The main events of May 23 Commander of the 20th Army, Lieutenant General Suhrab Akhmedov In Russia, the deputy chief of the General Staff Vadim Shamarin and an employee of the Department for the State Processes of the Ministry of Defense Vladimir Verteletsky was arrested in Russia. The commander of the 20th Army of the Russian Federation, Lieutenant General Suhrab Akhmedov was removed from his post.

Photo: Alexandra Astakhova / Mediazona A court in Moscow has sentenced a bartender from the Moscow region to 25 years in prison after finding him guilty of sabotage, participation in a terrorist organisation, and treason for setting fire to a railway equipment case, independent news outlet Mediazona reported on Thursday. Vladimir Malina, 36, is to spend the first five years of his sentence in prison and the next 20 in a high-security penal colony.

Vladimir Verteletsky, an officer of the Defense Ministry's Department for Providing State Orders, has been arrested. This was reported by the Investigative Committee. According to the department, in 2022, Verteletsky accepted unfulfilled work under a government contract and thus damages amounting to more than 70 million rubles. He is accused of abuse of office. Earlier, RBC , Izvestia , RT and Interfax reported this, citing sources.

Vladimir Putin. Photo: EPA-EFE/YURI KOCHETKOV Vladimir Putin. Photo: EPA-EFE/YURI KOCHETKOV Vladimir Putin signed a decree on Thursday permitting the use of US assets in Russia to compensate the Russian Federation and the Central Bank for their confiscated assets in the US.

Yes, but in very rare cases. We deal with the professor of virology at the University of Antwerp The modern laboratory in Mexico, which produces the Antrazeneca Anti -Circus vaccine, December 2021. Photo: sashenka gutierrez / epa-efe In early May, the British-Swedish pharmaceutical company Astrazeneca-one of the world's largest manufacturers of coronavirus vaccines-announced that it is curling up the sales of its Vaxzevria vaccine around the world.

Putin continues to issue his ‘May decrees’ despite the fact that almost none have ever been successfully carried out Moscow State University rises behind a municipal dump in the Russian capital, 20 May 2020. Photo: EPA-EFE / YURI KOCHETKOV Following his recent inauguration, Vladimir Putin signed a decree outlining a new set of national goals for Russia leading up to 2030.

US Secretary of State Blinken testifies before Senate Foreign Relations Committee. Photo: EPA-EFE/WILL OLIVER US Secretary of State Blinken testifies before Senate Foreign Relations Committee. Photo: EPA-EFE/WILL OLIVER Washington is considering revising the current ban it has in place prohibiting Ukraine from launching attacks on Russian territory using US-supplied weapons, the New York Times reported on Wednesday.

Three people accused of exploding an airsoft grenade in the Riga bar Čē, where a party for BBC Russian Service journalists was taking place, have pleaded guilty, Mediazona reports , citing the Latvian Prosecutor General's Office. A man (born in 1995) and two young men (born in 2002) are involved in a criminal case on hooliganism (Article 231 of the Criminal Code of Latvia). The maximum punishment under this article is five years of imprisonment.

At least seven people have been killed and a further 16 injured in multiple Russian missile strikes on Ukraine’s second city Kharkiv and the nearby town of Lyubotyn on Thursday, Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky said on Telegram.

Physics Anatoly Maslov was planted for 14 years for the "Gosizman". This is one of the most stringent sentences against scientists in the entire modern history of Russia Anatoly Maslov at a court session in St. Petersburg, May 21, 2024. Photo: Anton Vaganov / Reuters / Scanpix / Leta The St. Petersburg City Court sentenced Anatoly Maslova to 14 years of the 77-year-old physicist. If he survives until the end of the term, he will be 90 for 90.

Vladimir Putin signed a decree according to which American property in Russia can be used to compensate for damage to the Russian Federation and the Central Bank from the seizure of property in the United States. The decree is based on federal laws No. 281-FZ "On special economic measures and coercive measures" and No.

Macron flew to the archipelago. Main A local resident at a checkpoint at the entrance to Dyuko, the Pacific territory of New Caledonia, owned by France, on May 21, 2024. Photo: Delphine Mayeur / AFP / Scanpix / Leta France President Emmanuel Macron flew to the new Caledonia - part of the French overseas territories in which protests continue. Local residents are opposed to the bill, according to which they will receive voting rights that have lived on the islands for more than ten years.

The US authorities are discussing the possibility of weakening the ban, according to which Ukraine cannot strike military targets in the Russian Federation with American weapons, The New York Times reports , citing sources. According to the publication, the proposal was put forward by Secretary of State Antony Blinken after a "sobering" visit to Kyiv last week. It is included in a report Blinken prepared following the trip, which has not yet been presented to President Biden.

Russians in Norway wait to cast their vote in Russian presidential election in Oslo. Photo: EPA-EFE/Frederik Ringnes Russians in Norway wait to cast their vote in Russian presidential election in Oslo. Photo: EPA-EFE/Frederik Ringnes Norway is to close its almost 200 km-long border with Russia to most Russian tourists in new restrictions that will take effect on 29 May, the country’s Ministry of Justice and Public Security announced in a statement on Thursday.

Russians who don’t support the war must steel themselves for a long fight Barbed wire in front of the Kremlin and St. Basil’s Cathedral in Moscow, 21 May 2024. Photo: EPA-EFE/YURI KOCHETKOV Russians need courage. Not the courage to face down a chain of riot police or to be able to say what they think, knowing that they risk going to prison for it. They’ll need that type of courage too, but further down the line.