The State Control Committee (SCC) of Belarus has frozen the bank account of the wife of the Deputy Minister of Finance of Russia Andrei Kruglov . This was stated on the air of the Belarus 1 TV channel by the Deputy Head of the Financial Investigations Department of the SCC Dmitry Dyagilev. The account, which contains 3 million euros, was opened at Belgazprombank. It was seized as part of an investigation into fraud at the bank.

Updated . The Moscow police reported 132 detainees for protests against the amendments, Interfax writes . According to OVD -Info, 142 people were detained. At least 103 people were detained in Moscow during a rally against amendments to the Constitution, writes OVD-Info. About 100 detainees are also reported by SotaVision.

The action against amendments to the Constitution ended with a procession in the center of Moscow and the detention of 130 people - including random passers -by. Report "Medusa" On the evening of July 15, an action was held in Moscow against amendments to the Constitution - its participants left signatures under the demand to cancel the amendments. Two hours after the start, she grew into a procession in the center of Moscow, the protesters reached the roadway.

The defense of Pskov journalist Svetlana Prokopyeva, whom the court found guilty of justifying terrorism and fined 500 thousand rubles, filed a complaint against the verdict. Lawyer Vitaly Cherkasov reported this to TASS. “We do not agree with the verdict, we consider it illegal and unfounded, the conclusions are contradictory. All the evidence from the defense was not accepted by the court and was not assessed in the court’s decision,” Cherkasov said.

Evgeny Feldman for Medusa on the evening of July 15 in Moscow arranged an action against amendments to the Constitution, which, among other things, provide for the zeroing of the presidential terms of Vladimir Putin. Participants in the action gathered on Pushkinskaya Square, where they collected signatures against amendments, and then arranged a spontaneous procession in the city center.

Award-winning photojournalist Sergey Ponomarev captures the Russian capital during the coronavirus lockdown On July 17, the Museum of Moscow debuted photojournalist and Pulitzer Prize winner Sergey Ponomarev’s new exhibition titled “Moscow. The Great Emptiness.” The exhibition includes 45 black-and-white panoramas of the empty Russian capital, which Ponomarev captured during the coronavirus lockdown. Meduza shares a few of these photographs with the photographer’s commentary.

In Moscow, the police began to detain participants in a rally against amendments to the Constitution. This is reported by the telegram channel Avtozak Live. According to MBH media , about 60 people were detained. Among them, the municipal deputy Yulia Galyamina and her daughter. The security forces act harshly and detain, including those who simply stand on the sidewalks, reports . MBKh media There are also journalists among the detainees, in particular, TJ editor Anna Begiashvili.

Protesters rallied in Moscow and St. Petersburg during the evening of July 15, to oppose the reforms to Russia’s constitution voted upon in the recent nationwide plebiscite. During the rally, signatures were collected demanding the cancellation of the amendments. Protesters in Moscow gathered at Pushkin Square.

The Ministry of Health of Belarus has excluded Russia from the list of countries with an unfavorable situation for coronavirus. “Persons arriving from Russia are not required to be in self-isolation for 14 calendar days from the date of arrival in Belarus,” the agency said in its official Telegram channel. Now the Belarusian list of countries with an unfavorable situation with regard to the coronavirus includes 105 states.

In Moscow and St. Petersburg, street actions were staged against the reform of the Russian Constitution. During the protests, signatures were collected demanding that the amendments be repealed. In Moscow, protesters took to Pushkin Square. According to a Meduza correspondent, about 300 people had gathered there by the beginning of the action.

Updated . The Basmanny Court of Moscow has arrested four obstetrician-gynecologists until September 14, reports . Novaya Gazeta The Investigative Committee asked the Basmanny Court of Moscow to arrest four doctors in the case of trafficking in children from surrogate mothers, the press service of the court told RIA Novosti. The agency names the doctors: Valentina Chernyshova, Taras Ashitkov, Yuliana Ivanova and Lilia Panaioti.

How does it differ from previous flash mobs? Should you take an apology? Can different generations agree? Researchers answer Sergey Fadeichev / TASS / Scanpix / Leta On July 12, the Violet Harrician Er wrote on Twitter about her experience of abusive relations. Her performance led to a spontaneous flash mob: users of social networks have been publishing stories for three days about how they encountered sexual, physical and psychological violence.

What Moscow looked like in the midst of a pandemic. Flights to Turkey will resume very soon. The Immortal Regiment seems to be in the fall 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.

The council of the city of Sitka in Alaska decided to move the monument to the first ruler of Russian settlements in North America, Alexander Baranov, from the city center to the historical museum. This is stated in the resolution ( .pdf ) adopted at the Sitka council meeting on July 14th.

The Ministry of Transport of the Russian Federation has drawn up a plan to launch autonomous vehicles on the roads without the obligatory presence of an operator in the cabin. This was stated in the message of the ministry. The Ministry of Transport expects to ensure the safe movement of drones on highways by 2024. The plan includes the development of a regulatory framework, including the procedure for investigating offenses involving drones.