The Savyolovsky District Court of Moscow sentenced Andrei Trubkin, the ex-director of the Temp research and production enterprise, which was involved in developments for the Tu-160 strategic bombers, to eight years in prison. this RBC reports with reference to one of the meeting participants. Trubkin was found guilty of four counts of large-scale fraud (Part 4 of Article 159 of the Criminal Code). He was also ordered to pay damages to the company. in the amount of 102 million rubles.

Sber received the status of an IT company. This is stated in the register of IT companies accredited in Russia, which was studied by RBC. The corporation and several of its subsidiaries received this status on April 25. For this purpose, Sber was accredited by the Ministry of Digital Development. For companies that have received this status from 2021, benefits apply . These include reduced insurance premium rates - 7.6% instead of 14% - and a reduction in income tax from 20% to 3%.

Some of the Ukrainian soldiers from the Azov regiment were taken to Taganrog. This was reported by 161.ru with reference to a source in the law enforcement agencies of the Rostov region. “89 people were brought to us, almost all of them were combatants <…> From Taganrog they will be distributed further. Our part will also remain in the region. They are now an important object [for exchange],” says the editor’s interlocutor.

State Duma deputies in the first reading adopted a bill on non-execution of decisions of the European Court of Human Rights (ECHR). The document was published in the database of the lower house of parliament. If the bill is adopted, Russia will be able not to comply with ECHR decisions made after March 16, 2022. Russia will be able to pay decisions made before this date until January 2023. The bill was introduced to the State Duma on May 16.

The partner of the Chumakov Center, the Nanolek company, suspends the production of the CoviVac coronavirus vaccine. this RBC reports with reference to the first deputy director of the pharmaceutical company, Maxim Stetsyuk. “Since December 2021, there have been no applications from the Ministry of Health for the supply of vaccines; the company has not shipped a single dose of CoviVac,” Stetsyuk said.

The European Union has blocked the sixth package of sanctions against Russia, which includes an oil embargo. European Commissioner for Economic Affairs Paolo Gentiloni announced this on the Rai News 24 TV channel ( quote from TASS). “We adopted five packages of sanctions very quickly and unanimously, but the sixth package, for obvious reasons, is still standing. “I am optimistic about the prospects of finding a compromise,” he said.

Roskomnadzor demanded that Wikipedia remove articles in English and "Rashism" . Notifications about this were published in the Wikipedia section with a list of pages banned in Russia. According to Roskomnadzor, these articles contain “false reports of acts of terrorism” and “inaccurate information about the losses of the Armed Forces of the Russian Federation and the goals of a special military operation.” Wikipedia must remove these articles within three days.

During a hearing in the Moscow City Court, the prosecutor's office stopped the testimony of prosecution witnesses in the case of Ivan Safronov, after one of them testified in favor of the journalist. This was reported by Kommersant with reference to lawyer Dmitry Talantov. According to the newspaper, the prosecutor's office stopped presenting evidence after the testimony of one of the witnesses, who spoke about Safronov's innocence.

Photo: Nacho Doce / Reuters Satellite Internet Starlink Ilona Mask since the beginning of the Russian invasion has been actively used in Ukraine. Thousands of terminals support the work of the Internet where the basic cellular stations are destroyed, and providers cannot continue normal work.

The Basmanny District Court of Moscow arrested the founder of the investigative journalist Ruslan Leviev in absentia in the case of “fake news”. This was reported by a Mediazona correspondent from the courtroom. At the meeting it became known that the case against Leviev and blogger Michael Naki under the article on creating “fakes” about the actions of the Russian military was opened on March 16 (clause “c” of part 2 of article 207.3 of the Criminal Code).

Journalist Michael Naki is involved in a case of creating “fakes” about the military, which was brought against the founder of the Conflict Intelligence Team, Ruslan Leviev. According to a Mediazona correspondent, an investigator said this during a meeting on the arrest of Leviev in absentia.

The activist Bogdan Ziz, who was associated with damage to the door of the Evpatoria administration, is located in the Department of the Ministry of Internal Affairs in Yevpatoria. This was reported by the OVD-Info with reference to an unnamed lawyer who was related to the artist's acquaintances. At about 04:00 on May 16, the doors and facade of the city administration building in Yevpatoria were doused with yellow and blue paint.

The Russian representative office of Google, a subsidiary of Google , will go to court to declare itself bankrupt, according to a notice it published . The decision to file bankruptcy was made due to the seizure of the company’s bank account, representative told RBC a Google .

The Hemotest laboratory network confirmed a database hack. This was reported by Yurapteka, a human rights project that helps victims of medical errors, with reference to the company’s response to one of its clients. In early May, the Data Leakage & Breach Intelligence (DLBI) organization discovered two databases of Gemotest clients.

A fire occurred at the military registration and enlistment office of the town of Shchelkovo near Moscow, the command of the Moscow garrison told RBC. According to video from surveillance cameras published by the Shot telegram channel , an unknown man threw Molotov cocktails through the window. “The fire has now been extinguished by fire crews who arrived at the scene. There were no injuries,” the command told RBC. The command did not disclose the cause of the fire.