The Russian national football team beat the Cyprus team with a score of 1:0 in the qualifying match of the European Championship. The meeting took place in Nizhny Novgorod. Alexei Ionov scored the only goal in the match in the 38th minute. The Russian national team after four matches takes the second place in the qualifying group. In the first place - the team of Belgium, in the third - the team of Kazakhstan. Two teams advance from the group for Euro 2020.

The Lefortovo Court of Moscow has remanded in custody the former head of the Investigative Committee for the Volgograd Region, Mikhail Muzraev, who was detained in connection with the arson case involving the home of the head of the Volgograd Region, Andrei Bocharov. Muzraev was charged with a terrorist act committed by a group of persons by prior conspiracy (Article 205 of the Criminal Code of the Russian Federation, Part 2, Clause “a”). Muzraev himself does not admit guilt.

The initiators of the march for the freedom of Ivan Golunov, which was planned to be held in the center of Moscow, reported that they were unable to obtain approval for the event from the mayor's office. “We have made every effort to find a compromise and ensure security on June 12th. However, representatives of the mayor's office made it clear to us that there could be no correction of the route, no coordination of the march.

Subscribe to our YouTube on June 11, the head of the Ministry of Internal Affairs Vladimir Kolokoltsev announced that the criminal case of Medusa journalist Ivan Golunov was closed. Dozens of people came to meet Ivan at the building of the Ministry of Internal Affairs of the Ministry of Internal Affairs on Novoslobodskaya Street in Moscow.

Editors of Russian -speaking media - in support of Ivan Golunov For several days in Moscow there were single pickets in support of Ivan Golunov. Video messages with the requirements of a fair court were recorded by dozens of celebrities. The media throughout Russia (and abroad) spoke in favor of the journalist Medusa - colleagues from Vladivostok to Kaliningrad told readers about the case of Ivan, published his texts and demanded a fair trial from the authorities.

The Meshchansky Court of Moscow fined Lev Ponomarev, the founder of the For Human Rights movement, 300,000 rubles under the article on repeated violation of the rules for holding a rally for an action in support of the defendants in the Network and New Greatness cases on Lubyanka on May 13. As the court established, Ponomarev called for participation in the action on his Facebook page, and during the event itself he refused to stop participating in it at the request of the police.

Max Avdeev for Medusa on the evening of June 11 of the Medusa correspondent Ivan Golunov was released from house arrest. The journalist was accused of attempting to sell drugs. He claims that the police were thrown by the drugs. The actions of police officers who delayed Golunov will check the Investigative Committee.

The Medusa correspondent Ivan Kolunov made the first comments after the release from house arrest. “The compensation of my moral damage will be that this will not happen to anyone else,” the journalist said, adding that he would continue his work. Meduza Ivan Kolunov at large !!! Ivan Golunov was released from house arrest in the evening of June 11. He was accused of attempting to sell drugs. The journalist claimed that the drugs were thrown back to him.

The pre-investigation review of the circumstances surrounding the initiation of the case against Meduza journalist Ivan Golunov is considering the version of a “commercial order,” RBC writes, citing sources. “Today, many (who studied the case of Ivan Golunov) are inclined to believe that there was a commercial order,” the publication quotes a source in the security forces as saying.

Max Avdeev for Meduza On June 11, 2019, at approximately 8:54 local time, Ivan Golunov was released from police custody in Moscow. Russian penitentiary services said his electronic bracelet had been removed. Outside, crowds chanted “Vanya! Vanya!” and cheered. Golunov was arrested on June 6 and accused of drug possession with intent to distribute. After an unprecedented solidarity campaign and a brief period of house arrest, the charges against him were dropped on June 11.

Meduza special correspondent Ivan Golunov, who was accused of trying to sell drugs, had an electronic bracelet that was used to control his movements during his house arrest removed. On June 11, the Interior Ministry dropped the criminal case against the journalist. The materials of the internal check in relation to the policemen who detained him last week were transferred to the Investigative Committee.

Cover photo: Yevgeny Feldman for Meduza

TV presenter Nikolai Drozdov is no longer acting in the program "In the Animal World". He said this in an interview with Komsomolskaya Pravda. “Everyone is asking me, but I refused. So many years already!” — quotes his publication. Drozdov added that he had not been removed for six months. The Karusel TV channel, which broadcasts the program, did not comment on Drozdov's statement. Nikolai Drozdov is 81 years old.

Photo in the announcement: Evgeny Feldman for "Medusa"

A source within Russia’s law enforcement agencies told TASS that Meduza correspondent Ivan Golunov has been officially notified of the order to drop the charges against him and release him from house arrest. “Golunov has been familiarized with the order to close the case due to a lack of evidence of his participation in a crime,” the source said.