The Polish authorities intend to allocate about $370 million to modernize the fence built on the border with Belarus. This was reported by the Polish Press Agency. Polish Deputy Minister of National Defense Cezary Tomczyk said in an interview with TVN24 that the wall built in 2022 on the border between Poland and Belarus was only a “temporary measure.” According to him, today people from Belarus are able to easily overcome the barrier.

During the two years of war, the Federal Penitentiary Service (FSIN) transferred 112.36 billion rubles to the Russian budget, earning more than 78 billion rubles from the labor of convicts. “Layout” writes about this. Journalists note that the income of the Federal Penitentiary Service has increased by 20% compared to the two years preceding the war in Ukraine.

Weips are better than cigarettes, smoking is not in training safely, nicotine causes cancer - and other errors About 1.3 billion people in the world smoke - this is one of the most common habits in the world. Every year, eight million people die from diseases caused by the use of tobacco. Despite the awareness of the majority about the dangers of smoking, there are many myths around nicotine and cigarettes - and there are much more positive errors than negative ones.

American Museum of Natural History curator Lorenzo Prendini was detained at Istanbul airport on suspicion of smuggling specimens of spiders and scorpions. The Associated Press reports this with reference to Turkish media. According to Istanbul police, Prendini allegedly tried to take out of the country about 1,500 spiders and scorpions, which live only in Turkey. According to Turkish law, the export of such animals and plants outside the country is prohibited.

A native of Tolyatti, Polina Yevtushenko, who is in a pre-trial detention center on charges of treason, was sent to a punishment cell for turning off the TV 10 minutes later than expected. Yevtushenko reported this to Kholod in a letter from the pre-trial detention center. According to the girl, she was in the punishment cell from May 2 to May 10. All this time there was only cold water there.

Researchers from the Conflict Intelligence Team (CIT) consider it unlikely that debris from a Ukrainian missile fell on a ten-story building in Belgorod the day before. This was stated by the founder of CIT Ruslan Leviev on the air of Dozhd. According to him, according to photo and video footage from the scene of the incident, the arrival at the house was from the northeast of it, that is, from the Russian side.

In 2023, the profits of the 100 largest foreign companies in Russia reached 1.3 trillion rubles. Novaya Gazeta Europe writes about this. Journalists note that this is 40% more than in the last pre-war year 2021. Then the profit of Western companies was 383 billion rubles less. In 2022, as previously calculated by New Europe, the income of Western enterprises increased by one and a half times compared to 2021.

Vladimir Putin proposed replacing Sergei Shoigu as Defense Minister with Andrei Belousov, presumably due to the preparation of the Russian economy and military-industrial complex for a protracted war in Ukraine and further confrontation with NATO. This was reported by the Institute for the Study of War (ISW). Experts called the appointment of Belousov to the post of Minister of Defense an important event for Putin to create economic conditions aimed at continuing the protracted war.

In Astana, the jury returned a guilty verdict in the case of the former Minister of National Economy of Kazakhstan Kuandyk Bishimbayev, who was accused of murdering his wife Saltanat Nukenova. The broadcast was conducted on the court's YouTube channel. Bishimbayev was given 24 years in a maximum security colony. The court sentenced his cousin Bakytzhan Baizhanov to four years in prison for concealment and failure to report a crime. The meeting was held in open mode.

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The verdict is called soft and require lifelong. What is the remembered for the main process of the home violence of the post -Soviet space? The Astana court sentenced the former Minister of Economics of Kazakhstan Kuandyk Bishimbaev. He was found guilty of the brutal murder of his wife. Nukenova Saltanat died for several hours, while her husband tried to hide the traces of the crime and turned to the clairvoyant.

Ukrainian air defense forces have become worse than before at intercepting Russian missiles. The Wall Street Journal writes about this with reference to data from the command of the Air Force of the Ukrainian Armed Forces. Thus, over the past six months, Ukraine was able to intercept 46% of Russian missiles, while in the previous six months this figure was 73%. At the same time, the rate of interception of drones by Ukrainian forces has remained almost unchanged, WSJ notes.

The Russian army has entered Volchansk, Kharkov region, and is fighting within the city. This was reported by the Russian Volunteer Corps, which is fighting on the side of Ukraine. The fact of the fighting for Volchansk was confirmed by Ukrainian officials. The media disseminated footage in which people evacuated from Volchansk said that they spent three days in captivity by the Russians in a basement.

The Solntsevsky Court of Moscow prohibited the publication of vacancies in which “Slavic appearance” and “belonging to the Slavic nationality” are indicated as a mandatory requirement. This was reported by the press service of the courts of general jurisdiction.

Scientists from Imperial College London have suggested that the idea that the brain gets rid of toxins during sleep may be wrong. The Guardian writes about this with reference to a study . The study found that the rate at which body fluids or tissues clear (clearance) and fluid movement in the brains of mice decreased markedly during sleep and anesthesia. The authors used a fluorescent dye to study the brains of mice.