The Chinese leader spent a week in Europe. We tell you why this “historical visit” was needed and how it will affect the war in Ukraine Emmanuel Macron escorts Xi Jinping at the airport at the beginning of the tour of the leader of the PRC to Europe, May 7, 2024.

State Duma deputies approved Mikhail Mishustin as chairman of the Russian government, TASS reports . A total of 432 deputies took part in the voting - 375 of them voted for Mishustin’s candidacy, 57 abstained. Nobody spoke out against it. UPDATED AT 18:20 Moscow time Vladimir Putin signed a decree reappointing Mishustin to the post of Prime Minister of the Russian Federation, the government press service reported .

Today, Vladimir Putin signed a decree approving Mikhail Mishustin for the post of Prime Minister in the updated government. This was preceded by a vote in the State Duma - 375 deputies voted in favor, 57 abstained, and no one was against. Thus, Mishustin became the first approved member of the renewed government. As stated by State Duma Speaker Vyacheslav Volodin, on May 13, deputies will consider candidacies for deputy prime ministers, and on May 14, for ministers.

Photo: State Emergency Service of Ukraine’s Kharkiv region Russian troops went on the offensive towards Ukraine’s second city of Kharkiv in the early hours of Friday, according to the Ukrainian Defence Ministry. Russian troops first dropped aerial bombs in the area of Vovchansk, a town in the Kharkiv region, and then tried to break through the defence line in armoured vehicles, the ministry wrote, adding that Ukraine had successfully repelled the attack.

Photo: Paper At least three people have died, and four more are “in a state of clinical death” after a bus fell into the Moyka River in St. Petersburg on Friday, the Russian Ministry of Emergency Situations reported . Nine people were rescued, the ministry added. Security footage from the scene shows a bus colliding with two other vehicles on a bridge, breaching the railing and falling into the water. St. Petersburg police reported that around 20 people were inside the bus when it crashed.

Russian troops went on the offensive in the Kharkov direction in the combat zone. This was reported by the Ministry of Defense of Ukraine. According to the department, the intensified attack on the Kharkov region began on the night of May 10. Russian troops dropped aerial bombs in the Volchansk area, and later in the morning the military tried to break through the defense line under the cover of armored vehicles, the report said.

A report from Belgorod, where instead of Victory Day, no matter how the officials tried, the usual day of the border city passed - with shelling A local resident against the backdrop of eternal fire in Belgorod, May 9, 2024.

How Moscow gave Ramzan Kadyrov a free hand in Chechnya but plans to rescind it after his death Ramzan Kadyrov at Al-Yamamah Palace in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia, on 6 December 2023. Photo: Sergey Sevostyanov / EPA-EFE / SPUTNIK / KREMLIN POOL The fifth and final part of the Novaya Europe series on how Chechnya’s future course is being plotted today. Who is pulling the strings and what might that future look like?

Andrey Kurbasov. Photo: ASTRA Police have detained a Russian ex-convict who confessed to raping and murdering a 17-year-old resident of occupied Luhansk in eastern Ukraine. The suspect, Andrey Kurbasov, was sent to fight in Ukraine from prison, where he had been serving a sentence for murder. The body of the victim, Anastasia V., was found near the village of Lyubymivka in the Luhansk region last Saturday, ASTRA Telegram channel reported .

Economist Konstantin Sonin - about why Mikhail Mishustin should not be considered an “effective manager” Photo: Dmitry Astakhov / Sputnik / EPA-EFE If there was some kind of intrigue in the appointment of a new prime minister, it quickly ended. Putin again offered Mikhail Mishustin to this position. The experts of The Bell prepared an assessment of the first years of Mishustin, which sounds surprisingly positive.

Israel still does not begin the final stage of the operation in the gas sector. The USA does not support the offensive The Israeli military are preparing for the holding of ground maneuvers near the border with the Gaza Strip, Israel, on October 29, 2023. Photo: Hannibal Hanschke / EPA-EFE The New Gazeta Europe is understanding where the foci of resistance of terrorists still remain in the enclave and why negotiations are being boxed on the return of hostages.

In St. Petersburg, a bus with passengers fell into the Moika River, Fontanka reports . According to the publication, first the bus crashed into two cars on the embankment, and then broke through a fence and fell into the water. Due to the accident, traffic in the area was paralyzed . The St. Petersburg police reported that there were about 20 people inside. Now passengers are evacuated from the cabin onto the roof of the bus, and then sent to land.

In Tbilisi, they delay and beat protesters against the "Law on Ino -Agents." "Georgian Dream" decided to make lists of ideological opponents Protesters against the bill on “foreign agents” near the parliament building in Tbilisi, Georgia, May 7, 2024. Photo: David mdzinarishvili / epa-efe In Tbilisi, protests do not subside, a huge crowd of supporters of European integration and Easter Sunday met at Rustaveli, in the church of Kashveti.

33-year-old native of the Vladimir region Andrei Kurbasov raped and killed 17-year-old resident of occupied Lugansk Anastasia V. ASTRA reports this. According to the telegram channel, the girl’s body was found on May 4 in a forest belt in the village of Dzerzhinsky, Lugansk region. Kurbasov was later detained on suspicion of murder. According to an ASTRA source, the man admitted that he raped a minor girl in a car, and then, fearing persecution, stabbed her in the heart.

The head of the Ministry of Agriculture, Dmitry Patrushev, is being considered for the post of Deputy Prime Minister in the new government, RBC reports , citing three sources familiar with the progress of personnel consultations. According to the publication, if Patrushev transfers to a new position, first deputy Oksana Lut will probably become the head of the Ministry of Agriculture.