The Foreign Ministers of the G7 countries jointly condemned the actions of the Belarusian authorities taken to detain former NEXTA editor-in-chief Roman Protasevich and Russian Sofya Sapega. This is stated in the statement of the member countries of the association, reports Reuters. The document called “unprecedented actions” forcing a Ryanair passenger plane to land and lifting a Belarusian fighter jet into the air.

In Moscow and Krasnoyarsk, police came to search the homes of several members of the Libertarian Party of Russia. According to OVD-Info , in Moscow the security forces came to Rosa Pozdnyakova, Igor Efremov, Anton Ovcharov and the parents of the deputy chairman of the decision-maker Ivan Chinarov. In Krasnoyarsk, a search was conducted at the home of libertarian Ilya Danilenko. The investigative actions were justified by the case of road blocking, initiated after the winter protests.

The European Cycling Union canceled the European Cycling Track Championship in Belarus, Minsk itself canceled the match with the participation of European football stars, as some of them decided not to take part in the competition. The Board of the European Cycling Union (UEC) has decided not to host the European Cycling Track Championship in Minsk. This is due to the "current international situation," according to a press release from the organization, reports Sport24 .

After European countries banned the use of their airspace, the Belarusian company Belavia canceled flights to a number of destinations. From May 27 to October 30 there will be no flights to the following cities: Warsaw; Milan; Amsterdam; Rome; Frankfurt; Berlin; Munich; Hanover; Vein; Brussels; Barcelona; Kaliningrad.

The Armenian military did mine the territory bordering Azerbaijan, but they did not have sabotage targets, Armenian Prime Minister Nikol Pashinyan said. Today, servicemen of the engineering troops were taken prisoner by the military of Azerbaijan. “Our servicemen carried out work on arranging the border with Azerbaijan, carried out mining work with the installation of warning signs, there was no purpose of sabotage.

The heads of Russia and Belarus will discuss the detention of Russian woman Sofya Sapega in Minsk. According to Kommersant, Alexander Lukashenko will inform Vladimir Putin about the situation with the landing of the Ryanair plane and subsequent arrests at the upcoming meeting, which will be held in Sochi on May 28. This was stated by the press secretary of the President of Russia Dmitry Peskov.

Russia has emerged as the leader in disinformation on Facebook. A company report reveals how the social network struggled with “stuffing” from 2017 to 2020 Russia ranked first in terms of the number of fakes, followed by Iran, Myanmar, the United States and Ukraine. The social network reports that since 2017 it has been working with the authorities of different countries and with civil society on a collective response to the so-called “operations of influence”.

Minsk airport dispatchers informed the pilots of the Ryanair aircraft about the bombing 27 minutes before they themselves received bomb threats, the Dossier Center claims, citing the original letter. On May 23, at 12:25 p.m. Belarusian time, a letter with a bomb threat came to the email of the administration of Lithuanian Airports, Dossier , The Daily Beast and Der Spiegel write . “We Hamas soldiers demand that Israel cease fire in the Gaza Strip.

The Trans-Baikal Regional Court overturned the conviction of Chita blogger Alexei Zakruzhny (Lekha Kochegar). Previously, he was given a suspended sentence for streaming on YouTube. This was reported by the Telegram channel "Network Freedoms" with reference to the blogger's lawyer Marina Sheikina. The criminal case of Zakruzhny was returned to the prosecutor.

The prosecutor's office, at the request of a State Duma deputy, demands to block the Russian LGBT Network* group on Facebook. The lawsuit will be considered by the Smolninsky Court of St. Petersburg, and the State Duma deputy Igor Sapko became the initiator. According to him, the group "has posted information that is harmful to the health and development of minors," the court said . “The group contains materials dedicated to supporting the LGBT community in the Russian Federation.

In Penza, the regional branch of "Memorial"* is liquidated. An application to the Ministry of Justice was submitted by the chairman of the local branch of the organization, Tatyana Alfertyeva. The 73-year-old pensioner told 7x7 that she was tired of the regular fines from the Internal Revenue Service that she pays out of her pension. According to Alfertyeva, the organization needed the status of a legal entity to transfer grants, but it has not received them for a long time.

Lukashenka sets up an interesting experiment - he opens the project "military junta in the very center of Europe." We see that the experiment went well Last summer it occurred to me that Lukashenka is setting up an interesting experiment - opening a project "military junta in the very center of Europe." Now we see that the experiment went well. For some time, the Europeans thought that they could simply not recognize him as president and live on as they lived.

The decision to stop work was made to protect supporters as the authorities tighten the law on undesirable organizations. The Council of Open Russia* voted for the decision on self-liquidation. “We adopted it to protect our supporters. The State Duma is preparing to adopt amendments to article 284.1 of the Criminal Code of the Russian Federation on undesirable organizations, which will allow anyone who cooperates with Open Russia* to be imprisoned. We have no illusions about the courts.

Closed Russia MAIN • Open Russia* announced the closure and cessation of work in Russia to protect its supporters - earlier, the State Duma adopted amendments in the first reading to tighten the legislation on undesirable organizations. “They will allow anyone who cooperates with Open Russia* to be imprisoned. We have no illusions about the courts. The Law on Unwanted Organizations was written specifically for us,” the organization said in a statement.

Closed Russia MAIN • Open Russia* announced the closure and cessation of work in Russia to protect its supporters - earlier, the State Duma adopted amendments in the first reading to tighten the legislation on undesirable organizations. “They will allow anyone who cooperates with Open Russia* to be imprisoned. We have no illusions about the courts. The Law on Unwanted Organizations was written specifically for us,” the organization said in a statement.