Journalist Vladimir Solovyov tweeted a link to the news that the Yeltsin Center had provided tents, field kitchens and generators to opponents of St. Catherine's Church in Yekaterinburg. This news was published by the Panorama website, which calls itself a “satirical publication since 1822” and specializes in fake news. But Solovyov, it seems, did not understand that the information about Yekaterinburg was false. “Are there any comments from the Yeltsin Center?” he asked.

Austrian Chancellor Sebastian Kurz said he would propose to President Alexander Van der Bellen to hold early parliamentary elections in the country in connection with the resignation of Vice Chancellor Heinz-Christian Strache. It is reported by Reuters. Kurtz did not specify the expected date for the new elections, but noted that they should be held as soon as possible, writes .

The Eurovision organisers have disqualified the jury from Belarus before the final of the contest. The European Broadcasting Union (EBU) reported this to Eurovoix. According to the Eurovision organizers, the chairman and most of the jury members told the Belarusian publication TUT.BY in an interview which performers they voted for in the first semi-final of the contest. This is contrary to the Eurovision rules. TUT.BY published an article on the results of the first semi-final on May 15.

In Yekaterinburg, criminal cases have been instituted on the fact of an attack on police and protesters during the street campaign on May 13. This was written by the portal "Yekaterinburg Online" with reference to the director of the publication Rinat Nizamov, who was interrogated on May 18 in the Department of the Ministry of Internal Affairs in the Sverdlovsk Region.

How the Stalinist government deported Crimean Tatars - and how they fought for returning to their homeland Nikolai Vinokurov / Alamy / Vida Press Crimean Tatars stretch their national flag near Bakhchisaray. May 6, 2017 75 years ago, on May 18, 1944, the operation of the NKVD began - the deportation of the Crimean Tatars. In a matter of days, according to various estimates, from 180 to 420 thousand Crimean Tatars were evicted.

Florian Wieser / EPA / Scanpix / Leta Hinz-Cristian Straha at a press conference in Vienna on May 18, 2019 Vice-Chancellor of Austria Hinz-Christian Straha resigned, after the German media published a video in which he promised a woman who speaks Russian and English, help in receiving profitable construction contracts and buying the Austrian media in exchange for financing his ultra-right party.

The Yerevan Court of General Jurisdiction has released former Armenian President Robert Kocharyan, who was accused of dispersing protesters after the 2008 presidential elections, from custody, the Armenian version of the Sputnik agency reports. Kocharyan was released on bail from the current head of the unrecognized republic of Nagorno-Karabakh, Bako Sahakyan, and his predecessor, Arkady Ghukasyan.

Evgeny Feldman for Medusa near the square in the center of Yekaterinburg, where they plan to build a church, passed the Orthodox prayer. According to the photojournalist "Medusa", at least 250 people took part in it. Before the prayer service, several priests and nuns came to the square. They tried to go to the fenced territory, but they were not allowed. As a result, believers read prayers near the fence surrounded by the square.

In Novosibirsk, six women tried to disrupt the work of a mobile laboratory for HIV testing. This was written by Taiga.info with reference to the head of the prevention department of the Novosibirsk Center AIDS Elena Pudova. According to her, women insulted the brigade of a test car and people who came to test, and also told them that the blood that is taken for tests is actually needed, "to pick up the organs." In addition, they argued that HIV does not exist.

The defenders of the square in Yekaterinburg held negotiations with the mayor. Brief retelling Donat Sorokin / TASS / Scanpix / Leta On May 18, the city administration of Yekaterinburg was a meeting of the mayor of the city of Alexander Vysokinsky with participants in shares against the cutting of the square for the sake of the new church. The day before it was reported that the protesters could not choose the leaders and decided to refuse to meet with the mayor.

The Russian national ice hockey team beat the Latvian national team with a score of 3:1 and advanced to the playoffs of the World Championship ahead of schedule. In the first period, the Russian team conceded a goal from Oscar Tsibulskis, but in the second period they took the lead. The pucks were scored by Dmitry Orlov, Nikita Gusev and Nikita Kucherov. The Russians have won all five matches at the Ice Hockey World Championship.

Austrian politician Heinz-Christian Strache has resigned as vice chancellor and leader of the far-right Austrian Freedom Party (APS) over a video showing him negotiating with an alleged relative of a Russian oligarch. This is reported by the agency APA. The recording was published by the German publications Suddeutsche Zeitung and Spiegel . It featured Strache and the alleged niece of an unnamed Russian oligarch, who, according to Spiegel, is called Alena Makarova.

How the "game of thrones" according to the readers of "Medusa" will end A few days before the release of the last series of “Game of Thrones”, we asked readers to predict the final of the show: which of the characters will die and who will be on the iron throne and will rule the seven kingdoms. More than one and a half thousand theories were sent to us; Among them there are crazy, funny and very believable. We selected the best - perhaps some predictions will really come true.

The mayor of Yekaterinburg, Alexander Vysokinsky, held a meeting with participants in shares against the construction of the Church of St. Catherine on the site of the square in the city center. At the meeting, it was discussed in what form it was better to ask the opinions of the townspeople about the location of the temple. Representatives of protesters insisted on a referendum, the mayor offered a survey, explaining that it was faster and cheaper.

The first film of the Black Flag studio is about Vladimir Zelensky. Soon on "Medusa" Subscribe to our YouTube Vladimir Zelensky on May 20 will take the post of president of Ukraine. Sergey Yerzhenkov and Ilya Zhegulev went to the hometown of Zelensky - Kryvyi Rih, talked with his teachers, childhood friends, colleagues in the Kvartal 95 studio to understand how “a simple guy from Krivbass” was able to become what he became.