In 2024 Telegram is the third most popular messaging app in the world, following WhatsApp and Snapchat, with over 30 million monthly active users. In Russia, it ranks second with more than 35 million downloads in 2023, representing 72.7% of Russia’s internet audience.

Circus performers have been declared a category of special strategic importance not subject to conscription The government in Kiev has designated several circus troupes as enterprises of critical importance, whose employees will be exempt from mobilization, two lawmakers confirmed on Monday.

A road bridge has collapsed onto a railroad in Russia’s Smolensk Region, killing one person and injuring at least six more An overpass has collapsed in Russia’s Smolensk Region in the west of the country. At least two vehicles were driving across it at the time of the incident; six people were injured and one…