A Russian citizen who wished to remain anonymous shares the story of making an incursion into Russia Photo: EPA / Russian Defence Ministry A Russian national who took part in the raid on Russia’s Belgorod region from the side of Ukraine on 22 May has contacted Novaya-Europe to share his account of what happened. He spoke on the condition of anonymity and asked us not to name the unit that he serves in. Here’s his story.

A Moscow court has arrested Dmitry Golovlev, a Belarusian citizen who was detained in Moscow on 22 May for launching white-blue-white balloons and flag in the air, for 15 days. OVD-Info reports that he was found guilty of petty hooliganism. The ruling came on 23 May, it is published online. Golovlev and his wife Yulia, Russian national, were detained on 22 May in Moscow several hours after they launched white-blue-white balloons and flag up in the air.

The director of the Institute of Theoretical and Applied Mechanics (TPM) of the Siberian Branch of the Russian Academy of Sciences (SB RAS) of 56-year-old Alexander Shiplyuk, who was sent to the pre-trial detention center in the publication case in August 2022, accused of transferring secret materials to China, writes Reuters with reference to two sources familiar with the case. According to investigators, the scientist handed over materials at the scientific conference held in China in 2017.

Singer Tina Turner died at the age of 83. It is reported by Sky News with reference to its representative. Tina Turner. Photo: Philip Spittl “Tina Turner,“ Queen of Rock-n Roll ”, peacefully died today at the age of 83 after a long illness in her house in Kusnyt near Zurich, Switzerland. Together with her, the world loses the legend of music and a role model, ”the statement said. Tina Turner is an American singer, the owner of 12 Grammy Awards.

The director of the Non-Profit Organization of Vikimedia RU, which serves the interests of Wikipedia in Russia, was removed from his post due to the fact that he announced the launch of the Russian analogue of the encyclopedia on the basis of the existing Wikipedia materials. The message about this appeared in the telegram channel "Vikino".

Armenia, apparently, is preparing to give Karabakh to Azerbaijan. Interview with political scientist Arkady Dubnov on the eve of the meeting of Pashinyan and Aliyev in Moscow Nikol Pashinyan. Photo: Era - Pashinyan is not the first to declare that he was ready to recognize Karabakh by the territory of Azerbaijan. Why did this cause such a reaction in Armenia now? How serious is it that it was still? - Pashinyan made this statement completely officially, it sounded in parliament.

The Chertanovsky District Court of Moscow arrested for 15 days a citizen of Belarus Dmitry Golovlev, who was detained in Moscow on May 22 after launching a white and blue flag and balloons. According to OVD-Info, he was found guilty of petty hooliganism (part 1 of article 20.1 of the Code of Administrative Offenses). The decision to arrest was made on May 23, it was published on the website of the Moscow courts.

How the first direct passenger flight from Russia to Georgia since 2019 went People protesting at Tbilisi Shota Rustaveli International Airport. Photo: EPA-EFE / ZURAB KURTSIKIDZE On 19 May 2023, the first direct flight from Moscow in four years landed in Georgia’s capital Tbilisi. The ban on air traffic was introduced by Vladimir Putin’s decree in July 2019 in response to anti-Russian protests in Tbilisi.

German authorities have only approved 55 asylum applications filed by Russian men who fled the country to avoid fighting the Ukraine war, RND reports , citing the German Interior Ministry. Since the Ukraine war broke out, 2,485 Russian men aged between 18 and 45 applied for asylum in Germany. Only 814 of them were reviewed: 55 people had their appeals granted, and 88 applications were rejected. The rest of the cases were retracted “in accordance with the Dublin Regulation”.

The historical building of the St. Petersburg prison “Crosses” was transferred to the state -owned company “Dom.RF”, TASS reports with reference to the Federal Penitentiary Service in St. Petersburg and the Leningrad Region. “Crosses” will be transferred to the company “For the Development of the Territory” following trading results. The preparation of the object for the auction has already begun, they said at Dom.RF.

The story of the participant in the breakthrough to the Belgorod region from Ukraine. Published for the first time Photo: ERA / Ministry of Defense of Russia One of the participants in the Belgorod Region from Ukraine on May 22 (this person calls the incident “raid”) got in touch with the “Novo-Europe”. Our interlocutor, a citizen of Russia, asked not to name his name and even a particular unit, in which he participated in the operation. Here is his story.

Ukrainian Defence Minister Oleksii Reznikov has confirmed that the national armed forces are already using Storm Shadow, British long-range cruise missiles, at a joint briefing with his UK counterpart Ben Wallace, RBC-Ukraine reports . “We have had the opportunity to shake hands with the pilots that were trained in the UK and are already using the weapon named Storm Shadow,” Reznikov said. This is the first time that Ukrainian officials have confirmed that this projectile is being used.

In April, Russia set a record for the volume of oil exports from the beginning of the invasion of Ukraine - despite all the sanctions. We explain how it became possible Photo: Era After the introduction of the Western sanctions of Russia, it was possible to redirect the supply of oil and oil products to China and India. Moreover, the export of these goods in April reached a record value from the beginning of the invasion of Ukraine.

Photo: WikiCommons The US Department of Defence will begin its training programme to teach Ukrainian service members to operate M1A1 Abrams tanks next week, Spokesperson Pat Ryder told Voice of America. Around 250 Ukrainian military members will arrive in Germany later this week to receive training, a senior US official told the media outlet on the condition of anonymity. The training programme is expected to take around ten weeks.

The German authorities approved only 55 asylum applications from men from Russia who fled from participation in the war in Ukraine. It is reported by RND with reference to the data of the German Ministry of the Interior. Since the start of the war in Ukraine, 2,485 Russian men aged 18 to 45 have applied for asylum in Germany. Only 814 of them were considered, the authors of 55 received a positive answer, 88 - a negative one.