The court in the city of Druzhovka, Donetsk region, sentenced a 23-year-old native of Kazakhstan Syngysa Sepiev to nine years in prison under an article on mercenaries (part 4 of article 447 of the Criminal Code of Ukraine). This was reported by the publication "Grati". Sepiev from the village of Ak-Kuduk of the Taenshinsky district of the North Kazakhstan region of Kazakhstan. He moved to Russia, where he was sentenced to 10 years in prison in 2020.

Russian MPs have put forward a bill that would ban gender-affirming surgeries or “sex change operations” in the country to the State Duma, lower house of parliament, one of the co-authors of the bill Pyotr Tolstoy announced . The law would ban doctors from performing surgical procedures that help a transgender person match their gender identity and their physical appearance. The only exception is made for treatment of “congenital physiological anomalies”.

Vyacheslav Gladkov, head of Russia’s Belgorod region located on the Ukrainian border, has reported that a temporary shelter camp was shelled by the Ukrainian army, killing and injuring several people. “Today, the Ukrainian armed forces shelled a temporary shelter camp for displaced people from municipalities of the Shebekensky district. People are killed and injured,” Gladkov noted.

The deputies submitted to the State Duma a bill that would introduce a ban on “sex change”. This was announced by one of the co-authors of the document, State Duma deputy Pyotr Tolstoy. The bill provides for a ban on doctors from performing relevant operations, with the exception of cases related to the treatment of "congenital physiological anomalies." The document will also prohibit changing the gender marker in documents to people who have not performed “sex change” operations.

The monument to Alexander Pushkin, a Russian poet widely considered the founder of modern Russian literature, has been removed from Riga’s Kronvalda Park and taken to a storage facility, Delfi reports , citing the Latvian capital’s administration. According to the media outlet, the statue will later be moved to the Latvian Artists’ Union Museum which agreed to store and exhibit it in the future. It is not clear when this will happen.

Mosgorsud examined complaints about the arrest of Evgenia Berkovich and Svetlana Petriychuk Evgenia Berkovich on the monitor screen during the consideration of an appeal in the Moscow City Court, May 30, 2023. Photo: EPA-EFE / MAXIM SHIPENKOV On May 30, a complaint of the director Evgenia Berkovich and playwright Svetlana Petriychuk to detain them took place in the Moscow City Court.

The recent drone attack was meant to wreak havoc among the Russian elites, experts say A residential building damaged in the drone attack on the morning of 30 May, Moscow. Photo: EPA-EFE / MAXIM SHIPENKOV A mass-scale drone attack was reported in Moscow and the Moscow region on 30 May. Three drones crashed into high-rise residential buildings in Moscow and its outskirts.

The State Duma of Russia adopted in the second and third readings a bill according to which the commission of a crime by a police officer will no longer be considered an aggravating circumstance. Information about this appeared in the database of bills.

"What's new?" About the attack of drones on Moscow Moscow and Moscow Region were attacked by drones. According to the Ministry of Defense, 8 UAVs participated in the raid-according to telegram channels, their number reaches 32. Several houses were damaged, no one was injured. In the special issue of the podcast "What is new?" We talked with the military observer of Novaya Gazeta Europe Georgy Alexandrov. Why does Russian air defense not cope with drones?

In Rostov-on-Don, a tribune collapsed on a rowing channel during a football match. As a result, a woman died, the Ministry of Emergencies said . Updated 20:00 Moscow time on May 30, the number of victims increased to 26 people, 15 of them are children, the Governor of the Rostov Region Vasily Golubev said . The head of the region also said that he visited hospitalized children in the hospital. He assured that the victims are provided with the necessary assistance.

The head of the Belgorod region, Vyacheslav Gladkov, said that as a result of the shelling by the Ukrainian army of a temporary accommodation center for residents of the Shebekinsky district, there were dead and wounded. about this He spoke in his telegram channel. UPDATED AT 10:02 PM UTC Gladkov clarified that as a result of the attack, one person was killed - a TAP guard. Two more people were injured, they were hospitalized in serious condition.

Zelenogradsky District Court of Moscow fined local residents O. Logvinov and N. Pashutin because of the white-blue-white flags on the license plates of cars. The Mediazona drew attention to the relevant decisions. The court issued both decisions on May 24. Women were found guilty of demonstrating extremist symbols (part 1 of Article 20.3 of the Code of Administrative Offenses). This article provides for a penalty of 1 to 2 thousand rubles or arrest up to 15 days.

The Odintsovo military garrison court has sentenced eight mobilised men from the Kaliningrad region to prison terms in the case of desertion, Mediazona reported , citing the lawyer of the defendants, Yevgeny Saveskul. The men were found guilty of desertion committed by an organised group as well as failure to obey orders during mobilisation or an armed conflict.

Under the pressure of protesters, Aleksandar Vuchich resigned from the post of leader of the ruling party in Serbia, but remained president. Explain how this is due to new clashes in Kosovo Alexander Vucich during a rally in Belgrade, May 26, 2023. Photo: Milos Miskov / Anadolu Agency / Getty images The last few days in the northern municipalities of Kosovo, where the Serbian population prevails, there are clashes of demonstrators with the police and the peacekeepers of NATO.

Moscow and the Moscow Region underwent a massive attack of drones. What weapons were used to attack and what could be its main goal? A residential building affected by the attack of drones on the morning of May 30, Moscow. Photo: EPA-EFE / MAXIM SHIPENKOV Eight out of 25 or 32 The Russian Ministry of Defense stated that all eight drones participated in the raid were shot down.