Vladimir Paniotto Vladimir Paniotto: "Everything that happens seems to be the implementation of Kafka" from the website News.liga.net A series of interviews about the situation in Ukraine and around it we continue with a conversation with a famous sociologist, doctor of philosophical sciences, general director of the Kiev International Institute of Sociology (KMIS), professor at the Department of Sociology of the University of Kiev-Mogilyansk Academy, Vladimir Paniotto .

A group of armed people captured the parliament of Libya. This was reported by Reuters with reference to the representative of the legislation of Omar Bushah. In addition, the armed group set fire to the building of the General National Congress and blocked the streets in front of him. As a result of the members of the Congress, they evacuated from the building. The responsibility for the attacks was taken by the supporters of General Caliph Haftar, who raided in order to arrest the Islamists.

Russia sends a load of humanitarian aid for the victims of floods to Serbia, Interfax reports with reference to the official representative of the Russian Emergencies Ministry Alexander Drobyshevsky. According to him, the IL-76 MSC plane flew at 6:55 Moscow time from Moscow to the city of niches with 29 tons of humanitarian goods: five pumps for pumping water, two mobile power plants, 10 boats, more than three thousand blankets, meat and fish conservatory, and essential items.

I.O. The Minister of Internal Affairs of Ukraine Arsen Avakov said that when attacking the camp of the National Guard near Slavyansky, one militia died. He wrote about this on his Facebook page. According to Avakov, another militia was wounded during the attack. I.O. The minister said that there were no losses from the National Guard. “Medical assistance was provided to the wounded,” said Avakov. He is currently taken into custody, investigators work with him.

The Moscow Basketball Club CSKA was defeated by the Spanish Barcelona In the match for third place in the basketball Euroleague. The meeting in Milan ended with a score of 93:78 (21:24, 29:23, 19:17, 24:14) in favor of the Catalans. In the final, the Euroleague will play the Madrid “Real” and Tel Aviv “Maccabi”.

The military under the Kramatorsky Polit.ru offers your attention the five news of the day. The selection included the three most read news, one news selected by the editorial office, and the most unusual, in our opinion, news today. 1. Donetsk militias reported the battles in Slavyansk and Kramatorsk Supporters of federalization in Slavyansk and Kramatorsk in the morning of May 18 announced the resumption of battles with the Ukrainian army.

The observer of the daily online newspaper Slate Ben Blatt has compiled several interesting cards illustrating the distribution of languages ​​in the United States. To create them, the author used the information of the US Census Bureau ( United States Census Bureau). The last universal census of the US population took place in 2010, but the maps reflect the more recent data of the American Community Survey project.

We publish the original and the translation into Russian of the Slavists from the novels of the KA Foscari (Venice) of May 16, 2014, in which they protest against the presentation of the title of honorary professor Minister of Culture of the Russian Federation Vladimir Medinsky.

The crew of the passenger liner, which lands in Rostov-on-Don, reported an attempt to blind a laser, Interfax reports with reference to law enforcement agencies. It is reported that the passenger A-319 was performed by the flight "Moscow (Domodedovo)-Rostov-on-Don." Despite the tricks of the bully, the pilots safely landed. During the flight, 64 passengers were on board the aircraft. This is not the first case at the Rostov airport, when the crews of aircraft tried to blind a laser beam.

The authorities of the self -proclaimed Donetsk People’s Republic banned the holding of "special measures" to a special disposal. In their opinion, this will avoid an exacerbation of the situation, RIA Novosti reports with reference to the co -chair of the Presidium of the Donetsk Republic Denis Pushilin. He explained that the decision to introduce the ban entered into force on May 17.

A series of interviews about the situation in Ukraine and around it we continue with a conversation with a famous sociologist, doctor of philosophical sciences, general director of the Kiev International Institute of Sociology (KMIS), professor at the Department of Sociology of the University of Kiev-Mogilyansk Academy, Vladimir Paniotto . Talked by Natalia Demina . How would you describe the mood of the inhabitants of Ukraine in the current period?

The presidential candidate from the Ukrainian People's Party, Alexander Klimenko, refused to participate in the presidential race. This was reported by the press service of the party.

Most Switzerland citizens voted against the initiative to establish the highest minimum wage in the world. It is reported by AFP . Only 23% of the Swiss supported the idea of ​​national trade unions on increasing the minimum hourly wage to 22 francs or $ 25. In this case, the minimum monthly payment would have grown to at least 4,000 Swiss francs or 4.5 thousand dollars.

We publish the original and the translation into the Russian text of the petition of the student organization of the University of Ka Foscari (Venice), published on Facebook by this organization and posted on the website Change.org.

On May 18 (6), 1868, Grand Duke Nikolai Alexandrovich, the future All -Russian Emperor Nicholas II, was born, the last emperor from the Romanov dynasty. Personal business Nicholas II Aleksandrovich (1868 -1918) is the eldest son of Emperor Alexander III and Empress Maria Fedorovna, nee Dagmara Sofia Dorotheya, daughter of the Danish king. In 1984, Nicholas engaged with Princess Alisa Darmstadt-Hesse, the daughter of the Grand Duke of Hesse, the granddaughter of the English Queen Victoria.