How Sergey Kiriyenko became Putin’s point man in the Donbas and plans to shape Russia’s ‘post-war image’ Denis Pushilin’s Press Service Sergey Kiriyenko (right) and Denis Pushilin, the head of the self-proclaimed Donetsk People’s Republic, at the opening of a humanitarian center in Donetsk. May 5, 2022. A lot has changed for Sergey Kiriyenko since Russia began its all-out war against Ukraine.

"Ukrainska Pravda" published an article about the events that preceded the surrender of Ukrainian soldiers from the Mariupol plant "Azovstal" into Russian captivity. The publication is based on stories from sources in various Ukrainian departments, including intelligence. According to the publication's sources, the conditions for the soldiers' exit from the plant were agreed upon by military intelligence services - the Ukrainian GUR and the Russian GRU .

In St. Petersburg, in the Church of the Annunciation of the Blessed Virgin on Piskarevsky Prospekt, a man shot himself. Petersburg publications Fontanka and 78.ru write that the victim is alive and was sent to the hospital. At the same time, the National Guard told Interfax that the squad found the deceased in the church. 78.ru calls the shooter a permanent parishioner of the church. Fontanka says he tried to commit suicide. There is no information about other victims.

At the Sochi airport, a Boeing 737 aircraft flying from Kazan caught fire on the landing gear, Interfax reports citing a source. "The plane landed. An evacuation is underway,” the source said. According to the TASS interlocutor, there were no casualties. This was later confirmed by the press service of the airport. About 200 people were on board the plane. According to the scoreboard of the Sochi airport, the flight from Kazan of the airline "Northern Wind" landed at 19:45.

Russian President Vladimir Putin said that the share of the current Russian government had fallen to “return and strengthen” - as, in his opinion, Peter I at the beginning of the 18th century. Speaking at an event announced as “a meeting with young entrepreneurs, engineers and scientists,” Putin said that for the Russian state since Peter I “almost nothing has changed”.

Meduza’s sources say the Kremlin plans to annex occupied Ukrainian territories and merge them into a new federal district in Russia The Kremlin is planning to annex the Donetsk, Luhansk, Kherson, and Zaporizhzhia regions of Ukraine and combine them into a single federal district within Russia, three sources close to the Putin administration told Meduza. “The district should appear after referendums on joining Russia are held in these territories.

Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky imposed sanctions against Russian President Vladimir Putin, his press secretary Dmitry Peskov, Security Council Secretary Nikolai Patrushev, as well as members of the Russian government, including Prime Minister Mikhail Mishustin. Sanctions consist, in particular, in the blocking of assets, the suspension of the fulfillment of economic and financial obligations, and the restriction of trade operations.

A draft law has been submitted to the State Duma, which provides for a ban on holding meetings, rallies, marches, demonstrations at railway stations, schools, places of worship, buildings of public authorities and in the territories adjacent to them.

The Supreme Court of the self-proclaimed Donetsk People's Republic issued a verdict on foreigners who fought on the side of Ukraine. Aiden Aslin and Sean Pinner from the UK and Saadoun Brahim from Morocco were sentenced to death, Interfax reports . They were found guilty of mercenarism and "committing actions aimed at seizing power and overthrowing the constitutional order of the DPR." The defendants have a month to file an appeal.

The Kiev City Council voted to deprive Minsk of the status of a sister city of Kyiv. The deputies explained this decision by the fact that Russia is using Belarus as a springboard for an attack on the territory of Ukraine. “After the de-occupation of the Kiev region, the whole world saw the tragic consequences of the stay of the “Russian world” - hundreds of killed, tortured, raped civilians,” the website of the City Council quotes deputy Grigory Malenko.

Your Browser Does Not Support the Audio Element. Millions of refugees from Ukraine go not only to the EU, but also to Russia - the state is absolutely not ready for this. Svetlana Gannushkina talks about the migration crisis Since the beginning of the war, 4.8 million Ukrainians were forced to leave the country. Of these, more than a million people were in Russia. The Committee “Civil Assisting” (declared “foreign agent”) helps them: money, clothes, food and consultations.

The Yandex.Maps service no longer displays borders between countries. As TJ writes , users drew attention to this on June 4, suggesting that the changes are related to the war in Ukraine. On June 9, the company's press service explained to the Durov Code publication that the service is changing priorities - maps will no longer be political, and the focus will shift from state borders to natural objects.

The head of the Russian Ministry of Education, Sergei Kravtsov, announced that he had signed a standard for raising the national flag and playing the anthem in Russian schools. "Today I signed the standard for the ceremony of raising the national flag of our country in schools. This standard has been agreed upon with the chairman of the heraldic council under the president of the Russian Federation.

They will manage the Varangians from the Kiriyenko team AP / Scanpix / Leta Russian soldier in Kherson. May 2022 Self -proclaimed DPR and LPR, as well as the occupied territories of the Kherson and Zaporizhzhya regions, are planned to be united into one federal district within Russia. Three sources close to the administration of the President of the Russian Federation told about the impending creation of the new District Medusa.

Russian President Vladimir Putin signed a decree abolishing the requirement for exporters to sell 50% of foreign exchange earnings. The document , dated June 9, says that now the government commission will determine the share of the proceeds required for sale. The decree comes into force from the moment of its signing. The easing of requirements for exporters to sell foreign exchange earnings is one of the measures aimed at adjusting the exchange rate of the Russian currency.