Dmitry Kozatsky is a fighter of Azov, whose photographs showed the defenders of Mariupol to the whole world. On May 20, he surrendered. "Medusa" spoke with his sister Daria Yurchenko Archive of Dmitry Kozatsky Dmitry (call sign Orest) Kozatsky is a fighter of the Azov battalion and the author of the famous photographs of the defenders of the besieged factory "Azovstal".

An Iraqi national allegedly linked to the Islamic State planned an assassination attempt on the 43rd US President George W. Bush, Forbes and ABC News reported, citing FBI documents. The suspect is 52-year-old Columbus, Ohio resident Shihab Ahmed Shihab, who came to the United States in 2020 to apply for asylum. He was arrested on May 24. According to the FBI, the suspect had been planning an assassination attempt on Bush since 2021.

The US Treasury Department has announced that it will not renew a license that allows Russia to make payments to service its foreign debt. This is stated in the notice on the department's website. The license will expire on May 25 at 07:01 Moscow time. Without this permission, the Russian Federation will not be able to pay off government bonds and may be on the verge of default. The next mandatory payment in foreign currency awaits Russia on May 27.

Meduza’s sources say a new wave of pessimism in the Kremlin has Russia’s hawks demanding more brutality in Ukraine while others scout for presidential successors Getty Images As of today, Russia’s full-scale invasion of Ukraine has been underway for exactly three months. Throughout Moscow’s “special military operation,” representatives of the Russian elite have repeatedly changed their positions on the war in Ukraine and the crisis at home.

19 children and two teachers were killed, the suspect was killed Marco Bello / Reuters / Scanpix / Leta children get on a school bus under the protection of law enforcement officers near the place of shooting in Julatd. May 24, 2022. Updated . The number of dead during shooting increased to 21. Among them are 19 children and two teachers, writes the Texas edition of Austin American-Statesman with reference to the representative of the state authorities.

The Minister of Science and Higher Education of the Russian Federation, Valery Falkov, said that the department intends to abandon the Bologna system of higher education. "We should treat the Bologna system as a thing of the past. The future belongs to our own unique education system, which should be based on the interests of the national economy and the maximum space of opportunities for each student," the minister told Kommersant. Russia joined the Bologna Process on September 19, 2003.

Hungarian Prime Minister Viktor Orban has declared a state of emergency in the country due to the war in Ukraine, Bloomberg reports. According to Orban, this measure will give the country's government "room for maneuver and the ability to immediately respond" to the consequences of events in Ukraine. “We see that the war and the sanctions of Brussels have led to huge economic shocks and a sharp rise in prices. The world is on the verge of an economic crisis.

Volgograd manufacturer of juices and baby food Sady Pridonya announced a change in the packaging design of its products due to problems with the supply of cardboard, special varnishes and paints caused by sanctions. On its website, the company warned shoppers that Nemoloko juices, baby food and alternative dairy products in Tetra Pak packaging would soon be introduced in stores in a "new minimalist design." As RIA Novosti notes , a significant part of the package will be just white.

The Kiev regional prosecutor's office and the Kiev-Svyatoshinsky district prosecutor's office suspect five Russian servicemen and three fighters of the PMC "Wagner" of violating the laws and customs of war, involving premeditated murder (part 1, part 2 of article 438 of the Criminal Code of Ukraine). The Security Service of Ukraine has published the names of the suspects.

Kirill Serebrennikov wrote a text about the war in Ukraine. "Medusa" publishes it entirely Tobias Schwarz / AFP / Scanpix / Leta Director Kirill Serebrennikov wrote a text about the war in Ukraine and published it in his telegram . The text is called “red varnish” - this is a reference to a photograph from the bouch, which depicts the hand of a murdered woman with a fresh manicure (it was identified by nails). "Medusa" publishes Serebrennikov’s text entirely. Every day I watch photos of the war.

The deputies of the State Duma adopted in the first reading a bill that would ban foreigners from using the services of surrogate mothers in Russia. According to the initiative, only married Russian citizens or single Russian women who themselves cannot bear and give birth to a child for medical reasons will be able to use such services.

Russian companies have begun to fire or demote IT specialists of Ukrainian origin. This was told to RBC by two market participants and confirmed by the head of ANO Information Culture Ivan Begtin. Such an unspoken demand comes from the state customers of these companies, suggests Begtin. About which companies in question, the interlocutors of RBC did not specify.

Retired Russian Major General Kanamat Botashev died in the crash of a Su-25 aircraft that was shot down by the Ukrainian military in the sky over the Luhansk region. This is reported by the BBC Russian Service, citing three of his former subordinates, who asked for anonymity. the destruction of the Russian Su-25 The General Staff of the Armed Forces of Ukraine announced on May 22.

The State Duma approved in the first reading a bill that allows the introduction of external management of Russian assets of companies from "unfriendly" countries. External management, it follows from the document, can be introduced by a court decision in Russian organizations with the participation of foreign companies, which, after February 24, 2022, “in the absence of obvious economic grounds for this,” announced the termination of their activities in the Russian Federation.

The pioneer of electronic music Wangelis died. This is how he spoke with the Cosmos - and far from only in the soundtrack to the "Runner on the blade" Gems / Redferns Vangelis in 1970 Electronic music pioneer, Greek composer Vangelis died on May 17 at the 80th year of his life.