How did Western countries manage to solve this problem? And why can't they cope now? The advisor Schile Fitzpatrick answers Fricis Forstmanis / Muzejs un pētniecības centers latvieši passaul lay Latvians are trying to get to Sweden, fearing the return of the Soviet occupation in 1944 Sheila Fitzpatrick is one of the leading world research researchers, who has been studying Stalinism for more than 60 years, as well as the history of the Soviet Union and Eastern Europe.

The EU Council at the next meeting on May 27 will discuss the possibility of depriving Hungary of the right to vote, the meeting said. It is possible to deprive one of the states of voting law. Article 7 of the Treaty on the European Union. This can happen if the facts of a serious and constant violation of the community values ​​by this state are established. The immediate hearing will be the eighth in the framework of the procedure against Hungary.

British Prime Minister Cyrus Starmer signed an agreement on the transfer of the Chagos archipelago in the Indian Ocean, BBC reports. The archipelago includes seven islands. On one of them, Diego-Garsia, since 1965 there is a military base, which is jointly used by the UK and the USA. In accordance with the agreements reached, the territory of the base will remain on the UK for 99 years. London will pay for rent 101 million pounds per year . Great Britain owned the Chagos archipelago since 1814.

The US government forbade Harvard University to accept foreign students for training, writes The New York Times. The Ministry of Internal Security sent a letter to the university that it would immediately cancel the certificate of the program that allows accepting students to exchange. Due to the recall of the certificate, Harvard will no longer be able to issue documents necessary for foreigners to receive student visas in the United States.

Ukraine offers the European Union countries to take part in the financing of the Armed Forces since 2026. This was stated by the head of the finance of Ukraine Sergey Marchenko following the meeting of the financial block of the G7 countries. Kyiv, said Marchenko, proposed integrating the Ukrainian army into the European defense system through the participation of partners in financing the Armed Forces of Ukraine.

The Armed Forces of Ukraine inflicted a massive blow to the city of Lgs in the Kursk region, said the acting head of the region, Alexander Hinshtein. According to him, the attack fell on the Kursk-Rylsk highway on the city. As a result, 12 civilians were injured, including two teenagers 13 and 16 years old, Khinshtein said. “The 13-year-old child has fragmentation wounds of the lower back, the 16-year-old teenager has a head injury, the wound of the back of the head and left shoulder.

The court in Milan sentenced the co-founder of “Right.ru” Dmitry Chiracadze to three years and two months in prison in the case of escape from the house arrest of the son of the former Governor of the Krasnoyarsk Territory Artyom Usa. It is reported by the Italian agency ANSA. The prosecutor's office requested five years in prison for Chiracadze. Chiracadze is the co-founder of Prav.ru, which owns the portal and the reference system of the same name.

The Croatian midfielder and captain of Madrid Real Madrid Luka Modric announced that he would leave the club after the end of this season. He wrote about this on Instagram. On Saturday, May 24, the 39-year-old Modric will play the last match at the home stadium of Real Madrid, Santiago Bernabeu. “I arrived in 2012 with the hope of putting on a T -shirt of the best team in the world and ambitions to do great things, but I could not imagine what would happen next.

Russia handed over to Ukraine lists for the exchange of prisoners of war according to the “1000 per 1000” formula. This was announced by President of Ukraine Volodymyr Zelensky. “He held a meeting on the preparation of exchange. An agreement on the release of 1000 of our people from Russian captivity was almost the only real result of a meeting in Turkey. We work so that this result is provided, ”the Zelensky post says.

After the collapse of the USSR, the "Sex" continued to work at the FSB. The main thing from the investigation of the "Project" The project "Project" published a film investigation about a group of agents of the Leningrad KGB, who in the USSR monitored dissidents, informal youth and Quir-loves. The heroes of the investigation arranged provocations, forcing their victims to cooperate with the help of blackmail and violence, including sexualized.

More than 20 natives of Russia living in Serbia remained without citizenship, as they abandoned the Russian passport for the sake of Serbian, but could not get it. About this writes The Moscow Times with reference to a consultant familiar with the situation, and one of the people who are without citizenship. According to the law, after three years of life in Serbia, a residence permit is given the right to a permanent residence with the possibility of applying for a passport.

Near the headquarters of the US Central Intelligence Directorate in Langle, Virginia, there was a shooting, NBC News reports citing sources. The shooting was opened by the security guards at about 4:00 in the morning local time. As a result of the incident, according to the channel, a woman was injured. The CIA representative officially confirmed the Reuters agency that the “security incident related to safety violations”, but did not report anything about shooting.

And what is happening in the Sumy region, about the annexation of which was spoke in the Russian Federation? Map of battles on May 22 Russian troops achieved the first major successes in the summer offensive, which began a few weeks ago. They managed to break through the defense of the Armed Forces of the Armed Forces at the Pokrovsk -Konstantinovka highway and capture several villages north of the road.

Kirill Serebrennikov tells the story of the Nazi killer (but what the author wanted to say is not clear to the end) Cannes Film Festival At the Cannes Film Festival, the premiere of the new film by Kirill Serebrennikov was held “The disappearance of Joseph Mengele”, based on the novel of the same name Olivier Gze.

Employees of the FSB of Russia detained the former vice-governor of the Krasnodar Territory Alexander Nesterenko, the telegram channel of the Vesti program said on May 22. The duty unit ”, which is published on the Russia-24 television channel. According to him, Nesterenko is suspected of abuse of power. Searches are being searched at the place of work and place of residence, TASS said, referring to law enforcement agencies.