Facebook targets Roskomnadzor official over hate speech Maxim Ksenzov. Photo: Pavel Bednyakov / TASS Facebook has deleted a post written by Maxim Ksenzov, the deputy head of Roskomnadzor, a government agency which monitors and censors media in Russia. Notably, Ksenzov is the very same official who warned Facebook back in May that the company will face penalties if it does not hand over traffic statistics for popular Russian Facebook users to the Russian government.

Interview of the director of the library of foreign literature Ekaterina Genieva Photo: Yuri Mashkov / TASS A wave of struggle against “Western agents” even affected the All -Russian State Library of Foreign Literature - the Ministry of Culture of the Russian Federation “asked” to close the American Cultural Center.

Solar-powered aircraft Solar Impulse 2 flew across the Pacific Ocean. On July 3, he landed in Hawaii, covering more than eight thousand kilometers. Solar Impulse 2 took off from Nagoya for Hawaii on the morning of June 29th. At the controls of the aircraft was the Swiss pilot Andre Borschberg. Solar Impulse 2 makes a round-the-world flight. It began on March 9, when the plane took off at Abu Dhabi airport.

Deputy head of Roskomnadzor Maxim Ksenzov decided to delete his Facebook account after the administration blocked his post with the word "Khokhly". In an entry dated July 2, Maxim Ksenzov wrote that he considers himself an internationalist and recognizes the equality of all people. At the same time, the official stressed that "the Soviet people are the Soviet people," and "Khokhols are sometimes such crests))".

The former head of the state corporation Rosnanotech Leonid Melamed, a suspect in the case of embezzlement, was placed under house arrest until September 1. The corresponding decision was made by the Basmanny Court of Moscow at the request of the investigation. The defense asked to release the suspect on bail of 100 million rubles. According to the law, within 10 days after house arrest, Melamed must be formally charged. RAPSY Leonid Melamed was detained on July 2.

A criminal case has been initiated in Armenia in connection with the dispersal of a mass action against an increase in electricity tariffs. The Armenian Special Investigation Service suspects the police officers of exceeding their official powers, obstructing the professional activities of journalists and deliberately damaging other people's property.

Why do Ukrainian political scientists and Russian liberals go to federal television channels Short: "Channel One" On Russian state TV, political talk shows have been going on every week, where events in the Donbass, Euromaidan and the successes of Vladimir Putin have been discussing for more than a year. In addition to the supporters of the Kremlin policy, both Russian liberals and representatives of Ukraine participate in them.

Roskomnadzor reported that in Russia there are more than a thousand media outlets with foreign capital. Representatives of the department spoke about this at a meeting with leaders and lawyers of the media. According to Roskomnadzor, 150 Russian TV channels and radio stations have foreign shareholders, as well as about a thousand print publications. In total, there are 80 thousand mass media in Russia.

Florida high school teacher Jennifer Fichter has been sentenced to 22 years in prison for sexual relations with three underage students. Fichter confessed to 37 cases of sex with minors. Fichter, 30, was an English teacher at Lakeland Academy in Florida, and all three teenagers were students at her school. It was possible to discover the connection between the teacher and the students thanks to the mother of one of the students.

Russia prepares to host two international summits Photo: Ilya Varlamov The Russian city of Ufa will host two major international summits this summer — a BRICS summit on July 8-10, and a Shanghai Cooperation Organization (SCO) meeting on July 10. Up to 10,000 guests are to pass through Ufa in the coming weeks.

In the Hukulou cafe in Osaka (Japan), an unusual couple of friends started - a kitten and an owl. The kitten is the name of Marimo, and the owl Fuka. They play and sleep together. Amendment : Initially, the material reported that Fuka is an owl. It turned out that this is an adult bird, it is just small . We ask for forgiveness for a mistake.

Russian President Vladimir Putin signed a law , according to which preferences are introduced for Russian software in public procurement. As part of the implementation of the law, a register will be created, which will include Russian developments. When ordering, the buyer will first of all have to choose from the registry, and when purchasing foreign software, he will need to explain his choice. The law will come into force on January 1, 2016.

Georgia in the European Court of Human Rights (ECHR) demanded compensation from the Russian Federation in the amount of 70.32 million euros for the mass deportation of Georgians from Russia in 2006. The corresponding documents, the Ministry of Justice of Georgia reported, were sent to the ECtHR in Strasbourg on July 2. In July 2014, the ECtHR, considering the case "Georgia v.

Photo: "Poster-Derie" The publication "Poster-made" published a material in which 23 different types of bottle beer (camp) are evaluated. But because of Article 21 of the Law on Advertising, which prohibits alcohol advertising in the media, an ordinary article has turned into a humorous sketch: all stamps and any hints of them were removed from the text, and in the photographs the bottles were closed with black rectangles.

The State Duma has finally adopted the bill on the “right to be forgotten.” The document gives people the right to demand that search engines remove from search results links to some pages where their personal data is mentioned. The bill was highly criticized by experts and representatives of Internet companies, and deputies changed it greatly after the first reading. But the amendments are such that they are unlikely to calm everyone down.