Demand for the purchase of light industrial premises in the Moscow region collapsed in the first quarter of 2026 - depending on the calculation methodology, the drop compared to the same period last year ranged from 65% to 83%. The reasons are high interest rates on loans, the reorientation of companies towards rentals and a general slowdown in investment activity.

The Presidents of Russia and Kazakhstan, Vladimir Putin and Kassym-Jomart Tokayev, signed a joint statement “On the seven principles of friendship and good neighborliness of the peoples of Russia and Kazakhstan,” TASS reports . The ceremony took place at the Palace of Independence in Astana as part of Putin's state visit to Kazakhstan.

In the capital, at the Moscow Cathedral Mosque, Muslims traditionally gathered to perform festive prayer on the occasion of Kurban Bayram, May 28, 2026. Photo: Andrey Lyubimov / RBC A court in Vladivostok fined 30-year-old foreigner Oybek Usmonov 36 thousand rubles for praying prayers on a playground. The regional department of the Ministry of Internal Affairs published a video in which the visitor apologizes for his actions and says that he scared the children.

The Arctic Ocean passed a chemical point of no return in 2009, when nitrate levels in its surface waters plummeted and have not recovered since. This conclusion was reached by scientists who analyzed data collected over more than twenty years of observations in the Fram Strait. The study was published in the journal Communications Earth & Environment. Fram Strait is the main outlet of Arctic waters into the Atlantic.

The US Department of Justice has demanded from Reddit and Twitter (X) the identities of anonymous users who criticized the actions of the ICE immigration service, their names, addresses and bank details. Bloomberg reports this with reference to the lawyers of the defendants in the case. The subpoenas were issued as part of criminal investigations being conducted by Washington prosecutors led by Jeanine Pirro, a close ally of President Trump.

Hundreds of thousands of dollars a year were spent on foreign tutors and governesses for the children of Vladimir Putin and Alina Kabaeva, and the teachers themselves were hired from Germany, Great Britain, New Zealand, Austria, Ireland, Bosnia and Herzegovina and South Africa. At the same time, governesses were prohibited in their contracts from discussing topics related to LGBT people.

The Dutch Tax and Financial Investigation Agency conducted searches in two data centers in the country and seized 800 servers from WorkTitans and MIRhosting, suspected of violating sanctions legislation, Bloomberg reports . WorkTitans owner Youssef Zinad and MIRhosting founder Andrey Nesterenko were detained. According to the Dutch authorities, both companies leased servers to structures controlled by two Moldovan brothers, Iurie and Ivan Neculiti.

Andrey Kondratyev (left), Dmitry Lobanov Available in English Two Russian officers were killed in Mali on April 25 when an Mi-8 helicopter was shot down in Gao province, according to the KIU ✪ Russian Officers Killed in Ukraine project, which tracks the deaths of Russian officers. The dead were Major Andrei Vasilyevich Kondratyev and Captain Dmitry Aleksandrovich Lobanov. OSINT researcher Necro Mancer discovered a message about Lobanov’s funeral on his sister’s VKontakte page.

On May 25, Vladimir Putin signed a law increasing the maximum duration of overtime work in Russia from 120 to 240 hours per year. According to the human rights project “On Equals,” which provides assistance in labor disputes, the law primarily benefits employers and reduces the level of protection for workers.

In Novorossiysk, dolphin bodies have not been removed from city beaches for weeks, which is why there is a strong smell of decomposition on the coast. The publication “That’s So” writes about this with reference to local residents and environmentalists. Deputy Head of Novorossiysk Rafael Beglyarov explained the situation by problems with the contractor.

The Disciplinary Council of the International Ice Hockey Federation overturned the decision of the IIHF Council to exclude Russian national teams from the tournaments of the 2026/27 season. This was stated by the Minister of Sports of the Russian Federation Mikhail Degtyarev, TASS reports . According to him, the decision states that the materials presented by the IIHF - arguments and risk assessment reports - did not contain sufficient grounds for extending the suspension on security grounds.

Donald Trump has filed an updated $10 billion defamation lawsuit against The Wall Street Journal and parent company News Corp. shortly after the court dismissed the original lawsuit due to insufficient evidence of "malice" on the part of the publication, Bloomberg reports . The lawsuit was filed in Florida federal court on the same day as a deadline set by the judge who had previously dismissed the case.

Rosselkhoznadzor has been banning the import of tomatoes, cucumbers, peppers, green crops and strawberries from Armenia since May 30. The restrictions have been introduced until an “algorithm is developed that guarantees the safety” of the supplied products, the department said in a statement. It clarifies that the reason was the results of the inspection of Armenian enterprises, which the department conducted from May 21 to 27.

Over the past year, Israel, according to The Jerusalem Post, has repeatedly discussed these accusations with representatives of the UN Secretary General's office. Jerusalem provided documents, data and detailed responses to the claims, and invited UN officials to visit the country to conduct verifications.

Massimiliano Coccia / Facebook Available in English Italian journalist Massimiliano Coccia was sued for investigating the assets of the family of Federation Council Speaker Valentin Matvienko in Europe. He himself reported this on social networks, but did not specify who exactly filed the complaint. At the same time, Coccia reposted several publications from other users, which stated that the author of the lawsuit was the Matvienko family itself.