The head of the Donetsk People's Republic, Alexander Zakharchenko, died as a result of an explosion in the Separ cafe, Interfax , TASS and RIA Novosti report , citing sources. This information was later confirmed by the administration of the head of the DPR. “According to preliminary data, unfortunately, this is true. The head of the republic was mortally wounded,” Interfax’s interlocutor said.

In Moscow, activists of another Russia were detained on the Triumphal Square, who deployed a banner with the slogan “forbidden to prohibit”, according to the organization’s telegram channel. “The National Bolsheviks launched a banner with a slogan“ forbidden to prohibit ”, lit a fireworks and scattered leaflets with a demand for observing the rights of citizens to peaceful meetings.

Former Minister of Economic Development Alexey Ulyukaev, who is serving a sentence in IK-1 in the Tver region, has been hospitalized, told TASS. head of the regional Public Monitoring Commission Igor Elgardt “He was indeed hospitalized in the prison hospital in the city of Torzhok. But this is a planned hospitalization, not an emergency. As far as I know, his life is not in danger,” Elgardt says. earlier today that the ex-minister was hospitalized .

Journalist Vladimir Pozner, musician Andrei Makarevich and writer Lyudmila Ulitskaya signed a petition demanding that the “New Greatness” case be stopped. The collection of signatures was launched by Novaya Gazeta. “We appeal to the political leadership of the country to stop this politically motivated case, which clearly demonstrates the corruption of state institutions,” the petition says.

The social network VKontakte has added the ability to close a profile from everyone who is not a user’s friends. This is stated in the social network blog. “Today we are introducing new privacy settings. Now you can instantly make your profile completely private, protecting your personal space from strangers, leaving your page open only to friends,” the blog says. The developers promise that an update for the mobile application with new features will appear in the near future.

Transgender Nazar Gulevich, who was arrested in Moscow (who changed his gender in his documents from female to male), was refused to be placed in women's and men's pre-trial detention centers, which is why they decided to send him to the hospital at the Matrosskaya Tishina pre-trial detention center. about this “Movskovsky Komsomolets” writes with reference to the representative of the Federal Penitentiary Service in Moscow, Anna Karetnikova.

The mother of the former head of the criminal investigation department of Cherkessk Ruslan Rakhaev, Lyubov Rakhaeva, wrote a letter to President Vladimir Putin, Human Rights Commissioner Mikhail Fedotov, FSB Director Alexander Bortnirov, head of the Investigative Committee Alexander Bastrykin, Prosecutor General Yuri Chaika and Chairman of the Supreme Court Vyacheslav Lebedev. The text of the letter is published by Novaya Gazeta.

The Sverdlovsk Regional Court overturned the decision to arrest a 14-year-old teenager accused of murdering 20-year-old disabled person Dmitry Rudakov in the city of Berezovsky, the press service of the court told Mediazona. Today, a complaint against the decision to arrest another defendant in this case, a previously convicted 16-year-old teenager, was also considered; the court decided to keep him in custody.

The Investigative Committee opened a criminal case on the use of violence against government officials that is dangerous to health (part 2 of Article 318 of the Criminal Code), due to an attack by a man with a knife on police officers in the town of Dzerzhinsky, Lyubertsy district, near Moscow, the department reports . Allegedly, at night, passers-by noticed a man near St. Nicholas Street who “behaved provocatively and inappropriately” and called the police.

Education Minister Olga Vasilyeva spoke in support of the ban on gadgets in schools. She spoke about this at the All-Russian Parents' Meeting, which the department broadcasts on VKontakte. passed in France Vasilyeva recalled a law prohibiting primary and secondary school students from using devices while studying. “Many schools have followed this path, they have boxes, a control telephone for communication with parents.

The Ministry of Economic Development proposed adding Article 6.34 to the Code of Administrative Offences. It provides for fines if Russians do not promptly report that they have found previously unknown military graves and remains. The document has been published for public comment. Citizens are proposed to be fined one to three thousand rubles, officials - two to five thousand rubles, legal entities - 10-20 thousand rubles.

Photo: Emin Jafarov / Kommersant A week ago, Alexei Navalny said that after choosing a new supplier, the cost of products purchased for the National Guard increased sharply - in some cases at times. Today, the National Guard responded to accusations of violations during purchases, explaining that Navalny did not take into account seasonality. Mediazona checked how the statements of the National Guard correlate with actual prices for purchased products.

A resident of Irkutsk, Konstantin, contacted the Public Verdict Foundation and said that the police tortured him, forcing him to confess to stealing three thousand rubles. Sibir.Realii about this Foundation lawyer Svyatoslav Khromenkov told . According to the lawyer, Konstantin works for a telecommunications company and moonlights as a taxi driver. In March, he gave a ride to a pensioner and a social worker.

An explosion occurred at the Sverdlov defense plant near Nizhny Novgorod. Interfax The city's ambulance service told that, according to preliminary data, three people were killed and three more were injured. RIA Novosti's source in the region's emergency services adds that three more people may be under the rubble. Because of the explosion, the agency writes, a fire broke out, the area of ​​which reached about a hundred square meters, and firefighters are trying to put it out.

Illustration: Anna Morozova / Mediazone “Mediazona” collected from open sources all reports of collective and single protests in Russian colonies and pre -trial detention centers over the past summer. Ukrainian director Oleg Sentsov, convicted in Russia for 20 years in a colony, announced a hunger strike on May 14. Throughout the summer, he refuses food, demanding the release of all Ukrainian political prisoners from the Russian colonies.