Crimea under attack, visas cancelled, Medvedev tours LPR

Several explosions rocked a Russian airbase in Crimea. The Russian Defense Ministry views them as a ‘detonation of explosives’.

Meanwhile, the so-called Donetsk People’s Republic is prepping for a tribunal over Ukrainian prisoners of war. The EU is contemplating a ban on visas for Russians, while Russian anti-war reporter Marina Ovsyannikova is placed under house arrest for ‘fakes’ about the Russian army following her return to Russia.

Kirill Martynov, the chief editor of Novaya Gazeta. Europe, comments on last week's Russian and world news.