Vladimir Putin urged the Russians from the habit of using foreign services. He said this at a meeting with Russian entrepreneurs. One of the businessmen told Putin that companies are actively switching from foreign software to domestic, but ordinary Russians have user habits. “Let's not get rid of these habits ... I'm not joking, seriously,” the Russian politician answered.

Exiled Russian activist Grigory Sverdlin discusses how the war in Ukraine is reshaping Russia’s charity sector A homeless man sleeps in the centre of Moscow, Russia, 6 May 2022. EPA-EFE/YURI KOCHETKOV In April, a court in the Russian city of Yekaterinburg, in the Urals, upheld a lawsuit filed by the Justice Ministry to shut down a local charity founded by former mayor Yevgeny Roizman that had provided support to children with serious illnesses such as spinal muscular atrophy.

Do we need the right to voluntary death? France debates whether to allow euthanasia Illustration: Alisa Krasnikova / Novaya Gazeta Europe On May 27, the lower house of the French parliament will vote on the euthanasia bill.

Instructions on how to behave if a drone is visible in the sky - an everyday threat during war Police officers stand guard near a residential building damaged after a drone attack in Ramenskoye, Moscow region, September 10, 2024. Photo: Yuri Kochetkov / EPA After the start of a full-scale war, shelling became a common threat to civilians, first in Ukraine and then in Russia. The warring parties attack each other with drones almost daily.

German Chancellor Friedrich Merz attends the weekly Cabinet meeting of the German government at the Chancellery in Berlin, Germany, 21 May 2025. EPA-EFE/FILIP SINGER German Chancellor Friedrich Merz announced an end to existing restrictions on long-range weapons being supplied to Kyiv by Berlin and its allies on German TV on Monday .

They proposed sending Russians returning from captivity “for treatment, filtration or trial” The authors of Russian war-time telegram channels were outraged due to the increased attention to the past mass exchange of prisoners between Russia and Ukraine. The telegram channel “All Quiet on the ZzzzZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZDom Western Front Front”’s attention drew attention to this.

Pro-government media kept silent about the statement, and the Kremlin associated it with “emotional overload” Photo: Alexey Nikolsky / Sputnik / Kremlin / EPA-EFE US President Donald Trump called Vladimir Putin “crazy” after the massive Russian strike on Ukraine. The head of the White House wrote about this on the social network Truth Social. “I have always had a very good relationship with Vladimir Putin, but something happened to him. He's gone completely CRAZY!

Dmitry Muratov. Photo: Novaya Gazeta Novaya Gazeta founder and Nobel Peace Prize winner Dmitry Muratov urged Moscow and Kyiv to carry out a civilian prisoner exchange in a video address on Sunday, as Russia and Ukraine concluded the largest prisoner swap of the war so far.

What Sasha Filipenko’s new novel says about collective fear and the habit of living under a dictatorship Collage: “New-Europe” Book editions of the novels of the Belarusian writer Sasha Filipenko are usually preceded by their magazine publication, and “Elephant” was no exception, and hardly anyone expected such a manifestation of stability in the current conditions.

The aftermath of the attack on the Khmelnytskyi region in western Ukraine. Photo: State Emergency Service of Ukraine US President Donald Trump called Vladimir Putin “absolutely crazy” in a Truth Social post on Monday, as Russia launched a fresh massive drone and missile attack on Ukrainian regions overnight. The Ukrainian Air Force reported that 355 drones and 9 missiles were launched at the country overnight in Russian attacks, the largest drone attack of the war so far.

The ex-mayor of Tchaikovsky in the Perm Territory Alexei Tretyakov was released from Ukrainian captivity as part of the exchange between Moscow and Kiev according to the “1000 per 1000” formula. This was announced by the Commissioner for Human Rights in the region Igor Sapko. The former head of the Tchaikovsky administration was captured since the fall of 2023, the Ombudsman said. According to him, in the war with Ukraine, the ex-mayor participated in the Chechen battalion "Akhmat".

Afghan women are deported daily to their homeland, where they face repression, violence and death. How is it that they have nowhere to run? Human rights activists say Afghan refugees returned from neighboring countries at a temporary camp in Kabul, Afghanistan, May 21, 2025. Photo: Samiullah Popal/EPA On May 13, the United States canceled the temporary protection program for refugees from Afghanistan, introduced in 2022 after the Taliban seized power.

Photo: Tierney L Cross/EPA-EFE US President Donald Trump announced that he would postpone the introduction of a 50% import duty on imports from EU countries until July 9. He wrote about this on his social network Truth Social. According to Trump, he made this decision after a “very pleasant” telephone conversation with the head of the European Commission, Ursula von der Leyen. “She [the head of the European Commission] said that she wants serious negotiations,” the American president said.

In the last two years, bread prices have risen noticeably faster than inflation. What is the reason for this and when should we expect a new price jump? In the bread section of a grocery store. Photo: Novaya Gazeta Europe Bread has become one of the most expensive products last year and this year. Experts from New Europe say that prices for white bread and rye loaf will continue to rise.