Belgorod Oblast Governor Vyacheslav Gladkov said there were seven "combat-ready" self-defense battalions along the region's border, but they lacked weapons due to Russian law. “Almost three thousand people along the border. They have been training since November last year. These are already combat-ready units, dressed in uniform, and equipment has been delivered.

Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis has filed a Notice of Candidacy with the US Federal Election Commission for the 2024 presidential election, reports the Associated Press. According to the agency, the governor will officially announce his inclusion in the race live with businessman Elon Musk on the Twitter Spaces platform. 44-year-old Ron DeSantis is increasingly gaining popularity in the US Republican Party.

One of the participants in the May 22 raid on Russia’s Belgorod region told Novaya Gazeta Europe the story of the incursion in his own words. The source did not share his name with Novaya Gazeta Europe, and he also declined to say which group he was with (both the Freedom of Russian legion and the Russian Volunteer Corps , groups of Russian nationals who fight for Ukraine, said they participated in the raid). He specified only that he is a citizen of Russia.

Russia is sending untrained conscripts to defend its border in Belgorod At the start of September 2022, the Russian authorities began sending conscripts in large numbers to the country’s Belgorod region, which borders Ukraine. Technically, the young men are stationed “outside of the conflict zone,” as is required by law. In reality, however, they spend their days digging trenches and hiding from shellfire in dugouts, according to journalists from the independent outlet 7x7.

The press secretary of the President of Russia Dmitry Peskov commented on the decision of the Orthodox Church of Ukraine on the transition to the Novoyulian church calendar, calling this "bacchanalia and madness." “In Russian speaking, this is a bacchanalia, this is insanity, unfortunately,” Peskov said in an interview for the program “Moscow. Kremlin. Putin ".

Kazakh President Kassym-Jomart Tokayev, speaking at a forum in Moscow, said that within the framework of the Eurasian Economic Union ( EAEU ), there is a union state of Russia and Belarus, but there is also “another level of integration” represented by Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan and Armenia.

The American singer Tina Turner died. This was reported by Sky News by its spokeswoman. Rob Verhorst / Redferns / Getty images “Tina Turner,“ Queen of Rock-n Roll ”, died peacefully today at the age of 83 after a long illness in her house in Kyusnyt not far from Zurich,” the statement said. Tina Turner is the winner of the eight awards Grammy. Rolling Stone magazine called it one of the greatest singers of our time. She began her career in the 1960s and since then released nine albums.

Russia’s Ministry of Digital Development has presented a policy paper on the country’s communications sector and a strategy for its development in 2024–2035, Forbes Russia reports. The proposal was commissioned by Vladimir Putin and is now being discussed by members of the working group on information security. Its final version is due by June 2023. At the center of the proposal is the creation of a nationwide cybersecurity system for countering DDoS attacks in Russia.

Russia’s Defense Ministry said that Ukrainian naval drones attacked the Ivan Khurs ship, a part of the Black Sea Fleet, on the morning of May 24. According to the ministry, the ship was not damaged and all three drones that carried out the attack were destroyed. The Defense Ministry says that the attack took place at approximately 5:30 a.m.

A group of deputies submitted amendments to the federal law "On Education" to the State Duma, establishing mandatory participation of schoolchildren in "socially useful work". The corresponding document was published on the State Duma website. According to the explanatory note, educational institutions must teach children to understand the significance and value of work.

Legion "Freedom of Russia" and "Russian Volunteer Corps" (RDK) said that as a result of the "operation" in the Belgorod region, their units lost 12 people, including ten wounded. The corresponding message following the results of the joint press conference was published by the Legion "Freedom of Russia" in its telegram channel. “The total losses for the operation amounted to two people dead and ten wounded.

The prosecutor’s office demanded to sentenced to six years of the penal colony Denis Evdokimov, the commander of the Sukhoi Superjet 100 aircraft, which crashed during emergency landing at Sheremetyevo Airport in 2019, TASS correspondent from the courtroom reports.

St. Petersburg’s historic Kresty jailhouse, built in the 19th century and notorious for the many political prisoners who had been kept there, is reportedly up for sale. The local news outlet Fontanka writes that the former prison complex and its grounds on St. Petersburg’s Arsenal Embankment have been handed over to Dom.rf, a state corporation acting as the federal government’s agent in state property sales.

Novaya Gazeta Europe published the story of one of the participants in the raid in the Belgorod region. The interlocutor of the publication did not give his name or indicate which formation he belongs to (the Legion "Freedom of Russia" and the "Russian Volunteer Corps" (RDK) announced participation in the action). It is only specified that he is a citizen of Russia.

We did not understand who it is, but we still publish excerpts from this text There is a special world, a country within the country. The world of "special Russians." Let's call his "mansion". They consider themselves Europeans and enlightened liberals, but despise their dark fellow tribesmen. This is a Russian form of social racism.