The Khimki City Court of the Moscow Region arrested for 15 days the chairman of the Perm Center for Historical Memory, Alexander Chernyshov, who was detained this morning at Sheremetyevo airport. This was reported in the Memorial Society telegram channel. Chernyshov was found guilty under the protocol of petty hooliganism (Article 20.1 of the Administrative Code). As Society Memorial writes, two witnesses gave written testimony that Chernyshov at 1:40 p.m.

At the Yekaterinburg City Hall, under a bronze portrait of Yevgeny Roizman, the inscription “foreign agent” was placed. this . reports Meduza “Recognized as a person performing the functions of a foreign agent on November 25, 2022,” reads the golden plaque under a bas-relief depicting the city’s former mayor. The portrait was installed on January 10. Roizman headed Yekaterinburg from 2013 to 2018.

The Zamoskvoretsky District Court of Moscow, following the director Evgenia Berkovich, sent screenwriter Svetlana Petriychuk to a pre-trial detention center in the case of justifying terrorism due to the play “Finist Yasny Falcon”. This was reported by a Mediazona correspondent. Petriychuk and Berkovich were detained on May 4 in Moscow and taken away for interrogation; they soon received the status of accused.

The Ministry of Justice declared FBK head Maria Pevchikh, foundation employee Georgy Alburov and military observer of the Popular Politics YouTube channel Yan Matveev “foreign agents,” according to the department’s website. In addition, the register of “foreign agents” includes “Taiga.Info”, the women’s socio-political movement “Soft Power”, “Crisis Group SK SOS ”, working in the North Caucasus, and the human rights association “St.

The Sovetsky District Court of Orsk fined Olga Lakhman, a 50-year-old teacher at the local Solnechnikov transport technical school, 30 thousand rubles for printing an article from Wikipedia about the war in Ukraine. This is reported on the court's website. Lakhman was found guilty under the protocol on “discrediting” the army (Part 1 of Article 20.3.3 of the Administrative Code).

The Zamoskvoretsky District Court of Moscow granted the investigation's request and arrested director Evgenia Berkovich in the case of justifying terrorism (Part 2 of Article 205.2 of the Criminal Code) because of the play “Finist Yasny Falcon”. This was reported by a Mediazona correspondent. On the morning of May 4, it became known that in St. Petersburg, Elena Efros and Nina Katerli, the mother and grandmother of theater director and member of the Seventh Studio Berkovich, were searched.

One of the largest Austrian banking groups, Raiffeisen Bank International (RBI), has closed correspondent accounts for all Russian banks, except for its subsidiary Raiffeisenbank. this RBI reported in a presentation to its financial statements for the first quarter of this year, and RBC drew attention to this .

A resident of Efremov, Aleksey Moskalev, convicted in the case of “discrediting” the army, told details about his detention in Belarus. He conveyed this information to Spektr journalists through his lawyer Vladimir Bilienko. Moskalev was detained on the evening of March 30 in a private hotel in the city of Smolevichi by eight employees of the Belarusian special services - they were wearing balaclavas and bulletproof vests.

There will be no traditional reception in the Kremlin on May 9. this to RIA Novosti . reported Presidential Press Secretary Dmitry Peskov Traditionally, on Victory Day, the president met with veterans of the Great Patriotic War in the Kremlin, made a speech on the occasion of the holiday and presented awards. The last such reception took place in 2019. In 2020 and 2021, the event was canceled due to the coronavirus pandemic, in 2022 - due to a full-scale invasion of Ukraine.

The Director General of the World Health Organization (WHO), Tedros Ghebreyesus, announced during a press conference that the state of emergency due to the coronavirus pandemic has been lifted. His speech is broadcast on the WHO website. “COVID-19 has turned our world upside down. WHO reported almost 7 million deaths, but we know that the number of victims is several times higher - at least 20 million,” Ghebreyesus said.

FSB officers in the Stavropol Territory detained a Russian citizen suspected of plans to join the armed forces of Ukraine to participate in the war with Russia. about this TASS writes with reference to the press service of the regional department of the FSB.

The Investigative Committee opened a criminal case over the organization of walks on the roofs in St. Petersburg. This was reported by the press service of the city administration of the UK. The investigation is being conducted under the article on the provision of services that do not meet safety requirements (clause “a” of Part 2 of Article 238 of the Criminal Code).

On May 10, the jury in the Moscow City Court will begin to consider the case of Vitaly Koltsov, accused of attempting to kill a security officer (Article 317 of the Criminal Code) due to an attempt to set fire to a National Guard bus. Koltsov’s support group reported this to Mediazona. As follows from the criminal case card , the Muscovite is also charged with intentional damage or destruction of property by arson (Part 2 of Article 167 of the Criminal Code).

The Lefortovo District Court of Moscow arrested Crimean Tatar Lenya Umerova on espionage charges (Article 276 of the Criminal Code). Mediazona found this information in the database of Moscow courts. According to the court, the hearing took place today, May 5, at 12:00. The card said that Umerova was charged with treason.

The Second Western District Military Court in Moscow sentenced serviceman Artyom Semenov to 13 years in a maximum security colony on charges of high treason (Article 275 of the Criminal Code). report this Interfax and TASS with reference to their correspondents. Semenov was also stripped of his military rank of sergeant. At the same time, the court did not impose a fine or other restrictions on him due to his financial situation, Interfax reports.