Alexander Kazakov / Kommersant Александр Казаков / Коммерсантъ During the coronavirus pandemic, being able to maintain social distancing in public spaces has become a vital skill. As it turns out, Russians are not coping with this very well. Meduza asked sociologist Andrey Korbut , a senior lecturer at Moscow’s Higher School of Economics who specializes in the sociology of every life, about the particularities of upholding social distancing in Russia.

The United States has severed ties with the World Health Organization (WHO), US President Donald Trump has announced. It is reported by Reuters. According to Trump, the WHO failed to implement the "required reforms". The money that the United States sponsored the WHO, Washington will redirect to other organizations, Trump added.

Russian President Vladimir Putin approved a new version of the state strategy to counter extremism until 2025. The corresponding decree and the text of the document are published on the portal of legal information. The concept of "ideology of violence" appeared in the strategy in addition to the "extremist ideology" from the previous edition .

On the new action, in support of Ilya Azar, more than 30 deputies, journalists and activists were detained. Report "Medusa" Evgeny Feldman for "Medusa" On May 29, at the building of the Ministry of Internal Affairs on Petrovka, single pickets again passed in support of Ilya Azar - on the eve of the journalist was arrested for 15 days. The police detained more than thirty people - among them correspondents who illuminated the action, municipal deputies and activists.

In Russia, a new record for dead per day. Petersburg refuses masks. Walking schedule - now on "Yandex.Marts" Good evening, This is the Medusa newsletter about the coronavirus during the pandemic. She comes out on weekdays instead of the "evening jellyfish." If one of your friends sent this letter to you and you have not yet been subscribed to the newsletter, subscribe here . If you read this on the site, share a link on social networks.

Russian President Vladimir Putin declared June 24 a non-working day "in commemoration of the 75th anniversary of the Victory in the Great Patriotic War." The corresponding decree was published on the Kremlin website. As follows from the document, parades on June 24 will be held in Moscow and other cities at 10:00 local time. At 22:00 local time, Putin ordered fireworks.

The Ministry of Justice of Russia published for public discussion a revised version of the draft of the new Code of Administrative Offenses. The text of the document is available on the portal of draft regulatory legal acts. In a commentary to TASS, the Ministry of Justice stressed that the draft of the new Code of Administrative Offenses as a whole will retain the current fines and terms of prosecution.

Update: Ivan Yeremin is Vedomosti ‘s sole new owner. Konstantin Zyatkov bowed out of the deal, according to the news agency TASS . One of Russia’s top business newspapers, “Vedomosti,” has officially been sold to the company “Sapport,” Gleb Prozorov, the CEO of the newspaper’s now former publisher, “Business News Media,” told Meduza. According to Vedomosti , the agreement was signed on May 28 and will be closed in the coming days.

The Moscow department of Rospotrebnadzor found violations of sanitary legislation in Leroy Merlin stores. This was reported to Vedomosti by a representative of the department. In April, the network did not close, despite the quarantine. Rospotrebnadzor began an unscheduled inspection. What kind of violations are we talking about, the source of Vedomosti did not say.

Swiss tennis player Roger Federer has topped Forbes' annual list of the highest paid athletes. Over the past 12 months, Federer has earned $ 106.3 million - of which 100 million were sponsorship contracts and only 6.3 million the athlete received directly on the court. Federer is followed by three players on the list: Cristiano Ronaldo (105 million), Lionel Messi (104 million) and Neymar (96 million).

Evgeny Feldman for "Meduza" On May 29, single-person demonstrations resumed near the police headquarters in Moscow. Protesters demanded the release of jailed Novaya Gazeta journalist and municipal deputy Ilya Azar , as well as the activists arrested during the solidarity protests the day before. Moscow City Duma Deputy Sergey Mitrokhin was arrested in the morning. The politician came to the picket, holding a sign that said “No to police repressions!

Updated. Ivan Eremin, the founder and CEO of FederalPress, became the owner of the newspaper, while Konstantin Zyatkov withdrew from the deal. It is reported by TASS. The sale of the Vedomosti newspaper (Business News Media JSC) took place, the deal was registered, and now the newspaper's publisher belongs to Support JSC. Gleb Prozorov, CEO of Business News Media JSC, told Meduza about this. that the deal would be closed in the coming days .

Forbes magazine has reassessed the fortune of American model Kylie Jenner, reducing its size from a billion dollars to 900 million. Of these, the model, according to Forbes, received $ 340 million from a deal with Coty, which in November 2019 announced the purchase of Jenner's cosmetics brand. The rest is the cost of Jenner's stake in Kylie Cosmetics, which, according to Forbes, is not 49%, as claimed, but 44.1%.

In the city of Dzerzhinsk in the Nizhny Novgorod region, the Karusel hypermarket was closed for violating sanitary standards. This was done after a sale was announced there, which resulted in huge crowds of buyers. According to the regional department of the Ministry of Internal Affairs, the police are conducting verification activities after the incident. In Dzerzhinsk, with a population of 230 thousand people, by May 28, 264 cases of coronavirus infection were recorded.

Several Russian media outlets simultaneously deleted news coverage of comedian Maxim Galkin’s immensely popular video parodying a meeting between Russian President Vladimir Putin and Moscow Mayor Sergey Sobyanin, The Bell reports. Sources from one of the outlets in question told The Bell that the news was taken down following a phone call from officials.