What happened after the entry of Russian troops into Ukraine.

Day 92
News and statements May 26 (c) Kommersant
21:44. In Belarus, a law is being prepared on the trial in absentia of criminal cases, according to which it will be possible to confiscate the property of oppositionists and persons accused of extremism who left the country - Chairman of the Investigative Committee of the Republic Dmitry Gora.
21:41. Since February 24, Roskomnadzor has identified and removed more than 117,000 fakes about a special military operation in Ukraine, 38,000 calls for protests, and blocked more than 1,100 resources “with Ukrainian nationalist propaganda.”
21:13. Ukrainian Foreign Minister Dmytro Kuleba, in a conversation with the German Foreign Minister, again called on Berlin to provide Kyiv with more heavy weapons, including multiple rocket launchers.
20:55. Deputy Chairman of the State Duma Committee on Industry and Trade Alexander Spiridonov proposed to use reverse engineering technologies at Russian enterprises - the development of design documentation based on the analysis of the finished product. The use of reverse engineering will allow Russia to manufacture its own analogues of foreign equipment in a short time, the deputy believes.
20:13. Gas prices in Europe by the close of trading on Thursday fell to $940 per thousand cubic meters. m - data from the London ICE exchange.
20:11. The Crimean authorities have extended for two weeks the high ("yellow") level of terrorist threat introduced in several municipalities and at a number of state facilities - the head of the republic Sergey Aksyonov.
20:08. Lavrov called the conditions put forward by Zelensky for the resumption of negotiations with Russia and a meeting with Putin frivolous.
20:06. Moscow warns Western countries that the supply of weapons to Ukraine that are capable of delivering strikes on the territory of the Russian Federation will be a step towards an unacceptable escalation - Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov.
19:45. UN Deputy Secretary General for Peacekeeping Operations Jean-Pierre Lacroix called speculation about a peacekeeping mission in Ukraine extremely premature. It is unrealistic to talk about sending peacekeepers until there is a ceasefire.
19:42. Italian company Eni and Algerian state-owned energy company Sonatrach have signed a memorandum of understanding aimed at accelerating the development of gas fields in Algeria and decarbonization through green hydrogen - Eni press release.
19:34. Two dozen Ukrainian soldiers, with the help of American specialists, are learning to use the Harpoon anti-ship systems provided by Denmark, a senior Pentagon official said. Earlier, 419 Ukrainian military personnel have already been trained in handling M777 howitzers, and another 20 are mastering Phoenix drones.
19:30. The Bank of Russia has extended the term for the sale of foreign exchange earnings by exporters from 60 to 120 working days, and exporters will not be able to meet this deadline if the currency is used to pay for imports.
19:25. Farewell to the six servicemen who died during the special operation in Ukraine - Andrey Mochalov, Vladislav Muchnitsin, Andrey Lekomtsev, Vladimir Bolshakov, Dmitry Belosludtsev and Rinat Ibatullin - took place in Udmurtia, three of them were awarded posthumously - the press service of the head of the region.
19:14. The Moscow Arbitration Court arrested another 500 million rubles. from the Russian "daughter" of Google - this time on the claim of the TV channel "Zvezda" to restore the YouTube channel, thus the amount of funds seized according to similar statements by the Russian media increased to 2.5 billion rubles. - the ruling of the court, placed in the file cabinet of arbitration cases.
19:11. The Government of Ukraine allowed conscript athletes to travel abroad for 30 days during martial law - State Border Service of Ukraine.
19:09. The EU is working on a deal to import Israeli gas, it is planned that the gas will be delivered by pipeline to Egypt, liquefied there, and then sent to Europe - Bloomberg agency, citing documents at its disposal.
19:03. The Russian stock market rose by 3.11% on Thursday due to a 9% rise in the price of Gazprom's securities, according to the Moscow Exchange.
18:58. Six foreign dry cargo ships remain in the port of Mariupol, despite the fact that conditions have been created for their safe access to the sea - the Ministry of Defense of the Russian Federation.
18:52. Canada may start delivering natural gas to Europe in three years, for this, the Spanish energy company Repsol SA will need to re-equip the existing LNG import terminal in the Canadian province of New Brunswick for export operations - Minister of Natural Resources of Canada Jonathan Wilkinson.
18:49. The Russian Federation advocated curtailing the mission of the OSCE Project Coordinator in Ukraine - Deputy Permanent Representative of the Russian Federation to the OSCE Maxim Buyakevich.
18:45. Putin: the exit of civilian ships from the ports of the Azov and Black Seas is hindered by the Ukrainian side.
