State management

Belarusian President Alexander Lukashenko claimed that Belarus is intended to react to Poland's plans for Western Ukraine.

The President of the United States added that the decision on economic restrictions was the best course for Washington.

The strengthening of the ruble on the international market and the transition to import substitution will help protect Russia from external threats from Western countries.

Ukraine lives off loans from the West and is actually its colony, Russian Foreign Ministry spokeswoman Maria Zakharova said on her Telegram channel.

Press Secretary of the Russian President Dmitry Peskov said that at the moment the Kremlin does not see a trend associated with the alleged departure of dollar millionaires from the Russian Federation.

The former deputy head of Rossotrudnichestvo, Natalia Poklonskaya, announced on her Telegram channel that she was appointed to the post of adviser to the Prosecutor General of Russia, Igor Krasnov.

The State Duma has adopted laws on non-execution of ECHR judgments in Russia since March 15.

The Ministry of Emergency Situations of Russia provided lump-sum payments to 27 thousand residents who came under the control of the Russian Armed Forces of the territories of Ukraine.

The official representative of the Russian Foreign Ministry, Maria Zakharova, said that Russia's refusal from the Bologna system in education has objective reasons.

The Verkhovna Rada of Ukraine intends to withdraw a bill proposing to allow Ukrainian officers to kill soldiers for desertion, Oleksandr Bakumov, a deputy from Zelensky's party, said.

Russian President Vladimir Putin at a meeting on the development of certain areas of the transport complex said that the domestic economy in the new conditions will be open.

President of Ukraine Volodymyr Zelensky signed a law on the confiscation of assets of citizens who supported Russia's special operation in Ukraine.

The head of Chechnya, Ramzan Kadyrov, said that the Russians should conduct a voluntary mobilization.

Press Secretary of the President of Russia Dmitry Peskov on Monday, May 16, during the traditional briefing with reporters, explained Vladimir Putin's order on Azovstal.

Military expert Konstantin Sivkov commented on the words of Anatoly Antonov, who announced Washington's plans to force Moscow to abandon the use of modern weapons.