Ukrainian President Vladimir Zelensky imposed sanctions against the former head of the Presidential Office and his ex-adviser Andriy Bohdan. The corresponding decree was published on the president's website. Five people were subject to personal sanctions. A press release dedicated to the decree clarifies that their “actions threaten the national interests, security, sovereignty and territorial integrity of Ukraine.” Andriy Bogdan served as Zelensky's legal adviser during his election campaign.

On May 2, one of the largest low-cost airlines in the United States, Spirit Airlines, announced its intention to begin liquidation of the company. The company cited the increase in oil prices, which was provoked by the war in the Middle East, as one of the reasons. A message about this appeared on the company's website.

The Pentagon will withdraw 5,000 troops from Germany, its NATO ally, Reuters reports , citing a US official who spoke on condition of anonymity. According to him, recent statements by the German authorities were “inappropriate.” “The president is responding fairly to these counterproductive remarks,” the agency’s source said. Earlier this week, US President Donald Trump threatened to reduce the number of US troops in Germany.

Build American AI, a nonprofit affiliated with political activism super PAC Leading the Future, has funded a campaign to promote artificial intelligence and stoke fears about possible Chinese leadership in AI. Wired writes about this. As the publication found out, the social media campaign paid for by Build American AI took place in two stages. At first, lifestyle influencers published content promoting American innovation.

Investigative authorities of the Moscow region charged the director of the Ecocom company, Austrian citizen Oliver Kaiser, with fraud (Article 159 of the Criminal Code of the Russian Federation) while working at the closed Kuchino landfill. As TASS reports , citing law enforcement agencies, the businessman has been in a pre-trial detention center since last fall.

The video shows one of the bus passengers shouting at Sundupova: “You come to our country, speak these languages, and we must listen to it.” She replies that she is Russian. The victim is then seen holding her face and pointing at another passenger, saying that she hit her. Sundupova also says she intends to call the police.

On April 29, the Anapa Region publication published an interview with the Governor of the Krasnodar Territory, Veniamin Kondratiev, in which he said that Tuapse was safe and invited tourists. The material was removed on the same day. In response to a request sent to the editor by the publication “That’s So,” representatives of “Anapa Region” called the interview a fake and stated that the site had been hacked.

President Vladimir Putin signed a law that allows the creation of a gambling zone on the territory of the Altai Republic. The corresponding document appeared on the official legal information portal on Saturday, May 2. The corresponding bill was submitted by the Government to the State Duma in December last year, it was prepared by the Ministry of Finance.

Tehran is temporarily reducing the country's oil production due to a blockade of its ports by the US military - which has led to the fact that the level of exports from the country has sharply decreased and storage facilities are quickly filling up. Bloomberg writes about this. According to a senior Iranian official who spoke with the agency, Iranian authorities decided to reduce production in order not to exceed storage limits.

On May 2, the General Authority of Civil Aviation of the UAE lifted all restrictions on flights in the country's airspace, introduced with the outbreak of war in the region. This was reported by the local agency WAM. The publication clarifies that the operation of the air navigation system has been fully restored and all temporary precautions have been canceled. It is clarified that the authorities will monitor the situation in real time to ensure flight safety.

Photo: Shutterstock On May 2, the publication Gazeta.ru reported the start of white lists on wired Internet in the Moscow region, citing local residents. This is not entirely true: the provider discussed in the article offers mobile Internet, not wired, and restrictions on mobile Internet in the capital and surrounding areas have been fixed since last year.

The American company Palantir has recruited more than 30 British government officials, including former ministers, intelligence officers, generals and members of the House of Lords, The Nerve's investigation said. Among them is former Deputy Secretary of Defense Lawrence Lee, who was personally involved in defense AI strategy and held meetings with Palantir management during his government service, and later became an adviser to the company's CEO.