The Moscow Meshchansky Court fined Lev Ponomarev, head of the For Human Rights movement, 100,000 rubles for violating the law on “foreign agents.” As clarified by MBKh Media, the report was drawn up for "the lack of mention of the status of a foreign agent on the organization's website." At the same time, the For Human Rights movement itself emphasized that the status is mentioned in the information section of the site, as well as on the official Facebook page.

The Ministry of Emergency Situations of Russia, as part of the transition to a new organizational and staffing structure, will liquidate 578 of its institutions by the end of the year. Crisis management centers, state inspection centers for small boats and logistics centers, as well as part of fire and rescue units will be liquidated.

The list of works within the framework of the "Cultural Standard of the Schoolchildren" was published on the website of the Ministry of Culture by mistake. This was announced by Deputy Minister Alla Manilova. According to Manilova, the published list was compiled from the opinions of various experts involved in the development of standards and was not approved at the official level. “The Minister was not in the know, I was not in the know.

US President Donald Trump has given permission for the publication of the full transcript of his conversation with Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky. During this conversation, Trump allegedly asked Zelensky to help investigate the activities in Ukraine of a company whose management includes the son of Joe Biden. Trump tweeted that the transcript would be released "tomorrow". Joe Biden is one of the most likely Democratic presidential candidates.

House Speaker Nancy Pelosi has announced the start of a formal process to determine whether there are grounds for impeaching President Donald Trump. "I am announcing that the House of Representatives is launching a formal impeachment inquiry. I am directing six committees to begin their own investigations," Pelosi said in a televised address. Trump himself called the incident a “witch hunt” and expressed confidence that the attempt to remove him would only benefit him.

A court in Poland has refused to extradite former Probusinessbank vice president Yaroslav Alekseev to Russia, who is accused of multi-billion dollar theft . The court based its decision on the fact that in Russia he could face violations of his rights, in particular torture. The judge also drew attention to the fact that Alekseyev is a member of the Jehovah's Witnesses community. Alekseev was arrested in February 2019 on the basis of an Interpol warrant.

David Frenkel “ Putin graves ” have been popping up around Russia since last spring Activists from various anti-regime protest movements have been installing fake cardboard “headstones” bearing Vladimir Putin’s name and portrait since March of 2019. The first among them appeared on March 10 in the city of Naberezhnye Chelny: It was installed near a regional Investigative Committee building to protest new limits on Internet use.

The film "Dylda" directed by Kantemir Balagov was nominated by Russia for the "Oscar" award in the nomination "Best Foreign Language Film". This is reported by TASS with reference to the chairman of the Russian Oscar Committee Vladimir Menshov. "The choice was for the film 'The Dylda'," he said, adding that he would not comment on the choice. TASS In May, the film "Dylda" received the prize for best director in the Un Certain Regard program and the FINPRESSI prize at the Cannes Film Festival.

Johannes Eisele / AFP / Scanpix / Leta The Swedish schoolgirl Greta Tunberg spoke at a meeting of the UN General Assembly with a bright speech, calling world politicians “traitors”. Over the year, it has become the main symbol of the struggle against climate changes, although its activities in many causes skepticism, including some supporters of the environmental agenda.

Now we found out how long it would take to build such a pyramid In the 2008 film The Dark Knight, the Joker plunged Gotham into chaos and robbed gangsters. In one of the scenes towards the end, he decides to show that money means nothing to him. In front of the surprised bandit, the Joker pours gasoline and sets fire to a huge (and neatly folded) pyramid of money. MrFreezy The scene where the Joker burns money The exact amount of money burned was never revealed, leaving fans to speculate.

Actor Pavel Ustinov, sentenced to 3.5 years in prison in the framework of the Moscow Affairs and freed from the pre -trial detention center before the sentence enters into legal force, recorded a video message in which he spoke out in support of other defendants in the case. The video "Medusa" was conveyed by Ustinov’s sister. “I want to express support to the relatives of these guys. I hope that everyone will be, like me, at home, with their loved ones.

Tips for relatives of the defendants of the "Swamp business" Sergey Kuznets / Sputnik / Scanpix / Leta accused in the case of riots on Bolotnaya Square on May 6, 2012 Stepan Zimin, Alexei Polikhovich, Denis Lutskievich and Andrei Barabanov (from right to left), January 2014 In Russia, the “Moscow case” continues, that is, the criminal prosecution of participants in the Moscow rallies of the summer of 2019.

IKEA in Russia refused to use the slogan "To each his own" in the advertising campaign. The slogan evoked associations with Nazi Germany, for example, from State Duma deputy Vitaly Milonov . “We are sorry that this advertising campaign hurt the feelings of visitors to our stores,” the IKEA press service told 360° TV channel. “We have great respect for history and admit our mistake.

On September 24, the St. Petersburg Electoral Commission summed up the results of the municipal elections held more than two weeks ago-September 8 (the calculation was held with large-scale violations ). According to the results of the Elections, United Russia lost more than two hundred mandates, but in the municipal councils, the candidates of Yabloko and the Party of Growth received places, which were not previously represented at all.

Russian police officers received the right to announce official warnings to citizens about the inadmissibility of actions that create conditions for the commission of crimes, administrative offenses, or the inadmissibility of continuing antisocial behavior. The corresponding amendments to the law "On Police" in the third, final reading were adopted by the State Duma. Before the adoption of the amendments, the FSB and the prosecutor's office had the right to issue warnings to citizens.