The former secretary of the General Council of United Russia, Sergei Neverov, withdrew his candidacy from the primaries, calling instead to vote in the State Duma elections for Artem Kornyuchenkov, a participant in military operations in Ukraine. Neverov’s statement was published on his Telegram channel. United Russia explained its decision by saying that it “has come a long way in the State Duma,” where it has sat since 1999.

The problems of the most important service for developers show: the Internet in Russia is breaking even without the direct efforts of Roskomnadzor Photo: Zuma/TASS The service for GitHub developers is working worse and worse in Russia. Deputy Anton Gorelkin in his Telegram channel urges Russian users to look for alternative resources. In addition, it should be clarified that GitHub itself is generally not bad, but it discriminates against citizens.

Residents of a city in the northeast of the Irkutsk region lived without heat for almost a month in the winter, and in the spring they were left without cold and hot water According to experts, the new pump was launched via a flexible hose. Photo: social networks In the unofficial “golden capital” of Siberia, there is, of course, precious metal. It is much more difficult here with water, heat and solving utility problems.

Photos from social networks In Nizhny Novgorod at the “Contour” fair. Photo" an exhibition of the famous photographer Alexander Gronsky opened - some of the works on it were hung with white paper, writes Plot. As Gronsky himself said on social networks, on the night before the opening of the exhibition, “stern men in jackets” came there and “convincingly proposed” to hide the works: “Now this is a quiz stand. The stand does not indicate the name of the artist or the name of the gallery.

The premiere of Fatherland, a tense drama about the cost of moral choice in post-war Germany, premiered in Cannes. I was really looking forward to the premiere of Fatherland in Cannes - for many reasons. Director Pawel Pawlikowski won an Oscar for his “Ida” in 2015, and three years later, at Cannes, his “Cold War” also lived up to expectations (a prize for directing). I think “Fatherland” is one of the contenders for the main awards this year.

Why the law on statute of limitations for privatization transactions has no legal meaning and will not protect anyone from arbitrariness Photo: Eddie Opp / Kommersant On May 13, the Duma approved in the first reading draft law No. 1208563-8 “On amendments to Article 217 of the Civil Code of the Russian Federation” on the privatization of state and municipal property.

Still from a video report from the procedure for exchanging bodies of servicemen The state agencies TASS and RIA Novosti confirmed : in addition to the exchange of prisoners of war, an exchange of dead military personnel between Russia and Ukraine took place today. Russia gave up 526 bodies, Ukraine gave up 41 bodies. Exchanges will continue.

Lev Shlosberg* - about books that passed prison censorship, and writers whom the authorities tried to silence or erase from memory Photo: Nikita Tsitsagi / Kommersant 18+. THIS MATERIAL (INFORMATION) IS PRODUCED, DISTRIBUTED AND (OR) SENT BY FOREIGN AGENT SHLOSBERG LEV MARKOVITCH OR CONCERNES THE ACTIVITIES OF FOREIGN AGENT SHLOSBERG LEV MARKOVITCH. Chapter “Books in Prison” from the diaries of our own correspondent Lev Shlosberg* in the pre-trial detention center.

Granddaughter of Solomon Mikhoels - about the murder of her grandfather, the arrest of her father Moses Weinberg and the fear of the Stalin era The story of Solomon Mikhoels' family through the eyes of his only granddaughter Victoria Bishops. This issue contains memories of Stalin's terror, the murder of Mikhoels, the arrest of composer Moses Weinberg, the atmosphere of fear in the early 1950s and how the family lived under constant surveillance.

The resources of the Foreign Intelligence Service published a statement describing the plans of Ukrainian intelligence to buy up “Russian military and patriotic Telegram channels” in order to “organize work through them to undermine the situation” in Russia. Moreover, since the end of April, such proposals have allegedly already been received by the authors of war channels.

Consequences of a strike on a residential high-rise building against the backdrop of a fire at an oil refinery in Ryazan. Footage from social networks / exilenovaplus On the night of May 15, Ukraine attacked the Ryazan region with drones. Around 4 a.m., the resources of Governor Pavel Malkov called on Ryazan residents to hide in bathrooms or corridors with solid walls. In the morning, regional authorities announced: there were 99 drones.

What comes from our pocket into the budget, and what comes out of the budget. Tax “anatomy” of the Russian economy Photo: URA.RU / TASS For many years, the Russian budget lived by a simple formula: expensive oil - full government pockets. But in 2025–2026, the formula had to be adjusted: oil prices fell, and sanctions imposed by Europe and the United States affected the profitability of sales of the main filler of the Russian treasury.

They decided to scare St. Petersburg with a super-pathetic exhibition about the national “heroic spirit.” “All” Russian wars were squeezed into “Manege” - and what happened Exhibition “Russian Imperative” at the Manege Central Exhibition Hall. Photo: Natalya Shkurenok On the occasion of Victory Day, the exhibition “Russian Imperative” opened at the Manege Central Exhibition Hall in St. Petersburg.

How do Yezidis and Assyrians live in Armenia? Aknalich village. Photo: Evgenia Yengibaryan Armenia is considered to be a mono-ethnic country, where 98% of the three million population are Armenians. The remaining two percent are made up of 11 ethnic minorities that have their own public organizations, as well as representatives of other peoples who permanently live in Armenia and are full citizens of the republic.

The Russian Ministry of Defense announced the completion of the exchange of prisoners of war with Ukraine according to the “205 to 205” formula. This is the first part of the agreement between Moscow and Kyiv at the initiative of Washington. Before May 9, we recall, Trump announced that Putin and Zelensky agreed to establish not a two-day, but a three-day truce and exchange prisoners - 1,000 people on each side. This agreement was confirmed by Moscow and Kyiv.