The Azovstal plant in Mariupol surrendered to 1908 Ukrainian military, the head of the Ministry of Defense Sergei Shoigu said at a meeting of the college of the department. TASS writes about this. “The blocking of the Azovstal plant continues. Peaceful citizens who were holding Ukrainian nationalists there were evacuated from the plant. 177 people were rescued, including 85 women and 47 children. Everyone was provided with qualified medical and psychological assistance.

The State Duma introduced a bill on the abolition of the deadline to conclude the first contract on military service. It is published on the website of the lower house of the Russian parliament. The authors of the initiative deputies from United Russia, chairman of the defense committee Andrei Kartapolov (from 2018 to 2021 was Deputy Minister of Defense of the Russian Federation) and his deputy Andrei Krasov, who from 2010 to 2012 led the Ryazan team school of the Airborne Forces.

The Government of the Russian Federation allocated even more than 1.5 billion rubles to compensate for the expenses of airports of the South and the central part of the country closed from February 24 due to a special operation in Ukraine. The resolution is published on the website of the Cabinet. The money will be sent to the airports of Rostov, Krasnodar, Anapa, Gelendzhik, Elista, Lipetsk, Belgorod, Bryansk, Kursk, Voronezh and Simferopol.

Russian President Vladimir Putin signed a decree on the posthumous award of the commander of the Sparta battalion of the self -proclaimed DPR Arsen Pavlov, known as Motorola, the Order of Courage. The corresponding document is published on the official portal of legal information.

Igor Averkiev, photo - from the personal archive The main danger to Russians, Ukrainians, Europeans today is the transformation in the minds of the Russian majority of today's Putin's special operation into another Russian Patriotic War. If this happens, then no mobilization will be needed. The country is mobilized by itself, as happened with the Ukrainians. And this for all participants in the events will already be a real nightmare.

Alexey Mitrofanov House-monument Goncharov in Ulyanovsk Wikimedia Commons Statistics claim that in modern Russia 1117 cities. Among them are multimillion-dollar megalopolis, and ancient cities such as Derbent, founded in 438, and Innopolis, which appeared in the 2010s, where less than nine hundred people still live. But in each of the Russian cities, an inquisitive traveler will find something worthy of attention.

The Investigative Committee of Belarus has started a criminal case against representatives of the Nexta Telegram channel Stepan Putilo and Yana Rudik. They are charged with the leadership of a terrorist organization, the department reports in its channel.

The leader of the DDT group Yuri Shevchuk refused to testify in the case of discrediting the Russian army and his words about the president. This was announced by the head of the Human Rights Group "Agora" Pavel Chikov. “Yuri Yulianovich honors the constitution and the rights guaranteed by her. The material about the discrediting of the body of the Supreme Commander -in -Chief of the Armed Forces of the Russian Federation moves from Ufa to St. Petersburg, ”wrote Chikov.

The Azovstal plant in Mariupol surrendered to 1908 Ukrainian military, the head of the Ministry of Defense Sergei Shoigu said at a meeting of the college of the department.

Gazprom informed the Finnish state -owned company Gasum that the supply of natural gas from Russia to Finland will be stopped on May 21 at 7:00 Moscow time. This is stated on the Gasum website. “We regret that the supply of natural gas under our contract will now be terminated.

Press Secretary of the President of Russia Dmitry Peskov approved the idea to name the square at the US Embassy in Moscow in honor of the "defenders of Donbass." The official is quoted by TASS. “A good idea, a very good idea. If it passes, it will be very good, ”said the Kremlin representative. The US Embassy is located at the address: Bolshaya Devyatumi Moskhorduma, Moskhorduma, offered to change the address of the diplomatic mission to the Donbass defenders Square.

Japanese scientists from the University of Nagoya first synthesized a carbon nanolent twisted in the form of a tape of Mobius. The named German Mathematics of Augustus Mobius, the tape is a one -sided surface: that is, an ant, sitting on the tape of Mobius, will be able to reach its opposite side, not crawling over the edge, but simply moving along the tape. Model of the Mobius tape can be made from a strip of paper if you glue it into the ring, having previously turned one of the ends.

In France, new ministers were appointed in the country's government, TASS reports with reference to the Secretary General of the Champs Elysees Palace Alexis Kolra. The Ambassador of France to London Catherine Katrina became the new Foreign Minister of France, replacing Jean-Ivan Le Drian, who headed the department since 2017. The Ministry of Armed Forces of France will head Sebastien Lekornny. In the government of Jean Castx (2020-2022), he held the post of Minister of Overseas territories.

The leader of the DDT group Yuri Shevchuk refused to testify in the case of discrediting the Russian army and his words about the president. This was announced by the head of the Human Rights Group "Agora" Pavel Chikov. “Yuri Yulianovich honors the constitution and the rights guaranteed by her. The material about the discrediting of the body of the Supreme Commander -in -Chief of the Armed Forces of the Russian Federation moves from Ufa to St. Petersburg, ”wrote Chikov.

In Canada, two cases of monkey Ospa among people were confirmed, the Ministry of Health reported in the Canadian Ministry of Health. Australia is suspected of infection in one person, according to the website of the Australian department. “The Quebec province was notified that two samples received by the National Microbiological Laboratory gave a positive result on the OSPU of the monkeys. These are the first two cases confirmed in Canada, ”the Ministry of Health said in the Canadian.