Sergey Litvinov. Photo by Anton Naumlyuk Memorial's human rights center recognized the Ukrainian citizen Sergei Litvinov as political prisoners, according to the NPO website. He was convicted in Russia to 8.5 years of strict regime on charges of robbery. The memorial notes that the TFR called Litvinov the fighter of the Dnepr battalion and charged him with the murder and rape of dozens of civilians of the Luhansk region.

Ramzan Kadyrov. Photo: vk.com/ramzan In Grozny, the houses of militants who attacked on May 9 on a checkpoint in the village of Alkhan-Kala burned out in Grozny. According to Lifenews, relatives of Shamil Dzhanaraliev and Akhmet Inalov reported this. The reasons for the fire have not yet been established. None of those living in the houses were injured.

Accreditation certificate of the DPR. Photo: Newstes.ru Advisor to the head of the Ministry of Internal Affairs of Ukraine Anton Gerashchenko published on his website "Peacemaker" Contact details of journalists who received accreditation in a self -proclaimed DPR. Journalists of Ukrainian and foreign media made a statement in which they expressed a decisive protest against such actions.

The inscription "Foreign agent" on the doors of the Moscow Office of the Movement "For Human Rights". Photo by Dmitry Zykova/Grani.ru The Ministry of Justice proposed to consider criticism of the law on foreign agents political activities and on this basis to include NPOs in the register of foreign agents. As Vedomosti writes , this is stated in the annual report, which the ministry submitted to the State Duma.

Artem Loskutov in Moscow. Frame Grani-TV The Oktyabrsky District Court of Novosibirsk closed the second administrative case against the ideologist of Monstrium, artist Artem Loskutov. According to Mediazon, the case is closed due to the lack of the composition of the offense. In addition, the judge issued the prosecutor’s presentation for the violations committed in the preparation of the protocol.

Logo of the Radio station "European Paulistsk" Roskomnadzor refused to extend the license of the Radio station "European-Paulistsk", affiliated with Tomsk television company TV-2, which lost the license last year. This was reported by TV-2 with reference to the director of the Media FM holding Sergey Lapenkov. In support of their refusal to extend the radio station, the license to a frequency of 103.4 Officials referred to Article 19.1 of the Media Law.

State Duma. Photos of faces The State Duma adopted in the third, final reading the law on raising the retirement age of officials. This is reported by Interfax. The law is enforced from January 1, 2017. In accordance with the document, annually, an age will increase by the right to assign and payment of an old -age insurance pension, state civil servants, municipal employees, as well as persons who hold public posts of the Russian Federation, government positions, as well as municipal positions.

Gennady Afanasyev and Yuri Soloshenko The Crimean prisoner Gennady Afanasyev and a pensioner from Poltava Yuri Soloshenko, convicted of the “espionage” case, were delivered from colonies to Moscow and placed in pre-trial detention center-2 of the central headquarters of the Federal Penitentiary Service of Lefortovo, unofficially controlled by the FSB. It is reported by Open Russia. Both were taken to the capital on May 2, but it has not yet been known about this.

Infowatch logo The wiretapper to the employer of the employees on a mobile phone in offices is illegal even at enterprises with secrecy. This was stated by the presidential adviser on the problems of the Internet German Klimenko, TASS reports . “Of course, the employer wants to know everything about his employee, especially at those enterprises where there is secrecy or commercial secrets,” Klimenko said. “Technically there is nothing complicated.

Alexey Navalny in the Moscow City Court. Photo by Yuri Timofeev/Grani.ru The Prosecutor General’s office sent a request to a number of state-owned companies with a request to provide information about "any illegal actions committed by Alexei Navalny." A copy of the appeal signed on April 28 by the deputy general of the prosecutor Alexander Buksman is published on his website by the leader of the Party of Progress. “We know for sure about letters to Aeroflot and Rosneft.

Nadezhda Savchenko with lawyers. Photo by Dmitry Borko Negotiations on the exchange of Russian special forces Evgeny Erofeev and Alexander Alexandrov on the Ukrainian pilot Nadezhda Savchenko are suspended. This was announced in an interview with Radio Liberty by Erofeeva Lawyer Oksana Sokolovskaya.

Starting the rocket "Caliber-NK". Photo: Eurasian-defense.ru During the operation of the Russian VKS in Syria, a number of shortcomings were revealed in the technique used, and now work is underway to improve it. This was stated by presidential press secretary Dmitry Peskov, Interfax reports . Peskov refused to clarify what deficiencies revealed during the operation in Syria were spoke on the eve of President Vladimir Putin.

Oleg Kunitsyn. Photo: Newsvo.ru In Vologda, an attempt was made on the deputy editor of the newspaper "Minute of Truth" by Oleg Kunitsyn. According to Flashnord, a source in the regional law enforcement agencies reported. "The unknown shot at Kunitsin on Klubov Street. The bullet hit the shoulder, the man was hospitalized," the agency’s interlocutor said. Currently established circumstances of the incident, the press service of the regional department of the Ministry of Internal Affairs said.

TVs. Image from the site irp.ru Deputies of the Liberal Democratic Party proposed creating in Russia the Ministry of Propaganda, which controls the content of television and published in other media. According to RIA Novosti, the first deputy head of the State Duma Committee on Information Policy, Information Technologies and Communications Vadim Mensin stated. “The ministry should pay attention to which content is broadcast. This is not censorship,” the parliamentarian explained.

Gazprom building. Photo: gazprom.ru Due to the fall in oil prices and other energy carriers, the profitability of Gazprom supplies for export almost equalized with sales in the Russian market. This was stated on Wednesday by the deputy chairman of the Board of the Monopoly Valery Golubev, reports RBC. Because of this, Gazprom is difficult to implement an investment program, Golubev noted.