At the agreed rally for Internet freedom, the police detained 24 people for the chant “freedom of political prisoners!”, “To cancel 282!”, So It was allowed to chant only for the freedom of the Internet.

State Duma. Hard of news The State Duma adopted in the first reading both antisancical law: on counter -sanctions against the United States and countries that supported American anti -Russian measures, and criminal liability for following foreign sanctions and facilitate their introduction. It is reported by "Medusa". All 412 deputies present at the meeting voted for both bills. Consideration of documents in the second reading is scheduled for Thursday, May 17.

Thirty years ago, on May 15, 1988, the withdrawal of Soviet troops from Afghanistan began in accordance with the Geneva agreements concluded on April 14, 1988 on a political settlement of the situation around Afghanistan. The withdrawal of troops was completed on February 15, 1989. In the first three months, 50,183 military personnel left Afghanistan, and another 50,100 left Afghanistan in the remaining six months.

Ismail Ramazanov in court, 05/15/2018. Photo: krymr.com The judge of the Crimea, controlled by Russia of the Simferopol district court of Crimea, extended to the defendant of the case of Extremism Ismail Ramazanov, the term of detention in jail for almost a month - until June 16. This was reported by "Crimea.

75 years ago, on May 15, 1943, the Communist (Third) International was dissolved. Stalin justified the need for this step as follows: “Experience has shown that both under Marx and Lenin, and even now, it is impossible to lead the workers’ movement in all countries of the world from one international center.

Kirill Vyshinsky. Photo with personal FB page In Kiev, the director of RIA Novosti - Ukraine Kirill Vyshinsky was detained in the case of treason. Kirill Vyshinsky was detained. This is reported by Radio Liberty with reference to the press secretary of the SBU Elena Gitlyanskaya. The agency’s editors are searches.

Hayo Seppelt. Shot ARD The journalist of the German ARD television channel, the author of documentaries about Russian doping Heyo Zeppelt issued a visa for a trip to Russia in order to cover the World Cup, said the head of the German Foreign Ministry Haiko Maas. According to the minister, Berlin notified the Russian side of this. Earlier, the journalist was canceled the Russian visa - Zeppelt was included in the list of foreign foreigners in Russia.

Recep Tayyip Erdogan. Photo: albawaba.com Türkiye recalls for consulting ambassadors in the USA and Israel due to riots in the Gaza sector, during which 55 people died. This was stated by Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan, reports NTV. "We call ambassadors from Washington and Tel Aviv. We convene an extraordinary summit of the organization of Islamic cooperation," Erdogan said. He called for an emergency meeting of the UN General Assembly in connection with the events in Gaza.

Prisoners in the colony. Frame NTV The court took the court about the excitement in the pre-trial detention center-1 of the Altai Republic of Altai, located in the village of Kyzyl-Ozhek of the Maiminsky district of the republic. This was reported on the website of the regional headquarters of the TFR. In the case, 18 prisoners are held. Their names are not called.

Fragment of a police photo table from the article "New" Against 27 residents of Chechnya, who were supposedly executed by the Kadyrovites in January last year, were initiated by cases of participation in the Islamic State. This was reported by the BBC with reference to the Ombudsman Tatyana Moskalkova. According to Moskalkova, the disappeared Chechens were put on the wanted list on participation in a terrorist organization (part 2 of Article 205.5 of the Criminal Code).

Vladimir Putin driving KamAZ at the opening of the Crimean bridge. Frame "Russia-24" Vladimir Putin officially opened the bridge over the Kerch Strait between the Krasnodar Territory and the annexed Crimea. It is reported by TASS. Putin drove along the bridge from the Kuban to the Crimea at the wheel of KamAZ at the head of a column of about 35 cars involved in construction: dump trucks, cement trucks, tankers, autocrans, etc.

Vladimir Putin. Photo: kremlin.ru President Vladimir Putin signed a decree on the new government structure. The document is published on the Kremlin website. According to the decree, the Ministry of Education and Science is divided into two departments - the Ministry of Education and the Ministry of Science and Higher Education. The first ministry will be in charge of general and secondary vocational education, the second - universities and scientific institutions.

Vladimir Litvinenko and Vladimir Putin. Photo: kremlin.ru Judge Vasileostrovsky District Court of St. Petersburg Galina Bystrova recovered 5 million rubles from the Russian branch of Transparency International in favor of the rector of the St. Petersburg Mining University, Vladimir Litvinenko, one of the approximate of Vladimir Putin and, according to some reports, the real author of his candidate dissertation. It is reported by "Mediazona".

Ramzan Kadyrov. Photo with personal VK page The head of Chechnya, Ramzan Kadyrov, accused the authors of the letter in support of the head of the Chechen Memorial Oyub Titivav in "an attempt to put pressure on the investigation and the court." “I would like to ask the signatures which of them at least once heard or read about the human rights activist Oyub Titieva before information about his detention on suspicion of drug storage?

Vladimir Balukh in court, 05/15/2018. Photo by Alexandra Efimenko At the next hearings in the third case of the Crimean Ukrainian activist Vladimir Balukh, about the attack on the head of the Ministry of Internal Affairs of the Razdolnensky district, Valery Tkachenko, who was supposedly committed by him, the witnesses dispersed in the testimony. This was reported by "Crimea.