* Actionist Pavel Krisevich was charged with hooliganism (Article 213 of the Criminal Code). In the course of an action against political repressions, he fired two noise cartridges into the air from a dampened analogue of a Makarov pistol on Red Square and simulated a shot at himself. According to Sota, Krisevich is now in the hospital. However, he was not injured by the shot. For interrogation, as a suspect in the case, the security forces detained journalist Nika Samusik, who was covering the action. She is being held by the police.
Colleague politician Alexei Navalny Ivan Zhdanov was put on the wanted list. “I don’t know what the search is connected with. Probably with 10 criminal cases that were brought against me. Dealing with which of them is definitely difficult, ”he said. His lawyer, Vladimir Voronin, was not allowed to take part in the case on the creation of a non-profit organization that infringes on the personality and rights of citizens (part 1 of article 239 of the Criminal Code).
The Leninsky District Court in Makhachkala dismissed administrative cases of disobedience to the police against volunteers of the shelter for victims of violence "Marem" in Makhachkala and human rights activist Svetlana Anokhina. No offense was found in their actions. The women complained about the beatings.
Politician Dmitry Gudkov's aunt, Irina Yermilova, was charged in a case of causing "property damage" to the Moscow City Property Department (Article 165 of the Criminal Code). Gudkov clarified that she was charged with points "a" and "b", and initially there was only point "b" in the case. Thus, Yermilova is accused of causing especially large damage committed by a group of persons.
The Russian authorities for the first time reported to the UN on the number of detainees during the all-Russian protests in January-February of this year. They reported about 17.6 thousand citizens brought to police departments after opposition rallies in winter . Previously, state structures did not publish such data. The OVD-info project was able to trace over 11,000 cases of detention following actions.
The Central Bank raised the key rate immediately by 0.5 percentage points, to 5.5% per annum. Annual inflation in Russia as of June 7 rose to 6.15%, the regulator said.
In Russia, were recorded 12,505 new cases of coronavirus infection per day. The last time the number of new cases of COVID-19 per day across the country exceeded 12 thousand on February 22. Also today , Moscow Mayor Sergei Sobyanin said that the peak of the coronavirus pandemic in the capital has shifted to the summer this year, while the situation with the incidence is worsening.
Alexander Lukashenko's business manager Viktor Sheiman has resigned. The media associate his name with the organization of political assassinations.
in Rome took place The opening ceremony of the European Football Championship . Italy and Türkiye play in the first match. The Russian team will play the first match tomorrow with the Belgian team.
The Union of European Football Associations (UEFA) allowed to leave the slogan "Glory to the Heroes" on the uniform of the Ukrainian football team at the European Championship. However, the union asked the players to cover up this phrase. UEFA delegates will check this before every match.