Investigation Launched Into Hate Crime On Moscow Bus

Moscow Mayor Sergey Sobyanin reported via his Telegram channel that the city's fountain season has not yet opened. Specialists have been preparing for the launch. The announcement follows forecasts of warmer weather in Moscow with temperatures expected to reach 18-20 degrees Celsius. Specialists spent nearly the entire month of April preparing the infrastructure. Work included repairing communications, servicing pump stations and hydraulics, and cleaning the fountain basins. The city features hundreds of fountains, including dry and semi-dry varieties. Russia's Investigative Committee has opened a criminal case following an incident on a Moscow bus involving a woman from Buryatia. A designer, Natalya Sundupova, reported that a passenger insulted her based on her nationality and demanded she return to her own country. The passenger also allegedly struck the woman in the head several times. Sundupova attempted to explain that Buryatia is part of Russia, but the confrontation continued before she contacted police.