Anna Mayorova / Ura.ru / TASS in the evening of May 13 in Yekaterinburg, a protest was held against the construction of the Church of St. Catherine on the site of one of the city squares. During the action, its participants tried to block nearby streets, but the police did not allow them to do this and pushed it off the roadway.

Dmitry Andreyev / Meduza On the evening of May 13, Yekaterinburg residents organized a protest against plans to build a cathedral to replace a city square. That morning, fencing was installed around the square in preparation for construction work to begin. After photographs of the fencing spread on social media, opponents of the construction project began gathering around the square to protest.

Police officers began to detain opponents of the construction of the Church of St. Catherine who had gathered in the square in the city center. Human rights activist Nikita Tomilov told MBKh Media that a total of four protesters were detained. A supporter of the construction was also detained for spraying a gas canister. According to E1.ru, before the arrests, the protesters tried to block the road so that a police car could not pass through it.

Dmitry Andreev / "Medusa" In Yekaterinburg, on the site of the square near the local theater, they are going to build the temple of St. Catherine . It is assumed that the construction will be completed in 2023, when the city will celebrate the 300th anniversary, and the temple will become an important tourist object. Polls showed that 21% of citizens relate to construction negatively - one of the key opponents' arguments is the lack of parks in the city.

Update: News reports have indicated that gas was released by groups of unidentified young men who arrived on the scene of the protest, not by law enforcement officers. URA.ru and MBK Media reported that police officers deployed tear gas against protesters in Yekaterinburg. Around 2,000 people had reportedly gathered around a city square on the evening of May 13 to voice their objections to plans for a cathedral to be built in place of the square.

US President Donald Trump has announced that he will meet with Russian President Vladimir Putin at the G20 summit in Osaka in June. The US President also said that he would meet with Chinese President Xi Jinping. Russian Deputy Foreign Minister Sergei Ryabkov reported that the issue of a meeting between Putin and Trump would be worked out during a visit to Russia by US Secretary of State Mike Pompeo on May 14. Trump and Putin met once, in July 2018 in Helsinki.

Tear gas was used against participants in a rally against the construction of a temple in Yekaterinburg. This is reported by URA.ru and MBH Media, citing eyewitnesses. Znak.com correspondents from the scene, in turn, do not confirm the information about the use of gas . According to the publication, some supporters of the construction of the temple locally used gas cartridges.

The press service of the Rosselkhoznadzor / TASS / Scanpix / Leta Russia. Belgorod region. August 6, 2015. The destruction of imported cheese at the training ground.

The Russian national ice hockey team won the third match in a row at the World Championship, which takes place in Bratislava. The Czech team was the opponent of the Russians, the match ended with a score of 3:0. The pucks were scored by Sergey Andronov, Nikita Gusev and Nikita Zaitsev. Russia will play the next match on May 15 against Italy.

Former Russian Defense Minister Anatoly Serdyukov has been appointed chairman of the board of directors of the United Aircraft Corporation. Previously, this post was held by the Minister of Industry and Trade of the Russian Federation Denis Manturov. Anatoly Serdyukov was dismissed from the post of Minister of Defense amid an investigation into multi-billion dollar embezzlement at Oboronservis.

Mikhail Biryukov / OVD-Info On May 13, a Moscow court fined the celebrity stylist and singer Sergey Zverev after he picketed alone on Red Square. Zverev was cited for violating protest regulations. In early March, Zverev stood by the Kremlin twice to protest the construction of a water bottling plant on Lake Baikal. The facility was to be built in the village of Kultuk, where Zverev grew up .

Yekaterinburg residents have taken to the streets to protest plans to replace one of the city’s squares with a new cathedral, Yekaterinburg Online reported . The protest began at 7:00 PM local time. Journalists reporting from the site of the demonstration told Meduza that about 2,000 people gathered around the square. According to Yekaterinburg Online, the protesters formed a human chain around the fence closing off the area and then knocked the fence down together.

Updated . After the action, OVD-Info writes , 12 activists were detained. Police detained six people near the FSB building on Lubyanka during a rally in support of the defendants in the "Network" and "New Greatness" cases. This was reported by a Meduza correspondent. Four of those detained are activists of the conservative movement SERB, who entered into verbal conflicts with those gathered. The other two are civil activists who participated in the action.

Valery Sharifulin / TASS / Vida Press Nyuta Federmesser in December 2018 In this September’s elections for the Moscow City Duma, the race for the 43rd District’s seat promises to be the most closely watched. The central urban district has a history of offering opposition candidates a strong starting position, and two candidates who are unaligned with the Putin regime to varying degrees are planning to campaign in it.

Remember the song of the Irkutsk bailiffs with the words "Debts, debts of Plati-and-i"? Now evaluate the clip, which is considered the work of employees of the FSIN Office in the Republic of Buryatia (this video could not be found in official social networks and on the department’s website). In mid -May, a music video was paid attention to social networks.