The terrorist group "Islamic State" * claimed responsibility for the attack on the Church of the Archangel Michael in Grozny. It is reported by SITE Intelligence Group. This portal monitors information from IS-related websites*. The attack on the Church of the Archangel Michael in the center of Grozny took place the day before. Four militants tried to seize the parishioners of an Orthodox church. In a shootout, they were all eliminated.

Natives of Chechnya and a resident of Ingushetia participated in the attack on a church in Grozny. The oldest of them was 19 years old. The names of the attackers, citing a source in law enforcement agencies, were published by the Caucasian Knot. According to him, the militants who were shot dead at the Church of the Archangel Michael the day before were natives of Chechnya, the brothers Amir and Ali Yunusov, Mikail Elisultanov, and also a resident of Ingushetia Akhmed Tsechoev.

Ukraine will revise the international documents signed by Kiev within the framework of the CIS. The country will withdraw from all treaties that do not correspond to its national interests. This was stated by President of Ukraine Petro Poroshenko at a ceremony in memory of the victims of political repressions in the National Memorial Reserve "Bykivnyansky Graves". Poroshenko's words are quoted by Interfax.

The FBI informant on the Donald Trump campaign was Stefan Halper, who served in the White House during the Nixon, Ford, and Reagan administrations. The identity of the informant was revealed by the American edition of The Intercept. “Apparently, the informant ... was not someone previously unknown ... Quite the contrary: his work for the CIA for decades ... is well known,” the publication says.

In Cannes, they said they were proud of the directors who are under arrest. “We would like to welcome two directors who, due to political reasons, could not be at Cannes today. We are talking about Kirill Serebrennikov and Jafar Panahi. We are proud and we are with you in spirit," said Cate Blanchett, head of the jury at this year's Cannes Film Festival, at the closing ceremony. Blanchett's words are reported by Interfax. Kirill Serebrennikov is under house arrest.

The terrorist group "Islamic State" claimed responsibility for the attack on the Church of the Archangel Michael in Grozny. It is reported by SITE Intelligence Group. This portal monitors information from IS-related websites. The attack on the Church of the Archangel Michael in the center of Grozny took place the day before. Four militants tried to seize the parishioners of an Orthodox church. In a shootout, they were all eliminated.

The 27-year-old actress has accused French director Luc Besson of rape. The Paris police are investigating the allegations. The woman went to the police on May 18, writes "BBC". The actress said that the incident took place at the Le Bristol Hotel when she was in the same room with Besson. After drinking tea, the woman suddenly felt ill and lost consciousness, and when she woke up, she realized that she had been raped. Besson was no longer in the room by that time.

Macedonia may get a new name. The head of the country's government, Zoran Zaev, said that it might be called Ilinden Macedonia. As reported on the website of the government of the country, this name was recognized as acceptable in negotiations with the head of the Greek government, Alexis Tsipras. Earlier it was reported that the citizens of the country will choose the new name in a referendum.

Representatives of Saudi Arabia and the United Arab Emirates offered to help Trump win the presidential election. His team met with them 3 months before the US vote. The New York Times found out that the meeting took place on August 3, 2016 at Trump Tower in New York. It was attended by Donald Trump Jr., envoy to the crown princes of Saudi Arabia and the United Arab Emirates George Nader and social media specialist from Israel Joel Zamel. “Nader told Trump Jr.

A group of Turkish citizens are planning an assassination attempt on President Recep Tayyip Erdogan. This was reported by the intelligence of several states. According to the Turkish TV channel TRT Haber, the President of the country was recommended to strengthen security before visiting Bosnia and Herzegovina. Intelligence agents from Macedonia and Western countries reported a possible attempt on his life in the Balkans.

The US and Chinese authorities signed an agreement to achieve a trade balance between the countries. The talks were held the day before in Washington. on the results of the meeting reports Xinhua news agency . Treasury Secretary Steven Muchnin, Commerce Secretary Wilbur of Russia and Trade Representative Robert Lighthazar participated in the talks on behalf of the United States. China was represented by Vice Premier Liu He of the State Council of the People's Republic of China.

Presidential elections have started in Venezuela. Polling stations will be open until 18:00 (01:00 Monday Moscow time). Mundo . The current contenders for the post are Nicolás Maduro, Javier Bertucci of the Hope for Change movement, Reynaldo Quijada of the People's Political Unity, and Enri Falcon of the Progressive Vanguard party, according to BBC About 300,000 servicemen and law enforcers are keeping order in the country today.

The Russian Foreign Ministry recommended that Russians bypass the center of the Turkish capital Istanbul on Monday. There will be a procession of the country's Circassian diaspora. On the page of the situational crisis center of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the Russian Federation on Twitter, it is reported that on the evening of May 21, a CircassFED procession will take place on Istiklal Avenue in the central part of Istanbul.

During a hard landing of a training aircraft in the Leningrad region, one person died. Rescuers were on the scene. TASS, citing the North-West Department of the Ministry of Emergency Situations , reports that a Su-29 training aircraft made a hard landing. The incident occurred near the village of Lomakha, Lomonosovsky district, Leningrad region. Telegram channel "112" gives the name of the deceased and says that during the flight the cockpit lantern spontaneously opened.

The man who was detained at the train station in Marseille the day before was extended his detention. The decision was taken by the French police. The identity of the man has not yet been established. According to the BFM television channel, his photographs and fingerprints did not appear in the police databases, since he had not previously come to the attention of law enforcement agencies.