He talked about bribes of officials and expensive loans On the afternoon of May 17 , a 45-year-old businessman from the Leningrad region entered the Great Imperial Throne in the St. George Hall of the Hermitage and began to read out an appeal to Vladimir Putin . As Fontanka writes, he told museum visitors about bribes from officials, expensive loans and his own ruin, calling on the president to understand the “legality” of what was happening.

The US and Iran exchange ultimatums on the nuclear deal. Tehran threatens to radically change rules in the Strait of Hormuz US President Donald Trump sharply tightened his rhetoric against Iran and said that Tehran “should be afraid of it.” In an interview with Israel's Channel 13, he said Iranian authorities should "watch out" for him, and then published on Truth Social a map of the Middle East with Iran at the center and red arrows pointing from neighboring states.

The official visit is scheduled for May 19–20 Russian President Vladimir Putin will pay an official visit to China on May 19–20. Previous visit Putin's visit to China took place at the end of August - beginning of September 2025. Then the Russian president attended a parade in Beijing dedicated to the 80th anniversary of the end of World War II and held negotiations with the Chinese leader.

A scam center with an office in Tbilisi brings hundreds of thousands of dollars to its creators The scam center with an office in Tbilisi employs Ukrainians and Russians who fled the war and escaped mobilization. How are rich Europeans and Americans being deceived on a dating site by a millionaire from the Russian Forbes list?

Objects in Zelenograd, Kapotnya and near Solnechnogorsk came under attack, and Vladimir Zelensky called the attack a “fair response” to Russian strikes on Ukraine During a massive attack on Moscow and the Moscow region on May 17, Ukrainian drones could have targeted enterprises in the military-industrial complex and energy infrastructure. This is stated in the publication of Radio Liberty.

This is the second such case A court in the Moscow region fined local resident Maxim Yarmamedov a thousand rubles for publishing a photograph of an Audi A8 with license plate A547UE77. “Vestka” found the corresponding resolution in the court file.