18:42. Putin: The Russian Federation is ready to contribute to overcoming the food crisis, subject to the lifting of politically motivated sanctions.
18:40. The Nalchik garrison military court recognized as legal the dismissal of 115 employees of the National Guard who refused to participate in speciall military operation in Ukraine. The Rosgvardeytsy challenged their early dismissal from service due to "non-compliance with the terms of the contract."
18:10. Prime Minister of the Netherlands Mark Rutte discussed with Volodymyr Zelensky the uninterrupted supply of military aid to Kyiv and options for resuming grain and fertilizer exports from Ukraine.
18:08. The Italian authorities have withdrawn the state awards of the republic, presented earlier to the Prime Minister of the Russian Federation Mikhail Mishustin and the Minister of Industry and Trade Denis Manturov - a decree of the President of Italy, published in the official gazette Gazzetta Ufficiale.
17:58. The World Health Assembly (the highest body of WHO) adopted a resolution condemning Russia's actions in Ukraine as they create a public health emergency - Reuters.
17:52. NATO initially sent Soviet-era weapons to Ukraine, but now it is supplying Kyiv with more and more of the alliance's standard weapons - NATO Secretary General Jens Stoltenberg.
17:49. The new NATO strategy, which the alliance will discuss at the summit in Madrid in June, will not consider Russia as a strategic partner - NATO Secretary General Jens Stoltenberg.
17:43. President Lukashenko announced that a southern operational command would be created in the armed forces of Belarus.
17:39. The Latvian Seimas in the first reading supported the bill, which obliges the municipal authorities to demolish Soviet monuments by November 15, including the monument to the Liberators of Riga - the press service of the parliament.
17:24. President Volodymyr Zelensky criticized a number of unnamed countries for hypocrisy and double standards in helping Ukraine - a video message to the deputies of the Seimas and the people of Latvia.
17:20. Representatives of "Moldovagaz" and "Gazprom" on Friday will hold talks on the possibility of revising the terms of payment for Russian gas - Deputy Prime Minister, Minister of Infrastructure and Regional Development of Moldova Andrei Spinu.
17:17. The shelling of the village of Zhuravlevka in the Belgorod region continues all day long on May 26, and a woman, the governor of the Gladkov region, was wounded.
17:14. After the completion of the special operation in Ukraine, the Russian Federation will increase the purchase of equipment and weapons to replenish the army's arsenal - Deputy Prime Minister Borisov.
17:09. KamAZ plans to replace all necessary imported components by the end of the year - Deputy Prime Minister Borisov.
17:04. Russia may create a regional grain market due to existing restrictions - the Union of Grain Exporters.
16:59. The Hungarian authorities have banned foreign cars from refueling at gas stations in the country - the Serbian TV channel RTS.
16:56. The Ministry of Economic Development is counting on a further reduction in the key rate of the Central Bank of the Russian Federation to restore economic activity - Head of the Ministry of Economic Development Reshetnikov.
16:54. The dollar exchange rate is near a local minimum, the current exchange rate is a problem for the domestic producer in the long term - the head of the Ministry of Economic Development Reshetnikov.
16:52. Head of the Ministry of Economic Development Reshetnikov: we need to return to the equilibrium exchange rate of the ruble.
16:50. The official dollar exchange rate on Friday is 62.05 rubles, the euro is 64.44 rubles. - TSB RF.
16:47. The Ministry of Economic Development is preparing a bill with temporary anti-sanction measures to settle cross-defaults and accelerate the debt of Russian companies in connection with restrictions from the US, UK and EU countries.
16:44. The “Young Guard of United Russia” and the “Volunteer Company of the “Combat Brotherhood”” opened a center for training volunteers to work in the Donbass in Moscow — the head of the MGER Anton Demidov.
16:41. The owners of Russian shopping centers are preparing for the second round of negotiations with Turkish companies to replace Western brands leaving Russia - President of the Russian Council of Shopping Centers Dmitry Moskalenko.
16:39. The international reserves of the Russian Federation decreased from May 13 to May 20 by $2.3 billion and amounted to $583.4 billion - the Central Bank of the Russian Federation.
16:36. Algeria intends to supply Italy with the available surplus gas, which, in turn, will be able to transfer it to other European countries - President Abdelmajid Tebbun.
16:35. OPEC+ will remain committed to current policy by raising July production target by 432,000 barrels per day - Reuters, citing sources in the organization.
16:30. Russia will offer a tool so that all debt holders receive payments - Finance Minister Siluanov.
