The Financial University under the Government of Russia has canceled state exams, according to the university’s website. The cancellation of exams will not affect students at the Faculty of Law. The remaining students will be awarded diplomas based on the results of defending their final qualifying thesis. As the university clarified, the academic council of the university made this decision after the proposal of the rector Mikhail Eskindarov.

The Directorate of the Investigative Committee for St. Petersburg and the Leningrad Region opened a criminal case due to coronavirus infection of 35 migrants in an illegal hostel, reports . Interfax The department reported that on April 10, after an inspection by Rospotrebnadzor, several residents of a house in the village of Novosergievka were required to observe quarantine.

A new hospital for coronavirus patients in Moscow is being built by Alexey Dobashin’s Krost company. Another businessman’s company received the largest contract for the purchase of concrete curbs worth 3.2 billion rubles, writes the BBC Russian service. The general contractor of the project is the Mosinzhproekt company.

Roskomnadzor transferred the preparation of the protocol to the editor-in-chief of Mediazona Sergei Smirnov due to the coronavirus, according to the department’s notice, which was received by the editor. “The Roskomnadzor Office for the Central Federal District reports that in order to counter the spread of the new coronavirus infection (COVID-19) on the territory of the Russian Federation, drawing up a protocol on an administrative offense under Part 2 of Art.

The head of the Ministry of Justice Konstantin Chuychenko commented on a rebellion in the Angarsk correctional colony No. 15. In his opinion, the rebellion “directed from the outside” people who attracted the “so-called human rights activists” and are trying to “swing the situation through the mass media”. “There are clear facts - 4 years of the FSIN Office in the Irkutsk region did not have a boss. It was appointed recently.

The mayor of Stavropol, Andrei Dzhatdoev, in response to criticism of his actions during quarantine, advised people to move to the United States. This was reported by the local publication Newstracker . Jatdoev published a video message on Instagram to local residents on the topic of coronavirus. User oli_irvina wrote a comment: “In order for something to change in this country, the state needs to work for the people, and not vice versa. Stay at home.

Chairman of the Moscow City Court Olga Egorova. Photo: Sergey Kuznetsov / RIA Novosti The Higher Qualification Collegium of Judges opened a vacancy to the post of chairman of the Moscow City Court. This place has been occupied by Olga Egorova for 20 years. The Mediazon explains why they placed this announcement and whether Egorova must leave their post this year.

More than 30 people in a Smolensk nursing home have tested positive for coronavirus, reports the head of the regional health department, Elena Vaitova. “As of today, 21 people have been hospitalized from the Vyazemsky boarding home for the elderly and disabled, 8 of whom have been transferred to Clinical Hospital No. 1. Currently, hospitalization of 10 more patients with COVID-19 has been organized at the infectious diseases hospital of the Vyazma Central District Hospital,” the official said.

The Tuapse District Court of the Krasnodar Territory fined local residents Denis Denisov and Akop Avdzhyan for not having passes to travel around the city. These passes became mandatory the day after local residents were detained, writes . the Caucasian Knot Denisov and Avdzhyan were detained on April 2 for leaving the house without a pass.

In Dagestan, another case was opened against Chernovik journalist Abdulmumin Gadzhiev under Part 2 of Article 282.2 of the Criminal Code (participation in an extremist organization). Gadzhiev’s lawyer Arsen Shabanov told Mediazona about this. “This is participation in a terrorist organization. It’s just that Article 205.5—participation in a terrorist organization—appeared only in November 2013.

Illustration: Anna Makarova / Mediazone The pandemic of Covid-19 aroused relic vigilance in the Russians: in the city and district public publics, VKontakte discuss neighbors who are ready to inform where the violators of the unnecessary quarantine-and the scammers themselves often appeal to the same social networks.

The Higher Qualification Board of Judges announced the search for a candidate for the post of chairman of the Moscow City Court, according to the board’s website. Applications are accepted in paper form until May 15. Moscow City Court spokeswoman Ulyana Solopova called this a “normal procedure.” “Olga Alexandrovna was appointed by presidential decree of October 25, 2014. Six months before the expiration of the term of office, a vacancy opens. We worked as we did. The leader is on duty.

A flash drive with a video recording of his arrest has disappeared from the case file of activist Konstantin Kotov, convicted under the “Dada article,” lawyer Mikhail Biryukov told Mediazona. Today, the Moscow City Court began a re-examination of the appeal against the verdict of Kotov, who was sentenced to four years in prison. The defense asked the court to re-examine the video recording of the activist’s detention, but it was not included in the materials.

Prime Minister Mikhail Mishustin lifted restrictions on the sale of protective equipment against coronavirus, Vademecum and RBC report , citing sources. A RIA Novosti source familiar with the Cabinet resolution said that the government took such a step to avoid disruptions in the industry. A week earlier, the head of government allowed the wholesale trade of medical masks, respirators, gloves, protective suits and gauze only to a subsidiary of Rostec.

The authorities of Ust-Kut, Irkutsk region, sent a “police squad” to protect a family in which a seven-year-old child became infected with coronavirus. This was reported on the website of the administration of the Ust-Kut region. A woman with two children returned from a vacation in Thailand. The family spent 14 days in quarantine, after which the mother went to work. The next day, doctors announced that her seven-year-old child had tested positive for coronavirus.