Belgorod governor Vyacheslav Gladkov said during a livestream on Russian social media network VKontakte that he has many questions for Russia’s Defense Ministry regarding yesterday’s armed attack on the border region. One viewer asked the governor why “the enemy can get practically to the regional center on tanks” despite the authorities’ reassurances that “everything is under control.” “Why is the border full of holes?

Alexander Lukashenko said that he had not appeared in public for several days because he had adenovirus . "If anyone thinks that I am going to die, calm down. Calm down. This is nothing more than idle talk in messengers and Telegram channels. Adenovirus or whatever it was? Adenovirus," Lukashenko said.

The governor of the Belgorod region, Vyacheslav Gladkov, said that he had many questions for the Ministry of Defense in connection with the attack by an armed group on the border areas. This happened during a live broadcast on VKontakte. One of the spectators asked the governor why, despite the assurances of the authorities that "everything is under control," "the enemy reaches the regional center practically on tanks." “Why a holey border?

Moscow’s Lefortovo District Court extended the arrest of reporter Evan Gershkovich until August 30. Gershkovich, who is a reporter for the Wall Street Journal, has been charged with espionage. The court decision was made in a closed hearing since the evidence in the case is classified. On March 30, Russia’s Federal Security Service (FSB) announced the arrest of Evan Gershkovich, a U.S. citizen and a correspondent for The Wall Street Journal, on suspicion of spying for the American government.

The latest on the armed incursion into Russia’s Belgorod region AP / Scanpix / LETA One of the buildings damaged during an armed incursion in the Belgorod region, May 22, 2023 On May 23, Russia’s Defense Ministry reported “the defeat of Ukrainian terrorist formations,” which it said “invaded” the Belgorod Region a day before. Yesterday, the Belgorod authorities reported that a “Ukrainian military sabotage and intelligence group” had entered the village of Grayvoron.

The condition of Andrei Rublev's "Trinity" does not allow it to be taken out of the Tretyakov Gallery in the near future. Museum specialists came to this conclusion, Fontanka writes with reference to the minutes of the meeting. “The Holy Trinity icon by Andrei Rublev is not subject to extradition outside the Tretyakov Gallery on the feast of the Trinity on June 4 this year due to the complex and unstable state, as well as the unpredictability of the ongoing process of negative changes.

An explosion occurred in the center of Belgorod late in the evening of May 23. According to the governor of the region, Vyacheslav Gladkov, the drone dropped an explosive device on the roadway. No one was injured as a result of the incident. A passenger car was damaged.

What is happening in the Belgorod region, which included "Ukrainian saboteurs"? Locals tell AP / Scanpix / Leta Private House in the Belgorod Region, which was probably destroyed as a result of shelling on May 22, 2022 On May 22, the Belgorod region introduced the regime of a counter-terrorist operation: according to the local authorities, the “Diversion and Intelligence Group of the Armed Forces of Armed Forces” penetrated the territory of the Graivoronsky city district.

Human rights activist Bakhrom Khamroev has been sentenced to 14 years in a penal colony for “justifying terrorism” and “organizing the activities of a terrorist organization,” reports the human rights organization Memorial. The prosecutor, who opened the criminal case against Khamroev in February 2022, had requested he be sentenced to 21 years in prison. According to the prosecution, Khamroev’s posts on Facebook expressed support for the international pan-Islamic political party Hizb ut-Tahrir.

The Zvezda TV channel, owned by the Russian Defense Ministry, published a video allegedly “from the site of the destruction of the sabotage and reconnaissance group of the Armed Forces of Ukraine” in the Belgorod region. The video shows broken armored vehicles, as well as a burned-out pickup truck with the inscription "For Bakhmut" against the background of damaged buildings of the border checkpoint.

Dialogue of the two branches of power in Russia: “There is no Ukraine there! There is a land of Cossacks. ” - "Well, of course" Mikhail Klimentiev / AFP / Scanpix / Leta On May 23, Russian President Vladimir Putin met with the chairman of the Constitutional Court Valery Zorkin. They talked about Ukraine. Zorkin “took a chance” to show the president a map compiled under the French king Louis XIV, and said that there was no Ukraine on this map. Putin agreed.

Moscow's Lefortovo Court has extended the arrest of Wall Street Journal journalist Evan Gershkovich until August 30 in the espionage case . The meeting was held behind closed doors, since the materials of Gershkovich's case are classified. Gershkovich has been in custody since early April. American diplomats have been denied consular access to the journalist several times.

Russia’s State Duma approved an amendment to a law on the procedure for entering and departing Russia that requires those conscripted into military or alternative civilian service to hand over their passports. According to the amendment, passports must be handed over to the Russian authorities within five days of receiving the conscription notice. The document says that passports will be returned upon completion of either military or civilian service.

The Second Western District Military Court sentenced human rights activist Bakhrom Khamroev to 14 years in prison on charges of "justifying terrorism" and "organizing the activities of a terrorist organization," the Memorial Human Rights Defense Center reported . The prosecutor asked to sentence Khamroev to 21 years in prison. A criminal case was opened against Khamroev at the end of February 2022.

A peaceful resident of the village of Kozinka in the Graivoron district died “at the hands of the Armed Forces of Ukraine” during an attack on the Belgorod region, said the head of the region, Vyacheslav Gladkov. “I know that his wife is in our hospital with injuries, all the necessary assistance is being provided to her. I will try to visit her in the near future,” the governor wrote on his Telegram channel. Earlier, Gladkov said that 12 civilians were injured as a result of the attack.