The department stated that it is preparing “global Russophobic projects, paid for by accomplices of the Kyiv regime.” The Russian Prosecutor General's Office has declared the human rights organization Amnesty International “undesirable.” The department said that it “positions itself as an active advocate for the protection of human rights in the world,” but in fact, its headquarters in London “is a center for the preparation of global Russophobic projects, paid for by accomplices of the Kyiv

The US Secretary of State said that the issue of their meeting is also being decided now Russian and US Presidents Vladimir Putin and Donald Trump will hold telephone conversations on May 19 at 17:00 (Moscow time). According to Trump, the topics of conversation will be stopping the war and trade.

Pro-government media write that he was forced to leave Russia Kazakh comedian Nurlan Saburov was detained at Moscow Sheremetyevo airport. Kremlin-controlled REN TV and telegram channels Baza and Mash write that a protocol was drawn up against him for violating migration legislation (Article 18.8 of the Administrative Code). According to them, he has already been fined five thousand rubles and ordered to leave the country.

EU countries approved 542 thousand applications in 2024 In 2024, EU countries approved 89.3% of requests for Schengen visas from Russian citizens, Vorstka calculated based on data from the European Commission. This figure was a record since the full-scale invasion of Ukraine: in 2022, the approval rate was 87.9%, and in 2023 - 86.3%. However, it is still far from the pre-war values: in 2021, the approval rate reached 95.8%, and in 2020 - 97.2%.

Gamers registered in Turkey, Ukraine and Kazakhstan encountered difficulties Russian PlayStation owners using accounts registered in other countries have faced massive blocking . This was reported by RBC and iXBT. games. According to them, the blocking by Sony began in May and affected PlayStation Network accounts recently registered in Turkey, Ukraine and Kazakhstan.

The conversation lasted more than two hours Russian and US Presidents Vladimir Putin and Donald Trump spoke by phone. The negotiations lasted more than two hours. According to RBC, Vladimir Putin spoke with his American colleague not from the Kremlin, but from the music school building on the territory of the Sirius educational center. Before this, Trump called Vladimir Zelensky, but their conversation, according to Axios, lasted only a few minutes.

Telegram founder Pavel Durov said that France tried to interfere with them Bucharest Mayor Nicusor Dan won the presidential election in Romania. The pro-European candidate beat the right-wing candidate George Simion in the second round. After processing almost all the ballots, Dan has almost 54% of the votes, Simion has about 46%. The first round of the repeat presidential elections in Romania took place on May 4. Simion won it with 40.5% of the votes. 21% of voters voted for Dan.