The Ministry of Defense of the Russian Federation confirmed that two prisoners captured by Ukrainian soldiers in the Donbass on May 16 are Russian citizens. This was stated by the official representative of the Ministry, Major General Igor Konashenkov. He called the detainees former Russian servicemen.

Shot: YouTube The creators of the DOOM game have published a very short teaser of the game that announces a more complete demonstration of the gameplay. It will take place on June 14 at a press conference of the publisher of Bethesda during the E3 gaming conference. Gamespot Doom - E3 Teaser Trailer The previous version of the game - Doom 3 - was released in 2004. In 2005, the film of the same name was released based on the game.

The Human Rights Council (HRC) under the President of the Russian Federation did not find violations of the law in the marriage of 17-year-old Louise (Kheda) Goylabieva and the head of the Nozhai-Yurt District Department of Internal Affairs, Nazhud Guchigov. According to Mikhail Fedotov, chairman of the HRC, members of the council contacted human rights activists in Chechnya, as well as the republican authorities, but no confirmation of reports of forced marriage or polygamy was received.

The Russian Ministry of Defense filed a lawsuit against the Khrunichev Center, which manufactures Proton and Angara launch vehicles, for the recovery of about 1.8 billion rubles. Details of the statement of claim, received by the Moscow Arbitration Court in early May, have not yet been disclosed. The lawsuit was filed with the court on May 5, and preliminary hearings on it are scheduled for July 27.

Former owner of Uralkali, Dmitry Rybolovlev, has joined a lawsuit filed by Pablo Picasso's stepdaughter Catherine Yutaine-Blay against French art dealer Olivier Thomas. Writes about it The Art Newspaper. Picasso's stepdaughter accuses Olivier Thomas of stealing paintings belonging to her family. In 2008, Yutaine-Blay said she hired the art dealer to transport and store her family's Picassos, after which she discovered that several of the works were missing.

The country’s rage about a 17-year-old girl marrying a 47-year-old Chechen police chief Photo: Sergey Ponomarev / Meduza On May 16, a wedding took place in Grozny, the capital of Russia’s Chechen Republic in the Caucasus. The bride was the 17-year-old Louisa “Kheda” Goilabiyeva, and the groom was the 47-year-old Nadzhud Guchigov, a district police chief. According to some sources, Guchigov may already have been married to another woman at the time of this wedding.

US President Barack Obama has a personal Twitter account. At the time of writing, he published one tweet in which he actually announced his appearance. “Hey Twitter! It's Barak, really! Six years here and they finally gave me my own account." In the 15 minutes that have passed since the publication of the first tweet, Obama has gained 50,000 subscribers. Barack Obama has an official microblog @BarackObama , which is most often written by his aides.

A photo series from the scandalous wedding in Grozny Photo: Sergey Ponomarev / Meduza Last Saturday in Chechnya, a police captain named Nazhud Guchigov married 17-year-old Luiza Goilabieva . The wedding would likely have gone unnoticed, were it not for an article last month by Novaya Gazeta reporter Elena Milashina, claiming that Guchigov—already a married man—was wedding the girl by force, effectively making her his concubine.

The Moscow authorities have banned the celebration of the last calls and graduation parties on ships. This was announced by the chief state inspector for small boats in Moscow, Vladimir Volkov. “Walks take place in the evening, often dragging on until dark, and at this time it is quite difficult to ensure the safety of a large number of people,” Volkov said, explaining the decision to ban graduations on ships.

Studio GSC Game World has announced the release of the game "Cossacks 3" - a continuation of a series of strategies of the first half of the 2000s. According to the producer of the game, Yevgeny Grigorovich, it will be released in 2015, when it is ready. Grigorovich told Polygon that the developers plan to recreate the original gameplay of the 2001 game. At the same time, Cossacks 3 will receive updated graphics and a new storyline.

They want to oblige civil servants to use the services of Russian airlines when making business trips. The relevant draft presidential decree was prepared by the Ministry of Labor. The document is published on the Single Portal.

The Investigative Committee granted the request to interrogate the former officer of the Chechen battalion "North" Ruslan Geremeev in the case of the murder of Boris Nemtsov. This was announced by the lawyer of the Nemtsov family, Vadim Prokhorov, who filed this petition. In what status Geremeev will be interrogated is unknown. Prokhorov also confirmed the information that the investigation refused to interrogate the head of Chechnya, Ramzan Kadyrov.

Tourists arriving in Egypt, both individually and in groups, can still apply for entry visas at the airport. This clarification was made by the Embassy of Egypt in Russia. "The competent authorities <...> decided to postpone - until a new date is announced - the implementation of the recent decision to cancel the issuance of visas for individual tourists upon arrival at Egyptian airports," the embassy explained.

The Mejlis of the Crimean Tatar people issued a statement accusing the Russian authorities of "destroying the historical memory of the Crimean Tatars, justifying the crimes of Stalinism and the communist regime of the USSR." According to the Majlis, the government encourages "public actions aimed at praising Stalin and perpetuating his memory in Crimea." The statement was published in connection with the next anniversary of the mass deportation of the Crimean Tatars in 1944.

Businessman Sergei Polonsky, who was deported to Russia from Cambodia, has been charged with fraud on an especially large scale. This was announced by the official representative of the Ministry of Internal Affairs of Russia Elena Alekseeva. “In the near future, other investigative actions will be carried out with Polonsky as part of the investigation of the criminal case,” Alekseeva said.