In March, the official print magazine of Russia’s Foreign Intelligence Service (SVR), Razvedchik, suddenly changed its editorial tone. Under the leadership of the agency’s new press bureau chief, Sergey Guskov, the magazine has replaced glowing profiles of Vladimir Putin and SVR director Sergey Naryshkin with features on the history of Soviet intelligence — including pieces on spymaster Pavel Fitin, female NKVD “illegals,” and interviews with the grandson of Soviet statesman Vyacheslav Molotov.

Russia’s Khmeimim air base in Syria has reportedly come under attack. According to Russian media, Telegram channels, and pro-war bloggers, multiple unidentified militants attempted to breach the perimeter of the base but were repelled at its security checkpoints.

The news The Insider May 20, 2025 #Military report In today's report: In the Kursk direction, Ukrainian troops are trying to attack east of the current section of the fighting near Tetkin “OFIZER ✙” - units of the Armed Forces of the Russian Federation strive to cover Pokrovsk from the flanks for preparation for the assault on the city The scandal in the Ukrainian 155th brigade-the command demanded from the subordinates "kickbacks" from "combat" payments Financial Times - Trump hinted to the

Doctors of the Physical and Mathematical Sciences, professors Andrei Rostovtsev fired from the Institute of Problems of Information of Information RAS (IPPI), follows from the order of May 15, which refers to RTVI. The official reason was the "Lack of the workplace." Rostovtsev worked in the laboratory of quantum physics and information from IPPI since 2014. According to him, he had not received a salary for about a year: “From the very beginning, I had no obligation to come to work.

The European Foreign Relations Service is going to increase the number of diplomats in countries "who are of key importance to ensure compliance with sanctions." At the same time, in some countries the EU intends to reduce the number of its representatives, writes the Politico newspaper with reference to documents and two sources. According to the publication, abbreviations can fall about 10 foreign representative offices over the next two years.

Rosfinmonitoring has prepared a bill that will give the department access to data from users of the National Payment System "Mir" and the Fast Payments system (SBP). This was reported by TASS with reference to the text of the document.

One of the largest Russian retailers, Magnit, officially became the owner of 81.55% in the authorized capital of the city supermarket LLC, which manages the chain of premium ABC Taste premium stores, RBC reports . The deal that the company reported at the end of April was successfully completed after the approval of the Federal Antimonopoly Service on May 5.

Green Admire was detained on Sunday. The ship belongs to the Greek company and left the port of Sillamae near the border with the Leningrad region. It followed according to the route between Russia agreed between Russia, Estonia and Finland through Russian territorial waters. The incident occurred after Estonia’s naval forces tried to stop the Jaguar tanker without a flag coming to Russia.

Politics Vyacheslav Epurian 20 May 2025 Vladimir Putin officially thanked the DPRK troops for participating in battles in the Kursk region. The Kremlin propaganda, all the last months, consistently denied the attracting of the North Koreans, rushed in all ways to praise their combat qualities. “Brilliant comrade” Kim Jong -un, in turn, promised in which case to protect Russia from “US servants” again.

The Investigative Committee opened a criminal case against the founder of Medusa Galina Timchenko - she is accused of participating in the activities of an “unwanted organization”, TASS reports with reference to the Investigative Committee. “A criminal case has been instituted against Galina Timchenko. She is suspected of committing a crime under Part 3 of Art.

An employee of the FSIN struck mathematics and political prisoners of Azat Miftakhov's head on the gate during a medical examination in the Ulyanovsk IK-9. This was written by the Miftakhov support group with reference to his lawyer. As the mathematician told his defender, he and other prisoners encountered violence during a trip to a medical examination in IK-9 Ulyanovsk.

Unknowns attacked the Russian military base of Khmeimim in Syria. Russian media, Telegram channels and Z-bloggers report that the attackers tried to break through the security posts of the base, but were stopped.

The Donald Trump administration plans to spend up to $ 250 million on a program for deportation of refugees from countries where active hostilities are underway, in particular, Ukraine and Haiti. This was written by The Washington Post, citing official documents. As the publication clarifies, refugees from Ukraine and Haiti can fall under the “Self -Deportation” program. If they agree to voluntarily leave the United States, the government will pay them a scholarship of $ 1000.

The news The Insider May 20, 2025 Vladimir Putin said that Russia is ready to discuss with Ukraine "Memorandum of the Future Mirny Treaty." Vladimir Zelensky, commenting on Putin's idea, said that Ukraine would not withdraw troops from its territory, as Russia demands. Experts interviewed by The Insider believe that a memorandum is not the beginning of a peaceful process, but only an attempt by Moscow to drag out a war under the guise of preparing for negotiations.

US President Donald Trump signed a bill obliging social networks to delete frank sexualized images of people on the Internet, posted without their consent, real or generated with the help of AI, calling it a “terribly incorrect” situation, Bloomberg reports .