The executive secretary of the ethics commission of United Russia, Evgeny Revenko, called the proposal of the Governor of the Lipetsk Region, Igor Artamonov, to disperse the townspeople with chemicals “like ticks” a bad joke. this . reports Kommersant “This was an accidental bad joke made at a work meeting,” Revenko said.

The Oktyabrsky Court of Samara fined Communist deputy of the local provincial Duma Mikhail Matveev 45 thousand rubles for tweets about coronavirus (Part 9 of Article 13.15 of the Administrative Code). This was reported by the Legal Aid Headquarters. Agora's lawyer Stanislav Seleznev is appealing this decision. On March 24, Matveev, at a meeting of the Duma, learned that residents of Novokuybyshevsk were infected with coronavirus and wrote several tweets demanding that this data be checked.

The European Court of Human Rights (ECHR) ordered Russia to provide treatment to a six-month-old girl Ada Keshishyants with spinal muscular atrophy. “Mediazona” was told about this in the “Legal Initiative”. Keshishyants needs Spinraza. On April 14, the Leninsky Court of Stavropol ordered the local Ministry of Health to issue the medicine. However, the ministry responded by appealing the district court's decision.

The driver of a construction vehicle blocked 7x7 journalist Alya Grach and activists who oppose construction in the Kamenny Bor park in a Petrozavodsk quarry. this reports “7x7” . Earth is brought to this quarry from the construction site in Kamenny Bor. Grach said that the grader driver dumped a pile of earth at the exit of the quarry and refused to remove it.

US President Donald Trump, during a conversation with his colleague Vladimir Putin, proposed sending a “batch of medical equipment” to Russia, according to the Kremlin website. No other details are provided. It is not specified whether Putin agreed to the proposal. There is no information on the American White House website about the conversation between Putin and Trump. Later, the US President announced that the Russian leader agreed to his proposal, reports Reuters .

The police drew up a report on fakes (Article 13.15 of the Administrative Code) against the head of the Krasnodar branch of the Doctors' Alliance, Yulia Volkova. The document was published by the head of the Alliance of Doctors, Anastasia Vasilyeva. The Ministry of Internal Affairs' complaints were caused by a video in which Volkova asked to provide doctors with personal protective equipment. The video was published on Twitter on March 25.

In the Saratov region, a local resident who fell ill with coronavirus, Vladimir Nikulin, said that his house would be opened in his absence for treatment, writes Vzglyad-info. Now Nikulin is in the 10th city clinical hospital with a diagnosis of coronavirus infection. His son is being treated there, and his wife and daughter are hospitalized at the regional children's infectious diseases hospital.

Sberbank refused to service expired cards, contrary to the request of the Central Bank. this with reference to several sources. reported Vedomosti “Sberbank’s refusal to service expired cards means that clients will be able to pay with them at best in one time,” the newspaper notes. Sberbank services more than half of the stores with non-cash payments.

The Lyublinsky District Court of Moscow extended the preventive measure for the accused in the “New Greatness” case until August 17. this . reports Lawyer Maxim Pashkov Maria Dubovik, Anna Pavlikova and Maxim Roshchin were left under house arrest. Vyacheslav Kryukov, Ruslan Kostylenkov, Pyotr Karamzin and Dmitry Poletaev had their detention in pre-trial detention center extended.

Moscow Mayor Sergei Sobyanin signed a decree extending the “high alert regime” in the city until May 31. The document was published on the city hall website. The decree states that from May 12 Muscovites are required to wear masks and gloves in transport, including taxis, and in shops. Work passes are automatically extended until May 31, says . another document signed by Sobyanin

In Tver, at the request of the local prosecutor's office, two memorial plaques dedicated to the Poles executed in 1940 were dismantled. this . reported Activist Artem Vazhenkov Commemorative plaques from the building where people were shot during the era of Stalinist repressions were still removed. Both Polish and Russian. Published by Artyom Vazhenkov Thursday, May 7, 2020 In December 2019, the Tver prosecutor's office demanded that the signs be removed.

In Obninsk, local resident Anastasia Ryazanova accused the police of beating her. about what happened The girl told the local publication KP40 . Ryazanova also published her video message on local social networks. According to the girl, on the evening of April 25, she was walking her dog and decided to stop by a friend on her way to ask for cigarettes. The police arrived at the same house on a call about a missing phone.

The Investigative Committee opened a criminal case on fakes (Article 207.1 of the Criminal Code) against the head of the Vologda organization “For Human Rights” Grigory Winter. This was reported by 7x7 and the local department of the Investigative Committee . Winter said that on April 18 he published a post on social networks about prisoners being infected with coronavirus during transfer from Cherepovets to the Vologda region.

The Anti-Corruption Foundation (FBK) found clothes and jewelry worth 15 million rubles from Moscow Deputy Mayor for Social Development Anastasia Rakova. Investigators analyzed official photographs of Rakova. So, in April, Mayor Sergei Sobyanin, in the company of Rakova, visited the construction of a new hospital. The deputy mayor wore a Chanel stole worth 77.5 thousand rubles and a Loro Piana coat worth 448 thousand rubles.

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