The Sovetsky District Court of Bryansk arrested the former head of the regional investigation department of the Ministry of Internal Affairs, Sergei Artemov, for accepting a bribe (Part 6 of Article 290 of the Criminal Code). This was reported on the website of the regional department of the UK. As clarifies Kommersant , testimony against Artemov was given by his former subordinate Alexey Sabadashev, who is himself involved in a bribery case.

The Department of the Federal Penitentiary Service for the Irkutsk Region accused the state television channel France 24 of “destabilizing the situation” in Russia after releasing information about a riot in penal colony No. 15 in Angarsk. This is reported on the department's website. As stated in the release, France 24 , “based on unreliable information provided by citizens interested in destabilizing the situation,” published a story about the riot in IK-15.

In the Novgorod region, the Investigative Committee released Pavel Borovkov, Dmitry Alexandrov and Edgar Afanasyev, suspected of beating the detainee. This was reported by the acquaintance of the security forces Ivan Kulakov. The information was also confirmed by Borovkov’s lawyer Tateoos Tumasyan. Police officers are charged with paragraph 3 of Article 286 of the Criminal Code (abuse of authority with the use of violence).

The Central Election Commission has resumed preparations for voting on amendments to the Constitution. This is reported on the commission's website. As stated in the release, the CEC canceled several paragraphs of the previous resolution on the financing of voting on amendments to the Constitution. They temporarily suspended funding for regional election commissions, as well as election commissions abroad.

Borovichi. Photo: Dmitry Plagle Maps About a hundred residents of the city of Borovichi in the Novgorod region came to the building of the Investigative Committee and demanded to free three police officers who are accused of beating the detainee for harassment to the girls. The security forces did not disperse them, and the head of SK Bastrykin handed over the investigation to the central apparatus of the department.

The Leninsky District Court of Yekaterinburg refused to consider the investigation's request to terminate the criminal case against IT specialist Alexander Litreev, lawyer Alexey Bushmakov writes on his Facebook. The lawyer told Znak.com that on May 12 the court received the petition and decided to consider it on the 21st. The day before the meeting, Bushmakov was informed that his client’s personal appearance was necessary.

In the city of Miass, a police officer accused of torturing detainees was sentenced to 4.5 years of probation, according to the website of the Investigative Committee of the Chelyabinsk Region. The patrol service employee was found guilty of two counts of Part 3 of Article 286 of the Criminal Code (exceeding official powers with the use of violence and special means).

The head of Chechnya, Ramzan Kadyrov, was hospitalized in a Moscow hospital with suspected coronavirus, Interfax reports , citing a source “in medical circles.” “Kadyrov was suspected of having coronavirus, he is under medical supervision,” the agency reports the words of its interlocutor. about the same thing earlier wrote Baza . According to the publication, the head of Chechnya was brought to Moscow by plane.

President Vladimir Putin introduced a bill to the State Duma that amends the federal law “On Education in the Russian Federation.” This was reported on the website of the lower house of parliament.

The Council of Judges of the Primorsky Territory decided to appeal to the regional Qualification Board of Judges with a proposal to early deprive Rona Sopchuk of her powers as a judge, according to the website of the regional court. The meeting at which the council decided to appeal to the board with a request for disciplinary action against the judge took place on May 21.

In the lawsuit, Rosneft estimated the damage from the RBC news headline at 43 billion rubles. this The publication itself reports . Rosneft explained the amount of the claim filed with the Moscow Arbitration Court as the worst performance of the company's shares on the Moscow Exchange after publication in comparison with the oil and gas industry index. According to the company, Rosneft’s capitalization grew after the publication of the note, but not enough.

A 38-year-old woman, detained for non-payment of alimony (Article 5.35.1 of the Code of Administrative Offences), died at the police department of the Argayash district of the Chelyabinsk region. This was reported by 74.ru with reference to the local department of the Ministry of Internal Affairs. The bailiffs brought the woman to the department on the evening of May 20, and she was sent to a cell. At night she became ill, and the police called an ambulance.

The Leninsky District Court of the Vladikavkaz arrested a participant in the action against the “Self-isolation regime” by the name of Tsugkiev, Mediazone was told in the United press service of the courts of general jurisdiction of North Ossetia. Tsugkiev is accused of applying violence in relation to the representative of the authorities (part 1 of Article 318 of the Criminal Code).

Guests of a Moscow hostel in 1st Infantry Lane were locked in the basement due to quarantine, the police did not let them out of the yard, a volunteer named Ekaterina told Mediazona, who asked not to indicate the name of the organization with which she collaborates (it is known to the editors). The girl contacted the hotline of the international human rights group Agora. The information was confirmed by one of the hostel guests, Anatoly Lysak. The dormitory was quarantined on May 8, he says.

The Stavropol Regional Court changed the five-year suspended sentence for policeman Azamat Ebzeev, accused of beating shepherds and stealing cows, reports the Public Verdict human rights foundation. In March, the Izobilnensky District Court found him guilty of abuse of power with the use of violence (Part 3 of Article 286 of the Criminal Code) and sentenced him to five years in a general regime colony.