A group of representatives from the Federation Council want to ban transgender people in Russia from marrying. They also want to make it more difficult for couples that include one trans partner to adopt children.

David Frenkel, a St. Petersburg correspondent for the legal news outlet Mediazona, was summoned to the Interior Ministry on Friday, July 17, to receive an administrative protocol for “non-compliance with the lawful demands of a police officer.” The alleged disobedience took place at a polling station during a widely-publicized encounter that saw Frenkel injured by police .

Ted S. Warren / AP / Scanpix / Leta The vaccine developed by the American company Moderna showed promising results during the first two phases of clinical trials. In the body of people who received injection, antibodies that neutralize the SARS-COV-2 virus began to be successfully produced. In this case, the action of the vaccine caused side effects in many subjects that did not cause, however, serious fears.

According to preliminary reports from Russia’s Federal Statistics Service (Rosstat), the country’s number of unemployed people reached 4.6 million in June 2020. Rosstat is now reporting an unemployment rate of 6.2 percent. According to Interfax, this is the highest level of unemployment the country has seen since March 2012 (when it was 6.5 percent). The unemployment rate was 6.1 percent in May 2020. Officially, 2.8 million people have registered as unemployed.

The total number of unemployed in Russia in June 2020 was 4.6 million people. This is stated in the preliminary calculations of Rosstat. The unemployment rate, according to the agency, is 6.2%. As Interfax notes, this is the maximum value since March 2012 (then it was 6.5%). In May 2020, this figure was 6.1%. Officially, 2.8 million people registered as unemployed. This is 30% more than in May, and almost four times more than in March, before the start of the coronavirus pandemic.

Here’s how Russia’s authorities responded to rising domestic abuse during the coronavirus lockdown Sergey Konkov / TASS / Sipa USA / Vida Press During the coronavirus lockdown, countries around the world recorded increases in domestic violence — and Russia was no exception. To document the domestic violence situation in the country during quarantine, a group of seven nonprofit organizations began tracking what was going on, the measures being taken, and the response from government agencies.

In St. Petersburg, Mediazona correspondent David Frenkel was summoned to the Ministry of Internal Affairs to draw up a report on disobedience to the lawful demand of a policeman at a polling station, where his arm was broken. This is reported by Mediazona itself. In addition, they plan to draw up reports on Frenkel on interference in the work of the election commission and violation of the self-isolation regime.

60% of Muscovites allegedly have immunity. During the quarantine in Russia, the level of domestic violence has risen sharply. Barcelona and Israel tighten restrictions 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 .

Laura Lean / AFP / Scanpix / Leta The 20-year-old Shamima Begum-a woman who still left the UK and joined the Islamic State terrorist group- received permission to return to the country in order to appeal the decision of the authorities to deprive its citizenship. The Court of Appeal in London came to the conclusion that, only being in the UK, the runner will be able to exercise his right to a fair consideration of the appeal. Relatives Begum welcomed the court decision.

Chris Jackson / Pa / Scanpix / Leta, Queen Elizabeth II, devoted to the knights the 100-year-old veteran of World War II Tom Moore. Moore became known after in March 2020 he began collecting donations for the National Health Service - in exchange for donations, a veteran, which was restored after surgery on the hip joint, promised to go around his garden 100 times until his century. For his birthday, Moore managed to collect more than 30 million pounds.

Construction workers at the site of the Lakhta Center skyscraper in St. Petersburg have gone on strike demanding payment of wage arrears. According to 47news.ru, at least 500 people have joined the strike; most of them are migrant workers from Central Asia.

Finland has a lot of reasons for pride - from a thousand lakes to the Formula 1 riders. Now another one has added to them. Finland became the world's first country to release a set of national emoji. Emoji was needed to show “some hard -explained Finnish emotions, words and customs,” reports the Vinland, which is released by the Finnish advancement council abroad.

Russian President Vladimir Putin is following the investigation into the case of the Khabarovsk Territory’s Governor Sergey Furgal , as well as the situation in the region (Khabarovsk recently saw its largest ever protests following Furgal’s arrest on charges of organizing multiple contract killings). According to Kremlin spokesman Dmitry Peskov, Putin “will be guided by this information” during the appointment of the territory’s acting governor.

Rosobrnadzor is ready to discuss claims to the exam in chemistry after the results of the exam become known. So the department responded to the petitions of the parents of schoolchildren who announced the “unreasonable complexity” of the tasks. “We are sure that graduates who were well prepared for the exam will get high results.

Civil servants of Chechnya should subscribe to the accounts of ChGTRK Grozny in social networks. This was stated by the head of the republic Ramzan Kadyrov at a meeting in the village of Khoy, Vedeno region. “I don’t understand, if a person has an Instagram page, how can he not subscribe to the Grozny ChGTRK channel. All information is there.