And about. The head of the Ministry of Internal Affairs of Ukraine, Arsen Avakov, said that unknown people hacked his website and posted several false statements on his behalf, including about the presidential elections, RIA Novosti reported on May 25. “Yesterday evening, attackers hacked into the email of one of the administrators of my personal website avakov.com, gained access to the site and posted a couple of false statements on my behalf on the topic of elections.

There is a battle in the vicinity of Slavyansk, Donetsk region of Ukraine, RIA Novosti reported on May 25 at the headquarters of the city’s people’s militia. The day before it became known that the Ukrainian army had significantly increased its forces in the vicinity of the city, which is still held by supporters of federalization. “The battle is going on near the BZS plant, you can hear machine gun fire, machine guns, a machine gun is working.

A National Bank will soon appear on the territory of the proclaimed Donetsk People's Republic. This was stated on May 25 by Vladimir Makovich, Deputy Chairman of the Presidium of the Supreme Council of the proclaimed DPR. In addition, he argued, soon in the proclaimed DPR “all payments will be made both in Ukrainian hryvnia and in Russian rubles.” “We do not print the Ukrainian hryvnia, and Kyiv can take the Ukrainian hryvnia out of our territory at any time.

Lifenews journalists Oleg Sidyakin and Marat Saychenko were released at the request of the OSCE and the UN, says Deputy Chairman of the Security Service of Ukraine Viktor Yagun. “Ambassadors and representatives of the UN and OSCE addressed the SBU. We met these two organizations halfway,” ITAR-TASS quoted Mr. Yagun on May 25. Sidyakin and Saichenko were released on the night of May 25.

The Donbass people's militia took control of the Victoria Hotel in the center of Donetsk, where many foreign journalists and observers live, a RIA Novosti correspondent reported on May 25. The twenty-story hotel is one of the largest in the city.

Polling stations have opened in Ukraine. Until eight o'clock in the evening local time, citizens will be able to vote for the new president of the country. 21 candidates are competing for the position of head of state. According to the results of opinion polls, businessman and deputy Petro Poroshenko is considered the leader of the race. Almost 45% of Ukrainians are ready to support him. About 8.5% are going to vote for Yulia Tymoshenko.

Former American intelligence officer Edward Snowden, who has received temporary asylum in Russia, is considering the possibility of returning to the United States under certain conditions, Spiegel reports on May 25. “Negotiations are underway on this matter,” the publication quotes Snowden’s lawyer Wolfgang Kaleck. “Everyone familiar with my client’s case understands that it would be reasonable to reach an agreement with the American authorities,” Mr. Kalek said.

In the Donetsk region, voting in the presidential elections has begun in at least 308 out of 2,430 polling stations, Interfax reported on May 25, citing the Donetsk regional state administration DonPress. At the same time, the collection of information about the opening of polling stations in the region has not yet been completed and is ongoing. According to the regional administration, 100% of plots have opened in the Aleksandrovsky district of the region and the city of Dimitrov.

Former Thai Prime Minister Yingluck Shinawatra, who was detained after the military coup and was kept at a military base, has been transferred to house arrest, Interfax reported on May 25, citing the Wall Street Journal. It was previously reported that the military authorities who carried out the coup on May 22 continue to detain former government officials; Yingluck Shinawatra, as well as members of her family, were previously detained.

Former Polish President Wojciech Jaruzelski died, ITAR-TASS reported on May 25. He would have turned 91 on July 6. He was the last of the leaders of the socialist countries of Eastern Europe in the early 1980s. From 1985 to 1989, he served as Chairman of the State Council of the Polish People's Republic, the highest government position in the country. In 1989 he was elected President of the Republic of Poland. In 1990 he left the political scene.

President of the West Ural Machine-Building Concern (ZUMK, Perm) Alexander Pozdeev, arrested in Uzbekistan on May 14, was released on Friday evening from the Tashkent pre-trial detention center on his own recognizance. Immediately after his release, Mr. Pozdeev was hospitalized in one of the city hospitals.

Israeli President Shimon Peres and Palestinian National Authority Chairman Mahmoud Abbas accepted an invitation from Pope Francis to meet next month at his residence in the Vatican, Interfax reported on May 25. Pope Francis invited the President of Israel and the head of the PNA to the Vatican for a joint prayer for peace at Mass on Sunday in Bethlehem.

Belgian authorities have released the only suspect who was detained on May 24 after the shooting at the Jewish Museum in Brussels, his status has been changed to witness, RIA Novosti reports, citing a statement from a representative of the Belgian prosecutor's office. An unknown person opened fire on the afternoon of May 24 at the Jewish Museum in the city center. According to local law enforcement agencies, three people were killed - two Israeli citizens and a French woman.

Unknown people threw Molotov cocktails at one of the polling stations in Kherson, RIA Novosti reported on May 25 with reference to Taras Buzak, a member of the territorial election commission No. 185 for the Suvorov and Dneprovsky districts of Kherson. The incident occurred on the night from Saturday to Sunday at about 00.15 local time (01.15 Moscow time). “Unknown persons threw several Molotov cocktails at the entrance doors (plastic) of school No.

The volume of transactions concluded by Russian film companies at the 67th Cannes Film Festival amounted to €1.5 million, the press service of the Russian Cinema stand told Interfax on May 25. This year, 22 of the largest domestic film production and distribution companies involved in feature films, documentaries and animation were represented. More than 5 thousand companies from 108 countries took part in the Cannes Film Market.