The Russian government is considering the possibility of introducing a ban on the export of diesel fuel and aviation kerosene, Interfax and RBC reported, citing sources. According to them, this topic was raised on May 26 at a meeting of Deputy Prime Minister Alexander Novak, where the situation in the fuel market was discussed. Restrictions may be introduced in the near future; they will last one to two months, sources said.

Russia warned Armenia that it could suspend or unilaterally denounce the agreement on the supply of natural gas, oil products and rough diamonds to the republic if the country continues the process of joining the European Union. Russian Energy Minister Sergei Tsivilev stated this in a letter sent on May 25 to the Ministry of Territorial Administration and Infrastructures of Armenia, reported Kommersant, which examined a copy of the letter. Russia and Armenia entered into an agreement in 2013.

The Supreme Administrative Court of Finland has suspended the deportation process to Russia of anti-war activist Roman Golikov, who was denied asylum. Former municipal deputy from St. Petersburg Svetlana Utkina, who lives in Finland, reported this to Dozhd on May 26. Golikov was initially expected to be sent to Russia on May 28. The activist has already been released from the deportation center, his friend Valery Ivanov told Mediazona.

The State Duma adopted in the first reading two government bills ( 1 , 2 ), increasing the amount of fees for migrants several times; for example, the fee for obtaining Russian citizenship will increase 12 times - from 4,200 to 50 thousand rubles.

The chief physician of the Phoenix treatment and rehabilitation scientific center, Olga Bukhanovskaya, spoke at the XVIII Congress of Russian Psychiatrists with a report on “transgender spectrum disorder,” which included “homosexuality.” According to her, which is cited by “Layout,” the “umbrella of transgenderism” also includes “fetish transvestism,” personality disorder, schizotypal disorder, “schizophrenia combined with periodic effervescence .” “If they now say ‘autism spectrum disorder’ so

He went to war from the colony - and escaped. This was hidden for more than six months Shot from the TV channel “St. Petersburg” Attention! This text contains descriptions of violence. In the village of Ropsha, Leningrad Region, they are looking for 41-year-old Andrei Kiyko, known as the “Sosnovsky maniac.” Units of the Ministry of Defense and police are participating in the search.

Temperature records in France and Great Britain. It will soon be 40 degrees in Spain and Portugal Benjamin Girette/Bloomberg/Getty Images Western European countries are experiencing abnormal heat for May. Temperature record set in 1922 has been broken in the UK. France recorded its highest May temperature on record. The country's authorities attribute the death of at least seven people to the heat. It is predicted that it will get even worse in the coming days.

On the 88th day of blocking in Iran, some residents of the country now have access to the Internet, according to data from the monitoring organization NetBlocks. According to the project, on the afternoon of May 26, web traffic in the country reached about a third of normal levels. But it is not yet known whether the Internet will be blocked in Iran again. Iranian President Masoud Pezeshkian yesterday ordered the restoration of international Internet access.

We take stock of the last 10 years of his career (and what he'll do next) James Gill / Danehouse / Getty Images Pep Guardiola bids farewell to Manchester City fans at his home stadium after the match against Aston Villa. May 24, 2026 Pep Guardiola's decade at Manchester City is over. Before the final round of the 2025/26 English Championship, the club officially announced that the head coach would resign after the end of the season.

Update. US Central Command said the US military does not escort commercial vessels through the Strait of Hormuz. The US Navy has begun escorting ships as they pass through the Strait of Hormuz, The Wall Street Journal reports, citing Navy representatives. The first American ships to escort a Greek tanker carrying two million barrels of crude oil through the strait off the coast of Oman. The ship got stuck in the Persian Gulf in early March and is now heading to India.

He was once considered a possible successor to Patriarch Kirill, but was “demoted” after allegations of harassment Mikhail Tereshchenko / TASS / Profimedia Metropolitan Hilarion, a priest of the Russian Orthodox Church in the Czech Republic, spent two days in police custody. On May 24, his car was stopped based on an anonymous denunciation and the trunk was checked. They found “four small containers containing a white substance,” which turned out to be a drug.

Investor Alexander Galitsky left Russia shortly after the court ordered the seizure of his property worth eight billion rubles. A representative of the prosecutor's office reported this to the Moscow City Court when they considered the businessman's appeal. Galitsky used a Dutch passport to leave Russia for Belarus, the prosecutor said. According to him, this happened two days after the court decision.

We now have a final list of offenses that will be punished On May 26, the State Duma adopted in the second and third readings a high-profile bill , according to which the Russian authorities are going to punish their critics living abroad.

He is called indecisive, lethargic and is tipped to retire. And the country itself may even return to the EU Dan Kitwood/Getty Images On May 7, the ruling Labor Party in Great Britain suffered a major defeat in the municipal elections and lost 1,406 seats.

The Moscow City Court upheld the decision of the lower court, which declared investor Alexander Galitsky and his fund an “extremist association” and seized the entrepreneur’s assets. The decision to declare Galitsky and his venture fund Almaz Capital Partners an “extremist association” was made by the Tverskoy District Court of Moscow on March 23. The court also decided to confiscate property worth eight billion rubles to the state.