16:29. The announcement of the technical default of the Russian Federation will not affect the economy in any way - Finance Minister Siluanov.
16:26. Russian issuers may be able to issue "substitute" Russian bonds to be exchanged for Eurobonds, this should make it easier for them to service their debt - Andrey Medvedev, Deputy Director of the Legal Department of the Bank of Russia.
16:21. The government of the Russian Federation may extend the deferral of payment of insurance premiums to the perfumery and cosmetics industry - Prime Minister Mikhail Mishustin at a meeting on the development of SMEs.
16:15. The chairman of United Russia, Dmitry Medvedev, believes that the party should review the program with which it won the elections to the State Duma, since the situation is now "force majeure" - a speech at a meeting with the presidium of the party's faction in the State Duma.
16:11. In the city of Volzhsky, Volgograd region, they said goodbye to 36-year-old sapper Danil Dumenko, who died along with his platoon during a special operation in Ukraine - RIA Novosti.
16:07. French President Macron, during a telephone conversation, called on Turkish President Erdogan to respect the desire of Finland and Sweden to join NATO - AFP, citing the Elysee Palace.
16:04. From June 1, the authorities of Polish Krakow cancel free travel for Ukrainian refugees - BMF radio. According to the Polish border guard, since February 24, 3.57 million Ukrainians have arrived in the country, over 150 thousand of them settled in Krakow.
16:02. The first McDonald's restaurant under the new brand will open on June 12 in Moscow near the Pushkinskaya metro station, according to a source in the company. As you know, McDonald's announced its withdrawal from Russia and sold the business to the Russian owner, businessman Alexander Govor.
15:57. Erdogan discussed with Macron the situation in Ukraine, as well as applications from Finland and Sweden to join NATO.
15:53. Taking the Zaporozhye NPP under guard by the Russian military is justified from the point of view of preventing leaks of nuclear and radioactive materials, the fuel located at the station can hardly be used to create nuclear weapons - Russian Foreign Ministry.
14:49. AvtoVAZ extended its downtime due to a shortage of components until June 3, said Valery Korolev, deputy chairman of the trade union organization of the enterprise.
14:44. Putin proposed the creation of a Eurasian export center and trading houses.
14:42. Britain introduces a fee of 25% on the excess profits of oil and gas companies.
14:35. The Security Service of Ukraine has charged former Verkhovna Rada deputy Evgeny Balitsky with cooperation with the Russian authorities.
14:25. The presence of friendly warships should become a guarantee of unblocking the ports of Ukraine, said Lithuanian Foreign Minister Gabrielius Landsbergis.
14:22. Russia openly declares that its actions will not be limited to Ukraine - Zelensky in an address to the Latvian parliament.
14:18. Russians who “drive 600 Mercedes” will continue to drive them and buy luxury goods, Russian President Vladimir Putin said at a meeting of the Eurasian Economic Forum.
14:07. Russian business "shows the best qualities" in the current conditions, quickly adapting to them, Putin said.
14:02. One person was injured during the latest shelling of the Kursk region bordering Ukraine, the governor said.
14:00. Putin: Import substitution is not a panacea, we are not going to deal with it alone.
14:00. Vladimir Putin: I don’t see any problems that we didn’t manage to complete something on import substitution.
13:53. The departure of some foreign companies from the Russian Federation may be for the better, their niche will be occupied - Putin.
13:50. Putin said that Russia is becoming stronger in some ways because of the sanctions.
13:44. A draft law on sanctions against Belarus has been registered in the Verkhovna Rada of Ukraine, recognizing it as a "co-aggressor".
13:25. The head of VTB Andrey Kostin questioned the need to report to banks according to international financial reporting standards in the context of the imposed sanctions.
13:17. Turkey at this stage does not intend to refuse to purchase natural gas from Russia, Cavusoglu said.
13:17. The Kursk governor said that Ukrainian troops fired on the outskirts of the village of Vorobzha, there were no casualties.
13:10. Adviser to the Minister of Energy of Ukraine Olena Zerkal said against the backdrop of Budapest’s reluctance to refuse Russian gas that Kyiv has a lever of pressure on Hungary in the form of the Druzhba oil pipeline running through Ukrainian territory, with which, according to her, “something could happen” .
13:06. Western countries must cancel illegal decisions that prevent the export of grain from the territory of Ukraine, then supplies will resume, said Dmitry Peskov, press secretary of the President of the Russian Federation.
12:52. Belarus will face unprecedented economic, political and even military pressure - Lukashenka.
