The Human Rights Council under the President of the Russian Federation, the Ministry of Internal Affairs and the Russian Guard will create a working group to discuss possible changes to the laws on mass events. This was announced by the head of the HRC commission on civil liberties and civic engagement Nikolai Svanidze.

President of the European Council Donald Tusk said that the leaders of the EU countries agreed to extend the economic sanctions against Russia imposed in connection with the conflict in Ukraine. It was decided to extend the sanctions due to Russia's insufficient actions to implement the Minsk agreements. According to Tusk, the sanctions will be extended for six months. The sanctions, which were last extended in December 2016, expire on July 31.

The State Duma Committee on State Construction and Legislation recommended the adoption in the first reading of a bill proposing to extend the scope of the article "petty hooliganism" (20.1 of the Code of Administrative Offenses) to residential premises. Under petty hooliganism is meant, in particular, "insulting harassment of citizens" and foul language.

Sergey Vedyashkin / City News Agency "Moscow" Festival Geek Picnic in Moscow, June 2017 On June 18, the creator of the nationalist site “Sputnik and Pogrom”, Yegor Prosvirnin, spoke at the Science Festival of Geek Picnic in Moscow. Another of his lecture was planned at Geek Picnic in St. Petersburg on June 25. Prosvirnin provoked a public crisis around the festival; In response to criticism, the organizers stated that “Egor [Prosvirnin] is the editor -in -chief of the top level ...

Russia is negotiating with Kazakhstan and Kyrgyzstan on the possible dispatch of military personnel of these countries to de-escalation zones in Syria. This was confirmed to RIA Novosti by Vladimir Shamanov, head of the State Duma Defense Committee. According to him, the final decision has not yet been made.

The British group Radiohead released a video on one of the previously unrelated tracks - “Man of War”. The clip is published on the official Utuub channel Radiohead. Radiohead Radiohead - Man of War The song “Man of War”, also known to fans of Radiohead called “Big Boots”, was recorded in the spring of 1996 during work on the album “Ok Computer”. Tom York said that the group wrote it for the next film about James Bond, but in the end the composition remained unclaimed.

The Investigative Committee canceled the decision to refuse to open a criminal case in connection with the beating in the Yaroslavl colony No. 1 of the person involved in the “bolotnaya case” Ivan Nepomnyashchikh and two other prisoners, Ruslan Vakhapov and Yevgeny Makarov. This was reported in the fund "Public verdict". According to lawyer Irina Biryukova, the fund was informed about this by a new investigator appointed to conduct a pre-investigation check.

Zoya Shu / Nurphoto / Sipa USA / Scanpix / Leta On June 20, the State Duma postponed to July the consideration of the bill on the responsible handling of animals, which, among other things, proposes to ban mobile circuses with animals. At the same time, the parliaments of the two European countries - Latvia and Romania - were forbidden to use wild animals in circus performances.

Moscow police detained an artist-activist outside the Kremlin Walls on Thursday, and quickly transferred her to a psychiatric clinic. Katrin Nenasheva was reportedly detained for refusing to remove a virtual-reality headset. Nenasheva wrote on Facebook that officers told her, “It’s strictly forbidden to be in virtual reality in a public place.

23-year-old New Zealander Alex Hunt, who was born without a left forearm, scored the first point in the ATP (Association of Tennis Professionals) rankings. He won in two sets 6:0, 6:0 in the first round match of the tournament in Guam with a prize fund of 15 thousand dollars. “I think I am the first player without one of the limbs who scored a point on the pro tour <…> It has always been my dream,” Hunt said after his victory.

In Moscow, on Mashkov Street on the afternoon of June 22, a man armed with a knife killed a waitress in a cafe. The perpetrator inflicted at least nine stabs on the deceased, reports the UK. “The girl died on the spot from her injuries,” the press release said. According to investigators, the motive for the crime was the girl's refusal to marry an "unfamiliar man", whom she met on social networks.

On June 22, The Los Angeles Times reported a 6.8 magnitude earthquake in Santa Barbara. The news appeared both on the website and on Twitter. Residents of Santa Barbara were very surprised - everything was calm in the city. It turned out that the news was generated by a robot: an earthquake with such a magnitude really happened, but not today, but in 1925. The newspaper later deleted the note and the tweet.

Spoiler: Roskomnadzor is to blame for everything Olegdoroshin / shutterstock.com On the afternoon of June 22, Russian providers began to block Google.ru - the Russian domain of the largest search engine in the world. "Medusa" answers the main questions that arise for such news - and gives short answers to them. Why did this happen? Because the domain appeared in the “unloading” - the list of addresses to be blocked, which comes from Roskomnadzor to operators.

Five people died in Moscow on June 22 while working in a sewer, Interfax reports, citing a source in emergency services. This happened on Bozhenko Street in the Kuntsevo area. According to preliminary data, the workers were poisoned by methane. “The gas leak occurred from a gas cylinder for welding,” an Interfax source said. Initially, it was reported that four people died and that rescuers are looking for another victim. Later, an Interfax source reported the discovery of a fifth body.

Interview with Alexander Tsoi - about father, childhood and music "Kino" Egor Slyzyak for "Medusa" Alexander Tsoi is a musician, producer of the Symphony Cinema project, performing the orchestral versions of the songs of the “Kino” group. On the eve of the birthday of Viktor Tsoi, Medusa talked with Alexander - how his father’s popularity affected his life, about the attractiveness of the music “Kino” and a new solo project.