The fast food restaurant chain McDonald's illegally used the labor of 305 children in the US state of Kentucky, has found the US Department of Labor . Two of the minor workers are ten-year-old children. They worked at McDonald's without pay, including late shifts until two in the morning. Ten-year-old children prepared and served orders and worked the cash register, despite being under the minimum age for these positions.

32 Karelian journalists left the Union of Journalists of Russia as a sign of solidarity with the chairman of the Union’s Karelia branch, Georgiy Chentemirov, and a member of his board, Natalya Sevets-Ermolina. At the end of April, they were expelled from the Union of Journalists due to their “foreign agent” status. On March 3, 2022, the Karelian Union of Journalists, led by Chentemirov, spoke out against military censorship.

On the night of May 3, Ukraine was attacked by drones. Russia released 26 shoes "Shakud", 21 of which were shot down. This was reported by the air forces of the Armed Forces of Ukraine. In the Dnieper, the Russian drone hit the administrative building, there were no casualties. IN Kropyvnitsky Three drones attacked the oil depot, a fire began. Fire at the oil depot in Kropyvnitsky. Andrey Raikovich On the evening of May 2, the Kherson region from Russian shelling died a 66-year-old civilian.

On May 4, the trial of psychologist and head of the initiative group for helping transgender and non-binary people “Center T” Ian Dvorkin will be held in Moscow. He is being prosecuted under an administrative article about “LGBT propaganda” . Dvorkin was notified of the opening of the case at the end of March after security forces tried to force entry into his apartment.

The Savyolovsky District Court of Moscow blocked the website of the Conscious Objector Movement for materials that “discredit” military service and “justify” evasion of it. The military prosecutor's office filed a lawsuit demanding the closure of the human rights activist's website. The Conscientious Objector Movement helps conscripts with anti-war beliefs legally avoid compulsory military service and mobilization.

A court in Belarus sentenced the former editor-in-chief of the opposition telegram channel NEXTA Roman Protasevich to 8 years in prison. The prosecution demanded 10 years for the journalist. Protasevich was found guilty of 11 articles of the criminal code, including organizing mass riots, calls for sanctions against Belarus, and conspiracy to seize power.

In Kazakhstan, workers gathered at akimat Zhanaozen and went on a hunger strike, demanding help with finding employment. They intend to spend the night near the administration building. On April 20, several dozen people recorded a video message to the President of Kazakhstan Kassym-Jomart Tokayev. “We have been waiting for a response from the akimat for 20 days, but there is no reaction from them.

Russia accused Ukraine of attacking the Kremlin residence of Vladimir Putin with the help of two drones. The Kremlin announced a "planned terrorist action, attempted on the President of Russia." This was reported by RIA Novosti. “The Russian side reserves the right to take retaliatory measures there and where and when it considers it necessary, they noted in the Kremlin,” the report said. In addition, the agency said that Putin himself was not injured.

Alexey Moskalev, who is being persecuted for repeatedly “discrediting” the Russian army, was found in pre-trial detention center No. 1 in the city of Smolensk. For almost three weeks his location remained unknown. At a meeting with his lawyer from OVD-Info, Vladimir Bilienko, on May 3, Moskalev said that the officers of the Belarusian special services, who handcuffed him and detained him after escaping there from house arrest, tortured him.

The Russian Ministry of Health has developed a training manual for gynecologist_in to dissuade pregnant women from abortion. Seven regions received it - participants in the pilot project "Reproductive Health". The document contains “speech modules” - statements that doctors can use in a conversation with pregnant women, including minors who want to have an abortion. Pregnant women under 18 years of age are proposed to dissuade with the words: “To be a young mother is great!

Russia took 164th place out of 180 possible in the press freedom ranking, published by Reporters Without Borders. The speakers note that “the war in Ukraine allowed the Kremlin to begin the final purge of the Russian media.” Independent Russian and foreign media were blocked, and military censorship was introduced. Russia is also spreading its propaganda in the occupied territories of Ukraine. In addition, the war had a negative impact on freedom of the press in Belarus, which ranks 157th.