Demonstrators illuminate public square in Yekaterinburg in protest against cathedral construction E1.ru On May 15, crews in a Yekaterinburg public park started replacing the fence around a controversial construction site with a wall. The stronger barrier guards an area that will host a new cathedral. On May 13 and 14, thousands of protesters against the construction project repeatedly toppled the chain link fence , leading to dozens of arrests for disorderly conduct.

Russian hockey players beat the Italian national team with a score of 10:0 at the World Championships, which is taking place in Slovakia. This victory was the biggest in the history of the Russian team, notes Championat.com. Nikita Zaitsev, Dinar Khafizullin, Alexander Ovechkin, Ilya Kovalchuk, Mikhail Grigorenko and Nikita Kucherov scored one goal each against the Italians, while Evgeny Kuznetsov and Evgeny Dadonov scored two each.

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44 people were detained at a protest against the construction of a church on the site of a park in Yekaterinburg, OVD-Info reports. According to Znak.com, 47 people were detained. OMON officers were brought to the scene of the action. The protesters were pushed away from the fence surrounding the park. Firecrackers and bottles were thrown from the crowd towards the security forces. OMON officers used batons against the protesters several times, Yekaterinburg Online writes . Updated .

The editorial board of the publication "Open Media" filed a lawsuit against Roskomnadzor. This was reported by RBC with reference to a copy of the lawsuit. On April 15, it was registered by the Tagansky Court of Moscow. Open Media demands that Roskomnadzor legally review their application for registration as a media outlet.

Bartek Sabela / Agencja Gazeta / Reuters / Scanpix / Leta Activists demolish the monument to the confessor Lech Valeny Genrik Yankovsky, who was accused of harassment of children. Gdansk, February 21, 2019 On May 11, the film of the Polish journalist Tomash Seselsky “only tell anyone”, who talks about sexual harassment by Catholic priests - and how the leadership of the suspects was released in Yetube.

Riot police officers completed the dispersal of protesters against the construction of a temple in Yekaterinburg and left the site of the protest, Znak.com reports. According to the publication, 61 people were detained at the rally. 66.ru , Ekaterinburg Online and MBH Media write about 58 detainees. Among them is the chairman of Sverdlovsk “Open Russia” Vladislav Postnikov.

The US Department of Transportation has ordered the suspension of flights to Venezuela, Reuters reports. The temporary ban will affect both passenger and cargo flights. This decision was made at the request of the US Department of Homeland Security, which said that the situation in Venezuela threatens the safety of passengers and crews. In March, flights to Venezuela were suspended by American Airlines, the last major American airline to fly regularly to the country.

Natalya Chernokhatova / URA.ru / TASS Protests against the destruction of a city square in central Yekaterinburg have entered their third day. Hundreds and sometimes thousands of the city’s residents have taken to the streets to oppose the planned construction of a cathedral in place of the square. Protesters began their first day of protests on May 13 by knocking down the fence surrounding the proposed construction site.

In Yekaterinburg, riot police arrived at the park where the protest against the construction of a church is taking place. This is reported by Yekaterinburg Online. OMON officers lined up near the fence that enclosed the territory of the future construction site in the park. 66.ru writes that the security forces began to push the protesters away from the fence. Detentions also began; according to OVD-Info, eight people were detained.

Natalia Chernohat / URA.RU / TASS in Yekaterinburg participants in the action of the square, where they are going to build an Orthodox church, arranged a flash mob . They lit the flashlights on the phones and directed the light towards the fence enclosing the construction site. Several thousand people participate in the action.

On May 15, Yekaterinburg courts considered 16 administrative cases of petty hooliganism against participants in protests against the construction of the Church of St. Catherine on the site of a park in the city center. This was reported by Znak.com with reference to the Sverdlovsk Regional Court. The courts imposed sentences ranging from three to ten days of administrative arrest. The decisions have not yet entered into force, Znak.com notes.

The 58th Venice Biennale began in Italy on May 11. The famed contemporary art exhibition’s theme for 2019 was “May you live in interesting times,” and its curator was Ralph Rugoff, the director of the Hayward Gallery in London. One of the event’s Golden Lion prizes went to Lithuania for its ecological opera performance piece Sun & Sea (Marina) .

The mayor of Krasnoyarsk, Sergei Eremin, did not allow the use of the square on Bauman Street for the construction of a church. This was reported on the website of the city administration.

Natalia Chernokhatova / URA.RU / TASS On May 15, crews in a Yekaterinburg public park started replacing the fence around a controversial construction site with a wall. The stronger barrier guards an area that will host a new cathedral. On May 13 and 14, thousands of protesters against the construction project repeatedly toppled the chain link fence , leading to roughly 30 arrests for disorderly conduct.