Israeli soldiers on the border with Lebanon, April 2026 The ceasefire between Israel and Lebanon has been extended for another 45 days. This was announced by State Department spokesman Tommy Pigott after two days of negotiations with delegations of the two countries in Washington. According to Pigott, a new round of political consultations will be held on June 2-3, and on May 29, security talks will start at the Pentagon with the participation of military delegations from Israel and Lebanon.

First Western District Military Court The First Western District Military Court issued verdicts in the case of preparing to poison fighters from a unit of the Russian military formation "Hispaniola". 22-year-old Nikita Krasilnikov received 16 years in prison, and 20-year-old Rinat Ilyin - 15 years. The accused were charged with articles of participation in a terrorist organization, attempted terrorist attack and treason.

The most interesting thing from our common past. An unfinished story. Unhealed wounds. Hopes still alive. Could Russia have taken a different path? Archive project. Ivan Tolstoy selects from our broadcast what is still relevant and has turned out to be eternal.

Four people were killed and about 30 were injured as a result of the attack on Ryazan. Two multi-storey residential buildings were damaged. The General Staff of the Ukrainian Armed Forces stated that the Ukrainian military attacked the Ryazan oil refinery, on the territory of which a large-scale fire broke out. In Kyiv, the death toll from the combined Russian strike has risen to 24. Mourning has been declared in the city. Ukraine convenes the UN Security Council.

The Russian Ministry of Justice recognized journalist and poet Elena Fanailova and Ukrainian journalist and blogger Denis Kazansky as so-called “foreign agents”. Elena Fanailova has collaborated with Radio Liberty for many years. In addition, the list included publicist Georgiy Birger, sociologist Sergei Erofeev, the environmental protection association "Nature Conservation", the information and analytical center "Tower" and the Reforum Space Vilnius community.

Ahmed al-Sharaa and Vladimir Putin at a meeting in the Kremlin, October 2025 The Russian cargo ship "Sparta" arrived at the Syrian port of Tartus, accompanied by warships. This was reported by researchers from the OSINT projects InsiderGeo and SONARROW_OSINT with reference to the analysis of satellite images. Analysts described the unloading of the Sparta ship in Tartus on May 11. Next to the Sparta was the frigate Admiral of the Fleet Kasatonov.

Ryazan Oil Refinery (archive photo) Ryazan was attacked by drones on the night of May 15. As stated by the governor of the Ryazan region, Pavel Malkov, two multi-storey residential buildings were damaged, and “unmanned aerial vehicle debris also fell” on the territory of one of the industrial enterprises. According to the governor, the region was attacked by 99 Ukrainian drones. According to the latest data , four people were killed and more than ten others were injured.

US President Donald Trump completed his state visit to China on May 15. That's a wrap on China pic.twitter.com/2xOHczFF6D — Emily Goodin (@Emilylgoodin) May 15, 2026 It lasted three days. Both sides describe the negotiations as successful, saying they contributed to mutual understanding and strengthened relations. .

Collage: Naryshkin, Putin, Kiriyenko Protest potential is growing in Russia, and Putin’s rating has begun to rise at VTsIOM The Russian Foreign Intelligence Service stated that the Security Service of Ukraine is allegedly organizing work to “undermine the situation” in Russia under the guise of distributing patriotic content.

A Pussy Riot member during a protest against Russia's participation in the Venice Biennale, Venice, May 6, 2026 The punk group Pussy Riot was included in the list of terrorists and extremists, as follows from the update of the list of Rosfinmonitoring. In December 2025, the group was declared an “extremist organization” in Russia. The Prosecutor General's Office filed a lawsuit to recognize Pussy Riot as extremist in November.

The nationalist group “Russian Community,” whose members carry out so-called anti-migrant raids with the connivance of law enforcement agencies or in cooperation with them, is sponsored by the foundations of political scientist Sergei Mikheev and billionaire Igor Khudokormov, according to an investigation by BBC Eye and the BBC Russian Service. Khudokormov is the owner of the largest sugar producer in Russia, the Prodimex agricultural holding.

Soldiers of the special forces regiment named after A. Kadyrov Shooting at a school in Kuban, raids by Kadyrov’s men in Chechnya, a major fire in Grozny, detention for a conflict with an ex-husband and persecution of an environmentalist - about this and not only in the next episode of the podcast Kavkaz.Realii about the main events of the week in the south of Russia and the North Caucasus. Listen to the podcast wherever it is convenient for you: Your support is important to us!

A descendant of immigrants from the Russian Empire, George Gershwin gained fame in America, but there is a “Russian trace” in his creative destiny, which ultimately led him to the opposite address. Replay of the broadcast from June 09, 2021.