The leadership of the Higher School of Economics is going to cut 22 teaching staff positions at the Faculty of Humanities: seven at the School of Philosophy and 15 at the School of Cultural Studies. This is reported by the student publication Doxa, citing the words of Viktor Gorbatov, senior lecturer at the HSE School of Philosophy. Both schools are planning to merge , so teachers are now being notified of the rate cuts.

Political scientist Grigory Golosov says the Kremlin likely regrets Russia’s constitutional plebiscite, but the show must go on Alexey Druzhinin / pool / AP / Scanpix / LETA The new constitutional amendments just adopted in a nationwide plebiscite have dramatically increased the president’s powers. Most importantly, Vladimir Putin now has the option of remaining in office until 2036.

Acting head of the Nenets Autonomous Okrug (NAO) Yuri Bezdudny told RBC that the topic of merging the region and Arkhangelsk Oblast is closed. "There are no plans to hold a referendum on the unification of the NAO and Arkhangelsk Oblast. My colleagues and I have repeatedly stated this. The issue of unification was closed at the end of May," Bezdudny said.

During the vote on constitutional amendments in Moscow, five BBC Russian Service correspondents took ballots out of polling stations as an experiment, but in three cases this information was not reflected in the final protocols of the precinct election commissions (PECs). There are no columns in the PEC protocols for ballots that were taken out, but if they were taken out, the documents must indicate that the number of ballots in the ballot boxes is less than the number of ballots issued.

Bethesda Softworks and Amazon Studios have announced the production of a TV series based on the post-apocalyptic Fallout game series. The TV adaptation of the game will be handled by Kilter Films, the company of Jonathan Nolan and Lisa Joy, creators of the TV series "Westworld".

The chairman of precinct election commission No. 2985 in Moscow, Olga Vorokhobko, fell ill with a coronavirus infection. A member of the territorial election commission (TEC) of the Northern Tushino district, Egor Shatov, reported this to the Dozhd TV channel. Shatov said that members of election commissions took tests for COVID-19 last weekend, June 27 and 28, although voting on amendments to the Constitution began on June 25.

Early Twitch streamer and former professional esports player Byron Bernstein, known as Reckful, has died at the age of 31. According to unconfirmed information from his ex-girlfriend, Bernstein committed suicide. The streamer's death was confirmed by his roommate, journalist and insider Rod "Slasher" Breslau said. After reports of Bernstein's death, thousands of World of Warcraft players gathered on different servers to honor his memory.

Your Browser Does Not Support the Audio Element. The Kremlin calls the adoption of amendments to the Constitution with a triumph. In fact, this means that after Vladimir Putin, the state will have to be re -educated In Russia, voting on amendments to the Constitution ended . According to its results , 77.92% of Russians supported amendments to the Basic Law, 21.27% spoke out against. The turnout amounted to 64.99%.

In Moscow, there was a mass brawl involving 30 people, presumably couriers of two competing companies Yandex.Food and Delivery Club. The video of the fight was published by Baza. Attention. The recording contains scenes of violence. The video shows a group of people mostly in green clothes, as well as a few people in yellow uniforms. The author of the video says: "And these people deliver food to us." According to Baza, there were several skirmishes between couriers.

The dean of the Faculty of Political Sciences of the European University meets Grigory Golosov. Alexey Druzhinin / Pool / AP / Scanpix / Leta The amendments to the Constitution adopted at the all -Russian vote sharply intensified the powers of the president, and most importantly, they gave Vladimir Putin the opportunity to remain in power until 2036.

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The Parliament of Montenegro has legalized same-sex civil partnerships, according to Balkan Insight. The law gives same-sex couples the same rights as heterosexual unions, but does not allow them to adopt or raise children. According to human rights organizations, this ban violates the rights of LGBT families. The publication noted that same-sex couples are recognized as legal unions, but not families. LGBT activists welcomed the parliament's decision.

The heroine of the film “Welcome to Chechnya” about gay persecution tells “Medusa”, as he has been evacuating them from the republic for three years Philip Baranov / Archive Olga Baranova On June 30, the documentary “Welcome to Chechnya” was released at the HBO service about the secret evacuation from the republic of gays and lesbians. Filming was conducted since 2017, when the persecution of such people in Chechnya became truly massive.

Independent experts say Russia’s constitutional plebiscite violated domestic and international standards Pavel Korolev / AFP / Scanpix / LETA Voting in the nationwide constitutional plebiscite did not meet Russian or international standards, reports the independent voter protection movement “Golos.” According to the movement’s experts, a number of norms were violated during the lead up to the vote, the voting processing, and the counting of the ballots.

Only memes - about the results of voting on amendments to the Constitution and the cartoon "Shrek forevermore" Voting on amendments to the Constitution has ended in Russia. According to the results, only 21.27% voted against, 77.92% voted for. And all this with a turnout of about 65%. Meduza also sums up the results, but not in numbers, but in memes and jokes from Twitter. Let's start with the fact that after the closing of the polling stations in the yards it even became somehow lonely.