The Kherson region is going to ban Facebook and Instagram, said Kirill Stremousov, who is referred to by the Russian media as the “deputy chairman of the military-civilian administration” of the region. According to RBC, Stremousov said that these social networks "discredit our region even with their names and act as extremist organizations that are aimed at destabilizing the situation in our region." The Kherson region of Ukraine is partially occupied by Russia.

The Estonian Security Police Department (KAPO) announced that it had decided to expel Alexei Esakov, one of the organizers of the local Immortal Regiment campaign, from the country "for security reasons." The security police claim that Esakov for many years "incited ethnic hatred, spread Kremlin propaganda ...

The US Federal Reserve System (FRS) has raised the base rate by 50 basis points - from 0.25-0.5% to 0.75-1% per annum. This was stated in the communique of the Federal Open Market Committee (FOMC) following the meeting in May. All ten voting members of the FOMC voted for the rate increase. The decision coincided with the forecasts of economists and market participants, Interfax notes . In March, after two years of near-zero rates, the Fed raised rates by 25 basis points.

What would Finland and Sweden joining NATO mean for Russia? Meduza asks political scientist Kirill Shamiev. Air Force Master Sgt. Roidan Carlson / U.S. Department of Defense Fighter jets over Gotland, Sweden. November 13, 2020. According to media reports , both Finland and Sweden are set to join NATO as early as this summer. If these two countries become part of the alliance, the total length of the borders Russia shares with NATO member states will double.

Since the beginning of the Russian invasion of Ukraine, military commissariats have been set on fire in at least six regions of Russia, the BBC Russian Service reports, citing reports from Russian media and telegram channels. Here are the known cases: On February 28, in Lukhovitsy in the Moscow region, bottles with Molotov cocktails were thrown into the commissariat, and the gates of the military registration and enlistment office were painted in the colors of the flag of Ukraine.

In early May, alcohol producers and distributors were unable to ship their products to customers due to a major failure in the Unified State Automated Information System for Alcohol Accounting ( EGAIS ). This was reported by Vedomosti, citing market participants. Attacks on EGAIS began on May 2, one of the sources claims. The Ladoga company encountered this on May 3, and the Fort wine trading company on May 4.

The Coca-Cola Company CEO James Quincey said the company's business in Russia "will at some point completely disappear" if the war in Ukraine drags on. He made the announcement at a summit for top company executives organized in London by The Wall Street Journal. As the WSJ notes, Coca-Cola has been criticized for its delay in suspending its operations in Russia. At the London summit, James Quincey questioned whether companies could influence governments.

Verkhovna Rada deputy David Arakhamia, who heads the Ukrainian delegation at the negotiations with Russia, told Radio Liberty that Russian troops are already on the territory of the Azovstal plant, the last hotbed of resistance in Mariupol. "Attempts to storm the plant have been ongoing for the second day. Russian troops are already on the territory of Azovstal," Arakhamia said, citing the words of the commander of the Azov regiment, who is at the plant.

Meduza’s interview with Tamila Tasheva, Ukraine’s new Presidential Representative in Crimea Ernes Sarykhalil The office of the Permanent Representative of the Ukrainian President in Crimea has been around since 1992. Before 2014, the agency’s main job was to make sure the Crimean authorities were adhering to the Ukrainian Constitution.

The Kuibyshevsky District Court of St. Petersburg has dismissed the case of "discrediting" the Russian armed forces against Alexey Podgornykh, who went out to picket with a poster with a slightly altered quote from George Orwell's novel "1984." This was reported by the joint press service of the city's courts.

The press service of the President of Ukraine / Reuters / Scanpix / Leta President of Ukraine Vladimir Zelensky writes a video from Kyiv confirming that he is still in the capital, along with the members of his team. February 25, 2022 Before the start of the Russian military invasion of Ukraine, the rating of the President of the country Vladimir Zelensky was not large: since 2021, he began to fall and by the beginning of the war was only 24.6%.

In Yekaterinburg, the police detained an activist with her mouth sewn shut at an anti-war picket. This was reported by OVD-Info, citing the detainee herself. The detainee's name is Nadezhda Saifutdinova.

The main thing from the investigation of the BBC Russian Service At the end of March, the commander of the Central Military District (TsVO) of Russia, Colonel General Alexander Lapin, awarded his son, commander of the 1st Guards Tank Regiment Denis Lapin, with a state award for courage and bravery during the war in Ukraine. This is stated in the investigation of the BBC Russian Service.

Up to 600 people could have died in the bombing of the Drama Theater in Mariupol on March 16, the Associated Press writes, based on its own calculations. Earlier, Mariupol authorities spoke of 300 dead. The agency relies on interviews with 23 people, including those who took shelter in the theater from the bombing and participated in rescuing people from the rubble, as well as photographs, videos and plans of the theater.

The sixth package of EU sanctions against Russia provides for a ban on real estate transactions in the EU for Russian citizens, reports Bloomberg.