The Ministry of Culture of the Russian Federation in 2016 will provide financial support for the production of films on the theme "Law and Order: Heroes of Modern Society in the Fight against Crime, Terror and Extremism". A list of eight priority topics was published on the ministry's website on May 12. The theme of the struggle of "modern heroes" against crime was a priority in 2015 as well , but last year's wording referred to the fight against "crime and corruption".

49 State Duma deputies from United Russia were defeated in the party primaries, which were held on May 22. Sergei Neverov, Secretary of the United Russia General Council, told RBC about this. According to him, 34 deputies, who were going to go to the polls on party lists, and 15 deputies, who were counting on nomination in single-mandate constituencies, lost. Officially, the results of the vote have not yet been announced.

Russia placed ten-year sovereign Eurobonds worth $1.75 billion. This is stated in the message on the website of the Ministry of Finance of the Russian Federation. The rate of return was 4.75 percent per annum. “The total volume of the order book amounted to about $7 billion. More than 70% of the placement came from foreign investors. It was this group that we focused on, ”Interfax quotes the Minister of Finance of the Russian Federation Anton Siluanov.

Another universal answer for all occasions (now from Dmitry Medvedev) Photo: Dmitry Astakhov / TASS / Scanpix / Leta In February, an unnamed federal official gave a universal response for all occasions: “ Why not? "Prime Minister Dmitry Medvedev on May 23 in Crimea performed no worse. When one of the local residents complained that pensions are not indexed, and eight thousand rubles are not enough for life, Medvedev replied: “We did not accept [indexation] at all. There is just no money now.

US seed producer Monsanto has turned down a $62 billion offer from German company Bayer. Hugh Grant, CEO of Monsanto, said the offer underestimates the company's value. At the same time, the board of directors is ready to continue negotiations in order to achieve better conditions, AFP reports. Bayer offered the American company $122 a share. According to Reuters , some Bayer shareholders believe these conditions are too high.

On the morning of May 23, an unknown man robbed the Czechoslovak trading bank (čsob). When a man went into the office, he behaved like an ordinary visitor - he took a coupon to the reception and waited for his turn. When his turn came up, he went to the window and handed the cashier a sheet of paper. It was written on it that in the backpack a bomb, so the cashier should transfer money to the man. Having received the desired, the robber left the bank.

Former Russian Defense Minister Anatoly Serdyukov, who now holds the position of industrial director for aviation at Rostec, became the head of a homeowners association (HOA) at number 6 on Molochny Lane in Moscow. It is reported by Gazeta.Ru. According to the publication, Yevgenia Vasilyeva, convicted in the case of embezzlement at Oboronservis, lives and owns real estate in this house. Serdyukov himself owns two apartments in this house, another apartment belongs to his sister.

In the apartment of the wife of the arrested oppositionist Ildar Dadin, they staged a pogrom and left the inscription "Scum" on the mirror. Anastasia Zotova posted a photo of the mirror on Twitter. Zotova told Meduza that she left home at 1:30 p.m. and returned around 8 p.m. to pick up her laptop. In the apartment, she found a “complete pogrom”: things from the cabinets were scattered, everything from the table was thrown onto the floor.

Italian police and Portuguese intelligence agencies arrested in Rome an employee of the Portuguese Information and Security Service (SIS), who is suspected of selling classified data to the Russian Federation, and an alleged Russian intelligence officer. The operation took place on May 21 at the time of the transfer of documents, according to The Telegraph, citing Portuguese intelligence services. The name of the arrested Russian is not reported.

Writer Sergei Gandlevsky was detained in the Moscow metro for tearing a portrait of Joseph Stalin from the wall. This happened on May 23 at the Lubyanka station. According to Sergei Gandlevsky, he noticed the poster and decided to tear it down “because Stalin is a criminal.” Gandlevsky was observed by a certain man, who soon caught up with the writer along with the police. Police officers detained the writer and took him to the station station.

The Australian Andrew Mitchell found in his yard a ownerless trolley. The man found out that the trolley was rolled out of the office store Officeworks, and tried to return it back, but no one came after it for several days. Having decided that everyone had forgotten about the cart, Mitchell sheltered her at his place and gave her a name - Trevor. The Australian wrote the history of relations with Trevor on the Officeworks page on Facebook. Mitchell did not let Trevor get bored.

Ferris on VDNH finally began to disassemble Photo: Artem Geodakyan / TASS Wheel of Ferris at VDNH was installed on the 850th anniversary of Moscow. In early 2016, it was decided to dismantle it, like all attractions in the territory of VDNH. In April, the cabs were removed from the Ferris wheel, and in May the analysis of the main structure began. Dismantling the attraction will end by the end of June.

The Syrian Democratic Forces Alliance, which includes the military formations of the Syrian Kurds and a number of Arab groups, announced the start of an operation to liberate the Syrian city of Raqqa from the Islamic State (an organization banned in the Russian Federation as a terrorist organization). The representative of the alliance said that the main goal is to capture the northern outskirts of the city.

Photo: Alexander Nikolaev / Interpress / TASS The prosecutor’s office checks the video of the Leningrad group “In St. Petersburg - Drink” at the request of the deputy of the local Legislative Assembly Yevgeny Marchenko - he saw the propaganda of alcohol consumption in the video. The leader of Leningrad Sergey Shnurov answered accusations on his Instagram: in defense of the clip, he brought a quote from the “Decree of Peter I” about how to drink on holidays.

TV channel "Match-TV" became aware of the names of 14 Russian athletes, allegedly convicted by the International Olympic Committee of doping at the 2008 Olympics in Beijing.