An elderly patient with coronavirus committed suicide in the Stavropol region. this on Instagram . announced The governor of the region, Vladimir Vladimirov, According to him, the incident occurred today, May 13. “The doctors did everything for her, she recovered and was already preparing for discharge,” says Vladimirov. The governor, citing hospital management, writes that the pensioner committed suicide in the hospital due to “family troubles.” No other details are provided.

The government signed a directive extending the contract of Rosneft executive director Igor Sechin for another five years. this with reference to sources in the company’s management. reported Vedomosti An unnamed federal official also confirmed to the publication that the contract had been extended. The newspaper notes that the final decision must be made by the company's board of directors, which will meet on May 14 or 15.

The Ministry of Foreign Affairs demanded that the editors of the New York Times and the Financial Times retract articles about deaths from coronavirus in Russia. this . reports Interfax The head of the commission, Vasily Piskarev , promised to figure out why such publications appear, and will also check the articles for compliance with Russian laws and standards of journalistic ethics.

The Minister of Health of the Nizhny Novgorod Region, David Melik-Guseinov, called a meeting of employees of an ambulance substation in the Sormovsky district of Nizhny Novgorod a “orchestrated sham.” According to the minister, he was informed that people had gathered at the substation.

The Investigative Committee opened a case after the beating of a prisoner in Tomsk medical correctional institution No. 1. This was reported on the website of the regional department of the department. As stated in the release, from May 8 to May 9, several FSIN officers beat and kicked the prisoner in the body. It is not known how many people beat the convict.

Sberbank has extended the service of expired cards, reports . the bank’s press service Customers with cards that expired in March will be able to withdraw and deposit money through ATMs and pay for purchases. All other operations will be unavailable. In addition, clients will be able to activate a new reissued card in the Sberbank application and pick it up within four months, so as not to go to the branch.

Several State Duma deputies came to work, putting on the lapels of the jacket “Virus blockers” in the form of a white cross on a black background. This was reported by Interfax with reference to the speaker of the State Duma Vyacheslav Volodin. State Duma deputies on May 12. Photo: The official website of the State Duma One of the deputies of the Just Russia faction Igor Molyakov became interested in badges.

The Leninsky District Court of Orenburg prohibited policeman Sergei Pavlov, who is under house arrest in the case of torturing detainees with electric shock, from leaving his house. This was reported by Ekho Moskvy in Orenburg with reference to the court ruling. Before this, Pavlov could walk for eight hours every day - four hours before lunch and four after.

State Duma deputies immediately adopted in the second and third readings a bill on the right of Sberbank and VEB not to return 150 billion rubles and 350 billion rubles, respectively, to the treasury. The document was published in the database of the lower house of parliament. In 2008-2009, the Central Bank issued a subordinated loan to Sberbank and placed a deposit with VEB. In April 2020, the regulator sold a 50% stake in Sberbank to the government.

Residents of Russian cities stood in line in front of the Pension Fund buildings to receive a one-time child benefit of 10 thousand rubles, which was promised by President Vladimir Putin. Queues formed in Tyumen , Bryansk , Kursk , Barnaul , Chita , Smolensk , Krasnoyarsk and Saratov . on May 11 The President announced that the authorities will pay Russians 10 thousand rubles for each child from three to 16 years old as support during the coronavirus epidemic. You can apply for it from May 12.

Photo: Zuma / TASS The government introduced a bill to the State Duma, which expands the powers of the police. "Mediazona" tells about the main innovations, and the lawyer Vitaly Cherkasov explains what they can lead to. Police will not be required to introduce themselves The current Law “On the Police” states that when contacting citizens, employees are obliged to name their position, title, surname, present a certificate at the request, and also explain what their claims are concluded.

The military prosecutor's office asked Yevgeny Rudkovsky, an employee of the headquarters of politician Alexei Navalny in Omsk, to undergo a medical examination again six months after receiving a military ID. The activist reported this in a conversation with Mediazona. As they write on the page of Navalny’s Omsk team on VKontakte, on May 12, two men in uniform came to Rudvoksky’s home. One of them introduced himself as an FSB officer.

The authorities of St. Petersburg refused to distribute free masks, since there are many visitors to the city, explained Governor Alexander Beglov. this reports Regnum . During a report to the Legislative Assembly, deputy from the Yabloko party Boris Vishnevsky asked when the city government will start distributing masks and gloves for free. He emphasized that from May 12, citizens were required to wear them even on the street.

In Saratov, Jehovah's Witness Felix Makhammadiev was deprived of Russian citizenship, the Jehovah's Witnesses in Russia website reports , citing his wife Evgenia Lagunova. According to believers, the family was notified of the deprivation of citizenship by the local department of the Ministry of Internal Affairs. The document was signed on April 17, 2020 by the head of the department, Alexey Zelepukin.

The second cassation court sent for a new consideration the case of players Pavel Mamaev and Alexander Kokorin, convicted of a fight. This was reported by RIA "Novosti" with reference to the lawyer Igor Bushmanov. The press service of the court specified that such a decision was made due to "significant violations of the law." “The cassation court granted our cassation appeal, canceled the mosgor court and sent the case to this instance for a review,” Bushmanov said.