The organizers of the World Village Festival in Finland were forced to cancel the performance of anonymous members of the Russian punk band Pussy Riot scheduled for May 25 in the morning. The organizers do not disclose the exact reasons for the cancellation of the performance; they only note that the whereabouts of the group members, hiding under the pseudonyms Puck and Headlights, are unknown.

The Internet providers of Tajikistan received an order from the Communications Service to close access to YouTube. The reasons are not reported. This is not the first case of restricting access to Internet resources in the country. Photo: Oleg Harsseev, Kommersant Access to the YouTube portal was closed in Tajikistan. He was not blocked by only one of six providers and one of the six mobile operators.

Several dozen people were detained by police in the center of Moscow during an attempt by gay activists to hold an unauthorized rally. “About 30 supporters and opponents of the LGBT movement were detained for various violations of public order, including an attempt to hold an unauthorized event in the city center,” the press service of the Main Directorate of the Ministry of Internal Affairs for Moscow told Interfax on May 25.

Victor Alimpiev in the Red Workshop Exhibition contemporary art Previous photo Photo: Kommersant / Yuri Martyanov / buy photo Next photo 1 / 4 The plot content of Viktor Alimpiev’s works eludes even the closest glance Photo: Kommersant / Yuri Martyanov / buy photo Photo: Kommersant / Yuri Martyanov / buy photo Photo: Kommersant / Yuri Martyanov / buy photo Photo: Kommersant / Yuri Martyanov / buy photo The new exhibition of the video artist and painter, participant of the future Venice Biennale,

Interpol declared William Browder's case "politically sensitive" and recommended removing him from the wanted list. Head of Hermitage Capital investment fund William Browder Photo: Kommersant Interpol has deleted all data on the head of the British investment fund Hermitage Capital, William Browder, RIA Novosti was told at the organization's head office in Lyon.

Greece, according to unofficial data, has made concessions to Gazprom on the issue of privatization of the Greek gas distribution company DEPA. The country's authorities agreed to change a number of conditions for the purchase of DEPA in the interests of Gazprom, which is the main contender for the Greek company, Reuters reports, citing a senior official in Athens involved in negotiations on the deal.

Equipment of the Astrakhan Product poultry farm was seized for debts Bailiffs seized part of the poultry farming equipment of Astrakhan Product LLC (Ikryaninsky district of the Astrakhan region) for debts to the Pension Fund and the tax service. “The company owes the Russian Pension Fund, the Federal Tax Service, and other commercial companies about 42 million rubles. The bailiff seized a set of poultry farming equipment for cage keeping of farm birds and LED lighting for cage batteries.

An explosion occurred in the center of Makhachkala. A bomb went off near the building of the Ministry of Internal Affairs of Dagestan (Russia). No one was killed as a result of the explosion, but 15 people were injured. Among them is a correspondent for the State Television and Radio Broadcasting Company "Dagestan". The condition of several victims is assessed as serious. There was also information about two dead policemen, but later this information was not confirmed.

The number of victims during the explosion that occurred in Makhachkala on May 25 in the afternoon increased to 15 people, a representative of the Republic's Ministry of Internal Affairs told a RIA Novosti correspondent. “The number of victims has increased to 15 people, five of them are law enforcement officers, the remaining ten people are civilians,” the agency’s interlocutor said.

Two police officers were injured on May 24 during a shootout with unknown persons in Makhachkala, a representative of the republic’s Ministry of Internal Affairs told RIA Novosti . “On Engels Street in Makhachkala, traffic police officers stopped the car, asking the driver to present documents. The latter opened fire on the police,” the agency’s interlocutor said. He clarified that one of the employees was wounded in the head, the other was wounded in the hand.

In Kyiv, police detained about ten people who tried to break through to the gay pride parade participants. At the same time, one of the detainees threw a smoke bomb. After this, the conflicts were settled, and, in order to avoid further possible clashes, law enforcement officers allowed the protesters to enter the territory of the studio named after. Dovzhenko, so that they could disperse freely after the action.

A fight occurred on May 25 between gay activists and their opponents in the so-called “Hyde Park” in the center of Moscow; several people were detained by the police. As an Interfax correspondent reports, a few minutes after the protesters unfurled posters in support of sexual minorities, several young people who identified themselves as activists of nationalist organizations ran up to them, and a brawl broke out.

The human factor interfered with the work of the social network Yesterday, the network address where Russia's largest social network "VKontakte" is located was included in the unified Russian register of web resources with prohibited information. As a result, the social network was unavailable to users for a short time.

A criminal case has been opened into the explosion in Makhachkala, the National Anti-Terrorism Committee reports. “One of the most possible versions is the self-bombing of a female suicide bomber, whose remains were found at the scene of the explosion,” says the NAC message received by Interfax .

The legal regime of the counter-terrorist operation was introduced from scratch on May 25 throughout the Khasavyurt region, Interfax reports, citing the words of a representative of the Operational Headquarters in the Republic of Dagestan. “The CTO regime was introduced in connection with the implementation of measures to neutralize members of the criminal underground and identify their supporter base.