Ukrainian President Vladimir Zelensky responded to a statement by the Russian Ministry of Defense, which just announced the hours and dates of a temporary ceasefire, or unilateral “truce” with Ukraine - for the duration of the Victory Day celebrations and the day before, from 0 a.m. on May 8 to the end of May 9.

AvtoVAZ postponed a single corporate vacation from December to May and “extended” it in order to modernize the enterprise, management announced. The vacation starts today and will last until May 13. But on May 14 and 15, some of the employees who are not involved in modernizing the enterprise will also be sent “downtime.” And May 16 and 17 are days off.

The director of the Hermitage, Mikhail Piotrovsky, held a briefing at which he briefly commented on the return of the famous archaeologist Alexander Butyagin from a Polish prison as a result of a non-public exchange operation involving the President of Belarus and Russian intelligence services. “We understand well that there are many people worthy of being released from foreign dungeons, and we highly appreciate that the Hermitage’s request was recognized as a priority.

THERE IS A CONTINUATION “We will act in a mirror way, starting from now.” Zelensky announced a unilateral “silence regime” - but not on May 8 and 9, as Russia does, but two days earlier: with the onset of May 6 Minister of Defense Andrei Belousov. Photo: Kremlin press service The official release of the Russian Ministry of Defense states : a truce in the Northern Military District zone will be declared from May 8 to 9 in honor of the 81st anniversary of the Victory.

Leonid Slutsky turns 55 years old Leonid Slutsky. Photo: Sport-Express / TASS How time flies at lightning speed. Just yesterday he was just Lenya. The teacher of the children's Olympia, in whom no one believed. Or rather, no one believed that he, who had never played tricks and at a semi-serious level, would be able to achieve something noticeable in the coaching field.

Removing an oil slick from the water surface in Tuapse. Still from a video of the Operational Headquarters of the Krasnodar Territory The head of the Tuapse municipal district, Sergei Boyko, promised to clean the beaches of Tuapse from oil products by June 1. Boyko said that there will be a holiday season in the city, that the length of the coastline is 90 kilometers, and that what happened on one beach will not affect other coastal zones.

The Yekaterinburg administration has prepared a draft decision on the right, in conditions of mobilization, to transfer land plots, buildings (including cultural ones - circuses and theaters, even a zoo), as well as parks, to military registration and enlistment offices. Officials refer to a 1997 law regulating the behavior of government authorities during mobilization or martial law.

Interview with Hovik Sardaryan, winner of the Ernst von Siemens Encouragement Prize, a “Nobel Prize” for academic musicians Hovik Sardaryan. Photo from the archive of Hovik Sardaryan On May 23, the prestigious Ernst von Siemens music awards will be presented at the Prince Regent Theater in Munich (Prinzregententheater) - one main one, which is called the “Nobel Prize for Academic Musicians,” and three incentive ones. They are awarded to the most promising young composers.

What threatens the rupture of the world oil alliance? Photo: Egor Aleev / TASS Until recently, the world of big oil money seemed orderly and predictable, with the oil states of the Persian Gulf demonstrating almost unconditional unity. But in the spring of 2026, this structure cracked: the United Arab Emirates announced its withdrawal from OPEC and OPEC+ on May 1.

Photo: TASS The head of the archeology sector of the Northern Black Sea region of the Hermitage, Alexander Butyagin, resumed work at the museum on May 4. General Director of the Hermitage Mikhail Piotrovsky spoke about this. “Alexander Mikhailovich has returned from a long vacation and is returning to work from today after being in Polish captivity,” - Kommersant quotes Piotrovsky as saying. Butyagin himself told Interfax that he was waiting to return to work.

The official representative of the Russian Foreign Ministry, Maria Zakharova, said that the US authorities issue American citizenship to the children of Russian diplomats without their consent - based on the fact of birth in the country. In a column for Vedomosti under the heading “Thanks, no need. Enough. Stop it!” she wrote that the State Department was “extending U.S. citizenship” to the minor children of Russian consular employees “literally by force,” citing the Constitution’s jus soli.

Videos from volunteers In Tuapse, after a series of fires at oil infrastructure facilities, they continue to eliminate the consequences of pollution. Traces of petroleum products are recorded on the coast, in the water and in the surrounding areas. Local residents report the smell of burning and smoke, and volunteers have been helping to clean the shore and rescue injured animals for several days.

How volunteers and authorities dealt with the consequences of a local environmental disaster and what damage was done to the health resort before the start of the holiday season. Eco-activist monologue Elimination of an oil spill in Tuapse. Photo: Operational Headquarters of the Krasnodar Territory Fires at the Tuapse refinery after a series of attacks by Ukrainian drones in March and April were completely extinguished.

The Moscow City Court recognized as legal the arrest of Novaya Gazeta journalist Oleg Roldugin, accused of illegal use and storage of personal data committed by a group of persons (clause “c” of Part 3 of Article 272.1 of the Criminal Code of the Russian Federation). Judge Anton Ilyin rejected the defense's complaint, which insisted on mitigating the preventive measure.

Mobile operators are sending a newsletter to Moscow residents warning about “temporary restrictions” in the operation of mobile Internet and SMS messages from May 5 to May 9. Such messages were received by Beeline subscribers - this information was confirmed to journalists by the operator himself. “We recommend using Wi-Fi to access the Internet,” Beeline noted.