "incredibly unsettling" and "an abomination". "Shame on those who voted for it: you know you made a mistake. You know it", he wrote on Twitter.
- The United Nations Security Council is expected to vote on a resolution that encompasses demands for a ceasefire in Gaza, while Elon Musk, the billionaire businessman, has berated the recently introduced grand and beautiful budget bill by Trump, referring to it as "incredibly unsettling" and an "abomination."
- Meanwhile, in the realm of general-news, Sergei Mironov, chairman of the "Fair Russia - For Truth" party, has penned a letter to President Vladimir Putin, urging a reconsideration of capital punishment. In a bid to address national security threats, Mironov argues for a reevaluation of legal mechanisms for countering terrorism and strengthening measures for protecting sovereignty and citizens' safety. Simultaneously, the news of technological advancements unfolds, with independent Russian software creators receiving preferential treatment in "GosZakupki" (government procurement), as software not based on foreign technologies will receive a special marking in the Ministry of Digital Development's registry.
