Crypto exchange FTX, which was one of the largest in the world and declared bankruptcy in 2022, will return money to almost all clients. CNBC writes about this with reference to court documents. The exchange's debt to clients is $11.2 billion. By monetizing its assets (mainly investments from its affiliated companies), FTX is expected to be able to find an even larger amount to cover its debt - from 14.6 to 16.3 billion. The additional money is expected to be used to pay interest.

A video appeared on the Instagram account of the assistant to the head of Chechnya, Umar Daudov, in which Ramzan Kadyrov pushes and then pulls a Toyota Land Cruiser SUV in Grozny. The footage shows how, after Kadyrov’s efforts, the car moves (while the car is shown from the side - and it is unclear whether the head of Chechnya is helping the head of Chechnya push him from the other side).

The sound producer and musician Steve Albini died in the USA. It is reported by PitchFork. Albini was 61 years old, the cause of his death was a heart attack. Albini died a few days before the first of the first of the record of the Shellac group, of which he has been since 1992. Paul Natkin / Getty Images Steve Albini in 2005 Albini was one of the most influential sound producers (he himself preferred the term “sound engineer”) of the early 1990s.

Armenia will suspend funding for the CSTO , the country's Foreign Ministry press secretary Ani Badalyan said. As Badalyan specified, Armenia “will refrain from joining” the decision made in November 2023 on the CSTO budget for 2024. At the same time, Armenia remains a member of the organization, a source in the CSTO told TASS. Armenia has been refusing to take part in CSTO events in recent months.

"Ukrainian Pravda" spoke about the fighters of the Armed Forces of Ukraine, who cannot fight - but they are still not released from the army Diego Herrera Carcedo / Anadolu / Getty images In the third year of a full-scale war with Russia in the Ukrainian army, there were many people who are not able to carry out combat missions due to health problems. Doctors recognized some of them suitable for the service, despite a number of chronic diseases.

Indian law enforcement agencies have arrested four Indians suspected of involvement in a human trafficking ring, the Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) said. According to the department, members of this network deceived young men into Russia, where they were forced to participate in the war against Ukraine. Two suspects, Arun Norbert and Yesudas Priyan, were arrested on May 7. They were allegedly directly involved in the recruitment of men in the Indian states of Kerala and Tamil Nadu.

A street named after Alexei Navalny (Lʼavenue Alexeï Navalny) will appear in Paris. The council of the 16th district of the city voted unanimously for the corresponding decision. Chantemes Avenue, next to which the Russian Embassy is located, will be named after Navalny. An art object will also be installed at the corner of the avenue and Lan Boulevard in memory of Navalny. The initiative was taken by Senator Francis Spiner, who until 2023 was the mayor of the 16th district.

Residents of the Energetik district in Ulan-Ude were not allowed to attend public hearings, which are being held in connection with the authorities’ plans to build a “super colony” next door for three thousand prisoners. The publication “People of Baikal” writes about this. Dozens of local residents came to the hearings and do not want the colony to be built.

How Russian media uses a 2014 fire in Odesa to justify the war on Ukraine Yevgeny Volokin / Reuters / Scanpix / LETA The Odesa Trade Unions building, May 2, 2014 Ten years ago, in early May 2014, after several months of widespread political unrest in Odesa, Ukraine, street clashes between pro-Russia and pro-Ukraine factions resulted in a deadly fire in the city’s Trade Unions building. It’s still unclear who exactly is to blame for the deaths.

Yaroslav Dronov was the frontman of a struggling cover band. Then he married a PR agent and became Shaman — wartime Russia’s most famous singer. Before he became Shaman, Yaroslav Dronov competed in televised singing competitions and performed in a struggling cover band. In 2017, his whirlwind marriage to well-known PR agent Elena Martynova — a top manager at Russian-Uzbek billionaire Alisher Usmanov’s holding company USM — took Moscow’s glitterati by surprise.

The criminal case of Deputy Minister of Defense of the Russian Federation Timur Ivanov involves a bribe worth more than one billion rubles, said the defendant’s lawyer Murad Musaev. The defense lawyer spoke to reporters on May 8 after a closed meeting of the Moscow City Court, which rejected an appeal against the arrest of the accused deputy minister. “The amount of the bribe is about one billion 125 million rubles, I don’t remember exactly.

Porn actress Stormy Daniels testified in trial of Trump. He is accused of having paid to her for silence after sex - and then forged financial documents Jane Rosenberg / Reuters / Scanpix / Leta drawing from the courtroom, where Stormy Daniels testified, May 7, 2024 The court in New York continues to consider the case of the former US President Donald Trump, who is accused of falsification of documents when paying porn actress Stormy Daniels (real name Stefani Clifford).

The Central Court of Chelyabinsk satisfied the claim of the Prosecutor General's Office to convert the assets of the pasta manufacturer Makfa into state income. Kommersant reports this. The court demanded immediate execution of the decision, so the current owners of the company have already lost control over it. Makfa's lawyers said that they did not agree with the decision and would appeal it.

T-INVARiant investigation Channel of the Siberian Branch of the Russian Academy of Sciences in Telegram Oleg Kabov In recent years, Russia has become regular in Russia about criminal cases initiated against scientists. At first glance, the case of a Corresponding Member of the Russian Academy of Sciences, the head of the Laboratory of the Novosibirsk Institute of Teplophysics Oleg Kabov, from the same row, initiated by the FSB. But this is not so.

Your Browser Does Not Support the Audio Element. How did homophobia become state policy in Russia? According to various estimates, from 7 to 15 million LGBTK-loves live in Russia. Now many of them have to lead an even more closed lifestyle than before. After recognizing the “extremist organization” of the “International Public Movement of LGBT”, even an objectionable suit in the theater production may be criminal. We could say that homophobia in Russia has already reached the limit.