Leonid Kravchuk, the first president of Ukraine, has died aged 88, Ukrainian News Agency reports , citing the politician’s family. Ukrainian lawmaker Iryna Herashchenko and former Commissioner of the President of Ukraine for Children's Rights Mykola Kuleba also reported that Kravchuk had died. According to the agency, Kravchuk died after a long illness.

A member of the punk band Pussy Riot, Maria Alekhina, left Russia after replacing her probation on a “sanitary” case with a real one. about how she managed to leave the country . The activist told The New York Times According to the publication, in order to leave the house and avoid surveillance, Alyokhina had to change into a Delivery Club courier suit and leave the phone in the apartment. After that, the activist was taken to Belarus, to the Lithuanian border.

The prosecutor's office of Ukraine began an investigation on the theft of the Russian military Scythian gold from the museum in Melitopol. This was reported on the website of the office of the general prosecutor of the country. Scythian gold. Photo: Office of the Prosecutor General According to the investigation, in April the Russian military abducted the historical and cultural values ​​from the Melitopol Museum of Local Lore.

The first President of Ukraine Leonid Kravchuk died in the 89th year of his life. This was reported by the Ukrainian News news agency with reference to a family member of the Politics. The death of Kravchuk was also reported by the deputy of the Verkhovna Rada Irina Gerashchenko and the former authorized person of the President of Ukraine for the Rights of the Child Nikolai Kuleb. Leonid Kravchuk. Photo: Wikimedia According to the agency, Kravchuk died at 17:00 as a result of a long illness.

President Vladimir Putin has appointed interim Russian governors, who have resigned today. This was reported on the Kremlin website. NEW APPOINTMENTS Acting head of Mari El - Yuri Zaitsev. Acting head of the Ryazan region - Pavel Malkov. Acting head of the Kirov region - Alexander Sokolov. Acting head of the Saratov region - Roman Busargin. Acting head of the Tomsk region - Vladimir Mazur.

Ukraine warned Gazprom about the termination of gas reception for transit to Europe through the Susty gas distribution station in the Lugansk region and the border compressor station (KS) Novopskov. This was reported on the website of the operator of the gas transmission system of Ukraine (OGTSU). Photo: OGTSU Transit, the operator clarifies, will stop tomorrow, May 11. A similar decision in OGTSU was explained by force majeure.

The police of Vsevolozhsk, Leningrad Region, opened a criminal case against a man who set fire to a flag with the letter Z. This is reported by the portal 47news. According to the security forces, on the night of May 9, the person involved in the case of desecration of the state flag of the Russian Federation (Article 329 of the Criminal Code) removed the canvas from the Yubileinoye-Ruchi gardening board building and tried to set it on fire. He failed to completely destroy the banner.

Belarusian Defence Minister Viktor Khrenin has announced the second stage of military quick-response drills in the country. Chief of the General Staff of the Armed Forces of Belarus Viktor Gulevich stated that the US and its allies are scaling up their military presence near the Belarusian border. Gulevich added that the NATO-led DEFENDER-Europe drills will involve up to 20,000 soldiers and numerous equipment units.

Sri Lankan military and police have been allowed to detain people without a warrant following clashes that left seven people dead and more than 200 injured. It is reported by Reuters. The detainee should be taken to the nearest police station. Law enforcement agencies will also be able to conduct searches of private property of citizens. This decision was taken by the government of President Gotabai Rajapaksa, brother of Prime Minister Mahinda Rajapaksa.

Governor of Russia’s Tomsk region Sergey Zhvachkin announced his resignation on Tuesday, the region’s press service informed. This decision was supported by Russian President Vladimir Putin, he added. “I am stepping down as governor. In the first months of this year, important events happened in my life. On January 20, I turned 65. Although all men are boys in their hearts, I am one of the oldest governors in the country. So it’s time to make way for the young,” he said.

Artem Troitsky - about musical emigration, upcoming underground and Putinophobia Western streaming platforms are rapidly leaving Russia. About YouTube they say that it is not today and tomorrow. Three large majorations remained in the country: Yandex.Musik, Sber and VKontakte. And all three are completely dependent on the authorities. The concerts are even worse: cancellations, prohibitions, threats and an unchanged letter Z above the stage.

The court sent to the pre-trial detention center the ex-operator of the headquarters of Navalny in Arkhangelsk Ruslan Akhmetshin in the case of the “rehabilitation of Nazism”. It is reported by North. Realiy. Ruslan Akhmetshin. Photo: social networks Akhmetshin was detained at the Moscow Domodedovo airport the day before, while trying to fly to Yerevan.

In Belarus, the second stage of “sudden verification of response forces,” said Minister of Defense Viktor Krenin. The head of the General Staff of the Armed Forces of Belarus, Viktor Gulevich, announced the increase in the military presence of the United States and their allies near the Belarusian border. He claims that in the doctrine called “Defender of Europe” it is planned to use up to 20 thousand people and a large number of equipment.

The head of Mari El, Alexander Evstifeev, said that he was leaving his post "due to the expiration of his term of office," according to the governor's telegram channel. He noted that he had asked President Vladimir Putin to accept his resignation. “Separate words of gratitude to the residents of the Mari Territory for supporting all the initiatives carried out in the republic over the past five years.

In Ukraine, a journalist and blogger Oksana Gaidar died. This was reported by the National Union of Journalists of Ukraine. As a colleague Gaidar Larisa Vakulnitskaya specified on Facebook, the journalist died during the shelling of the Russian artillery of the village of Shevchenkovo, Brovarsky district of the Kyiv region, around March 11. Oksana Gaidar was born and grew up in Kyiv, in the family of a journalist: her father Yuri Gaidar worked as deputy editor of Sports Gazeta.