What happened on the day of May 14th. The main thing

Russian President Vladimir Putin called for moving away from dividing enterprises into defense and civilian ones. US President Donald Trump has arrived at the People's Assembly House in Beijing for a meeting with Chinese President Xi Jinping. Latvian Prime Minister Evika Silinja has announced her resignation amid a government crisis. The Russian army liberated the village of Nikolaevka in the Donetsk People's Republic (DPR). All the details and other news are in the Izvestia digest.

Putin spoke at the congress of the Russian Engineering Union

Vladimir Putin spoke at the congress of the All-Russian Public Organization Union of Machine Builders of Russia. According to him, Russian machine builders are working successfully, despite the difficulties and obstacles from unfriendly countries. The Head of State also stressed that Russia intends to create technological alliances with other states.

The President called for moving away from dividing enterprises into defense and civilian ones. He explained that the central problem of the Russian military-industrial complex (MIC) is the low speed of decision-making. According to Putin, the civilian sector has learned how to deal with this problem, and the formal separation of defense industry enterprises from civilian ones should not prevent the adoption of these practices. The Head of State also instructed the government to facilitate the arrival of its veterans in the Russian defense industry.

Donald Trump and Xi Jinping held talks in Beijing

Donald Trump arrived at the People's Assembly House on Tiananmen Square in Beijing for a meeting with Chinese President Xi Jinping. He promised the Chinese leader to conduct business with China fully on a reciprocal basis. In turn, Xi Jinping said that the ideas of the revival of the Chinese nation and the return of the greatness of the United States do not contradict each other.

According to the head of the White House, Xi Jinping offered assistance on the Iranian issue. Trump and Xi Jinping have come to an agreement on Iran's nuclear weapons. The leaders also discussed the situation in Ukraine, the Middle East and the Korean Peninsula.

The Prime Minister of Latvia has resigned

Latvian Prime Minister Evika Silinja has announced her resignation amid a government crisis. The reason for the political crisis was the resignation of Defense Minister Andris Sprouds after the drone incident on May 7. After his departure, the political partners of the ruling coalition said they no longer trusted the prime minister.

Former Latvian Foreign Minister Janis Jurkans said in an interview with Izvestia that the Latvian government has fallen, and political chaos now reigns in the country. Alexander Nosovich, a political scientist and expert on the Baltic region, noted that the resignation of the Latvian government has become a precedent not only for the republic, but for the whole of Europe.

Lavrov holds meetings at the BRICS Foreign Ministers Summit in India

During his working visit to India, Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov held talks with his Indian counterpart Subramaniam Jaishankar. The Foreign Ministers paid special attention to the situation in the Middle East, and also discussed other pressing issues of regional and global importance.

Later, Lavrov arrived at the BRICS Foreign Ministers' summit in the Indian capital. There he also met with Iranian Foreign Minister Abbas Araqchi. Lavrov informed Arakchi of Russia's readiness to assist in resolving the conflict with the United States.

The Russian army liberated Novonikolaevka in the DPR

The Russian army liberated the village of Nikolaevka in the DPR. In the Dnipropetrovsk region, the Armed Forces of Ukraine (AFU) lost almost the entire platoon of soldiers. The Russian Armed Forces launched strikes with Dagger air missile systems against enterprises of the military-industrial complex (MIC) and airfields of Ukraine.

Soldiers of the 239th tank Regiment of the 90th Guards Tank Division of the Center group told Izvestia that Russian troops in the DPR were actively advancing and repelling counterattacks by a numerically superior enemy.