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Russian Judge Agrees to Extend Evan Gershkovich’s Detention for Three Months

New York Times Mr. Gershkovich has been held at the notoriously harsh Lefortovo jail since his arrest on March 29 during a reporting trip to the central Russian city of Yekaterinburg. His detention was extended for three months. https://www.nytimes.com/2023/05/23/world/europe/evan-gershkovich-russia-hearing.html

Court extends until Aug 30 arrest of WSJ reporter charged with spying

Disclaimer: TASS is Russian government propaganda, and not a reliable news source. The court session was held behind closed doors, because some materials featuring in the case are secret https://tass.com/society/1621897

Russian ambassador in Denmark reiterates Russia is key to Ukrainian settlement

Disclaimer: TASS is Russian government propaganda, and not a reliable news source. “Ukrainian President Zelensky’s initiative – a summit on the ‘peace formula’ – is not aimed at achieving peace but at continuing the war with Russia, completely turning the participating states into hostages of the Kiev regime,” Vladimir Barbin said https://tass.com/politics/1621901

Production of Chinese cars to be launched in Russia’s Nizhny Novgorod Region — Governor

Disclaimer: TASS is Russian government propaganda, and not a reliable news source. It is added that the cluster consists of more than 800 enterprises focusing on the production of cars and car components https://tass.com/economy/1621895

Armenian opposition warns about protests following PM’s statements on Karabakh

Disclaimer: TASS is Russian government propaganda, and not a reliable news source. It was stressed that in the current situation, “people have no other choice but to stand up against the current authorities” https://tass.com/world/1621891

Montana Gov. Greg Gianforte signs bill to define ‘sex’ as only male and female

Fox News Republican Governor Greg Gianforte has signed a bill defining the word “sex” in state law as only male or female — joining Kansas and Tennessee, which have similar laws that LGBTQ+ advocates argue will deny legal recognition to nonbinary and transgender people. Medical professionals say the laws also ignore that some people are…

Training of Ukrainian pilots on F-16s can begin in July – Danish Defence Ministry

Pravda Ukraine Acting Minister of Defence of Denmark Troels Lund Poulsen said that Ukrainian pilots could start training on F-16 fighter jets in July. Source: This is reported by European Pravda with reference to Politico. https://www.pravda.com.ua/eng/news/2023/05/23/7403524/

Russian business mission to visit Saudi Arabia in late May

Disclaimer: TASS is Russian government propaganda, and not a reliable news source. In particular, Rostec, Transmashholding, Power Machines, Geropharm, and other companies will participate in the mission https://tass.com/economy/1621889

Stoltenberg: Delivering F-16s to Ukraine does not make NATO party to conflict

Pravda Ukraine https://www.eurointegration.com.ua/eng/news/2023/05/23/7162259/

China committed to strategy of using nukes for self-defense — foreign minister

Disclaimer: TASS is Russian government propaganda, and not a reliable news source. Qin Gang also expressed the hope that the IAEA would duly settle issues linked with cooperation between the United States, Great Britain, and Australia in the area of nuclear-powered submarines, as well as Japan’s plans to dump water from the Fukushima 1 NPP…