The number of deaths from coronavirus infection worldwide has reached 300 thousand 315 people. These are the data from Johns Hopkins University. The United States ranks first in terms of the number of deaths due to COVID-19 - 85 thousand people. Next come the UK and Italy (33.7 thousand and 31.3 thousand deaths, respectively). Spain and France are in the top five (27.3 thousand and 27 thousand deaths from the infection, respectively).

Employees of Russia’s Federal Penitentiary Service (FSIN) admitted to the “use of force and police instruments” during a riot at Penal Colony No.15 in the Siberian city of Angarsk on April 9. Information about the treatment of the prison’s 415 inmates was issued in response to a request from Vladimir Osechkin, the founder of the human rights project Gulagu.net. The Federal Penitentiary Service emphasized that no firearms were used against the prisoners.

Aeroflot applied to the Federal Air Transport Agency for compensation for losses due to the COVID-19 epidemic in February-April 2020. This was reported to Interfax by a representative of the Federal Air Transport Agency. We are talking about subsidies from the reserve fund of the government of the Russian Federation. The interlocutor of the agency did not name the amount claimed by Aeroflot. According to Interfax, the Aeroflot group can receive almost 8 billion rubles.

Andrey Epikhin / TASS Russia's Attorney General Igor Krasnov Russia’s Federal Service for State Registration ( “Rosreestr” ) hid data on a high-end apartment belonging to Igor Krasnov after the former deputy head of the Russian Investigative Committee became the country’s attorney general in January 2020 , Open Media reports . Krasnov reportedly owns a 124 meter square apartment (that’s more than 1,300 square feet) in the “White Swan” luxury residential complex on Moscow’s Michurinsky Avenue.

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During the prisoner riot in IK-15 in Angarsk, FSIN officers used "physical force and special means" against 415 prisoners. The FSIN itself provided this data in response to a request from Vladimir Osechkin, founder of the Gulagu.net project. The FSIN report emphasizes that firearms were not used against the prisoners and that all of them were examined by medical workers, and their condition is assessed as satisfactory.

They face 40 years in prison for smuggling. The collector of this collection says that he is simply fond of zoology Page Alexander Ignatenko in VKontakte Alexander Ignatenko The Sri Lanka is preparing to judge the zoologist, an employee of the zoo Rostov-on-Don Alexander Ignatenko. In February, along with two friends, he flew to the country, he was detained in one of the national parks, and hundreds of animals found in the hotel room of Russians.

Sergey Knyazev, a lecturer in the philology department of Moscow State University, announced his dismissal against the backdrop of the start of a public campaign against the harassment of university teachers in relation to students. Knyazev confirmed that he had "relationships with students" but emphasized that he "always thought they were voluntary".

Your Browser Does Not Support the Audio Element. Latvia is one of the world leaders in the fight against coronavirus. All this time you could walk there, and shops and cafes (almost) were not closed. How did it happen? Latvia of one of the first countries in Europe introduced a state of emergency and universal quarantine due to coronavirus. This happened immediately after the World Health Organization recognized the new coronavirus infection with pandemia.

The head of Rospotrebnadzor Anna Popova said that Russia managed to stop the increase in the incidence of COVID-19. Her interview to the TV program “Moscow. Kremlin. Putin" quotes "Interfax". “I would be very careful about the assessment here. I would say that we have stopped growth for today,” Popova said, noting that for 11 days “the growth rate is very insignificant.” Since May 3, 10-11 thousand new cases of COVID-19 have been recorded daily in Russia.

Valda Kalnina / EPA / Scanpix / Leta Estonian police officers check documents from the driver on the border with Latvia On May 13, the European Commission recommended EU states and the Schengen zone to proceed with the gradual removal of restrictions on the movement of residents of these countries throughout the Union. As stated in the statement of the European Commission, it makes sense to replace the general ban on free movement with more point and targeted measures.

The Federal Air Transport Agency has drawn up instructions on the phased withdrawal of passenger air transportation from quarantine. This is with reference to the draft document prepared by the department, according to RIA Novosti. So, at the first stage, only passengers wearing protective masks and gloves will be able to get on board, they cannot be removed during the entire flight.

Russian company Visual Science scientific imaging has created a detailed 3D model and animation of the SARS-CoV-2 coronavirus. Work on the visualization took almost three months. Visual Science claims that the model was created on the basis of modern scientific data on the structure of coronaviruses and the comments of virologists. “This is the most reliable model presented so far,” the project description says. Visual Science3D model of the SARS-CoV-2 virus at atomic resolution

According to the results of a joint survey, 83 percent of doctors working at Russian medical institutions where coronavirus patients are being treated reported a lack or absence of necessary personal protective equipment (PPE). The study, shared with Meduza’s editorial office, was conducted by the professional network “Doctors at Work” and the Russian television channel “Doktor.” The survey was conducted among 1,175 medical workers from May 2–5.

Twitter tells shameful stories. Do you also have such? Send us! Tran Toan / Unsplash Twitter Russian -speaking users came up with a flash mob: you need to tell a shameful or simply absurd story about yourself. Preferably true! The flash mob is called - #My Working History . So, this is what the participants of the flash mob are ashamed.