The Special Tribunal for the Crime of Aggression against Ukraine is the first and so far the only tribunal in the world created specifically to prosecute the crime of aggression, which implies a decision to use armed force against another country in violation of the UN Charter. Although Ukraine sought the creation of a tribunal within the United Nations, it will ultimately operate within the Council of Europe. What does this mean in practice?

In North Ossetia, the unemployed, pensioners and parents on maternity leave are offered to learn how to operate a UAV. Officially - for peaceful professions. What is really hidden behind this - the editors of Kavkaz.Realii asked sociologist Dmitry Dubrovsky.

On the evening of May 25, a petroleum products storage base caught fire in the village of Kandy, Tuymazinsky district, reports the Bashkortostan State Committee for Emergency Situations. Eight above-ground horizontal tanks caught fire, followed by a spill. The fire started in a tractor-trailer and then spread to the tanks. It has now been liquidated. “Unfortunately, as a result of the fire, a man born in 1974 was injured; he refused hospitalization.

In an interview with Present Time TV channel journalist Alexander Pachkov, Defense One editor Patrick Tucker talks about how drones have changed our ideas about war, is there a way out of the positional deadlock, and why drones prevent defeat but do not guarantee victory?

still from "Minotaur" “Minotaur” by Andrei Zvyagintsev received the Grand Prix, the second most important prize at the 79th Cannes Film Festival. This was the only Russian-language film among the 22 films in the competition.

What lengths is the Kremlin willing to go to prevent Armenia from getting closer to the EU? We discuss it in the program “Facing the Event” with political scientists Ruben Mehrabyan and Alexander Morozov.

Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu The Israeli army launched an attack on the central region of Gaza, the target of which was the new head of the military wing of Hamas, Mohammed Odeh. Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu announced the attack on the social network X. It is not reported whether Odeh was killed as a result of the attack. Odeh was named the new commander of Hamas' military wing a week ago, Netanyahu said.

Marco Rubio and Ararat Mirzoyan US Secretary of State Marco Rubio, during a visit to Yerevan on May 26, signed with Armenian Foreign Minister Ararat Mirzoyan a charter on a comprehensive strategic partnership between the two countries.

Illustrative photo Former Deputy Governor of the Krasnodar Territory for Construction Sergei Vlasov went missing during the war in Ukraine. In December, he was sentenced to 11 years of maximum security on charges of accepting a bribe from a developer. Krasnodar journalist Andrey Koshik reported this. Officially, Vlasov is still not listed as dead, but his colleagues and relatives are confident that the official is dead.

The building of the Supreme Court of the Karachay-Cherkess Republic Chairman of the Supreme Court Igor Krasnov sent to the Prosecutor General's Office materials for anti-corruption claims against two judges, including Albina Adzinova, an employee of the Supreme Court of Karachay-Cherkessia. She and her family were found to have undeclared assets that significantly exceeded their official income.

UN Security Council, file photo At a United Nations meeting in New York on May 26, nearly 50 countries issued a joint statement condemning Russia's threats against foreign embassies in Kiev. On May 25, Russia called on the United States to evacuate its diplomatic mission and warned of preparations for systematic attacks on Kiev. Other states received similar warnings.

In the FBK office, archival photo The Zyuzinsky District Court sentenced Andrei Dymov, Associate Professor of the Faculty of Mathematics at the National Research University Higher School of Economics, to 3.5 years in prison in the case of donations to the Anti-Corruption Foundation (FBK). This is reported by T-invariant. The mathematician was found guilty of financing extremism and after the verdict was announced, he was taken into custody in the courtroom.

Nika Novak Journalist Nika Novak, convicted in the case of “collaboration with a foreign organization on a confidential basis,” was placed in a punishment cell for 15 days after three months in a cell-type room (PKT). According to her support group, Novak has been in the punishment cell since May 20. For what reason this happened is unknown. The support group says Novak's letter was censored. In February, Novak was sent to the PKT for alleged violations. She went on a hunger strike.

President of Ukraine Vladimir Zelensky met in Kiev with the leader of the democratic forces of Belarus Svetlana Tikhanovskaya. She is in Ukraine for the second day; the day before she met with Foreign Minister Andrei Sibiga. The meetings are taking place against the backdrop of a new deterioration in relations between Ukraine and official Minsk.