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May 31. The name of the organizer of the assassination attempt on Babchenko and the departure of Zidane from Real Madrid

The court in Kiev revealed the name of the alleged organizer of the assassination attempt on journalist Arkady Babchenko, who was detained the day before - his name is Boris German. According to his lawyer, Herman is the director of an arms manufacturing company known for “volunteer work for the needs of the ATO.” He has already been charged with terrorism. Whom the organizer hired to be the perpetrator of the crime is not officially reported, but a certain Aleksey Tsymbalyuk, who participated in the war in the Donbass, claims that he was the “killer”.

Babchenko himself gave the first interview after the incident, in which he told how he was made up with real blood and taken in an ambulance. And then he announced that he was going to become a citizen of Ukraine.

• Meduza correspondent Taisiya Bekbulatova spent May 30 in Kiev and wrote a long report about what happened in the city on that strange day.
• Many questions remain about the version of the SBU that the murder of Babchenko was ordered by the Russian special services. We have compiled a list of the main ones.

Other news

Zinedine Zidane manager has stepped down as Real Madrid . He has been with the team since 2015, during which time Real have won three Champions Leagues in a row and the La Liga, as well as several other trophies. “The club must continue to win and for this change is needed,” Zidane explained his departure.

Sergei Lavrov visited North Korea for the first time since 2009. In Pyongyang, the head of the Russian Foreign Ministry spoke with Kim Jong-un - this is the first official meeting of a representative of Moscow with the current head of North Korea. Lavrov's trip to Pyongyang took place two weeks before Kim's meeting with Trump, which is in jeopardy.

Part of the money confiscated from the ex-governor of Sakhalin disappeared. Alexander Khoroshavin, who was sentenced in February to 13 years in prison, was found to have 280 million rubles, 6 million dollars, 727 thousand euros, 388 thousand Swiss francs and 217 thousand pounds sterling. What part of the money was stolen is not yet clear.

Durov said that Apple began blocking Telegram updates in the App Store around the world after Russian authorities demanded that the messenger be removed from the app store. “Unfortunately, Apple is not on our side,” Durov complained.

Report of the Commission for the Protection of the Sovereignty of Russia

The Federation Council Commission for the Protection of Russia from Interference in Internal Affairs has published a final report on its work. The commission, based on not very convincing evidence, argues that Russia is constantly harmed by a “group of pro-Western countries led by the United States”, which in various cunning ways violates the stability in the state - with the help of non-governmental organizations and obedient media (“Medusa” is mentioned among them). It is proposed to resist sabotage in the traditional way - prohibitions. We analyzed in detail what exactly the commission wants to ban.

Find two identical governors: Jellyfish game

In Russia, the change of governors continues: someone joined the new federal government, and someone simply vacated the place for “young technocrats”, who should prepare for the September elections in their region in a new place. New governors, as a rule, have the same type of biographies and even look alike. for you We have made a game where you can check whether you can distinguish one governor's face from another well.

What else

• Donald Trump may not meet Kim Jong Un, but he did meet Kim Kardashian. Photos of the president and the media star immediately became the subject of numerous jokes on social networks.
• The Russian release of "Red Sparrow": a film starring Jennifer Lawrence tells about a fictional Russian intelligence agency whose agents seduce Western spies. The film contains vodka, the Bolshoi Theater and other clichés about Russia.
• Bethesda, which announced the new Fallout yesterday, is preparing to reveal details about the game only at the E3 conference in June. But the gaming media has already learned some of the details.

Grigory Levchenko