Transport Minister Vitaly Savelyev, during a visit to the Astrakhan region, spoke about logistics problems that arose due to sanctions imposed against Russia. Savelyev is quoted by Interfax. “The sanctions that were imposed on the Russian Federation today have practically broken all logistics in our country. And we are forced to look for new logistics corridors,” said the Minister of Transport.

In Austria, about 40 members of the “union of free anarchist organizations” occupied a villa on Lake Attersee, the owner of which they named the chairman of VEB.RF and former Deputy Prime Minister of Russia Igor Shuvalov. This was reported by the local publication Salzburger Nachrichten . Thus, activists spoke out against the war in Ukraine, the lack of free access to the lake, and called for the confiscation of the property of the Russian politician and businessman.

The official representative of the Russian Foreign Ministry Maria Zakharova, during a meeting in Yekaterinburg, called the opinion that George Orwell described totalitarianism in the dystopian novel “1984” “fake”. Zakharova quoted by the local publication E1.ru. is A representative of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs at an event called “Battle of Speakers” was asked the question: “Here in our country, we feel the rise of patriotism.

Crimean actionist artist Bogdan Ziza was sent to the Simferopol pre-trial detention center on charges of preparing for a terrorist attack (part 1 of article 30, part 1 of article 205 of the Criminal Code). this “Grati” reports with reference to sources. On the night of May 16, Ziza doused the facade and doors of the city administration building in Yevpatoria with yellow and blue paints.

A monument dedicated to Nobel Peace Prize laureate Andrei Sakharov was removed from the Moscow Muzeon. This was reported by the Memorial Society with reference to the artist Katya Gushchina, who conducted an excursion in honor of the academician’s birthday.

The government has submitted a bill to the State Duma that would abolish penalties for importing groups of goods into Russia without the permission of their copyright holders. The corresponding document was published on the website of the lower house of parliament. The authors of the bill also proposed allowing the use of “means of individualization” of such goods, that is, logos and brand names.

The Russian Foreign Ministry has permanently banned US President Joe Biden, his son Hunter Biden and 961 other US citizens from entering the country. The list is published on the ministry's website. “We emphasize that the hostile actions taken by Washington, which boomerang against the United States itself, will continue to receive due rebuff,” the Foreign Ministry added .

The authorities of Germany and Italy allowed local gas importers to open accounts in rubles for transactions with the Russian Gazprom. This was reported by Reuters citing sources. “Berlin has told German gas importers that they can open ruble accounts to buy Russian gas without violating sanctions if payments to Gazprombank are not made in rubles,” two sources told Reuters .

The Investigative Committee accused founder Ruslan Leviev and journalist Michael Naki of spreading fake news about the shelling of the Zaporozhye nuclear power plant. This was reported by the Network Freedoms project. On May 18 , it became known that a criminal case had been opened against Leviev and Naka for “fakes” about the army (clause “c” of Part 2 of Article 207.3 of the Criminal Code).

The Ministry of Internal Affairs opened a criminal case for repeated “discredit” of the army (Part 1 of Article 280.3 of the Criminal Code) against a 68-year-old resident of Petropavlovsk-Kamchatsky, he was sent to a temporary detention facility. This was reported on the website of the local department. “Arguments and Facts” and “Kam 24” report that we are talking about Vladimir Efimov. In the 90s, he headed TVK, the first frequent television company in Kamchatka.

Illustration: Mari Msukanidze / Mediazone By announcing a “special military operation” against Ukraine, Vladimir Putin called it the main goal of “protecting people who have been abused for eight years, genocide from the Kiev regime”. On the phone and through the social networks, Mediazona contacted the residents of the self -proclaimed republics to find out what changed for them with the outbreak of war.