“Police Ombudsman” / VKontakte Sign reads: “I/WE = VORONTSOV” Officers from the Russian Interior Ministry have launched an online flashmob in response to the imprisonment of Vladimir Vorontsov — the administrator of an online community known as “Police Ombudsman,” which publishes reports of abuse within the ministry. As part of the online flashmob, officers posted photos on social networks with the hashtag #СвободуВоронцову (“Freedom for Vorontsov”), the human rights outlet Mediazona reported .

Ksenia Sobchak vs. Lyubov Sobol on how to support people during the coronavirus crisis. A debate in brief. Lyubov Sobol, a lawyer for the Anti-Corruption Foundation (FBK), led by opposition politician Alexey Navalny, debated television host Ksenia Sobchak during a May 10 broadcast on the liberal radio station Ekho Moskvy. The debate centered around the question of whether or not money should be paid to people directly during the coronavirus pandemic.

Oil prices fell on May 11 on the fears of investors about the second wave of coronavirus infection in the world. It is reported by Reuters. Thus, a barrel of Brent fell one dollar to $29.93. The cost of a barrel of WTI fell 30 cents to $24.44. Germany reported an increase in the incidence of COVID-19 after the easing of restrictions on May 11, Reuters specifies. New cases were also reported by the Chinese city of Wuhan, which became the epicenter of the spread of infection in December 2019.

Your Browser Does Not Support the Audio Element. Vladimir Putin did not want to cancel the Victory Parade until the last. This led to a covid-19 flash among soldiers and cadets At least 376 people fell ill with a coronavirus infection after the rehearsals of the Victory Parade. The parade itself did not take place on May 9-it was canceled due to the threat of the spread of the Covid-19, but this happened at the last moment.

Aaref Watad / AFP / Scanpix / LETA Members of the Syrian Civil Defense, a volunteer organization also known as the “White Helmets,” inspect the ruins following an airstrike on the city of Ariha in the northwestern province of Idlib. January 30, 2020. In recent months, Russian aircrafts, as well as Syrian government planes, have carried out regular airstrikes against schools and hospitals in the provinces of Idlib, Hama, and Aleppo in northwestern Syria.

From May 12, we all go to work. Russia is the third in the world in terms of the number of infections. How Rospotrebnadzor became the head of the fight against the pandemic Good evening, This is Meduza's mailing list about the coronavirus during the pandemic. It comes out on weekdays instead of Evening Medusa. If this letter was sent to you by someone you know and you have not yet subscribed to the mailing list, subscribe here .

Henry Nicholls / Reuters / Scanpix / Leta London. May 10, 2020 Great Britain announced a phased removal of restrictions from coronavirus. On May 11, the government published an appropriate plan-a 60-page document, which provides for three stages of quarantine removal during May, June and July. British Prime Minister Boris Johnson presented a plan in parliament. At the same time, he noted that to make the economy restore, and the coronavirus would not spread, it will be extremely difficult.

Venedikt Erofeev. Victor Bazhenov / Kommersant On May 11, 1990, the writer Venedikt Erofeev, the author of the poem “Moscow - Petushki”, the novel “Notes of Psychopath”, the play “Valpurga Night”, died in Moscow. During these 30 years, much less has been made in relation to Erofeev’s heritage than it could be.

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"Medusa" found out that the Greeks themselves think about the measures of the government Kostas tsironis / epa / scanpix / leta Athens, May 6, 2020 Since the beginning of the pandemic, less than three thousand infections have been registered in Greece and 151 deaths due to coronavirus-this is one of the lowest indicators in Europe. Restrictive measures in the country began to introduce in early March on the advice of the epidemiologist Sotiris Tseras.

Vladimir Putin once again appealed to the Russians - and the first thing he did was cancel the non-working days. Although Moscow Mayor Sergei Sobyanin previously announced the extension of the restrictions imposed in the city due to the coronavirus pandemic until May 31. Many do not understand who (and what!) to believe. There is another problem. Putin delivered the address on the day when Russia came out on the third place in the world in terms of the spread of coronavirus.

Russia's ‘non-working’ days are over, kind of. A brief retelling of Putin’s fifth coronavirus address. On the fight against the COVID-19 epidemic You know my position, it is unchanged. The main thing for us is the life, health, and safety of people. The “non-working” days have gone on for over six weeks. We received the resource of time. We did not allow the healthcare system to be overloaded, and such an overload, as global experience shows, is the cause of high mortality.

Eleven Russian regions are ready for the first and second stages of lifting restrictions imposed due to the coronavirus epidemic. Deputy Prime Minister Tatyana Golikova said this, her words are quoted by Interfax. At a meeting with Russian President Vladimir Putin, Golikova named three criteria for the phased lifting of restrictions: the infection rate, the number of free beds and the number of tests per 100,000 people per day.

Kirill Kuhamar / TASS / Scanpix / Leta man in the window of the Lunar Stone Healing Center, where they brought to the observation of passengers of the aircraft who arrived from Bangkok to Novosibirsk All Russians who arrived from abroad, as well as many of those who returned to their regions from Moscow and St. Petersburg, are required to pass two-week quarantine.

Non -working days are canceled, but not quite. A brief retelling of Putin's fifth appeal regarding coronavirus Ruptly On the fight against the Covid-19 epidemic You know my position, it is unchanged. The main thing for us is life, health, people's safety. The period of non -working days lasted more than six weeks. We received a time resource. We did not allow overloading the healthcare system, but such an overload, as world experience shows, is a cause of high mortality.