Several State Duma deputies told RBC that they had learned from the leadership of the parties about the postponement of the election of deputies of the next convocation to an earlier date - from December 2016 to September. This information was confirmed by a source close to the leadership of the presidential administration. Ura.ru about the postponement of the elections told Aleksey Didenko, an LDPR deputy, . “The fact that they will be transferred is no longer a secret to anyone.

The Security Service of Ukraine accused the leader of the Russian biker club "Night Wolves" Alexander "Surgeon" Zaldostanov of financial fraud. The funds received as a result of the use of a fraudulent scheme, the SBU said, were directed to finance the self-proclaimed Donetsk and Luhansk People's Republics (DNR and LNR).

At least 16 people were killed and 54 injured in a fire that broke out in a multi-storey residential building on Azadlig Avenue in Baku. On the fact of a fire in a 16-storey building, the Investigation Department for Serious Crimes of the Prosecutor General's Office of Azerbaijan opened a criminal case under Articles 225.2 (violation of fire safety rules), 308.2 (abuse of official powers) and 314.2 (negligence) of the Criminal Code.

Two Russian citizens detained in the Donbass on May 16 were visited in a Kyiv hospital by journalists and employees of the human rights organization Amnesty International. In particular, Novaya Gazeta correspondents were allowed to see Yevgeny Erofeev and Alexander Alexandrov. The escorts asked them not to ask questions, referring to the order of the Security Service of Ukraine and the wishes of the detainees themselves.

The Ministry of Culture of Russia published information on the income and property of the heads and employees of state theaters, circuses and museums in 2014. The absolute leader in terms of income among cultural figures was the artistic director of the Mariinsky Theater Valery Gergiev. Gergiev's declaration shows an income of almost 340 million rubles, two luxury cars, three land plots and six apartments.

The Ostankinsky District Court has suspended the operation of a McDonald's fast food restaurant located at VDNKh. This was announced by Oksana Belaichuk, senior manager for public relations at McDonald's in Russia. The reasons why the court decided to temporarily suspend the work of McDonald's at VDNKh, Belaichuk did not specify. At the same time, she stressed that the company did not agree with the court's decision and did not rule out that it would be appealed in the near future.

Lithuanian aircraft An-2, which disappeared on May 16 over the Baltic, was found at the bottom of the sea at a depth of 124 meters. During a search operation, it was discovered by a ship of the Lithuanian Navy. The plane crashed about 700 meters from the point where it was last recorded by the Swedish air surveillance radar. There were two pilots on board the plane. They are listed as missing. The search for them continues.

The prosecution at the trial in the Oboronservis case decided not to appeal the verdict against Yevgenia Vasilyeva and her accomplices, an Interfax source said. The interlocutor of the agency recalled that on May 18, the ten-day period for filing an appeal against the verdict expired. The defense side appealed the verdict , the state prosecution did not file an appeal.

The Russian businessman was in the center of the art scandal with Picasso stolen Amedeo Modigliani painting "Naked on a blue pillow" Former Uralkali owner Dmitry Rybolovlev owns one of the most impressive art collections among Russian businessmen - according to Forbes, its cost exceeds $ 700 million. Rybolovlev refers to the collection as investments and does not tell the press about it.

The Timiryazevsky Court of Moscow sentenced a mentally ill woman to five years in prison for trying to sell two packs of Zolomax medicine. Larisa Galkina, who was arrested in September 2014, was accused of trafficking in potent substances. According to investigators, she received Zolomax at a pharmacy on a doctor's prescription and decided to sell it. The defense notes that the crime was provoked by the Federal Drug Control Service.

The Verkhovna Rada adopted a bill giving the government of Ukraine the right to impose a moratorium on the payment of external debt. The bill was approved a few hours after it was submitted by the government to parliament. The right to impose a moratorium on the payment of external debt has been granted to the government of Ukraine for a period up to July 1, 2016. 256 people's deputies voted for such a decision (bill number 2898).

The State Duma of the Russian Federation adopted in the third reading the law on undesirable foreign and international organizations. In accordance with it, organizations that pose a threat to the constitutional order, defense capability or state security will be banned in Russia. The decision to include an organization on the list of undesirables will be made by the Prosecutor General and his deputies.

Everything you need to know about Russia's new legislation against ‘undesirable organizations’ Photo: Sergei Savostyanov / TASS / Vida Press On May 19, the Russian Duma approved a third and final draft of legislation that criminalizes “undesirable organizations.” If the Federation Council and President endorse the bill, any foreign or international NGO that the government declares “undesirable” will be banned from working in Russia.

The court satisfied the claim for the recovery of a rent debt in the amount of almost 5.5 million rubles from the City Without Drugs fund. The statement of claim to the Arbitration Court of the Sverdlovsk Region was filed by the regional Ministry of State Property. The debt under the lease agreement, as explained in the materials of the court, developed over the period from January 2014 to March 2015.

British police have arrested seven people in connection with the break-in of a treasure vault in London's Hatton Garden. The suspects are between 48 and 75 years old and their names have not been released. They were detained as a result of an operation that the police carried out at 12 addresses in London and Kent. About 200 policemen participated in the operation.