The Russian serviceman was fired after he refused to go to the war in Ukraine. The stamp "prone to betrayal, lies and deception was put in his accounting and service card; he refused to participate in a special military operation in the territory of the LPR, the DPR and Ukraine." This was announced in Telegram lawyer Maxim Grebenyuk. The name of the dismissed is not called.

The court in St. Petersburg arrested the artist Alexander Skochilenko until May 31, who is accused of discrediting the Russian army for pasting pacifist price tags in the store. This was reported by North. Realia with reference to a friend of Skochilenko, who is in the courtroom. The investigator demanded to close the meeting in order to provide data from the preliminary investigation, but the judge refused.

"Lord, save the people of Ukraine." Two priests from the Kostroma region, John Burdin and George Edelstein, spoke out against the war with Ukraine. They wrote a denunciation on Burdin, fined under a new article on discrediting the armed forces and now they demand to expel from the parish. "The Russian Orthodox Church was created in its current state. It was Stalin's Pocket Church, a branch of agitprop. It remains today," says Archpriest George Edelstein.

Since April 18, the Bank of Russia cancels the ban on the sale of cash currency to the population, which was supposed to operate until September 9. What has changed? Maxim Blanus answers

"In the morning, we went through all the huts and we were driven by force under the machine guns into the basement. Grandfather died first, he was carried into a stoker." Residents of the village of Yagodnoy of the Chernihiv region of Ukraine recall how they survived the Russian occupation. They were kept in the basement for 25 days. 12 people died, their names were written on the walls.

Great Britain included 206 individuals and legal entities from Russia to the sanctions list. Under the sanctions, among others, the head of Lukoil Vagit Alekperov, chairman of the board of directors of the AFC System Vladimir Yevtushenkov, State Duma deputy and the famous hockey player Vyacheslav Fetisov fell. In addition, the pro -Russian politician Viktor Medvedchuk, who was detained by the special services of Ukraine, was on the limiting list.

Donbass in anticipation of a decisive battle. Russia announced the surrender of more than 1000 Ukrainian marines of the 36th brigade in Mariupol. Ukraine replied that the brigade avoided defeat, broke through and connected to the Azov regiment.

The Security Service of Ukraine detained the famous pro -Russian politician Viktor Medvedchuk, the former head of the opposition platform - for life, which is often called "Kum of Putin" - he participated in the baptism of his daughters. Some time ago, on suspicion of Gosizmen, he was placed under house arrest, but Medvedchuk escaped.

The most interesting of our common past. Incomplete story. Unjust wounds. Still live hopes. Could Russia go the other way? Radio Liberty this week 20 years ago. Archive project. Ivan Tolstoy chooses from our ether still relevant and turned out to be eternal.

In New York, the police arrested a suspect in shooting at the passengers of the city metro that occurred on the morning of April 12. Then at the 36th street station, where lines D, N, R inters are interspersed, 29 people were injured . The arrest on Wednesday was announced by the 1010 WINS radio station, the mayor of the city Eric Adams confirmed the information, CNN reports . The suspect is 62 years old, his name is Frank James. He was detained in the Ist-Willije area in Nizhny Manhattan.

In New York, the police arrested a suspect in shooting at the passengers of the city metro that occurred on the morning of April 12. Then at the 36th street station, where lines D, N, R inters are interspersed, 29 people were injured . The arrest on Wednesday was announced by the 1010 WINS radio station, the mayor of the city Eric Adams confirmed the information, CNN reports . The suspect is 62 years old, his name is Frank James. He was detained in the Ist-Willije area in Nizhny Manhattan.

A poster with the inscription "Putin, go away!" At the opposition rally (archive photo) A criminal case of vandalism was instituted against the director of the documentary and journalist Sergei Yerzhenkov due to the inscription "Putin, go" on the monument to Lenin in the city of Kasimov, which he made with his friend. He can face up to three years in prison.

A survey of passers -by on the streets of Moscow

Mikhail Gutseriev Cyprus launched the procedure for deprivation of citizenship of four billionaires from Russia and 17 members of their families. This was written by the newspaper "Filelefteros" with reference to the decision of the government of the republic. The reason was businessmen in the sanctions lists of the European Union due to the war with Ukraine.

The world's largest independent oil industry company Vitol Group will stop selling Russian oil and oil products until the end of 2022. This was reported by Bloomberg, referring to the representative of the Swiss-Niderland company. The volumes of Russian oil, which is sold by the Vitol Group, will be reduced in the second quarter of the year. The company will fulfill purchases only under the contracts that were concluded before the start of the Russian invasion of Ukraine.