The reason for the criminal prosecution of the head of the personnel department of the Ministry of Defense Yuri Kuznetsov was a house in the Krasnodar region worth 30.5 million rubles. Kommersant writes about this without citing a source. Information about the bribe in the form of a cottage was also provided by TASS with reference to law enforcement agencies.

Фото: Медиазона Despite moth-long protests and public outcry, the Georgian parliament passed a Russian-style “foreign agents” law in the third hearing today. According to this law, media and NGOs that receive at least 20% of their funding from abroad are required to register as “agents of foreign influence.” Mediazona’s photo correspondent spent the last days in front of the parliament building and witnessed the rage of protesters and violence of the police.

Photo: Mediazone The Georgian parliament today in the third reading adopted a local analogue of the Russian Law on Foreign Agents - despite the sharp criticism in society and thousands of protests, which the demonstrators have been released for many days. The mediazone photographer spent these days before parliament and saw there the rage of protesters and violence of police officers.

Russian troops attacked a residential area of ​​Kharkov - seven airstrikes were carried out on it, said the head of the regional administration Oleg Sinegubov. According to him, a 12-story residential building was hit. As a result of the shelling, 21 people were injured, Suspilne writes , citing the regional prosecutor’s office. Among them are three children, 11 women and seven men. Six people were hospitalized, says Sinegubov. At least 12 garages near the house were damaged.

Vladimir Putin appointed a new Minister of Defense - former Deputy Prime Minister Andrei Belousov. This was reported on the Kremlin website. On the evening of Sunday, May 12, the Federation Council published a list of officials whom Putin proposes to appoint as heads of key departments and ministries. In particular, Putin decided to replace the Minister of Defense - instead of Sergei Shoigu, he nominated Belousov.

The Maiminsky District Court sentenced a local resident to a year's probation for trying to spoil ballots at a polling station during voting in the presidential election. This is reported on the court's website. According to investigators, on March 16, a resident of the village of Maima in the Altai Republic approached the ballot box with a bag containing a solution of brilliant green and gasoline. The woman, the court was told, tried to pour liquid into the box and then set it on fire.

Maxim Kononenko, author of the Mr. blog, has died. Parker in LiveJournal, creator of the Vladimir Vladimirovich™ project, columnist for the Vzglyad newspaper and other pro-government projects. His death was reported by the RT television channel with reference to Kononenko’s wife. The propagandist was 53 years old. In recent years, Kononenko worked for RT - he was a regular contributor to the telegram channel “Especially for RT ”.

The Basmanny District Court of Moscow arrested until July 12 Leva Martirosyan, accused of giving a bribe to the head of the personnel department of the Ministry of Defense, Yuri Kuznetsov. This was reported by the press service of the Moscow courts.

The OCCRP Corruption Reporting Project has published the results of its Dubai Uncovered investigation, based on leaked data on hundreds of thousands of Dubai properties and their owners. The archive was examined by more than 70 media outlets, including “Important Stories.” The publication reported on the results of the investigation, which concern Russian politicians, officials and deputies.

A panel of judges in the Netherlands found Russian Alexey Pertsev guilty of money laundering in the amount of $1.2 billion due to the creation of the Tornado Cash service, which allows anonymizing transactions with cryptocurrency. Wired reports this . Pertsev was sentenced to five years and four months in prison - this is the term the prosecution requested. “Using Tornado Cash , the defendant created a shortcut to finance crime and terrorism.

Detentions began near the parliament in Tbilisi, where protests against the law on “foreign agents” are taking place, the Tbilisi Life telegram channel and a Paper Kartuli correspondent report. Police reinforcements arrived at Freedom Square and Rustaveli Avenue. The Georgian Ministry of Internal Affairs issued a warning calling on protesters “to engage in non-violent protest.” Security forces demanded that the protesters leave the area near the parliament building.

Minister of Internal Affairs Vladimir Kolokoltsev spoke at the Federation Council before the re-approval of his candidacy for the position and again spoke about the shortage of employees. The performance was broadcast on Rutube. So, if at the end of 2022 he spoke about the outflow of employees and a shortage of 90 thousand people, then at the end of 2023 the figure, in his words , reached 100 thousand people.

The Basmanny District Court of Moscow extended until August 15 the period of detention in a pre-trial detention center for the coordinator of the “Left Front” Sergei Udaltsov in the case of justifying terrorism (Part 2 of Article 205.2 of the Criminal Code). This was reported by a Mediazona correspondent from the courtroom. Before the start of the meeting, Udaltsov managed to tell those who came to support him: “The accusations still amaze me.” The meeting was held behind closed doors.

The Georgian parliament adopted the law on “foreign agents” in the final third reading, reports Pirveli TV channel. Rallies against the amendments have been held in Tbilisi since April 15; protesters compared the bill with its Russian counterpart and chanted “No to the Russian law!” Under the law, NGOs and media outlets that receive at least 20% of their annual income from abroad will be required to register as “agents of foreign influence” in a government register.

In Moscow, a criminal case was opened against a streamer who “insulted the participants of the SVO and threatened them with violence,” this was reported by the capital’s department of the Investigative Committee and the representative of the Ministry of Internal Affairs Irina Volk . The case was opened under the article on inciting hatred (clause “a”, part 2, article 282 of the Criminal Code).