The VT-40’s components are almost entirely imported: Rustakt sources controllers, batteries, antennas, motors, cameras, and even plastic shells and nuts from China. Some shipments go directly to Bataysk, which appears to house a drone assembly facility.

On April 25, Reuters published the full text of the U.S. plan to end the war in Ukraine. The proposed solution envisages the transfer of several Ukrainian regions to Russia. The parliaments of Ukraine, the Czech Republic, France, the UK, and the Baltic states compared the document to the Munich Agreement of 1938, which saw the Sudetenland region of Czechoslovakia handed over to Nazi Germany without Czechoslovakia's consent.

Aleksey Gorinov, transferred to the pre -trial detention center of Novosibirsk, found foci of tuberculosis. As the lawyer Katerina Tertukhina told Novaya Gazeta , the doctors made an X -ray on the first day of his stay in the isolator, after the paramedic called him an ambulance. “Gorinov [in the pre -trial detention center of Novosibirsk] is good, but there is nothing to treat. He was handed over to medicines, a special diet was prescribed - additional oil, milk and casserole.

The last 2024 was the first year of the “extremist” status and prohibition of the non -existent “international movement of LGBT”. During this time, the pressure on representatives of the LGBT community only intensified, 9 out of 10 people practice self-censorship, and about half of the transgender people at least once avoided seeking a doctor due to possible discrimination.

Russia’s Investigative Committee has opened a criminal case under Article 282.2 of the Criminal Code (“organizing, participating in, and involving others in the activity of an extremist organization”) targeting one of Russia's most prominent publishing houses, Eksmo, and two of its imprints, Popcorn Books and Individuum.

The head of Russia’s delegation in negotiations with Ukraine, Vladimir Medinsky, gave an interview to the government-controlled broadcaster VGTRK following the first round of talks in Istanbul.

The District Court in New York sentenced the 27-year-old Hadi Matar to 25 years in prison for attempting to kill Iranian writer Salman Rushdi, as a result of which he lost his right eye. In addition, Matar received 7 years for stab wounds Ralph Henry Riza, moderator of the Lecture of Rushdi, who was next to him at the time of the attack. Both Matar sentences will serve simultaneously. It is reported by The Guardian.

US Minister of Internal Security Christie Noem promotes the idea of ​​a reality show in which a group of migrants will take various tests, and the winner will receive American citizenship. This was written by the Daily Mail tabloid, referring to the 35-page presentation, prepared by the Noem Secretary. According to the publication, the idea belongs to the screenwriter and producer Rob Warsoff, who himself was born in Canada.

The news The Insider May 16, 2025 On May 14, a marine incident with the participation of the Jaguar tanker took place in the Gulf of Finland, which, according to Ukrainian intelligence and Greenpeace, is part of the Russian shadow fleet. The ship following the Port of Primorsk, according to the Z-channels, was intercepted by the significant forces of the Estonian Navy, including the Rayu patrol boats (confirmed by the Marine Traffic Service) and Kurvitz, in international waters.

The chief prosecutor of the International Criminal Court Karim Khan went on an administrative vacation due to the “strong pressure of the media” in anticipation of the completion of the investigation of the accusations of harassment against him. He will not return to his duties until the end of the investigation, his work will be performed by deputies. It is reported by Reuters. As the agency notes, this is an unprecedented step: there is no clear procedure for changing the chief prosecutor.

A senior representative of Hamas Basham to the Nam told Drop Site that the group received direct obligations from the special envoy of Donald Trump Steve Whitkoff to remove the blockade of Gaza and the supply of humanitarian aid two days after the liberation of the American-Israeli soldier Idan Alexander. According to Naim, Whitkoff also promised that Trump would publicly call to the immediate cessation of fire in gas and negotiations on a “constant truce”, but none of this was fulfilled.

At negotiations in Istanbul, Russia put forward the requirements according to which Kyiv should withdraw Ukrainian troops from Ukrainian territory. This was reported by Western media, including The Guardian and The Telegraph , with reference to Ukrainian diplomatic sources.

The native of Chechnya Mansur Movlaev was detained in Kazakhstan in the case of extortion in Russia, within the framework of which he was put on the international wanted list, representatives of the defense told The Insider. According to the sources, he blackmail the supporters of the head of Chechnya Ramzan Kadyrov with intimate records with their participation, and now they achieve his deportation to take revenge.

Turkish Foreign Minister Hakan Fidan said that the Ukrainian and Russian delegations have reached a “fundamental agreement” on the holding of another meeting. This was reported by Anadolu . The exact date of the next round of negotiations has not yet been disclosed.

Russian political prisoner Alexei Gorinov, who was recently transferred to a pre-trial detention center in Novosibirsk, has been diagnosed with tuberculosis, according to his lawyer Katerina Tertukhina, who spoke to the independent publication Novaya Gazeta . A chest X-ray was performed on Gorinov’s first day in custody at the facility in Novosibirsk after a paramedic called for an ambulance due to his deteriorating condition.