On May 16 at 12:20 at 11:00 a.m., a hearing on the case of activist Roman Roslovtsev will begin at the Tverskoy District Court of Moscow. For walking on Red Square in a Putin mask with a poster "I'm not afraid of 212.1," Roslovtsev is charged with Part 8 of Article 20.2 of the Code of Administrative Offenses (repeated violation at a public event). The activist faces a fine of 150,000 to 300,000 rubles or administrative arrest for up to 30 days.

Elizaveta Tsvetkova. Photo with personal VK page In the debate of the parties in the case of a 31-year-old resident of Taganrog, Elizabeth Tsvetkova, accused of extremism for the distribution of leaflets with criticism of police officers, deputy prosecutor of the city Vadim Dikarev requested for the defendant the year of the colony-settlement. The lawyer of the activist Viktor Chupilkin reported this to the Franes.

Magomed Karataev. Photo: Emigrados.ru The authorities of Chechnya deny the accusations of pressure on the judiciary in connection with the departure from their post of the head of the Supreme Court of the Republic of Magomed Karataev. As Interfax reports , a source in the leadership of Chechnya said this. "The head of the republic, Ramzan Kadyrov, relying on the position of most residents, only expressed his position regarding the activities of a number of judges of Chechnya," the source said.

Simferopol airport. Photo: Wikipedia Crimea is losing popular among Russian tourists. According to Kommersant, sales operators stated about the fall in the demand for air tickets to Simferopol. So, according to Svyaznoy-Travel Svyazno, the demand for air tickets to the Crimea from independent travelers decreased by more than 25 percent. According to the company’s estimates, if in 2015 there were half of the reservations in this direction, now no more than 35 percent.

Mannequins by the building of the Ministry of Finance. Photo: FB community of all-Russian currency borrowers The foreign exchange mortgages held a protest of the Ministry of Finance against the department’s reluctance to support their request to recalculate loans taken. This was reported by RBC with reference to the All -Russian movement of foreign currency borrowers. On Monday morning, protesters brought naked mannequins with bags on their heads and ropes on the necks to the department.

Tax service. Photo: kbrria.ru The Russian authorities are discussing plans to change the tax system after the 2018 presidential election. About this writes The Wall Street Journal with reference to Russian officials. According to sources of the publication, the government can introduce a progressive taxation scale, which will mean increasing taxes for people with high incomes. According to another official, the government will raise the personal income tax rate to from 13 to 20 percent.

Roman Raslovtsev in court. Photo by Dmitry Borko/Grani.ru The Tver District Court of Moscow arrested the activist of Roman Roslovtsev, who went to the Red Square in the mask of Vladimir Putin, for the 20th day. As the correspondent of the "faces" reports, the judge also decided to destroy the mask. Raslovtsev did not plead guilty. According to him, he exercised his right to a free expression of a political position, and his action corresponds to the constitution.

Ramazan Jalaldinov. Hard video from the YouTube channel Gazetachernovik In the Sharoy district of Chechnya, the security forces cordoned off the Avar village of Kenha, where the other day the house of Ramazan Jalaldinov, who complained to Vladimir Putin, was burned at the acting Head of the region Ramzan Kadyrov. This was reported by Kommersant with reference to one of the local residents.

Dogs in the shelter. Photo: m24.ru The Moscow prosecutor’s office opened four administrative cases against the leadership of the Eco Veshnyaks shelter for hiding the facts of mass deaths of animals. As TASS reports , this was reported in the supervisory department.

May 15 in Ukraine is the day of memory of victims of political repression. It has been celebrated since 2004. The main events are held on the territory of the Memorial "Bykovnyansky graves" within Kyiv. This is the largest place for the secret burial of the victims of political repressions of 1937-1941.

At the place of the explosion in Istanbul. Photo: @metesohtaoglu As a result of the explosion in Istanbul, four people were injured. According to the BBC, the bomb exploded in the Maltepa area under a car flyover. According to Reuters, the victims were wounded by metal elements. The explosion also damaged several cars. After the explosion, the police cordoned off the area around the scene. The D-100 highway was also blocked, on the side of which there was an explosion.

Oleg Shalimov, blocked by activists in the car. Hard video from the YouTube channel Nashpark The head of the ROC in relations with society and the media, Vladimir Legoyd, accused the defenders of the Park of the Korfyanka in the northeast of Moscow of attacking the priest Oleg Shalimov and mockery of him. This was reported on the website of the Moscow Patriarchate.

iPhone. Photo: Store.Apple.com From 2007 to 2015, the courts examined 4,659,325 petitions for the control and recording of negotiations, as well as restricting the secrets of correspondence. About this, as the Vedomosti writes , says in the report "Russia under the supervision", prepared by the International Human Rights Council "Agora". According to the authors of the report, the courts satisfied 4,517,515 petitions - almost 97 percent.

Detained in the Khovansky cemetery. Photo by Yuri Timofeev/Grani.ru Tajikistan demanded that Russia have an objective investigation of the incident in the Khovansky cemetery in Moscow, as a result of which at least three citizens of the republic were killed. As RIA Novosti reports , this is stated in the message of the Tajikistan Foreign Ministry.

Khovansky cemetery. Photo: mos-ritaal.ru In Moscow, the former director of the Khovansky cemetery Yuri Kabuev was detained. According to Interfax, a law enforcement source reported this. "Kabuev was currently detained. On Monday, the Presnensky court of Moscow will consider the application for his arrest," the agency’s interlocutor said. Earlier, the head of the Department of Trade and Services of the Capitals, Alexei Nemeryuk, said that Chabuev was dismissed from his position.