A Moscow resident was taken to a police station after ambulance officers told the security forces that he was "a big, tough guy from Ukraine." The man himself told about this to OVD-Info. The police began to break into the apartment late in the evening on May 17 - they allegedly wanted to check the legality of the man's presence there. After he opened the door, he was taken to the department, as he does not live by registration.

Part of the fighters of the Ukrainian regiment "Azov", who surrendered to the Russian military, were placed in a pre-trial detention center in Rostov-on-Don and Taganrog. This is reported by the Rostov publications Don24" and 161.ru. " "Don24" refers to the information of RT journalist Valentin Gorshenin, who accompanied the convoy with prisoners. “The Azov militants who surrendered were brought to a test place in Rostov-on-Don - to the pre-trial detention center No.

A number of St. Petersburg cinemas have temporarily suspended work or switched to a work schedule only on weekends and holidays, reports . Delovoy Peterburg The owner of the New Dimension Management Company Yevgeny Busleiko, who manages the KinoTikhvin, Olymp, KinoPark cinemas, the Prospekt chain, the Kostino MKDTS, told the publication that since March 8 they have been working only on weekends, on vacations and holidays .

Nasha Niva reported that it was forbidden to sell the dystopian book 1984 by George Orwell in the country's bookstores. The publication refers to a copy of the relevant order, but does not publish it for “security reasons for the people who passed it on” to the editors. “Remove all versions of Orwell D. 1984 from sale. Report on the implementation no later than May 19, ”the document says.

The American embassy has resumed work in Kyiv after a three-month break. This was announced by US Secretary of State Anthony Blinken. Reuters about the resumption of the work of the embassy told Earlier , spokesman Daniel Langenkamp . According to him, at first a small number of people will work in the American embassy. Consular activities will not resume immediately, and the State Department's recommendations to stop traveling to Ukraine remain in place, he said.

Deputy Prime Minister of Russia Marat Khusnullin said that the Zaporozhye nuclear power plant will work for Russia, but will be able to supply electricity to Ukraine, subject to payment. It is reported by RIA Novosti. “Energy electricity is a commodity that cannot be stored in a warehouse. Therefore, if the energy system of Ukraine is ready to accept and pay money, then we will work, if it will not accept - (NPP - ed.) It will work for Russia, ”he said during a visit to Melitopol.

A total of 1,288 bodies of civilians were found on the territory of the Kyiv region, which was occupied by the Russian army in February and March, regional police chief Andriy Nebytov stated, quoted by Interfax-Ukraine news agency. “The majority of them were shot with automatic weapons,” he said. According to Nebytov, police still find new burial sites with civilian bodies in the region.

Russia’s censorship agency Roskomnadzor has ordered Wikipedia to remove two English-language articles: 2022 Russian invasion of Ukraine and Rashism , which provide information on the war in Ukraine, the Russian Wikipedia stated on Twitter.

In the territories of the Kyiv region, which were occupied by Russian troops in February-March, the bodies of 1288 bodies of civilians were found. The words of the head of the Main Directorate of the National Police of the region Andriy Nebytov are quoted by Interfax-Ukraine. “Most of them were shot with automatic weapons,” he said. According to Nebytov, the police continue to find graves of civilians in the region.

Political scientists - on the appointment of Leonid Slutsky by the new head of the LDPR faction After the death of Zhirinovsky, the new head of the LDPR faction in the State Duma became the scandalously known head of the Duma Committee on International Affairs Leonid Slutsky. On May 18, deputies of the LDPR by a majority vote elected him by the regular head of the faction. “New newspaper.

Moscow’s Basmanny Court has ruled to arrest head of open-source intelligence platform Conflict Intelligence Team (CIT) Ruslan Leviev (Karpuk) in absentia for spreading “false information” about the Russian military, Mediazona news outlet reports . The arrest will be in force for two months from the moment of his detention on Russian territory or his extradition to Russia. The Russian Interior Ministry issued an arrest warrant for Leviev.

In Yevpatoria, the artist Bogdan Ziza disappeared, detained two days ago on suspicion of damage to the doors of the city administration with yellow and blue paint. It is reported by the OVD-Info. On May 16, the Crimea 24 channel published a video in which 28-year-old Bogdan Ziza apologizes for damage to the doors of the city administration-they were doused with yellow and blue paint.

The prosecutor, during a debate in the Meshchansky Court of Moscow, asked to sentence the former deputy head of the Ministry of Education and Science Marina Lukashevich to 7.5 years in prison in a case of fraud for more than 50 million rubles. about it . writes TASS In addition, the state prosecution requested a fine of 800,000 rubles for Lukashevich.

The madness of the “sovereignty” is contagious: after the Duma, where its first symptoms showed, the organs of real authorities stopped “testing reality” Photo: Wikipedia State Duma deputy Anatoly Wasserman proposed a separate law to ban the exchange for Russians in captivity in Ukraine, the fighters of the Azov regiment, some of whom agreed to lay down the weapon on the same day on May 17. The speaker of the Duma Vyacheslav Volodin immediately instructed to prepare the corresponding bill.

The International Basketball Federation (FIBA) suspended the national teams of Russia and Belarus from participating in the world championships, which are held under its auspices. This is stated on the website of the federation. So, the men's team was suspended from participation in the qualifying stage for the 2023 World Cup. Russia, according to RBC, took first place in group H, which also includes teams from Italy, Iceland and the Netherlands.