The summit of the leaders of the EU countries in Brussels. Photo: tvnewsroom.consilium.europa.eu The leaders of the European Union countries, following the summit in Brussels, agreed to withdraw EU ambassador to Russia Marcus Ederer because of the poisoning of the former GRU officer Sergei Skripal. This was stated by the Prime Minister of Sweden Stefan Leven, the press service of the European Council reports .

Rebels in Central Africa. Photo: ghanaiantimes.com.gh Russia sent a group of military instructors to the Central African Republic to prepare soldiers of the army of the country, the Ministry of Foreign Affairs said . 5 military and 170 civilian instructors were sent to the African country for training local military. The Russians were sent to the country at the request of her President Fostyn Arkange Tuaders.

Kalashnikov USA rifles. Photo: edition.cnn.com The prosecutor's office of Miami opened a criminal case against RWC Group, owning the Kalashnikov USA weapons plant in Florida, Bloomberg reports . The plant produces semi-automatic rifles based on the Kalashnikov AK-47 assault rifle. Presumably the company is suspected of violating anti -Russian sanctions.

Vladimir Putin. Frame RT Vladimir Putin won the presidential election with 76.69 percent of the vote. This was announced by the Chairman of the Central Election Commission Ella Pamfilova, reports RBC. According to the CEC, 56.4 million people voted for the current president. The turnout for the vote amounted to 67.54 percent of all registered voters.

Five years ago, on March 23, 2013, the body of Boris Berezovsky, a former Russian oligarch and political partner of Vladimir Putin who became his implacable opponent, was found in his ex-wife's house near London. The investigation never led to definite conclusions about the cause of death.

Vladimir Zhirinovsky and Leonid Slutsky. Photo: rospers.org The Russian independent trade union of journalists and media workers called on the OSCE parliamentary Assembly to stop cooperation with State Duma deputy Leonid Slutsky, whom several journalists were accused of sexual harassment. An open letter in PACA is published on the website of the trade union.

Nadezhda Savchenko in the Kiev court. Photo: Pravda.com.ua Judge of the Shevchenkovsky district court of Kyiv Yevgeny Sidorov arrested Nadezhda Savchenko by May 20 of the Verkhovna Rada, without the possibility of liberation on bail. It is reported by Ukrainian Pravda. The prosecutor Alexander Bannik said that under articles that are incriminated by Savchenko, she threatens up to life imprisonment. In such cases, it is impossible to release on bail, personal obligation or bail.

Logo "R-Farm" The Federal Anti -Personomous Service revealed the monopoly conspiracy of the Ministry of Health with the R -Farm company, the largest supplier of drugs in Russia, Vedomosti reports with reference to the head of the FAS department for the fight against cartels Andrei Tenishev. Reportedly, in 2017, the R-Farm violated the contracts for public procurement of drugs against HIV, hepatitis B and C, tuberculosis and others.

Craig Ridi. Photo: WADA-AMA.org The World Anti -Doping Agency has discovered more than 60 evidence of the use of prohibited drugs by Russian athletes, reports Inside The Games. WADA demanded from sports federations to consider these cases. We are talking about steroid profiles that WADA received last month from the Moscow Anti -Doping Laboratory. Data on markers for anabolic steroids are part of the biological passports of athletes entered in 2014.

Nariman Memedeminov. Photo by Anton Naumlyuk The judge of the Kiev District Court of Simferopol, who was controlled by Russia, Mikhail Belousov, at the request of the FSB, arrested the activist of Crimean Solidarity and blogger Nariman Memedeminov until May 16, Crimea. Reali reports with reference to Emil Kurbedinov’s lawyer. Activist is accused of part 2 of Article 205 of the Russian Criminal Code (public calls for terrorism).

Alexey Vasiliev. Source: Err.ee The Kharya County Court sentenced to four years in prison for the activities against the Estonian state of a 20-year-old student of the Viru College of Tallinn Technical University, Russian citizen Alexei Vasiliev. It is reported by ER. Under Article 261.1 of the Estonia of the Penitentiary Code (illegal penetration into the gas supply or power supply network, up to two years), Vasiliev received one year of imprisonment.

Ilya Milstein The worse gentlemen from the State Duma commission on ethics, where the conspiracy of Russian journalists against the deputy of Slutsky was discussed , only ladies. But among them, our champion was able to stand out. She had a question for Farid Rustamova, but this was only the name of the question. In fact, Irina Rodnina accused the girl of harassment in relation to Leonid Eduardovich, and in the most obscene form of harassment.

Dmitry Peskov. Photo: rt.com The Russians have no "slightest reason" to believe that President Vladimir Putin is going to adapt the constitution to the "personal political will." This was stated by Presidential press secretary Dmitry Peskov, reports New Gazeta with reference to RT. “The only goal that he pursues is to ensure the growing well -being of citizens of the country, the stability and economic breakthrough of the country,” the official added.

Evgeny Gavrilov and protesters. RTVI frame The Governor of the Moscow Region Andrei Vorobyov dismissed the head of the Volokolamsk municipal district Evgeny Gavrilov. This was reported by the press service of the governor and the government of the Moscow Region. "The municipality will be headed by one of the most effective heads of local governments of the Moscow Region - Andrei Vikharev, who currently holds the post of head of the Losino -Petrovsky city district," the report said.

At the place of capture of hostages. Photo: Laprovence.com In the city of Treb in the south of France, a terrorist was killed, who captured hostages in the Super U supermarket, reports La Provence. The criminal acted alone. In the morning, in the city of Karcasson, the criminal stole the car of Peugeot 205, killing the passenger and wounding the driver. Then the terrorist opened fire on the group of police officers returning to the barracks after the run. One of them was injured in the shoulder.