As a result of a drone attack on the village of Novaya Naumovka in the Belgorod region, one person was killed, said the governor of the region, Vyacheslav Gladkov. A state of emergency has been introduced in the village; civilians are not allowed to be there. Despite the ban, two people came to Novaya Naumovka to garden, Gladkov said. After the drone attack, a man died on the spot from his injuries. The second wounded person drove himself to the hospital.

Between May 6 and May 14, Chechen security forces kidnapped from 80 to 90 residents of the republic. Memorial reports this. The center identified some of them and published a list of 33 abductees compiled by Chechen bloggers. Information about mass abductions in Chechnya began to appear on May 6, when Telegram channels published a video of a car being set on fire. In the recording, a man in a jacket pours a flammable liquid onto a Niva with Dustum license plates, and then sets the car on fire.

An explosion occurred on the territory of the military academy in St. Petersburg. The Groza publication reports this with reference to an eyewitness. Channel 78 and Baza write that the explosion occurred at the Budyonny Academy of Communications. “There was a loud bang, people screamed, students were running, fussing, firefighters, police and an ambulance arrived,” a Groza source said. The publication published videos showing ambulances and firefighters.

The Israeli military found in the Gaza Strip the bodies of three hostages abducted by Hamas militants on October 7, 2023 at the Nova music festival. They were taken to Israel, the country's defense army (IDF) reports . The bodies of 22-year-old German and Israeli citizen Shani Luk, as well as Amit Buskila and Yitzhak Gelerenter were returned from the Gaza Strip.

Russian military investigators detained 23-year-old Kamil Kasimov in Kazakhstan, who entered into a contract with the Russian army and deserted from it. This was reported by “Important Stories” with reference to Kasimov’s brother and Kazakh human rights activist Artur Alkhastov. According to them, Kasimov was detained on April 23 at his workplace in Astana and taken in a civilian car to the territory of a Russian military unit in Priozersk, Karaganda region of Kazakhstan.

The Russian army attacked the Odessa and Kharkov regions of Ukraine. As a result, at least 30 people were injured, and at least two were also known to have died. This was reported by the mayor of Kharkov Igor Terekhov and the head of the Odessa regional administration Oleg Kiper . According to Terekhov, the attack on Kharkov was carried out with the help of KABs - explosions occurred in the city. According to the mayor, at the moment there are 25 injured and two dead.

The Kolpinsky District Court of St. Petersburg sent local resident Artem Tabachuk, accused of murdering the lead singer of the indie band Una Anastasia Kotova, to a pre-trial detention center. This was reported by the joint press service of the city courts. The case against Tabachuk was initiated under the article on intentional infliction of grievous bodily harm, which resulted in the death of a person (Part 4 of Article 111 of the Criminal Code).

The Ministry of Internal Affairs put on the wanted list of a journalist and blogger from the new Urengoy Bogdan Bakaleiko. Information about this appeared in the department of the department, the “Mediazona” drew attention to her. As stated in the card, Bakaleyko "is wanted under the article of the Criminal Code." Other details in the case in the base of the Ministry of Internal Affairs are not given.

The Shuya City Court of the Ivanovo Region sentenced 54-year-old engineer and blogger Sergei Veselov to two years and a month in a penal colony. This was reported by a Mediazona correspondent from the courtroom. Veselov was found guilty of repeated "discrediting" of the army (Part 1 of Article 280.3 of the Criminal Code). In addition to the main punishment, he was given a two-year ban on administering Internet resources.

The European Council decided to suspend the broadcasting of four more Russian government media in the European Union - RIA Novosti, Voice of Europe, Izvestia and Rossiyskaya Gazeta. The EU Council stressed that they spread Russian propaganda and support the aggressive war against Ukraine, are under constant direct or indirect control of the Russian authorities and have played an important role in destabilizing neighboring countries.

Art: Maria Tolstova / Mediazona Along with the new restrictions for people on the “foreign agents” list, Russia has also begun to bring criminal cases against them: for the absence of a special disclaimer or failure to submit a financial report. There are not many cases so far, but has calculated that at least 119 people could formally face criminal charges at any moment — all of them have received two or more “foreign agents” fines in the past year.

The body of a local resident, born in 1976, who was killed during a hunt was found at a garbage dump near Ryazan. This was reported by the regional department of the Investigative Committee. According to the investigation, the man went into the forest with his friends on February 24 and did not return. The Investigative Committee writes that the deceased, together with a local businessman, organized “for residents of the Ryazan region and Moscow” an illegal moose hunt.

The Abakan Garrison Military Court sentenced serviceman Sergei Voroshilov, who beat his girlfriend, to six months in a general regime colony. Information about this was published on the court’s website, and Siberian Express drew attention to the verdict. Voroshilov was found guilty of threatening to kill or cause grievous bodily harm (Part 1 of Article 119 of the Criminal Code).

Illustration: Maria Tolstova / Mediazone Together with the new restrictions for people entered in the register of “foreign agents”, in Russia they began to initiate criminal cases against them - for the absence of a special dick or non -editing a financial report. There are still few cases, but the Mediazona calculated that at least 119 people are formally on the verge of criminal prosecution: all of them received two or more “foreign” fine during the year.

In Voronezh, during yesterday’s speech by the head of the Safe Internet League, Ekaterina Mizulina, libertarian Nikita Nesmeyanov was detained. This was reported by the press service of the Libertarian Party of Russia (LPR). On May 16, Mizulina spoke to schoolchildren and students at the MTS Life Hall in Voronezh. According to Nesmeyanov, she also spoke positively about the activities of misogynist Vladislav Pozdnyakov.