Headquarters of the IOC in Lausanne. Photo: DW.com The Executive Committee of the International Olympic Committee announced the respect of the position of the International Association of athletics federations, which left the disqualification of the All -Russian Athletics Federation. This is consistent with the long-standing policy of the "zero tolerance" of the IOC in matters of using doping, the IOC press release says .

Patrol on Brussels Street. Photo: @lwtharoid In Belgium, 12 people were detained on suspicion of preparing terrorist attacks, RTBF reports with reference to the prosecutor's office. The police conducted a large -scale anti -terrorism operation in 16 cities in the Brussels region, as well as in Wallonia and Flanders. The suspects followed several days.

Graffiti in Kazan. Photo by Raisa Suleimanov A criminal case was transferred to the Vakhitovsky District Court of Kazan against residents of the city of 43-year-old M. Musin and 30-year-old E. Kamalov accused of extremism. This was reported by Interfax with reference to the Center for Public Relations of the FSB in Tatarstan.

Ilmi Umarov. Photo: 15minut.org The investigator of the UFSB for the annexed Crimea and Sevastopol I. Violin decided to send the deputy chairman of the Majlis of the Crimean Tatar people Ilmi Umarov, accused in the case of separatism, for a psychiatric examination. The politician announced this on Friday at his FB page. “When and where it will happen, they will be informed additionally,” added Umarov.

Banner on the Akhmat Kadyrov bridge. Photo from Twitter "Open Russia" In St. Petersburg on the bridge named after the First President of Chechnya Akhmat Kadyrov, a banner was hung with his quote, reports Flashnord. "Kill as many Russians as you can. A. Kadyrov" - it was written on a stretch. In 2008, in an interview with the author of the film "Coca: Die Taube aus tschetschenien" Eric Bergraut himself confirmed that he spoke these words in 1995 or 1996. The prosecutor's office of St.

Stanislav Klykh. Photo with personal VK page In Grozny, investigative actions were launched in the case of an insult to the prosecutor, previously instituted against the defendant of the UNA-UNSO case Stanislav Klykh. This was reported by Radio Liberty with reference to the lawyer of Politsek Marina Dubrovina. Dubrovin announced the initiation of the case on April 5 , but even his qualifications were not known then.

Grigory Rodchenkov. Photo: Championat.com The ex-head of the FSUE "Anti-Doping Center" Grigory Rodchenkov became a defendant in the criminal case of abuse of powers. This was reported by the press service of the TFR.

Five years ago, on June 18, 2011, Elena Georgievna Bonner, a public figure and human rights activist, the widow of academician Andrei Sakharov, died in Boston at the age of 88. In an interview on the occasion of her 85th anniversary, she said: “The term“ human rights activist ”is preserved, they are used all over the world, but I would have ceased to use the word“ dissident ”. The tasks are completely different.

Police at the Cologne Cathedral. Photo: sueddeutsche.de The court in Cologne issued an arrest warrant for five Russian football fans detained on Thursday for an attack on Spanish tourists. This was reported by the "German wave" with reference to the press secretary of the Cologne police Wolfgang Baldes. Another Russian citizen, detained with them, was released, since suspicions were not confirmed by him. The Russians were placed in an investigative prison.

The blow of Russian aviation in Syria. Frame video of the Ministry of Defense Russia continues to bomb detachments that operate in Syria against the Islamic State with the support of the United States. This was stated by the head of the Pentagon Astton Carter, reports CNN. The minister suggested that Russia consciously ignores American requests, or it has serious intelligence problems.

Mohammed Mursi. Photo: unmultimedia.org The Cairo Criminal Court sentenced the former President of Egypt Muhammad Mursi to life imprisonment in the case of espionage in favor of Qatar. It is reported by ABC. In addition, the court confirmed the death sentence of six more accused, who in the same case were sentenced on May 7 to execute by hanging. In relation to Al Jazeera, producer Alaa Omara Muhammad and news editor Ibrahim Mohammed Hilal, verdicts were made in absentia.