Zoya Khoroshaeva, chairman of the Ramenki precinct election commission, was fired after she threw ballots into a ballot box during a vote on amendments to the Constitution. According to the deputy chairman of the Moscow City Electoral Committee Dmitry Reut, the corresponding decision was made by the territorial commission. He stressed that further investigation is within the competence of the police. Ballot stuffing at polling station 2783 in Ramenki was recorded by surveillance cameras.

The Ministry of Telecom and Mass Communications has developed a regulation for tracing contacts of people infected with coronavirus based on data from mobile operators. The corresponding draft order of the department is published on the portal of draft regulatory legal acts. The agency proposes using special algorithms to obtain a list of subscribers who were in the same geo-location with the sick person and who had contact with him.

Activist Olga Baranova talks about the ongoing persecution of LGBTQ people in Russia’s Chechnya Filipp Baranov / Olga Baranova’s personal archive On June 30, HBO released Welcome to Chechnya, a documentary film about activists carrying out secret evacuations to get LGBTQ people out of Russia’s repressive Chechen Republic. Filming began in 2017, when the persecution of suspected gay men in Chechnya was at its height.

A criminal case has been opened against Mediazona publisher Pyotr Verzilov under the article on failure to notify of dual citizenship due to his possession of a Canadian passport. Verzilov was given a summons to appear for questioning at the Investigative Committee on the morning of July 7. The interrogation will be conducted by the same investigator who searched Verzilov's home at the end of June in connection with the cases of mass riots and violence against a police officer.

Russia’s regulatory agency for natural resources, Rosprirodnadzor, has assessed the damage from the massive diesel fuel spill in the Russian Arctic at 148 billion rubles (approximately $2.06 billion). Rosprirodnadzor has already sent claims to the Norilsk-Taimyr Energy Company, a Norilsk Nickel subsidiary, demanding voluntary compensation for damages to the environment. Norilsk Nickel told Interfax that they have yet to receive the papers, but promised to comment after the document has arrived.

Rosprirodnadzor estimated the environmental damage from the oil spill in Norilsk at 148 billion rubles. This is stated in the message of the department. The agency noted that it had already sent claims for voluntary damages to the Norilsk-Taimyr Energy Company, which is part of the Norilsk Nickel group. In Norilsk Nickel itself, Interfax was explained that they had not yet received the documents and promised to comment on them after they were received.

Stanislav Krasilnikov / TASS / Scanpix / LETA In mid-June, health officials reported that 489 medical workers in Russia had potentially died of the coronavirus. But as of last Friday, July 3, Russia’s Health Minister Mikhail Murashko maintained that there have only been 40 confirmed coronavirus deaths among the country’s healthcare professionals.

David InderLied / Kircner-Media / Imago / Scanpix / Leta police officers in front of the summer house, in which criminals, allegedly raped at least four children. Munster, Germany, June 13, 2020 In the West of Germany, in the Earth of the North Rhine - Westphalia, the largest pedophile network in the country is disclosed. It included at least 30 thousand Internet users who exchanged children's pornography and discussed violent actions against young people.

Britain imposed personal sanctions against 25 Russians in connection with the Magnitsky case.

Kirill Kukhmar / TASS / Scanpix / LETA Researchers who study Russia’s electoral statistics believe that the recent nationwide plebiscite on constitutional amendments is the most dishonest vote the country has seen since the year 2000. According to statisticians, their “tests” have revealed a number of red flags that support these claims: from a statistical point of view, the official results in many precincts can’t be attributed to fair voting processes.

In Russia - 10 thousand dead. Bars are closing again in Israel. Australia closes border for first time since Spanish flu 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 . If you are reading this on the site, please share the link on social media.

The Tverskoy Court of Moscow sent Marina Lukashevich, Deputy Minister of Science and Higher Education, under arrest in a fraud case. Lukashevich is under arrest until 16 August. She was charged with fraud on an especially large scale (Part 4 of Article 159 of the Criminal Code of the Russian Federation). According to investigators, in 2016 the Ministry of Education and Science entered into a contract with a commercial firm for the supply of services.

The Israeli authorities have decided to close bars, clubs and gyms in the country due to the increase in the number of cases of coronavirus. The Ministry of Health also recommended that synagogues be closed, but in the end they decided not to do this yet - they will continue to work, but at the same time no more than 19 people can be in them. The number of visitors to restaurants will be limited to 20 people, and no more than 30 people will be allowed on summer verandas.

Andres Putting / EKSPress MEEDIA / Scanpix / Leta Aeroflot Airlines refused the Russians who bought tickets for a flight from Shanghai to Moscow, in the transportation of their pets. Passengers were offered to leave the pets at the airport. Several users of Instagram told this, the first to pay attention to the Moscow 24 channel. We are talking about the flight of Shanghai - Moscow July 4.

The thread about the terrible legends of St. Petersburg. Frankly, we ourselves were scared! 😨 Oleg Illarionov / Unsplash Editor Anastasia Korsak published a terrible thread with city legends of St. Petersburg. From it you can find out how local residents are saved from evil spirits and what the hell is happening in the strokes of the metro. “Even before moving to St.