12:43. The head of the Central Bank of the Russian Federation, Nabiullina, urged banks to convert the remaining foreign currency mortgage holders into rubles: now is the right moment.
12:38. The coming quarters will not be easy, as long as the economy adapts, it will be difficult for both companies and citizens - the head of the Central Bank Elvira Nabiullina.
12:37. President of Belarus Alexander Lukashenko believes that the ongoing NATO exercises near the borders of the republic can be considered as the development of a possible theater of military operations in the future.
12:24. Nabiullina: The Russian economy is entering a period of structural transformation and will be in dire need of financial resources.
12:13. Olaf Scholz said that the West will not agree with the "imposed peace" in Ukraine.
12:08. Ukraine has agreed with Hungary to extend access to capacities for importing natural gas until March 31, 2023, the operator of the Ukrainian GTS said.
11:56. Russian mobile operators began to work on the territory of the Kherson region, said the head of the administration.
11:40. Secretary of the General Council of "United Russia" Turchak: we propose the creation of a special economic zone in the Donbass.
11:40. The prosecution requested for two Russian military menothers are tried in Ukraine, for 12 years in prison.
11:30. Gazprom supplies gas to Europe through Ukraine in the amount of 44.5 million cubic meters through Sudzha, the application through Sokhranivka was rejected by Kyiv, said the official representative of the holding Sergey Kupriyanov.
11:24. McDonald's restaurants under the new brand will have a familiar menu, Sergei Sobyanin said.
11:23. The authorities of the capital do not plan to produce old models of the Moskvich car at the former Renault plant. They are going to involve foreign partners in the work, Sergei Sobyanin said.
11:02. NATO Secretary General Jens Stoltenberg urged the member states of the alliance to be prepared for the fact that they will have to support Ukraine for a long time.
10:53. Entrepreneurs in the Kherson region must set price tags in hryvnias and rubles, this is a prerequisite for the continuation of the conduct, said the head of the military-civilian administration of the region Vladimir Saldo.
10:39. European Commissioner for the Internal Market Thierry Breton urged the EU to expedite the withdrawal of Russian oil, but could not give a date for the adoption of the sixth package of sanctions, including such an embargo.
10:38. Russia has spent 160 billion rubles since 2014 to get away from dependence on Ukrainian and foreign components in the defense industry, said Deputy Prime Minister Yuri Borisov.
10:33. The Central Bank of Russia lowered the rate to 11% (from the previous 14%).
10:24. Portugal gave permission to entrepreneur Roman Abramovich, who has the citizenship of the republic, to sell the London football club Chelsea. Chelsea FC, owned by Abramovich since 2003, came under restrictions due to sanctions imposed by the British authorities on the Russian businessman.
10:00. The European Union must remain united on the issue of an embargo on Russian oil, a solution is still possible, said Vice Chancellor of Germany, Economics Minister Robert Habeck.
10:00. In Kherson, administrative centers will be opened to obtain Russian citizenship, the authorities of the region said.
9:59. The leader of the rock group DDT Yuri Shevchuk, in respect of whom a protocol was previously drawn up on discrediting the Russian Armed Forces, questioned the holding of concerts and performances in Russia in the near future. However, a message appeared on the group's page on the social network: "The group can and wants to perform, do not hesitate."
quarter to ten. Oil production in Russia may decrease from 524 million tons in 2021 to 480-500 million tons in 2022, Deputy Prime Minister Alexander Novak said.
9:29. There are informal agreements among NATO countries to refuse to supply certain weapons systems to Ukraine, DPA sources said. In addition, Israel refused to transfer lethal weapons to Ukraine.
9:07. School graduates from the Kherson region are trying to take the Russian Unified State Exam, but for this they have to travel to neighboring Crimea, said Kirill Stremousov, who introduces himself as the deputy head of the military-civilian administration of the Kherson region.
9:05. South Korea plans to send $1.1 million worth of non-lethal military aid to Ukraine, according to the Yonhap news agency.
9:03. The governor of the Moscow region Andrey Vorobyov hopes that the Mercedes plant will resume work. “Yes, there is Mercedes, which stopped later than everyone else and is now thinking - this is a sensitive stop for us, because both the 1.5 thousand people who work there and the enterprise itself are successful. It will be a pity if they stop for a long time, but we'll see, ”Vorobyev said on Sputnik radio.
9:02. Transit of Russian gas through Ukraine on May 26 may reach 44.3 million cubic meters. m, follows from the data on the website of the Ukrainian GTS Operator.