In the spring, one after the other, three documentaries were held - Jeden Svy in Prague, CPH: Dox in Copenhagen and Visions du Réel in Nyon (Switzerland). The war unleashed by Russia forces the war to change the programs at the last moment. Films made with Russian state participation are deleted, Ukrainian attracts special attention. Visions du Réel opened with a session on the memory of the Lithuanian documentary, Mantas Kvedaravravyravichus, who was killed in Mariupol.

The US Federal Reserve Building The US Federal Reserve (FRS) has increased the key interest rate by 50 basic points - from 0.25-0.5 percent to 0.75–1 percent per annum. In March, the Fed raised a rate of 25 points. An increase in the rate by 50 points immediately occurs for the first time since 2000. The regulator considers a further increase in the rate by 50 points in 2022.

Dmitry Oreshkin and Andrey Kolesnikov - about how many Russians support the war against Ukraine Sergey Medvedev: The third month is the criminal war of Russia against Ukraine . And, according to public opinion polls, most Russians support this war or refrain from opinion about it. What is the rating of war? How much can you trust public opinion polls? Political scientists Andrei Kolesnikov and Dmitry Oreshkin participate.

The first leader of the independent Belarus, Stanislav Shushkevich, died. This was reported by the Belarusian Radio Liberty Service. At the end of April, an 87-year-old politician was hospitalized in intensive care after a coronavirus infection. Shushkevich - by a degree in a scientist -physicist - in 1991 he was elected chairman of the Supreme Council of the Belarusian SSR (on the day of his election, it was renamed the Republic of Belarus).

The personal operator of Russian President Vladimir Putin quit after the shooting of the appeal of the politician about the beginning of the war with Ukraine. He told about this to the publication "Project". “He reached the ceiling in the profession. Plus - tired of a multi -month sitting on quarantine,” Ilya Filatov, who was one of the three presidential operators, explained his decision. The version that his dismissal was somehow connected with the war was categorically rejected.

A survey of passers -by on the streets of Moscow

The sixth package of European Union sanctions and Putin's Russia. The EU plans to introduce an oil embargo against Russia as part of the sixth package of sanctions after the outbreak of war in Ukraine. In Europe, the broadcasting of three state television channels will be banned. Sberbank and two large banks will turn off the Swift system. What can the West do to stop the war of the Russian Federation with Ukraine? How can opponents of politics Vladimir Putin help?

As part of the sixth package of sanctions, the European Union will prohibit Russian citizens to buy real estate in the EU. The restriction will affect individuals and legal entities. At the same time, sanctions will not affect Russians with citizenship or residence permit in the countries of the European Union or Switzerland. This is written by Bloomberg.

The Belarusian parliament approved the introduction of the death penalty for attempting to international terrorism and the murder of state or public figures. Amendments are made against the backdrop of numerous messages about the attacks of opposition supporters on infrastructure facilities. The state agency "BelTA" transmits about voting.

In Yekaterinburg, a local resident Nadezhda Saifutdinova entered a picket against a war in Ukraine, sewing her mouth with threads. In her hands there was a poster with the inscriptions “you can’t be silent”, “war is not a world”, “freedom is not slavery”, “ignorance is not power”.

In Yerevan, about ten thousand citizens, requiring the resignation of Armenian Prime Minister Nikola Pashinyan, went through a march around the city and surrounded the country's national assembly building. Eyewitnesses reported Radio Liberty about several skirmishes with the police, which cordoned off the parliament. After that, part of the protesters advanced to the Foreign Ministry building, also surrounding it.

The Bank of Russia, according to the results of a meeting of the board of directors, reduced the key rate by 3 percentage points at once - from 17 to 14 percent per annum. According to the head of the Central Bank Elvira Nabiullina, this became possible due to the fact that the risks of financial destabilization have significantly decreased. In addition, inflationary pressure and inflation expectations returned to the level of mid -2021.

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In March 2022, 10.5 thousand people died in Russia than in February. At the same time, Kovid’s deaths are recorded 7.5 thousand less. This follows from the data of Rosstat. The biggest difference in the number of dead in February and March is observed in the Southern, Siberian and Far Eastern federal districts. At the same time, there is no comparable increase in deaths from coronavirus in them.

UKRAINE-CRISIS/LVIV-JOLIE Information digest "Freedom time", May 4 Russian aggression against Ukraine has been going on for 70 days. All these 10 weeks are bombarded by Ukrainian cities in various regions of Ukraine. Not only the military, but also civilians die - only according to official figures, there are more than three thousand victims among them. What military goals pursue missiles and airlines for residential buildings, no one in the Russian military command can clearly explain.