Political scientist Dmitry Oreshkin about how Putin failed all the goals set for himself and turned Russia into a toxic and aggressive country

Portrait of Henry Bullya, 1972 The Prosecutor General’s Office of Russia recognized the activities of the “Heinrich-Böll-Stiftung Foundation” “undesirable in the country, the press service of the department said . "It has been established that the activities of the Fund poses a threat to the constitutional system and the security of the Russian Federation," the statement said in the message without specifying the circumstances of the decision.

Andrey Borovikov, Archive photo In the village of Oktyabrsky, Arkhangelsk Region, police officers came with a search to Daria Borovikova - the wife of the former coordinator of the headquarters of Navalny in Arkhangelsk Andrei Borovikov, said Andrei north. His wife is a witness in the case against Navalny. In addition to Daria in Arkhangelsk, four more activists pass along it, two in the status of the accused.

The court in St. Petersburg terminated the criminal case on the rehabilitation of Nazism against Nermin Yusufovich. This is the fifth similar case that the courts of the city ceased. Yusufovich was accused of posting on the website of the Immortal Regiment a photograph of German Goering (was the closest ally of Adolf Hitler) on a par with veterans of the Great Patriotic War. The case was stopped by the expiration of the statute of limitations.

Member of last year's contest Domestos The Domestos household chemical brand again held the School Program contest, which helps to repair toilets in Russian schools. In 2021, such a competition caused a great resonance, because everyone saw the state in the state of the bathrooms in Russian schools. Therefore, in 2022, the competition is held without photographs. The BBC journalist Andrei Zakharov drew attention to this.

The Polish government ahead of schedule broke off an agreement to supply gas from Russia. The country planned to refuse supplies only at the end of 2022. This was announced by the representative of the Poland Government on strategic energy infrastructure Peter Namsky. On May 13, the Polish government adopted a resolution on which it breaks the agreement with the Russian government, signed back in 1993.

Building of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the Russian Federation on Smolenskaya Square in Moscow An employee of the Russian Permanent Representative Office at the UN in Geneva Boris Bondarev announced his resignation because of the war with Ukraine. According to him, during the diplomatic service he had never been so ashamed of his country and work.

YouTube Over the three months of the war, YouTube has blocked more than 9 thousand channels that illuminate the war. More than 70 thousand videos did not go through the moderation of the platform due to misinformation about the war in Ukraine. It is reported by The Guardian. Channels related to the Ministry of Defense and Foreign Affairs of Russia were temporarily forbidden to upload videos for describing the war as a “liberation mission”.

Refugees in Prague. The number of refugees and internally displaced persons forced to leave their homes due to violations of human rights and violence, for the first time in the history of observations, exceeded the mark of 100 million. Such data were published on Monday in Geneva by the Office of the UN Supreme Commissioner for Refugees. This was largely due to the war in Ukraine, experts say.

Maxim Sokolov, Archive photo The ex-head of the Ministry of Transport of Russia and the former vice-governor of St. Petersburg for transport infrastructure, investment policy and tourism, Maxim Sokolov, was appointed general director of AvtoVAZ. This was reported on the company's website. “We will consistently develop engineering competencies and carry out import substitution,” Sokolov said, adding that it is not planned to reduce or dismiss employees of factories.

Fire on the cruiser "Moscow" The mothers of two conscripts from the sunken cruiser "Moscow" were asked to sign documents on the recognition of their children to the dead "as a result of the disaster." This was reported by "New Gazeta. Europe." Mothers said that after numerous attempts to find out the fate of their children from the command of the cruiser, the Ministry of Defense and various hospitals, letters from the military enlistment office began to receive them.

Vadim Shishimarin The Solomensky District Court of Kyiv found the Russian sergeant Vadim Shishimarin guilty under the article on violation of the laws and customs of war, connected with the intentionally murder of an unarmed person, and sentenced to life imprisonment. Earlier, the prosecutor’s office requested this period for the 21-year-old commander of the 4th Panzer Kantemirov Division of the Moscow Region.

The publication "Project" studied the quality and number of Russian troops participating in the war in Ukraine and came to the conclusion that all capables of the armed forces are involved in the operation. The "project" established more than 150 divisions of the Russian army that participate in the war, and also found out the names of 166 invasion commanders. The publication found that the army officers have many traffic police fines and debts, including alimony.

Boris Romanov In St. Petersburg, for two months they placed in the pre -trial detention center an activist of the Vyborg district, city defender Boris Romanov. In the case of fakes about the Armed Forces of the Russian Federation, he faces from 5 to 10 years in a colony. Romanov's friends created a telegram channel in his support. Civil activists and municipal deputies surveyed by a correspondent of the North.