Chechen leader Ramzan Kadyrov responded to the words of the head of the Investigative Committee Alexander Bastrykin about the ban on religious clothing that covers the face. He published a corresponding post on his Telegram channel. "I would like to tell Aleksandr Ivanovich that one must be extremely careful in such statements. I have said many times and I emphasize once again that Muslims have not committed and do not commit terrorist acts.

Conservative Saeed Jalili and reformist Masoud Pezeshkian have advanced to the second round of the Iranian presidential elections, IRNA reports . None of the candidates managed to get more than 50% of the votes needed to win. Thus, Jalili received more than 10.4 million votes, Pezeshkian - almost 9.5 million. In total, more than 24.5 votes were counted. The second round of elections will take place on July 5. Jalili first ran in the elections in 2013.

Vice President of the Federal Chamber of Advocates (FPA) Elena Avakyan proposed creating courts in Russia that would consider disputes related to online transactions online, Interfax reports . "It is quite logical that legal disputes related to transactions on the Internet should be considered by the court on the Internet. The idea of ​​creating Internet courts is quite justified in this case," she told the agency during the St. Petersburg International Legal Forum.

A Sri Lankan delegation visited Russia, where they discussed the fate of their citizens participating in the war in Ukraine. This was reported on the website of the Sri Lankan Foreign Ministry. According to the country's authorities, 17 of its citizens who signed contracts and fought on the side of Russia died in the war in Ukraine.

The American newspaper The New York Times has called on US President Joe Biden to withdraw his candidacy from the upcoming presidential elections. This is stated in a statement by the newspaper. “The president had to convince the American public in Thursday’s debate that he is up to the enormous demands of the job he is seeking to fill for another term. But voters cannot be expected to ignore what was obvious: Mr. Biden is not the man he was four years ago,” the Times said.

Who is Arsen Markaryan - a victim of school bullying from the province, earning more than 80 million monthly only in Telegram Recently, the blogger Arsen Markaryan, a 29-year-old info-businessman from Samara, has become popular in social networks. Some consider him their guru, others criticize him for undisguised misogynia and blound for a low growth, calling Misogimli . Marcaryan teaches men how to “put women in place”, and women - how to become convenient for a “strong man”.

Microsoft Corp. has told more than 12 government agencies and public universities in Texas that hackers linked to Russia had accessed their communications with the company, Bloomberg reports . Attackers were able to access the communications in a Microsoft hack disclosed in January that gave hackers access to the emails of some of the company's executives, a person familiar with the matter told Bloomberg.

The head of the Investigative Committee, Alexander Bastrykin, proposed banning religious clothing that covers the face in Russia. His words were quoted by RBC. One of the visitors to the International Youth Legal Forum told Bastrykin that in Central Asian countries, in particular in Uzbekistan, it is forbidden to wear religious clothing that covers the face. "Those who cannot wear the niqab there move here and wear it in Russia," he said.

Global warming will forever change chocolate, coffee and wine: they grow in price and lose in quality. This will happen with other products Olive oil, sugar , coffee, cocoa , chocolate -all these products of everyday demand began to rise in price due to climate change. The heat and heavy rains destroy the crop. Farmers lack resources to quickly adapt, merchants who do not want to lose profit raise prices.

The Tagansky District Court of Moscow has declared Andrey Kochanov, one of the main defendants in the case of former managers and employees of the consumer investment cooperative (PIK) Omega Group, wanted. This is reported by Kommersant. Kochanov was under house arrest. According to the newspaper, when the defendant failed to appear at the next court hearing, his representatives said that he had gone to Rostov-on-Don to sign a contract and go to war in Ukraine.

The Investigative Committee named careless handling of fire while smoking as the preliminary cause of the fire in a dormitory in Balashikha, which killed five people. The post was published on the agency's Telegram channel. The cause of death of five people, including four women, was named as poisoning by combustion products. The Investigative Committee opened a case on causing death by negligence (Part 3 of Article 109 of the Criminal Code).

A 2024 North Korea human rights report released by South Korea's Unification Ministry claims a 22-year-old Korean man was publicly executed for watching and sharing South Korean films and music, The Guardian reports . The publication notes that this case highlights Pyongyang’s “desperate attempts” to stop the flow of external information and culture. The report notes that the description of the executed North Korean's case is based on the testimony of 649 defectors from the DPRK.