The Basmanny Court of Moscow arrested the mayor of Vladivostok Igor Pushkarev. The term of arrest is until July 31, but it will almost certainly be extended. Pushkarev's defense offered to release him on bail of 10 million rubles. The court did not accept these conditions. Igor Pushkarev is accused of abuse of power and commercial bribery.

The Ministry of Finance proposed to oblige Russians to report to the authorities about their marriages registered abroad. The same goes for divorces. In addition, the Ministry of Finance wants Russian citizens to report on children who were born abroad. Information must be provided within a month after receiving documents in a foreign country. Whether there will be a penalty for the lack of a report is still unknown.

An amateur athlete in Yekaterinburg is being charged with beating his father to death when the latter tried on his new coat, according to a statement by Sverdlovsk officials. An investigation into the incident has revealed that the athlete, having received his salary, bought himself a new coat and shoes, which he left at home before departing for his table tennis training session. The man returned home inebriated and passed out before long.

Vladimir Petrov, a deputy in the Legislative Assembly of the Leningrad Region, has approached Yekaterina Mtsituridze, the head of film production company Roskino, and Vladimir Medinsky, Russia’s culture minister, with a proposal to create a television series about the daily lives of Russian legislators, modeled on the TV show “House of Cards,” in the hopes of increasing interest in domestic policy among ordinary Russians.

Anar Idrisov, a resident of Dagestan, was imprisoned for five years for shooting once into the air in the Alexander Garden near the Moscow Kremlin. The Tverskoy District Court sent him to serve his sentence in a strict regime colony. According to investigators, on August 18, under drugs, Idrisov fired buckshot upwards from a sawed-off shotgun IZH-54. As investigators found out, he illegally owned a weapon.

Tatyana Porseva, a teacher from Zlatoust, Chelyabinsk region, who was previously suspected of child abuse, has been charged with a new criminal case. The case was again opened under article 156 of the Criminal Code of the Russian Federation (“Failure to fulfill the obligations of raising a minor”). “6 applications were submitted. An inquiry is being carried out, as well as the necessary set of measures, ”the department of the Ministry of Internal Affairs for the Chelyabinsk region said.

Over the 15 years of its existence, the exam has changed beyond recognition Photo: Sergey Bobylev / TASS / Scanpix / Leta Exams began in Russian schools. At the end of May, graduates passed the exam in the Russian language, literature and geography, on June 2, a mathematics exam took place. The USE has existed in Russia for 15 years, but it is still criticized, they are required to cancel or at least make it voluntary.

American singer Prince died of an opioid overdose, a law enforcement source close to the investigation into the musician's death told the Associated Press. According to the interlocutor of the agency, the post-mortem examination of Prince's body confirmed the version of an overdose of opioids. Earlier it was reported that during a search in Prince's house, potent drugs were found that can only be obtained by prescription.

The Duma’s transport committee has introduced a bill that would allow regional and municipal authorities to regulate road traffic by levying tolls on cars entering city centers. According to the Duma committee, the law would “ensure the smooth movement of traffic and minimize time spent on driving.” The legislation would also pave the way for paid entry into the center of Moscow, committee deputy Michael Bryachka said. The first reading the draft law will occur on June 7, 2016.

In Naberezhnye Chelny, the sponge Bob fought with a hedgehog, a character of the Russian animated series "Smeshariki". As indicated in the description of the video, the fight occurred on the day of the protection of children: the animators could not divide the territory. Judging by the video, the Western hero defeated the Russian, after which ordinary people began to separate them. Pyroboom Fight animators in Chelny

On the Belarusian-Ukrainian border, two male roe deer were fighting from different sides of the fence. The conflict of artsical disco was recorded on the camera installed on the border. First, the Ukrainian deer came to the fence, and later the Belarusian jumped to his call. Animals, being in different state territories, butt through the wire. The clarification of the relationship could continue endlessly, but unexpectedly on the Belarusian side appeared a wolf.

St. Petersburg's municipal government has agreed to grant a permit for a protest against renaming a local bridge after former Chechen President Akhmat Kadyrov. The protest is scheduled for 7 p.m. on June 6, 2016, at the Fields of Mars park in the city center, according to Maksim Reznik, a deputy in the city’s legislative assembly. Another rally is scheduled to occur on June 3, at the site of the Municipal Committee for Culture on Nevsky Prospekt.

Google is teaching its self-driving cars to honk in appropriate situations. As stated in the company's report on this direction, for each case, the car should honk differently. For example, if another car in front will quietly pass backwards, then two “soft” signals are enough. In an emergency, the Google car should give one long horn. At first, Google engineers made the sound of the horn only inside the car and recorded whether it worked at the right time or not.

The Louvre and Orsay museums in Paris, which are located on the banks of the Seine, will be closed due to the threat of flooding. Orsay cannot be entered from June 2, the Louvre will be closed from June 3. It is assumed that museum workers will evacuate the exhibits from the storerooms, which are located on the underground floors. According to the plan, the Louvre has 72 hours to evacuate exhibits from underground storerooms, while Orsay has 96 hours.

Workers of the Kachkanar mining and processing plant, controlled by Evraz, announced an "Italian strike". This is reported by RBC with reference to the leader of the trade union of the plant Anatoly Pyankov. The workers are dissatisfied with the new bonus system, due to which the actual salary of the plant's employees will be reduced by 7-15 thousand rubles. The average salary of workers at the enterprise is 47 thousand rubles.