Employees of the Lifenews channel Oleg Sidyakin and Marat Saichenko were released at the request of the OSCE and the UN. This was reported by Interfax with reference to the deputy chairman of the Security Service of Ukraine Viktor Yagun. “The SBU was addressed by ambassadors and representatives of the UN and OSCE. We went to meet these two organizations, ”he explained.

On May 25, the Russian team in the final of the World Hockey Championship is found with the Finland team. Polit.ru conducts a text online broadcast of the match. In the 1/2 finals, the Russian team beat the Swedes with a score of 3: 1. Sergey Plotnikov, Sergey Shirokov and Anton Belov distinguished themselves as part of our team. The enemy of the Russians was determined based on the results of the semifinal match between Finland and the Czech Republic, in which the Finns won 3-0.

Former Prime Minister of Thailand Yinglak Chinavat was transferred under house arrest, reports The Wall Street Journal . In the capital of Thailand Bangkok, despite the ban on the military, demonstrations continue. As it became known earlier, after the military coup on May 22, the new authorities began to detain former government officials. Chinavat was detained on May 23, it was kept at a military base.

In the second round of the presidential elections in Lithuania, which took place on Sunday, the current head of state Dalya Gribauskaite wins. These are the preliminary results of the vote that Interfax gives. According to these data, 54.6% of the number of those who came to the polling stations cast their vote for her opponent from the Social -Democratic Party of Lithuania Zigmantas Balchitis - 43.7%. At the time of writing this note, 4.02% of the ballots were processed.

The Anti -Maidanites took off to Makeevka (one of the cities of the Donetsk region) of the voting balls of the region and publicly burned them. It is reported by RIA Novosti . It is alleged that these were all the ballots, but since voting is on part of the territory of the region, this information does not look reliable. The action took place on the territory of the city department to combat organized crime, which is controlled by the forces of the people's militia.

A group of armed people abducted a candidate for the post of mayor of the city of Snezhny, Donetsk region, Andrei Pisru. This was reported by UNIAN . Currently, unknown people have taken control of the city election headquarters. In Snezhnoy, the election of the mayor should have occurred today, and extraordinary elections of the President of Ukraine. The stolen spark is currently a member of the Patriot organization and a member of the Independent Trade Union of Pitmen.

The column of armored vehicles of the National Guard of Ukraine managed to break through the defense of the militia in the Novoidar region. This was reported by Interfax with reference to the headquarters of the southeast of the army. The security forces are currently moving towards Lugansk.

The extreme right -wing National Front scored about 25% of the vote in the European Parliament in France, becoming an absolute voting leader in the conditions of a low voter turnout. These are the data of the national survey conducted by the Institute of Sociological Research of the CSS, ITAR-TASS reports. The second place with 20.6% of the vote was taken by the alliance for the national movement. The ruling socialists were only in the third position with a result of 14.1%.

The police near Moscow began the evacuation of visitors and employees of the Mega-Him-Himki shopping center due to the threat of the explosion. This was reported by Interfax with reference to the press service of the head of the Ministry of Internal Affairs in the region. On Sunday, May 25 at 12:28 PM, an unknown person called the police and stated that a suspicious ownerless object was discovered on the territory of Megamoll.

As of 17:00, more than 50% of voters voted in the presidential election in Ukraine, UNIAN reports with reference to the acting Chairman of the faction "Fatherland" Sergey Sobolev. He announced that the elections in Ukraine can be considered held.

In Donetsk near the residence of the Ukrainian oligarch Rinat Akhmetov, supporters of the self -proclaimed Donetsk People’s Republic arranged a spontaneous rally, some of the audience were armed. This was reported by the Portal " Island ". Earlier in the center of Donetsk, a rally of opponents of the Kiev authorities was held on Lenin Square. In total, over 2.5 thousand people took part in the action.

The head coach of the Russian hockey team Oleg Znarok is disqualified for the final World Championship in Minsk. It is reported by ITAR-TASS . The World Cup final will begin on May 25 at 22:00 Moscow time. The decision on disqualification was issued by the disciplinary committee of international The hockey federation for the gesture of the Russian coach addressed to the Swedish colleague of Ricard Gronberg in the semifinals of the tournament.

The head coach of the Russian hockey team Oleg Znarok was called on Sunday to the hearing organized by the IIHF disciplinary committee. They will be discussed by the incident during the Saturday match between the teams of Russia and Sweden, in the last minute of which the mentor of the Russian team was shown by the threatening gesture to the chief coach of the Swedes Ricarda Grenberg, ITAR-TASS reports with reference to a source in the International Hockey Federation.

In Pskov, three tanks with oil products from the railway tracks occurred in Pskov. This was reported by the press service of the Emergencies Ministry of Emergencies. The incident occurred on Sunday on May 25 at 12:12 Moves near the Berezka railway station. At the moment, there is no information about possible victims and injured in the accident. Currently, firefighters, as well as employees of the Pskov duty and rescue service, are working at the scene.

In Tomsk, nine people were injured of varying severity in a traffic accident involving a route bus. This was reported by the press service of the headquarters of the Ministry of Internal Affairs in the region. The accident occurred on Sunday May 25 at the intersection of Partizanskaya Street with Komsomolsky Prospekt. The driver of the PAZ route bus lost control and made a collision with the light support. To date, all victims were taken to the hospital for a medical examination.