Russian President Vladimir Putin conferred the title of Honored Lawyer of Russia on Rima Kuznetsova, Head of the Legal Department of the Moscow City Electoral Commission. The decree about this was published on the official portal of legal information, paid attention to it.

Massachusetts prosecutors have cleared actor Kevin Spacey of sexual assault charges, CNN reports, citing court documents. The prosecutor's office said in a statement that the decision was made due to the "unavailability of the witness who filed the complaint." About a week ago, the victim in the Spacey case exercised his right not to incriminate himself.

Muscovite Elena Bogolyubova, who was detained while receiving a parcel with pills for her seriously ill son, could not confirm the legality of the purchase of the drug. This RIA Novosti said the representative of the Federal Customs Service (FCS) of Russia Ekaterina Anchiporova. According to her, Bogolyubova's package contained 400 pills. Examination showed that they contain the substance clobazam. It is included in the list of psychotropics, the circulation of which in Russia is limited.

‘Mediazona’ breaks down the technicalities used to block opposition candidates in Moscow and St. Petersburg Meduza Moscow City Election Commission logo This September’s City Duma elections in Moscow were shaping up to be an interesting showdown between independent candidates and “unaffiliated” representatives of the authorities. Instead, election officials have closed the door on the opposition, refusing to register dozens of challengers.

Ivan Golunov reunites with his dog following his release from house arrest on June 11, 2019. Max Avdeyev for Meduza Thirty outlets published Ivan Golunov’s latest report, garnering 2.5 million hits. On July 1, thirty leading Russian and international news outlets simultaneously published the report Ivan Golunov was working on just before his arrest. Journalists from seven Russian media sources had already begun working to complete the report before Golunov’s release.

The Grozny TV channel released a 27-minute plot about the native of Chechnya Zair Sugaipov , which, as the human rights activists reported, the parents forcibly took him to their homeland after she fled to the crisis center due to coercion to marriage. In the plot, the girl answers the questions of the close associates of Ramzan Kadyrov - and calls the words of human rights activists a lie.

The Moscow Security Department refused to approve a march in support of the Khachaturyan sisters on Sakharov Avenue on July 27. One of the organizers of the action, Tatyana Sukhareva, told MBKh Media about this. "They didn't approve it for Sakharov, they sent us to Maryino. We don't agree with this, we will appeal to the ECHR. We will try to approve mass pickets in the center, but we are not calling for an unauthorized rally," she said.

A court in the Penza region brought to administrative responsibility six residents of the village of Chemodanovka for blocking a federal highway after a mass brawl with gypsies. This was reported to TASS in the department of the Ministry of Internal Affairs for the Penza region. Protocols were drawn up against the residents of Chemodanovka on the organization of a mass stay of citizens in a public place, which entailed a violation of public order.

Tell us what your dog gnawed and chewed the cat Aleksey Boyko / Shutterstock Pets all the time gnawing something. And speech, of course, is not only about food. Flowers, slippers, charging for smartphones, pillows, soft toys, gum for hair and even documents - dogs and cats often chew what is bad. This can end very tragic, so if you have a pet who drags something into your mouth all the time, you are probably used to living like a volcano.

How pro-regime bot accounts have spread through Russia's regional election campaigns and even clashed with one another Government of St. Petersburg Acting St. Petersburg Governor Alexander Beglov (second from left) speaks with Yelena Nikitina, the president of the Charitable Foundation for Family and Childhood Values.

Updated . The action ended at about 22:30 in Moscow. In Moscow, on Trubnaya Square, the fourth action began in support of independent candidates in the Moscow City Duma. The broadcast is conducted by the UTUB channel Sotavision. According to the Medusa correspondent, about 800 people are present for the shares.

Columbia Pictures / Ap / Scanpix / Leta The 66-year-old director of the Department of Social Services Ayova Jerry Fokoven loves rapper Tupac Shakura very much-and, it seems, even too much. On Fridays, he included a rapper’s song in the office and regularly made mailings with quotes from his texts. On Valentin's Day, Valentin Foxoven sent to all the photo of the smiling Tupac, and brought cookies decorated with the inscription “Thug Life” on his anniversary.

The issuance of paper passports in Russia will end in 2022, instead of them, citizens will receive electronic ones. This was reported by Interfax with reference to Deputy Prime Minister Maxim Akimov. Akimov stressed that the introduction of electronic passports will be voluntary. Those who do not want to change their paper passport will be able to continue using it, the Deputy Prime Minister assured. The pilot project for issuing e-passports will start in July 2020 in Moscow.

Russian President Vladimir Putin signed a decree allowing people living throughout the Donetsk and Luhansk regions to obtain Russian citizenship in a simplified manner. The decree applies only to those who already lived in this territory before April 2014. At the end of April, Putin signed a similar decree allowing simplified acquisition of citizenship for residents of territories controlled by the unrecognized DPR and LPR.

Pavel Markin / Interpress / TASS The Culture Committee of St. Petersburg received a certificate that Boris Strugatsky was a writer. This was written on Facebook by Boris Vishnevsky, a researcher of the work of Soviet science fiction writers, a friend of Strugatsky and a deputy of the Legislative Assembly of St. Petersburg. “It's not even sad, it's funny. The culture committee could simply look into the encyclopedia, and not demand a certificate.