Football commentator Gennady Orlov called a video in which he talks about the bankruptcy of the Match TV channel and the fact that he was taken out of state as a “brazenly edited sound juggling” video. The corresponding statement was distributed by the press service of the TV channel, TASS reports. The video was recorded on the set of the Offside.tv show hosted by commentators Kirill Dementyev and Alexey Andronov.

Documents published by the Cyberberkut hacker group, which spoke of the connection of a number of Russian media and the Alexei Navalny Anti-Corruption Foundation with American organizations, were falsified. This is stated in the report of the Canadian laboratory Citizen Lab. We are talking about letters published by CyberBerkut on October 22, 2016, allegedly sent by American journalist David Satter to the American National Endowment for Democracy, established by the US Congress.

The police began checking the film studio of director Alexei Uchitel "Rock" for tax crimes. This was announced by his lawyer Konstantin Dobrynin. “According to the available information, the police request is based on the request of Deputy Poklonskaya in the Russian Investigative Committee to Alexander Bastrykin, who was forwarded by him to the Ministry of Internal Affairs,” he told TASS.

The Presnensky District Court placed under house arrest Yuri Itin, the former CEO of the non-profit organization Seventh Studio, founded by director Kirill Serebrennikov. He is suspected in the case of embezzlement of budgetary funds. According to Interfax, the court granted the defense's petition, taking into account Itin's "identity data". The investigation asked for his arrest.

Photo: Norm Hall / NHLI / GETTY IMAGES On May 24, the Arizona Koyotis hockey club signed a new contract with his former Caningem striker. Six months ago, in November 2016, Cunningham had a heart attack right on the ice, and as a result of complications, he had to amputate part of the left leg. Four months later, he went on the ice with a special prosthesis, and at the end of May it became a scout of Arizona.

Film director Alexander Sokurov told Novaya Gazeta that he was surprised by the position of the Ministry of Culture of the Russian Federation in the situation with the searches in the Gogol Center and the artistic director of the theater Kirill Serebrennikov in the framework of the embezzlement case. “The position of the Ministry of Culture is surprising: they say, the Gogol Center is not their theater, but a city one. They just gave up.

An assassination attempt has been made on the life of former Greek Prime Minister Loukas Papademos in Athens. A bomb went off in his car. Papademos is injured. According to preliminary information, the explosion occurred at the moment when Papadimos opened the folder in which the bomb was hidden. In addition to the former prime minister, the driver of the car and another passenger were injured. There is no threat to the life of the victims.

US President Donald Trump met on May 24 with Pope Francis. The meeting lasted about half an hour, but this was enough for everyone to begin to discuss it. Thanks to Pope Francis, who was captured with a dissatisfied face in a common photo. He also asked Melania Trump, how she feeds her husband. Medusa says that the leading American satirical programs spoke about the president’s visit to the Vatican.

Director of the Bolshoi Theater Vladimir Urin said that the state has no right to interfere in repertoire policy under the pretext of allocating money to theaters. “Very often the so-called state people like to say: “Why do you bet whatever you want with state money?” <…> But there is no state money. There is our money, taxpayers' money. In this case, the state is dealing with the distribution of this money,” he said.

In Berlin, an anonymous gang is terrorizing Chechen refugees for ‘choosing the wrong path’ Photo: Christian Marquardt / Getty Images A refugee center in Berlin. The center accommodates up to 720 people, mostly Syrian, Afghan and Chechen refugees. An average refugee would spend a year here before finding accommodation of their own. Berlin, January 29, 2015 Today, Germany hosts a population of several tens of thousands of Chechens.

Marina Davydova - about Kirill Serebrennikov and his reputation abroad Photo: Stefania d_alessandro / Getty images Kirill Serebrennikov at the Venice Festival, 30 August 2012 Kirill Serebrennikov is the artistic director of Gogol Center, the holder of the Kinotavr award, a participant in the Avignon review is one of the few Russian directors who are known and works abroad.

Photo: Peter Byrne / AP / Scanpix / Leta Queen of Great Britain Elizabeth II talks with 15-year-old Milli Robson in the Royal Children's Hospital in Manchester. Millie is one of the victims of the attack that occurred in the city on May 22.

Tennis player Marat Safin has decided to resign his mandate as a State Duma deputy, RBC reports, citing sources in the United Russia faction and in the parliament apparatus. The corresponding letter addressed to Vyacheslav Volodin "is in the secretariat" of the speaker of the State Duma, said one of the interlocutors of the publication. According to RBC, the decision is due to the inability to combine activities in international sports organizations with the work of a deputy.

Foreign Minister Lithuania Linas Linkyavichyus - on the issuance of visas to refugees from Chechnya and relations with the Russian opposition Photo: Irmantas gelūnas / 15min.lt / Scanpix / Leta In mid-May, Lithuania announced the issuance of visas to two refugees from Chechnya-homosexuals, which in their homeland were persecuted because of their sexual orientation. The head of the Lithuanian Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Linas Linkyaviyus, announced their readiness to accept them.

The former chief accountant of the Seventh Studio theater company, Nina Maslyayeva, who was detained in the case of embezzlement of budget funds, is ready to plead guilty and make a deal with the investigation. This was announced by her lawyer Pavel Teplukhin. “She was just a workhorse and not the main person in the organization,” Teplukhin said. According to him, Maslyaeva is cooperating with the investigation.