Russian artist Valery Chek died at the age of 42. This was reported by the magazine "Arthid". Since 1998, it was a member of the school of contemporary art Avdeya Ter-Ogaganan, and at the beginning of the zero was in the art group “Radek Society”. He worked in painting, graphics, installations and graffiti. It was exhibited in Russia, France, the USA, Greece and Japan.

Thousands of journalists have fled their home countries because of threats to their lives and the risk of political reprisals, the Associated Press reported , citing Bangladeshi lawyer and UN rapporteur Irene Khan.

The commander of the 20th Army, Lieutenant General Sukhrab Akhmedov, has been removed from his post. This was reported by pro-war blogger Vladimir Rogov. Later, RBC wrote about Akhmedov's "disposal" citing a source familiar with the personnel decision. Akhmedov was previously accused of major personnel losses.

A group of LDPR deputies led by Leonid Slutsky introduced a bill to the State Duma on payments of 200 thousand rubles for early birth. The corresponding card appeared on the website of the lower house of parliament. It is assumed that this amount will be paid for each child born before reaching the age of 25. However, women who gave birth to stillborn children will not receive payments.

On the island in South Asia, a food chain was broken. To fix everything, 23 cats were thrown off the plane In the 1950s, the World Health Organization sprayed the poison from insects on the island of Borneo to stop malaria. This helped get rid of mosquitoes that endured the disease, but on the island the invasion of rodents began. Then the WHO decided to drop the unusual “landing”- cats and cats-parachutists to the island. "Cold" tells what it led to.

Dozens of rivers and streams in Alaska have turned a rusty orange, The Guardian reports , citing research. This is due to the melting of permafrost, which is being driven by climate change. As the publication writes, when frozen ground melts, minerals located beneath its surface begin to penetrate into water flows. "This is an unanticipated impact of climate change that we're seeing in some pristine rivers," said study author Brett Poulin of the University of California, Davis.

The Norwegian government is introducing additional restrictions on entry into the country for tourists from Russia. This is stated in a press release on the government website. New rules will come into force on May 29, according to which Russian citizens entering Norway for tourism and other “non-essential” purposes will be denied entry. The changes will apply to those who have a Schengen visa issued by Norway before May 30, 2022 or by other Schengen countries.

Georgian Prime Minister Irakli Kobakhidze believes that criticism of the law "on foreign influence" from the West is caused by the desire to open a "second front" after the start of the war in Ukraine. Kobakhidze stated this in an interview with Georgia's Channel One.

In Novosibirsk, a first-grade teacher was given disciplinary action for handouts, a local portal writes . The assignments prepared for students were in Ukrainian. "On May 8, the class teacher of one of the first grades gave homework in mathematics, where the text of the assignment was in Ukrainian. The exercises were taken from the Internet. Due to carelessness, the text above the table, written in Ukrainian, remained unchanged," the local education department explained to the publication.

The French road safety association "Victims and Citizens" has launched an information campaign aimed at safe driving, AFP reports . The campaign is held under the slogan "Drive like a woman." Banners with this slogan have appeared at metro stations and on the Internet. As the agency writes, the association is thereby trying to dispel the stereotype that men drive cars better than women.

She was offered a presidential pardon by March 8, but she chose the principles In early May, an opposition activist from Transbaikalia, 63-year-old Natalya Filonova, who was sentenced to 2 years and 10 months of the colony, said that she was promised a presidential pardon-but she refused him. Despite the deterioration of the conditions in the prison of Filonov, does not lose heart and finds advantages even in a schizo: for example, the opportunity to lose weight and listen to the songs of youth.

State Duma Speaker Vyacheslav Volodin said that the progressive tax scale will not affect participants in the war in Ukraine. This was reported by RBC. A progressive tax scale implies an increase in tax depending on the income of the population. Thus, the higher the income of an individual, the higher the tax (personal income tax) this person must pay.

In 2023, there will be eight highly cited scientists left in Russia, according to an analysis by the Institute of Scientific Information of the American company Clarivate. This is reported by Kommersant. As noted on the website of the global list of highly cited scientists, it includes the authors of several highly cited articles in a particular scientific field, whose work is in the Web of Science database, which is also maintained by Clarivate.

In North Ossetia, Russian State Social University student Alan Misikov was expelled after a dispute with a teacher over Stalin's repressions, Baza reports, citing the student. During a lecture, Andrei Belikov, a lecturer in the General Law Department, is said to have stated that “the repressions were not a significant crime, and in fact, they did not exist.” In response, Misikov entered into a discussion with him, during which he noted that Stalin subjected 42 million people to repression.

A court in St. Petersburg ordered a local resident not to keep more than two dogs in her apartment. As a result, the woman sold the apartment and moved to another place. This is stated on the website of the Main Directorate of the Federal Bailiff Service for St. Petersburg. As Kommersant reported , the breeder's name is Elena Komarova, she is 56 years old.