20 May 2019

• Three Guards, Several Inmates Killed In Tajik Prison Riot: Justice Ministry
  Tajikistan's Justice Ministry says three prison guards and a number of inmates were killed in a riot which broke out in a maximum-security penal colony in Vahdat, a town some 25 kilometers east of the capital, Dushanbe.
• Zelenskiy Set To Be Inaugurated As Ukraine's Next President
  Ukraine is set to inaugurate Volodymyr Zelenskiy as the country's new president on May 20.
• Convicted Russian Agent Butina Makes Video Appeal For Money
  Maria Butina, the Russian gun-rights activist convicted in the United States for acting as an unregistered foreign agent, has issued a video appeal for financial contributions to help pay her legal bills.
• New Afghan Parliament Session Ends In Brawl Over Speaker
  A fight broke out during the first session of Afghanistan's new parliament after disagreement on the election of a speaker.
• Russian Libertarian Party Leader Hit With Feces In Kazan
  The head of Russia's libertarians has had feces dumped on him in the Tatar capital, Kazan, before a scheduled talk on May 19.