In Yekaterinburg, the security forces tore off the evening of letters by political prisoners, which took place in the office of the local branch of Yabloko, reports Mediazon with reference to an eyewitness. According to him, the security forces burst into the room where the evening of letters was held with political prisoners, in masks and balaclavas. “We are immediately put on the wall, everyone is selected - passports, phones.

Malta Prime Minister Robert Abel said his country in the near future recognizes the independence of Palestine, writes Times of Malta. There is a Palestinian ambassador in Malta, this country in 2024 supported the UN General Assembly resolution, which recognizes the law of the state of Palestine to a full membership in the organization, but formally not announced the recognition of the Palestinian state.

Over the past 26 years, Salgado has restored hundreds of hectares of destroyed forest in his native Brazilian region. Mario Tama/Getty Images Sebastian Salgado at the California Science Center for his "Amazônia" exhibit.

The SPARKASSE bank in Hanover blocks payments intended for the former Chancellor Germany Gerhard Schroeder, writes Bild. According to the German publication, about 200 thousand euros came to the Schroder in Sparkasse every six months -a monetary reward for work as a board of directors of Nord Stream 2 AG , the operator of the Northern Stream -2 project. Funds were transferred from Luxembourg. However, since mid -2024, the bank stopped accepting these transfers and sends them back to the sender.

One thousand one hundred and eighty seventh day. The largest strike of Russian drones and missiles on Ukraine since the beginning of a full-scale war. The exchange of prisoners according to the formula “1000 to 1000” is completed Gleb Garanich / Reuters / Scanpix / LETA Kyiv during a Russian strike on the night of May 25, 2025 Since February 24, 2022, Meduza has been broadcasting live about the Russian-Ukrainian war.

Here are three examples: about good Stalin, bad Americans and the feat of the heroini mother On Russian streaming platforms, you can find not only the “word of the kid”, “track” and other fashionable novelties, but also taken to important anniversaries (or “Danish”, as they said in the USSR) propaganda projects. In May 2025, the country celebrated the 80th anniversary of the Victory in the Great Patriotic War.

The Russian Embassy in Sweden stated that on the night of May 25, a bank of paint was dropped on the territory of the diplomatic mission from the drone. “A special cynicism gives the incident that the operators of the drone used a glass container, which, when discharged from a height, can apply heavy injuries,” the embassy’s telegram channel reports.

The helicopter of Vladimir Putin during his trip to the Kursk region was “at the epicenter of a large -scale attack by Ukrainian drones,” said military personnel Yuri Dashkin on the air of the Russian television channel. “The intensity of the attack during the flight with the supreme commander in chief over the territory of the Kursk region has increased significantly. Therefore, we simultaneously conducted airfalling battle and ensured security in the air of the President’s helicopter flight.

All this work was put on the line when the house was put up for sale. Fortunately, an understanding buyer was found In the village of Rocky Hill in the US state of New Jersey there is a model railroad club. It's called the Pacific Southern Railway, named after the Southern Pacific Railroad, which was one of the main symbols of the US railroad boom in the second half of the 19th century.

Three employees of the shipyard where a new destroyer capsized during launching were detained in the DPRK, the North Korean Central News Agency (KCNA) reported. The report says that the chief engineer of the Chongjin Shipyard, Kang Jong-chor, the head of the general hull installation workshop, Han Gyong Hak, and the deputy director of administrative affairs, Kim Yong-hak, were arrested. The launching ceremony for the new destroyer took place on May 21.

The car in which Michael Schumacher won the Hungarian and Monaco Grand Prix in 2001 and became the Formula 1 champion was sold for 15.98 million euros, The New York Times reports. The Ferrari F2001 was put up for auction on May 24 in Monaco by the auction house RM Sotheby's. RM Sotheby's There was an active struggle for the lot, the publication notes, bidding began at 8 million euros.

Sad news: Sergei Loznitsa and his merciless “Two Prosecutors” were left without awards Stephane Cardinale / Corbis / Getty Images Cate Blanchett, Jafar Panahi with the Palme d'Or and Juliette Binoche at the closing of the Cannes Film Festival. May 24, 2025 The 78th film festival, one of the most important in the world, ended in Cannes.

The third, final stage of the exchange of prisoners between Russia and Ukraine according to the formula “1000 by 1000” has been completed. At the final stage of exchange, the parties were handed over to 303 prisoners. The exchange was reported to both the head of the Office of the President of Ukraine Andrei Ermak and the Russian Ministry of Defense.

Russian troops launched a massive strike with drones and missiles on 13 Ukrainian regions. At least 12 people were killed and more than 60 were injured State Emergency Service of Ukraine A building destroyed as a result of a Russian strike in Nikolaev. May 25, 2025 You can read this story in English here . As a result of a massive Russian strike on Ukraine, 12 people were killed and more than 60 were injured.

After the displacement of the Armed Forces of the Armed Forces from the Kursk region, the Russian troops “began to fulfill the task of creating a security zone along the state border of Russia,” said Yaroslav Yakimkin, head of the press center of the North forces group.