Konstantin Ivashchenko, appointed by the pro -Russian “Mayor” of Mariupol, announced on May 25 about the discovery of mass burial in one of the cemeteries, where, according to him, people in military uniform brought the bodies during March. The video from the burial place was published by RIA Novosti. Ivashchenko emphasized that this territory was controlled by the Ukrainian military, as well as “terrorist” and “nationalist” battalions.

The Russian Defense Ministry announced that two “marine humanitarian corridors” would be opened daily in the Black and Azov Seas for the exit of foreign ships. We are talking about ships located in the ports of Kherson, Nikolaev, Chernomorsk, Ochakov, Odessa, Yuzhny, and Mariupol. The corridors will be open from 8 am to 7 pm.

The Southern District Military Court sentenced senior lieutenant Ruslan Artykov to 13 years in a strict regime colony, who was accused of treason. The court stated that Artykov pleaded guilty in full, reports . Kommersant Artykov was detained in 2019.

Lawyer Bakhrom Ismailov said that the FSB of Russia banned the singer Nargiz from entering the country for 50 years. A copy of the document, provided, apparently, by a lawyer, was published by Starhit and Komsomolskaya Pravda . According to Ismailov, the document was handed to the singer on May 24 at Domodedovo airport, where she flew from Uzbekistan. After that, according to the Daily Storm lawyer, she returned to Uzbekistan.

Dmytro Kozatsky, whose photos gave the world a window into Azovstal, is now in Russian captivity. His sister told Meduza his story. Dmytro Kozatsky’s personal archive Dmytro Kozatsky is a soldier from Ukraine's Azov regiment and the photographer behind a now-famous collection of photos showing the defenders of the besieged Azovstal steel plant. On May 16, the General Staff of the Ukrainian Armed Forces ordered the commanders of the units in Azovstal to “save the lives of the personnel” there.

The State Duma voted to terminate the powers of Communist Party deputy Valery Rashkin, who was sentenced to three years probation on charges of illegal moose hunting. The resolution was prepared on the basis of the entry into force of the sentence against Rashkin. Termination of the powers of State Duma deputies and members of the Federation Council in these situations is required by federal law .

Sergei Ilnitsky / EPA / Scanpix / Leta shadows of the Russian military on the wall with the Ukrainian flag in the destroyed bunker in Mariupol, May 18, 2022 In early February, a few weeks before Russia's invasion of Ukraine, the US authorities informally predicted the fall of Kiev and the capture of Ukrainian president Vladimir Zelensky during the first 48 hours.

A bill has been submitted to the State Duma that supplements Article 275 of the Criminal Code on treason with the crime of “going over to the enemy’s side in an armed conflict,” and also proposes a number of other innovations to the Criminal Code related to military actions and Russia’s confrontation with other countries.

We got acquainted with this (very strange) exposition Artem Geodakyan / TASS In the Central Museum of the Great Patriotic War, an exhibition entitled “Ordinary Nazism” has been working for a month, which tells about “the inextricable connection of the organization of Ukrainian nationalists ” with “modern nationalist organizations of Ukraine that revived the ideology of Nazi Germany”.

The head of the Accounts Chamber of Russia, Alexei Kudrin, at a plenary meeting of the State Duma, said that he does not see in the anti-crisis measures of the Russian government a way that would prevent a recession in the Russian economy. “Checks this year, which would concern these anti-crisis measures, the analysis of this situation, we have begun them, but have not yet been carried out in full.

In Yekaterinburg, a court fined the city's former mayor, Yevgeny Roizman, 85,000 rubles for "disrespect for the authorities" because of his tweet in which he responded to a statement by Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov.

The Ministry of Digital Development of the Russian Federation will deprive IT companies of benefits that will fire employees with Ukrainian citizenship. This was reported in the telegram channel of the department. “The Ministry of Digital Development of Russia warns IT companies that it will deprive them of their accreditation if it receives confirmation of the facts of forced dismissal of citizens of Ukraine. Thus, these companies will not be able to receive benefits, ”the message says.

During the war, “Ukrainian railways” evacuated millions of people - and brought to Kyiv Bono. We talked with the head of the company Alexander Kamyshin EFREM LUKATSKY / AP / Scanpix / Leta the bodies of Russian soldiers are loaded into the refrigerator. Kyiv, May 13, 2022 Before the war, Ukrzaliznytsia (Ukrainian Railways) was often criticized for inefficiency and suspected corruption.

The Russian Ministry of Finance will make payments on public debt in rubles due to the refusal of the US Treasury to renew a license that allows Russia to pay on obligations in dollars. This was reported in the telegram channel of the department. As explained in the ministry, payments on external public debt will be made through the National Settlement Depository with the possibility in the future to convert rubles into the original currency of the obligation.

The soldier who documented the siege of Azovstal from the inside On May 20, Azov regiment member and Mariupol defender Dmytro Kozatsky posted two farewell photos on social media as he left the Azovstal steel plant, where he had been living under siege for over two months. “Well, that’s it. Thank you for the shelter, Azovstal — the place of my death and of my life. Anyway, while I’m taken captive, I’m leaving you these high-quality photos.