Now the army is being called up from 25 years, instead of urgent service - basic military training. Mobilize prisoners (not all) Ukrainian draftees are lining up in a line during a ceremony dedicated to the first party of conscripts to the Ukrainian army, to the parade ground in front of the military registration and enlistment office in Kyiv. Photo: Gleb Garanich / Reuters / Scanpix On May 18, the updated mobilization law entered into force on May 18.

The Kremlin continues to use Soviet crimes against non-ethnic Russians to serve its own political agenda Illustration: Novaya Gazeta Europe When German forces invaded the Caucasus in July 1942 as part of Operation Edelweiss, Hitler’s plan to secure vital oil fields in the area to fuel his war machine, millions of Soviet citizens suddenly found themselves living under Nazi occupation.

Georgian President Salome Zourabichvili has vetoed a newly passed law that requires organisations receiving over 20% of their funding from abroad to register themselves as “foreign agents”, she announced on Saturday. “This law, in its essence and spirit, is fundamentally Russian, contradicting our constitution and all European standards. It thus represents an obstacle to our European path.,” Zourabichvili said.

In the Leningrad Region, at a rally cup, a racing car drove into a crowd of spectators, killing one of them. Mash na Moike was the first to report this, and the information was confirmed to RBC by the press service of the regional Ministry of Internal Affairs. UPDATED AT 18:15 MSK The Investigative Committee of the Leningrad Region confirmed the death of a rally spectator.

Georgian President Salome Zurabishvili has vetoed the law “On Transparency of Foreign Influence,” which was adopted earlier this week. She said this at a briefing, and shared an excerpt from it on Facebook. “This law, in its essence, in its spirit, is a Russian law that contradicts our Constitution and all European standards and, thus, represents an obstacle on our European path,” Zurabishvili said. She stated that the veto would be passed to parliament today.

Alexander Skobov. Photo: Dmitry Tsyganov / Novaya Gazeta Europe The wife of Russian dissident Alexander Skobov has said that a fresh criminal case for ”participation in a terrorist community“ has been opened against her husband, who is currently in pretrial detention on charges of “justification of terrorism”.

A court in Slovakia has arrested writer Juraj Cintula, who is accused of attempting to murder the country's Prime Minister Robert Fico, RTVS reports . Cintula himself admitted guilt in the attempt during police interrogation. He later repeated this in court. According to Slovakia's Health Minister Zuzana Dolinkova, Robert Fico's condition is currently stable but serious. He remains in the intensive care unit at the F.D. Roosevelt Faculty Hospital and Outpatient Clinic in Banská Bystrica.

Putin's May decrees for 12 years most often remain on paper. How does it happen and why does this not prevent him from publishing new ones? Vladimir Putin. Photo: Natalia Kolesnikova / EPA-EFE After the inauguration, Vladimir Putin signed a decree “On the national goals of the development of the Russian Federation for the period until 2030 and for the future until 2036”. The tradition of the so -called "May decrees" appeared in Russia after 2012.

Alexander Skobov, photo: Dmitry Tsyganov / "New Gazeta Europe" Against the dissident of Alexander Skobov, who was previously arrested on charges of “justification of terrorism” (Article 205.2 h. 2 of the Criminal Code), they initiated a new case of “participation in the terrorist community” (Article 205.4 part 2 of the Criminal Code). This was announced by his wife Olga Shcheglova.

He who owns neural network algorithms, he owns the world. How do technology try to subjugate governments and corporations? Photo: Jaap Arriens / Nurphoto / Shutterstock / Rex Features / Vida Press Openai introduced a new version of the ChatGPT-4 OMNI, which looks like a breakthrough in the possibilities of modern neural networks in information processing.

In Munich, climate activists from the "Letzte Generation" movement blocked several runways at the local airport, Der Spiegel reports, citing the police and the activists themselves. The protest took place early in the morning of May 18. Munich Airport was temporarily closed due to people walking onto the runways. Activists from Letzte Generation posted photos and videos from the airport throughout the morning.

"Terrible News" with Kirill Martynov In Russia, the composition of the government has changed. The most unexpected permutations are to the Ministry of Defense. Putin fired Shoigu from the Minister’s post - and transferred to the Council of Security. The new head of the military department will be economist Andrei Belousov. The Russian Ministry of Defense reported on the seizure of several settlements in the Kharkov region.

In Bishkek, on the night of May 18, local residents staged a spontaneous protest against migrants after a video appeared on the Internet in which foreigners beat Kyrgyz people with sticks. This was reported by AKIpress. A video of the beating of Kyrgyz citizens appeared on Kyrgyz Telegram channels on the morning of May 17. It showed several foreign citizens fighting with local residents. The conflict began in a cafe and continued in a hostel where the foreigners were staying.

The grandchildren of the Crimean Tatars told New-European Stories of their relatives deported on May 18, 1944 Illustration: "New Gazeta Europe" 1944 in the history of the Soviet Union was the year of mass deportations. The Stalinist repressions spread to millions of Ingush, Chechens, Karachais, Balkars, Crimean Tatars and representatives of other peoples, falsely accused by power of collaboration. May 18, 1944 for Crimean Tatars - the day of the national tragedy.