FBK lawyer Lyubov Sobol and RT editor-in-chief Margarita Simonyan had a conflict in the office of Ekho Moskvy. According to Sobol, she “bumped into the elevator” with Simonyan and asked her about her attitude to the FBK investigation that Moscow Mayor Sergei Sobyanin was handing out apartments intended for young families to officials. Glavred RT refused to answer the question.

‘Meduza’ publishes an essay written by opposition activist Leonid Volkov in a Moscow jail Yevgeny Kurskov / TASS / Scanpix / LETA Leonid Volkov, a former campaign manager for Russian opposition politician Alexey Navalny, is currently serving a 20-day jail sentence. He was charged this year for actions that supposedly took place during a September 2018 protest against Russia’s increased retirement age: police officers accused Volkov of “inspiring” protesters to scratch a car.

The Bandy Federation of Russia has made changes to the championship regulations , which prohibit accredited journalists from criticizing players and referees. The regulations state that a media employee should not “comment, discuss or speak negatively about refereeing, officials and officials, about the participants of the championship and the championship as a whole” under the threat of deprivation of accreditation.

FSB employees have arrested the leaders and members of 15 Jehovah’s Witnesses groups in the Northern Caucasian republic of Dagestan. Representatives of the agency claimed that those arrested had organized “conspiratorial gatherings with the aim of studying extremist literature and coordinating actions to spread the organization’s ideology” for several years.

In Dagestan, FSB officers detained leaders and members of 15 Jehovah's Witness communities. As stated in the special service, for several years the detainees carried out "conspiratorial gatherings in order to study extremist literature and coordinate activities to spread the ideology of the organization." The detentions were made within the framework of a criminal case on organizing the activities of an extremist organization (Article 282.2 of the Criminal Code of the Russian Federation).

Payment system Mastercard has cancelled an advertising campaign featuring Brazilian footballer Neymar after he was accused of rape . The company stated that cooperation with the footballer has been suspended “until the situation is clarified.” The campaign dedicated to contactless payments was planned to take place during the Copa America football tournament, which will be held in Brazil from June 14 to July 7.

HBO’s ‘Chernobyl’ miniseries has enraged Russia’s state media and pro-Kremlin reporters. Here’s why they hate it. HBO has finished airing its critically acclaimed miniseries about the April 1986 Chernobyl nuclear disaster.

Until the end of the spring session of the State Duma, a group of deputies plans to introduce a bill that provides for fines of millions of rubles for Internet companies that violate the requirements of the law, said Alexander Zharov, head of Roskomnadzor. Zharov said that the new rules will help eliminate the imperfection of the current system, when Roskomnadzor has only one tool - blocking.

Vincenzo Pinto / AFP / Scanpix / Leta In early June, many English -speaking and Russian -speaking media reported that the Pope Francis changed the text of the prayer “Our Father” - on June 6, this was one of the main plots in Yandex.novosti . Some publications argued , in particular, that we are talking about the English text of prayer.

On June 6, the St. Petersburg International Economic Forum was opened, in a welcoming word to which President Vladimir Putin said that to solve modern problems “you need a strong and effective economy, honest and transparent global trading rules, free investment and technology exchange, healthy and honest competition”.

The Investigative Committee of the Russian Federation opened a criminal case on the fact of the murder of a resident of Kalmykia. Three policemen from Elista are suspected of it. According to investigators, on May 30, one of the district policemen strangled the woman during the conflict, after which he called two of his colleagues, with whom he hid the body. Two of the precinct officers have already been detained, the third has been put on the wanted list.

Subscribe to our YouTube SPOTMIni-Robot from Boston Dynamics called to speak at the Amazon Re: Mars in Las Vegas. But she fell right on stage. And no one, no one helped her! Nothing, robots will take revenge on you all .

In early June, American Jared Wayne, as always, went on a run. Suddenly, in the park, the trinity of deer joined him. Wein considered that no one would believe him, and just in case he shot his new friends in the video. Msujaws According to the American, deer followed him for more than one and a half kilometers. What is the most amazing, unexpected companions adjusted to his pace! Due to the fact that deer equal to him, Wayne fled faster than usual.

Roscosmos director Dmitry Rogozin has released an order enacting stricter regulations for employees of the state-owned corporation who travel abroad, RIA Novosti reported . The new rules apply most directly to high-ranked Roscosmos officials who have access to confidential information. Sources in Russia’s aerospace industry said the regulations were tied to a Roscosmos employee’s escape to Europe in mid-May; the agency’s press service declined to comment.

The Russian LGBT Network called for a boycott of the Elton John biopic Rocketman as it was released in Russian theaters. The film begins screening in Russia on June 6. Its release follows news that its distributor in Russia, Central Partnership, removed entire scenes that depicted gay sex and drug use even though the film still has an age rating of 18+.