What happened on the day of May 6th. The main thing

The final fourth day of the St. Petersburg International Economic Forum (SPIEF-2026) has ended in St. Petersburg. Russian tennis player Mirra Andreeva has won the Roland Garros tournament. Russian Language Day has been celebrated in Russia. All the details and other main events of the day are in the Izvestia digest.

St. Petersburg summed up the results of SPIEF 2026

The fourth day of SPIEF 2026 has ended in St. Petersburg. Anton Kobyakov, Executive secretary of the forum's organizing committee and Adviser to the President of the Russian Federation, said that more than 1,000 agreements totaling 6.6 trillion rubles were signed by SPIEF 2026 participants. He specified that the SPIEF 2026 was attended by delegations from 142 countries. According to Kobyakov, for the first time in 10 years, an official American delegation participated in the forum. In addition, the secretary of the organizing committee stressed that Russia consistently offers countries a pragmatic partnership, while the West chooses war. In addition, Kobyakov pointed to Russia's readiness to defend itself in the event of an attack by the West.

Mirra Andreeva won the Roland Garros tournament

Russian tennis player Andreeva defeated Polish representative Maya Chwalinska in the final of the French Open (Roland Garros) and won a Grand Slam tournament for the first time. The match ended with a score of 6:3, 6:2 in favor of 19-year-old Andreeva, who was seeded at the tournament at number eight. The athletes spent 1 hour and 22 minutes on the court. For the Russian tennis player, this title was the first in her career at Grand Slam tournaments. Andreeva became the third youngest Grand Slam champion in the 21st century.

The Russian army liberated Shevchenko in the Kharkiv region

During the continuation of offensive operations, the Russian Armed Forces established control over the village of Shevchenko in the Kharkiv region. According to the Russian Defense Ministry, Russian fighters also defeated the manpower and equipment of three mechanized and one motorized infantry brigades of the Armed Forces of Ukraine (AFU). In addition, the Russian military attacked the facilities of the fuel, transport and port infrastructure of Ukraine, which was used in the interests of the Ukrainian army. The places of production, storage and launch sites of long-range unmanned aerial vehicles of the Armed Forces of Ukraine also came under fire. Over the past 24 hours, Russia's air defense systems have destroyed 911 unmanned aerial vehicles (UAVs) of the AFU aircraft type.

Russian Language Day celebrated in Russia

Russian Prime Minister Mikhail Mishustin congratulated Russians on Russian Language Day and Pushkin Day, emphasizing the importance of Alexander Pushkin's legacy for world culture. He noted that the poet is the founder of the modern Russian literary language, and his work has become an integral part of the world cultural heritage. The great-great-granddaughter of the classic Clotilde von Rintelen, in an interview with Izvestia, stressed that Pushkin's poems cannot be fully translated into foreign languages, since they lose their true meaning in translation. She noted that the master's works need to be re-arranged into poetic form, but they are best perceived in Russian.

The Ukrainian Armed Forces continued to attack the regions of Russia

The governor of the Leningrad Region, Alexander Drozdenko, said that the number of destroyed UAVs over the region had increased to 141. Later, he said that a fire broke out at a facility of the Russian Ministry of Defense in the Lomonosovsky district of the region, and four people were injured. The fire was later extinguished. In addition, Ukrainian drones continued to attack Moscow. According to the latest data, 24 drones of the Armed Forces of Ukraine were destroyed on approach to the city. Vitaly Korolev, Acting Governor of the Tver region, reported that the man died due to an attack by drones of the Armed Forces of Ukraine on a civilian car. At the moment, 24 APU drones have been destroyed on approach to the city. Alexander Kovalchuk, the acting governor of the Kursk region, said that a woman and two young children were injured in a Ukrainian attack in the region.

A scandal erupts in Armenia on the eve of parliamentary elections

The political situation in Armenia is heating up on the eve of the most important parliamentary elections. The Central Election Commission (CEC) of the republic has authorized the criminal prosecution of six candidates for deputies from the Strong Armenia party. We are talking about candidates Vahe Tavakalyan, Hayk Avakian, Vahe Yeghiazarian, Susan Badoyan, Ashot Sahakyan and Artur Abrahamyan. The Investigative Committee of Armenia has already decided to detain them. Alexey Shevtsov, Deputy Secretary of the Russian Security Council, in turn, noted that threats by the Armenian authorities to restrict citizens' voting rights are unacceptable.