The Yerevan Cognac Plant producing Ararat cognac stopped export to Russia. This was announced by the Minister of Economics of Armenia Vaan Kerobyan, Interfax reports . The Russian market accounts for about 80% of the exports of the Yerevan Cognac Plant. The cessation of supplies to Russia will affect the purchase of grapes from the Armenian farmers, Kerobyan noted.

F-16 fighters (illustrative photo) The US administration will not object to the transfer of American F-16 fighters to the third countries of the US fighters. It is reported by CNN with reference to sources. But while such requests were not received, the interlocutors of the TV channel said. Earlier, due to the refusal to supply Kyiv, combat aircraft of the White House collided with pressure from not only European allies, but also members of the US Congress.

The movement "Feminist anti -war resistance" (FAS) at the beginning of May awarded the Achaeen Prize of the world. This decision was made, as the jury indicates, because the FAS opposes the war, patriarchy, authoritarianism and militarism.

Before the beginning of summer, the State Duma of Russia can adopt a new law on employment. Unemployment benefits will grow, but the possibilities for employing people without full social guarantees will be expanded. So are representatives of independent Russian trade unions. Volumetric document The existing law "On Employment of the Population of the Russian Federation", adopted back in 1991, is one of the oldest in the country.

Finally, this sounded officially and “pushed” by the court: in Russia, the Androcentric public way is dominated by Russia, and the struggle with it is a criminal act. This is a quote from a “comprehensive destructive examination” in the “ theatrical case ” of the playwright Svetlana Petriychuk and director Evgenia Berkovich, who for the performance of 2020 “Finist Yasny Falcon” about Russian girls who loved the Islamists, threatens an article on “justification of terrorism”.

In Novosibirsk, the garrison military court appointed three years conditionally to ordinary Nikolai Kovalev for unauthorized abandonment of the unit. This was reported by the press service of the court. According to investigators, on December 27, 2022, the private "arbitrarily left the item of the temporary deployment of the military unit." On January 15, 2023, Kovalev himself returned to the military unit.

Vladimir Putin, collage "And where did these goodness gathered? In Prague? There, there, bonds, there, there, experts say a large set of female sex hormones. Let the men gathered there and abuse this light alcoholic drink. It suits us completely." It was Vladimir Putin who tried to joke about the "Forum of Free Peoples" on his council on interethnic relations. Well, from the beginning to the end of this meeting, he paranoidally scared the attempts of the West to dismember Russia.

G7 Leaders in Hiroshima, May 19 2023 The leaders of the Semey Group (G7) at the summit in Hiroshima accepted a statement about Ukraine and Russian aggression. It consists of 11 points. The document is published on the White House website. The "seven" countries express the full support of Ukraine. The war of Russia is called illegal, unprovided and aggressive. It is emphasized in the document that, having attacked Ukraine, Russia violated international law and the UN Charter.

Russia bypassing sanctions purchases chips and drones for the war in Ukraine through companies in Kazakhstan. This was reported by "important stories", the Center for the study of corruption and organized crime (OCCRP) and Der Spiegel. As the journalists of publications found, often used in the Russian army, the DJI Chinese DJI drones fall into Russia through the Moscow Company "Heavenly Mechanics", which purchases them from the Kazakhstani company "ASPAN Arba".

In Iran, three more participants in anti -government protests were executed. Earlier, human rights activists have repeatedly stated that the process over them was carried out in violation of the law, and the confession was received by force. Saleh Mirkhashemai, Majid Kazemi and Said Yakubi were executed on Friday, May 19, in the prison of Isfahan.

Promotion of the participants of "feminist anti -war resistance" in Tyumen The movement "Feminist anti -war resistance" (FAS) at the beginning of May awarded the Achaeen Prize of the world. This decision was made, as the jury indicates, because the FAS opposes the war, patriarchy, authoritarianism and militarism.

The US Treasury expanded sanctions against Russia due to its ongoing aggression against Ukraine. The restrictions, in particular, were the Commissioner for Human Rights in Russia Tatyana Moskalkova, assistants to the President of Russia Igor Levitin and Dmitry Shalkov (the latter heads the Presidential control department), the head of the Ministry of Education Sergei Kravtsov.

The court in Moscow arrested the journalist Ilya Pivovarov for 15 days, who covered the action with the laying of a mourning wreath to the building of the Prosecutor General’s Office. He is charged with participation in an unauthorized rally. The publication Sota reports that during the detention of a journalist they beaten. The court decision was made, despite the presence of a press certificate and an editorial assignment from the agency "And to be honest".

In St. Petersburg, the 73-year-old photographer Valentin Nikitchenko drew up a protocol on the "discredit" of the army for photographs of the pickets that he posts on his website. This was reported by North. Realiy with reference to lawyer Elena Fadeeva. Nikitchenko regularly attends court sessions on politically motivated cases in St. Petersburg and publishes photos from ships and pickets.

In recent weeks, against the backdrop of the expected Ukrainian counterattack, the Russian military has strengthened the defense around the Zaporizhzhya nuclear power plant located on Ukrainian territory occupied by Russia. This was reported by Reuters with reference to employees of the station and residents of the city of Energodar, where the ZAEC is located. According to them, around Energodar, the Russian military dug new trenches and installed more mines.