The Ministry of Culture of the Russian Federation instructed Rostourism to study the feasibility of banning the Booking.com hotel booking service in Russia, RBC reports. Rostourism intends to "request the opinion of specialized professional public associations regarding this proposal," the agency's press service told the publication. The proposal to limit the work of Booking.com in Russia was made in April by the head of the tour operator Svoy Tourist Service, Sergei Voitovich.

Things have ended poorly for Alex Fak, one of the (now former) analysts at Sberbank CIB who concluded in a recent study that the main beneficiaries of Russia’s export gas pipelines to China (the “Power of Siberia”) and Europe (“Nord Stream 2” and “TurkStream”) are the contractors hired to build the pipelines, not Gazprom or its shareholders. These contractors include Stroygazmontazh (owned by Arkady Rotenberg) and Stroytransneftegaz (half of which is owned by Gennady Timchenko and his family).

How Dmitry Bogatov went from suspect to witness Mikhail Tereshchenko / TASS / Scanpix / LETA Dmitry Bogatov with his wife, Tatiana Fedorova, whose shirt reads, “I obstruct the investigation” The case against Dmitry Bogatov was one of Russia’s most visible anti-terrorism investigations. In April 2017, police charged the mathematician with inciting terrorism and mass riots, after someone using his IP address posted extremist comments in an online forum for system administrators.

Sberbank CIB fired analyst Alexander Fek, who was one of the authors of reports critical of the management of Gazprom and Rosneft. It is reported by RBC. The dismissal is related to a recent report on Russian oil and gas companies, which was signed by Fak and Anna Kotelnikova.

The official song of the 2018 FIFA World Cup will be performed by actor and rapper Will Smith, American singer Nicky Jam and singer Era Istrefi from Kosovo. This is reported by publications Vibe and Billboard . American producer Diplo takes part in the creation of the record. The song will be released on May 25th. Will Smith posted a photo on Instagram with Nicky Jam, in which he also tagged Diplo and Strefi and put the hashtag #WorldCup.

STEPHANIE LECOCQ / EPA / Scanpix / Leta On May 22, the head of Facebook, Mark Zuckerberg, answered questions from European parliamentarians who are concerned both to collecting data from social networks against the background of the scandal with Cambridge Analytica and the intervention of Russia in the elections in the United States and other countries. The meeting lasted a little more than 75 minutes, but Tsuckerberg did not have time to answer many questions.

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An inside look at the criminal network sparking new fears of youth violence in Russia Maria Tolstova for Meduza In recent months, Russia has seen several adolescents carry out armed attacks against schools and their students in locations as disparate as the Moscow suburb Ivanteevka, the regional center Perm, and a village near Ulan-Ude in the Chelyabinsk region.

Instagram now has an "ignore" button (mute in the English version), which will allow you to hide posts and stories of specific users without unfollowing them. To activate the new feature, you need to click on the "..." icon in the upper right corner of the user's photo or profile. You can also turn off the "ignore" mode through the profile. An account that has been hidden will not receive a notification about it, Instagram warns.

Ukrainian police said that about 30 of Ukraine's 52 professional football clubs were involved in match-fixing. We are talking about five out of 12 clubs in the Ukrainian Premier League - Vorskla, Zorya, Oleksandria, Olimpik and Zirka, and about 16 out of 18 First League clubs. In total, we are talking about 35 clubs, among which there are amateur ones. According to Interior Minister Arsen Avakov, we are talking about "57 proven episodes" involving 320 people.

Facebook founder Mark Zuckerberg spoke in the European Parliament at a hearing on the protection of user data and the fight against fake news. Zuckerberg spoke to members of the conference of chairmen, which includes chairmen of parliamentary factions. The event lasted less than two hours. After Zuckerberg's opening remarks, deputies took turns asking him questions; the Facebook executive then commented on the topics they raised.

May 22. Roizman's resignation and arrests of supporters of Navalny The main news The State Duma adopted the law on sanctions in response to the "unfriendly actions" of the United States and other countries. The final version of the bill does not mention specific spheres to which these sanctions may apply: the government at its discretion may prohibit the import of any products, with the exception of vital goods. AvtoVAZ will refuse the production of Lada Priora.

Jane Barlow / Pa Wire / Pa Images / Scanpix / Leta Officer of the North Ireland Police Reimond Murray holds a poster with a request to report the murder of Inga Maria Hauser, released for the 30th anniversary of the crime In 1988, German student Inga Maria Hauser was killed in Northern Ireland. The girl died from a fracture of her neck; Before her death she was beaten and raped. This crime was the first murder of a foreigner on sexual grounds in the entire history of the country.

The International Football Federation (FIFA) has completed an investigation of possible doping violations, which was carried out against a number of Russian football players after the publication of the reports of the Richard McLaren Commission on doping in Russian sports. FIFA first checked potential participants in the 2018 World Cup and found no evidence of wrongdoing. During the audit, in particular, the doping samples of the players mentioned in the McLaren reports were re-analyzed.