Culture Minister Medinsky's revenge, a lawmaker can't get his video game crafts straight, and Russia unveils its quantum encryption telephone Wednesday, May 29, 2019 This day in history: 29 years ago, on May 29, 1990, Boris Yeltsin was elected the chairman of the Supreme Soviet of the Russian Soviet Federative Socialist Republic. The Supreme Soviet (now of the Russian Federation) was abolished in October 1993 (after Russia's violent constitutional crisis) and replaced by the Federal Assembly.

London club Chelsea won the Europa League by beating Arsenal 4-1 in the final of the tournament. Chelsea striker Olivier Giroud opened the scoring in the 49th minute. The second goal was scored by Pedro. Two more goals against Arsenal were sent by Eden Hazard; one of them - from the penalty spot. Arsenal's only goal in the 69th minute was scored by Alex Iwobi. The previous winner of the Europa League was Atlético Madrid. Chelsea already won the tournament in 2013.

The Leninsky District Court of Stavropol arrested for two months a 72-year-old local resident suspected of attacking the editorial office of the Rodina newspaper, the official publication of the regional branch of the Communist Party. The suspect pleaded guilty. According to the lawyer, he will not appeal against the decision on the measure of restraint. The attack on the editorial office of the Rodina newspaper took place on May 27.

The Foundation for the Protection of National Values ​​transferred five million rubles to the Russian citizen Maria Butina, who was convicted in the United States. This was reported on the foundation's website. "This will allow us to begin the appeal process and improve the conditions of our compatriot's detention in prison. More funds will be transferred in the near future," the organization said, noting that Butina needs a total of 43 million rubles.

How Mikhail Saakashvili returned to Kyiv. Report of Ilya Zhegulev from the Borispol airport Gleb Garanich / Reuters / Scanpix / Leta Former President of Georgia and former Governor of Odessa Region of Ukraine Mikhail Saakashvili at the Kiev airport Boryspil. May 29, 2019 Mikhail Saakashvili on Tuesday, May 28, returned Ukrainian citizenship. He did not wait long and returned to his second homeland on Wednesday.

Film studio Warner Bros. Pictures introduced the first trailer for the film "Sell." It was shot according to the novel of the same name by the American writer Donna Tartt, who in 2014 won the Pulitzer Prize. Warner Bros. UK The Goldfinch - Official Trailer 1 - Warner Bros. UK The picture tells the story of the 13-year-old Theodore Deer, who loses the mother under the terrorist attack in the New York Metropolitan Museum.

The student talk show “To the Point!” was closed at the Higher School of Economics. Person,” whose guest was supposed to be the lawyer of the Anti-Corruption Foundation, Lyubov Sobol. Sobol reported this to MBKH Media. According to her, she agreed to film the talk show about two weeks ago. The broadcast was scheduled for May 30, but the day before one of the show’s producers contacted Sobol and announced the closure of the project.

Rosstat admitted the possibility of a technical failure in collecting data on the financial situation of residents of the Yamalo-Nenets Autonomous Okrug (YNAO), Interfax reports. "We have a feeling that there was a technical failure. An investigation is underway. I think by the end of the week we will be able to tell everyone what happened," a Rosstat representative told the agency.

The Ministry of Justice temporarily suspended the activities of the Council of Teips of the Ingush people. This was announced to MBH Media by Murad Daskiev, acting head of the council. According to him, the decision of the Ministry of Justice is connected with the call of the Council of teips to the deputies of the People's Assembly of Ingushetia not to adopt a law on the alienation of part of the Ingush lands in favor of North Ossetia.

Russian scholars who pointed out major flaws in Culture Minister's doctoral dissertation have been dropped from government posts Mikhail Metsel / TASS Mikhail Gelfand Russian academic institutions may attract less attention in the news media than their political counterparts, but they have seen their share of controversy in recent years nonetheless. Some of that controversy has stemmed from the fact that Russian political figures often turn to academia for cultural validation.

In Perm, opposition activists held a rally "Gathering of Angry Permians" on the territory where a rally of the pro-Kremlin National Liberation Movement (NOD) was held. This is reported by the publication "News of Perm". It was decided to hold a "Meeting of Angry Permians" within the perimeter of the NOD's action, since the Perm authorities refused to provide opposition activists with a platform in the city center in the evening.

The Kojima Production studio showed the Death Stranding gameplay trailer, the new game of the Japanese game designer Hideo Kojima. The developers also announced the date of the project to PS4 - on the eight of November. The role of Sam, the protagonist, was played by Norman Ridus (“Walking Dead”). In addition to him, Guillermo Del Toro (director of “Forms of Water”), Mads Mikkelsen (“Hannibal”), Nicholas Winding Refn (director of “Drive”) and Lea Seyu (“Life Adele”) will appear in the game.

Marina Pronina / Shutterstock.com Attention! A warning about a possible conflict of interests. Almost the entire edition of Medusa appears for okroshka on kvass. On kefir or kvass? ~~ maybe on Ayran? ~~ So the eternal dispute sounds about how to cook okroshka. Rather, it sounded - judging by the new study of Yandex, the party “For kvass” prevailed.

Special Counsel Robert Mueller, who investigated Russian interference in the US elections , said he does not intend to publicly discuss the results of his work, including in the US Congress. "Nothing we say will go beyond the scope of our report. <…> We have chosen our words carefully, and the work speaks for itself. This report is my testimony," Mueller said. He stressed that if he testified in Congress, he would not present any new information.

Russia is believed to be conducting low-yield nuclear tests in violation of a moratorium on them, Defense Intelligence Agency Director Robert Ashley said at an arms control forum in Washington. "The United States believes that Russia is likely not observing the moratorium on nuclear tests," Reuters quotes Ashley as saying. The issue is Russia's violation of the Comprehensive Nuclear Test Ban Treaty .