Top stories for May 19

Top stories for May 19🔹TikTok blocked the accounts of bloggers who promoted Alabuga Polytech. The accounts of bloggers otesayy (he had 1.4 million followers), typahanter (780.7 thousand), mich.floww (14.8 thousand), and prostodashenkkaa (6.2 thousand) were blocked.

🔹Putin arrived in China. The trip is timed to coincide with the 25th anniversary of the Russian-Chinese Treaty of Good-Neighborliness, Friendship and Cooperation.

🔹In Moscow, the heads of eight districts left their posts. This is stated in an order by the city’s mayor, Sergei Sobyanin.

🔹The son of Mango’s founder was arrested on suspicion of murdering his father. Jonathan Andic will be taken to Barcelona, where he will give testimony to a judge as a suspect.

🔹Estonian military personnel shot down a drone that had entered the country’s airspace for the first time. Before that, local residents received messages about a possible air danger.

🔹In Moscow, unknown armed men burst into the building where the editorial office of Moskovsky Komsomolets is located. Human rights advocate and Moskovsky Komsomolets journalist Eva Merkacheva said that the searches in the newspaper’s building are not connected to the media outlet.

🔹China’s Foreign Ministry called Xi Jinping’s alleged remark to Trump that Putin may “regret” invading Ukraine “pure fiction.” The Financial Times claims that during talks last week, Xi Jinping told Donald Trump that Putin “may ultimately regret his invasion of Ukraine.”

🔹The Thai government approved reducing the visa-free stay to 30 days for citizens of more than 90 countries. It is reported that the new criteria will now be reviewed by the visa policy committee.

🔹The Russian army is conducting three-day exercises on the preparation and use of nuclear forces under the threat of aggression. During the exercises, which will take place from May 19 to 21, ballistic and cruise missiles will be launched at training grounds on Russian territory.

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