Photo by Yu. Timofeeva/Grani.ru At the Moscow office of Volkswagen on Voruchev Street on Wednesday, a solidarity action with workers of the automotive plant in Kaluga was held on Wednesday. According to the correspondent of the "faces", about 10 activists of the Levonationalist movement "Narodnaya Volya" deployed a banner "strike - the right of workers", lit fireers, threw a smoke bomb.

25 years ago, on May 15, 1988, the withdrawal of Soviet troops from Afghanistan began. "The process has begun" in accordance with the Geneva agreements concluded in April of the same year on a political settlement of the situation around Afghanistan. The Soviet Union undertook to withdraw its contingent within nine months, that is, before February 15 next year. In the first three months, 50,183 troops left Afghanistan.

Alexander Konovalov. Photo from the site www.nta-nn.ru The Ministry of Justice will in court to seek the liquidation of the Voice association, if the non -profit organization does not register as a foreign agent. According to Kommersant-Online, Minister of Justice Alexander Konovalov made such a statement.

Molecule model. Photo: Getty images Foreign charitable and scientific funds cooperating with Russian researchers and scientific institutions will have to undergo an examination of the Ministry of Education and Science. According to the Vedomosti newspaper, such a requirement is contained in the government decree. Grants now must submit to the Ministry the charter documents and data on the scientific project for which funds are allocated.

Michael McFol before a visit to the Foreign Ministry. Frame of Channel One The US Ambassador to Russia Michael McFol visited the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and met with representatives of the department, Interfax reports. On the eve of the ambassador was called to the Foreign Ministry in connection with the detention of an employee of the American diplomatic mission, Ryan Christopher Fogla, who is accused of espionage.

The Lenin court of Kirov refused to satisfy the defense of the opposition of the opposition Alexei Navalny and to make a private determination to the city police officer for a search in the Kirov headquarters of the activist, Rapsei reports.

Givi Targamadze in the movie "Swamp" on "Russia 1" Georgian politician George Targamadze will complain about the Russian authorities in the European Court of Human Rights, Interfax reports. "I will am a lawsuit against the Russian government in the Strasbourg court for illegal prosecution," Targamadze told at a press conference on Tuesday.

240 years ago, on May 15, 1773, Prince Klemens Wenzel Lothar Metternich (died in 1859), Minister of Foreign Affairs, then Chancellor of the Austrian Empire, one of the creators of the Holy Alliance that united Austria, Prussia and Russia, was born. Metternich believed that "representative government is an instrument that only excellent musicians can play, it is so difficult and capricious."

Andrey Fursenko. Photo "Independent Gazeta" Ex-minister of education Andrei Fursenko will oversee the presidential administration related to the Skolkovo science city, and also become a representative of the head of state in the foundation of the same name, the Izvestia newspaper, citing a source in Skolkovo.

Schoolchildren. Photo from the site yuga.ru State Duma deputies in the third and final reading adopted a law that provides for the audit of students of educational institutions for the use of drugs and psychotropic substances, RIA Novosti reports. The bill introduces an early detection of drug use by students.

Jail. Photo by Newsprom The Public Commission for Interaction with the Judician Community of Moscow proposed establishing a new procedure for a medical examination of persons under arrest. According to the newspaper Kommersant, the corresponding document is sent to the Moscow City Duma. The commission calls on to create an independent group of authoritative specialists in the capital, which would give its conclusion in controversial cases.

On May 14, investigative groups from Moscow with their regional colleagues conducted searches as part of the “Swamp case” investigation from the RPR-Parnas, RSD, Left Front and another Russia in Yaroslavl, Nizhny Novgorod and Belgorod.

215 years ago, on May 15, 1798, Ivan Ivanovich Pushchin, a Decembrist and friend of Pushkin, was born. On the settlement and after returning from Siberia, he maintained relations with almost all the Decembrists and members of their families, helped those in need.

Evgeny Kuyvashev and veterans. Photo: gubernator66.ru The leadership of the Sverdlovsk region apologized for a poor -quality grocery set donated to veterans on Victory Day. According to Channel One, they promise to replace the expired stew with a fresh one. Whether Governor Yevgeny Kuyvashev brought personal apology, is not specified. After the solemn admission, the governor found the veterans that they were handed overd by expired canned food.

In previous publications, I sorted out where the changed plan came from, what the authorities were afraid of and what the " sitting strike " influenced. Let me remind you that the convoy of the demonstrators "got" stuck "in front of the police chain, which blocked the direct path to Bolotnaya. For an hour, people stood or sat without performing any action. The next important stage of events is a breakthrough of a police cordon in the Drummer area.