In Germany, the police launched an investigation against one of the founders of the British band Pink Floyd, Roger Waters, after the musician appeared at a concert in Berlin in a suit resembling a Nazi uniform. This is reported by The Guardian, citing a representative of the Berlin police. Waters' concerts in Berlin took place on 17 and 18 May. BBC News writes that at some point the musician took the stage in a long black leather coat with a red bandage on the sleeve.

Russia’s Justice Ministry updated its registry of “foreign agents.” New additions include Lyova Bi-2 (real name Yegor Bortnik), lead singer of the band Bi-2, and other individuals and organizations: Irina Alleman — host of the YouTube channel Populyarnaya Politika (Popular Politics); Alexandra Arkhipova — anthropologist; Vladislav Inozemtsev — economist; Magomed Gadzhiyev — former State Duma deputy; Alexander Gabuyev — China specialist and director of Berlin’s Carnegie Russia Eurasia Center;

In the Rostov region, law enforcement agencies are looking for members of the Storm Z squad who escaped from the city of Lisichansk in the self-proclaimed LPR. This was reported by 161.ru , citing a source in law enforcement agencies and the telegram channel Baza . According to 161.ru, 39 people escaped, they are former prisoners. The publication writes that during the escape, the military ministry of state security of the self-proclaimed LPR was allegedly killed.

Your Browser Does Not Support the Audio Element. From the statements about how he is about to overthrow Putin, breathtaking (although no one believes him). We tell the story of Ilya Ponomarev On May 22, the authorities of the Belgorod region stated that the “Diversion and intelligence group of the Armed Forces of Ukraine” entered the village of Grainoronsky City District.

Russia’s state news agency, RIA Novosti, published a message from an “informed source in Moscow,” warning The Wall Street Journal (WSJ) of “consequences” for Evan Gershkovich, a WSJ journalist who was arrested in Russia in March 2023. “If the Wall Street Journal continues its activities not pertaining to journalism, and publishing disinformation about Russia, it will mean that [WSJ] editors are not interested in the fate of [their correspondent] Evan Gershkovich,” the message reads.

The Russian Ministry of Justice has included the lead singer of the group Bi-2, Leva Bi-2 (real name: Yegor Bortnik), in the register of "foreign agents". This was reported on the ministry's website.

The head of the Security Service of Ukraine Vasily Malyuk, commenting on the explosion on the Crimean Bridge in October 2022, said that the special service took “certain measures” to “cut off” this logistics route. He said this in an interview with journalist Dmitry Komarov.

The Russian intelligence ship Ivan Khurs, part of Russia’s Black Sea Fleet, has returned to Sevastopol. Video footage of the ship circulated on Telegram, and Russian news outlet Kommersant confirmed that the Ivan Khurs had returned to Sevastopol Bay. The video footage is shot from both the starboard and port sides of the boat, and doesn’t appear to show any damage.

Russian President Vladimir Putin said that he was surprised by the reaction in Georgia to the abolition of the visa regime for citizens of the country and direct flights. He said this at a meeting with members of the public organization "Business Russia". “For me, the reaction that followed was a complete surprise. I thought that everyone would say: well, thank you, good. No, there is some kind of completely incomprehensible storm on this issue. Very strange. And just, frankly, unexpected.

The Russian state news agency RIA Novosti published a message from an "informed source in Moscow" who warned the American newspaper The Wall Street Journal of "consequences" for journalist Evan Gershkovich arrested in Russia. “If the Wall Street Journal continues to engage in non-journalistic activities, publishing disinformation regarding Russia, this will mean that the editors are not at all interested in the fate of [correspondent of the publication Evan] Hershkovich,” the post says.

The BBC Russian Service and Mediazona, along with a team of volunteers, have identified the 24,005 Russian soldiers who died during the full-scale invasion of Ukraine. Over the past two weeks, journalists have identified 1,361 more dead, which "still exceeds the average number of confirmed weekly casualties during 2022." As the BBC notes, the largest number of casualties in recent months have been in detachments made up of prisoners. Journalists know the names of 4315 dead convicts.

The Kremlin Press Secretary Dmitry Peskov says that plans for transporting Andrey Rublev’s “Holy Trinity” icon from the Tretyakov Gallery to Moscow’s Christ the Savior cathedral have been finalized and approved by stakeholders. Earlier, Tretyakov Gallery’s council of art conservators decided that the icon cannot be transported from the museum in its present condition and requires extensive conservation work.

The reconnaissance ship "Ivan Khurs", which is part of the Black Sea Fleet of the Russian Federation, returned to Sevastopol. A video of the ship in the bay of Sevastopol appeared on Telegram channels, the return of the Ivan Khurs was also confirmed by a Kommersant source. In the video, the ship was filmed from both the starboard and port sides . There is no visible damage to it.

The concert of the rock group Splin, which was supposed to take place on June 7, was canceled. This was reported on the event page on VKontakte. The reason for the cancellation is not known. According to SOTA, the concert was originally scheduled for April 8, 2022, after which it was postponed to June 19, and then to November 14. In April, the performance of the Splin group was canceled at the Wind of Siberia rock festival in Novosibirsk.

In her Independence Day address, Georgian President Salome Zourabichvili criticized the government for its policies with regard to Russia and Russian immigrants. The president emphasized that “independence” requires the state to protect its citizens, and statehood itself presupposes that all people should be equal before the law.