Vladimir Putin named First Deputy Prime Minister Andrey Belousov to replace Sergey Shoigu as Russia’s Defence Minister on Sunday, marking an end to Shoigu’s almost 12-year tenure in the key role. Kremlin spokesperson Dmitry Peskov explained Putin’s decision to appoint a civilian to head the country’s crucially important Defence Ministry by stressing the need to introduce innovations.

Vladimir Putin suggested appointing the first deputy chairman of the government Andrei Belousov as Minister of Defense. The head of the Ministry of Defense Sergei Shoigu will become the Secretary of the Security Council instead of Nikolai Patrushev. This was reported in the Federation Council, where Putin introduced a list of candidates for the positions of heads of a number of federal ministries and departments.

What writer Ivan Filippov learned about the Z-propagandists in two years of studying their telegram channels. Interview Chevron participant in the war in Ukraine. Photo: Dmitry Tsyganov Since 2022, the writer and film critic, Ivan Filippov, explores propaganda and leads the popular telegram channel “On ZZZZZAPADE FRAME WITHOUT CHANCES”.

Mikhail Mishustin’s future briefly looked uncertain last week until Putin recalled just how useless he was Dmitry Astakhov / Sputnik / EPA-EFE If there was ever any truth to the rumours that a new prime minister was about to be appointed last week, all intrigue was rapidly put to an end when Putin once again nominated Mikhail Mishustin for the position. An assessment of Mishustin’s first term in the job by experts at The Bell gave him a surprisingly positive appraisal overall.

Ukrainian army Commander-in-Chief Oleksandr Syrskyi (right) with Joint Forces Commander Yurii Sodol. Photo: Facebook The Ukrainian army’s Commander-in-Chief Oleksandr Syrskyi warned that the situation in the country’s eastern Kharkiv region had “significantly worsened” for Ukrainian forces on Sunday as Russia claimed it had captured four new villages in its continued offensive on the area.

Of the hundreds of white emigrants who tried to secretly penetrate the USSR, units survived Crimean evacuation of the White Army of Wrangel, 1920. Photo: Public House / Wikimedia 75 years ago, in the summer of 1939, five militants of the new generation (NTSNP), the Youth White Guard organization, crossed the Polish-Soviet border.

The Russian Ministry of Defense reported the capture of four more settlements in the Kharkov region. This is stated in a press release from the department. According to the military, the villages of Gatishche, Krasnoye, Morokhovets and Oleynikovo came under the control of the Russian army. Commander-in-Chief of the Armed Forces of Ukraine Alexander Syrsky, in turn, reported on the ongoing fierce battles in the Kharkov region.

The aftermath of the building's partial collapse in Belgorod, Russia, 12 May 2024. At least 19 people were injured as part of a 10-storey residential building collapsed in the western Russian city of Belgorod on Sunday, the Belgorod region Governor Vyacheslav Gladkov said on Telegram. A 40-apartment section of the building collapsed as its residents were being evacuated following damage caused to the building’s roof in an alleged Ukrainian missile strike just before noon on Sunday, Gladkov said.

A fire broke out at an oil refinery in the southern Russian city of Volgograd following an overnight Ukrainian drone strike, Volgograd region Governor Andrey Bocharov told local news on Sunday. Bocharov said that a drone attack on the region had been “repelled” by air defences, but that one of the downed drones had fallen onto the site of the oil refinery, causing a fire that was later extinguished.

The City of Victory is the first book published after an attempt on the writer. In it, he drew the epic saga of take -off and the fall of the mythical empire of medieval India On August 12, 2022, Salman Rushdi was attacked. The 75-year-old prose writer received multiple stab wounds and lost his eyes.

Conservative parties won a majority of seats in the second round of elections and now control parliament. Associated Press reports . Conservative hardliners now control 233 of the 290 seats, according to the agency's tally. Politicians calling for change (reformists) were prohibited from participating in elections. Those who called for radical changes or the dismantling of the theocratic system were also not allowed. It is reported that many of them did not register as candidates themselves.

The authorities assigned responsibility for the attack on Ukraine What happened? In Belgorod, an entrance of a residential ten -story building collapsed. This was stated by the head of the region Gladkov. According to the authorities, the attack occurred around 11:20 local time.

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As a result of the fall of a drone, a fire started at the Volgograd Oil Refinery. This was announced by the Governor of the Volgograd region Andrey Bocharov. According to him, the fire was extinguished and no one was injured. “As a result of the consequences of a UAV fall followed by detonation, a fire broke out at the Volgograd Oil Refinery site. Fire and rescue forces quickly got to work and the fire was extinguished. There are no casualties,” he wrote.

What is Soviet socialist realism and why attempts to revive it in modern Russia are most likely doomed to failure Demonstration of military newsreels on the screen in the Patriot Park in Kronstadt. Photo: Dmitry Tsyganov In recent years, “official art” has been formed in Russia.