Russian historian Mikhail Meltyukhov on the proposed ban on ‘equating’ the goals of the Soviet Union and Nazi Germany Alexander Nemenov / AFP / Scanpix / LETA Soldiers walking past a display set up on Moscow’s Red Square ahead of this year’s Victory Day parade. May 6, 2021. Russian lawmakers have proposed legislation banning publicly “equating the goals, decisions, and actions” of the USSR and Nazi Germany.

Vladimir Musaleyan / TASS Former member of the Politburo of the Central Committee of the CPSU and the first secretary of the Tomsk regional committee Yegor Ligachev died on the evening of May 7 in Moscow, TASS reports with reference to the administration of the Tomsk region. On November 29, 2020, Ligachev celebrated his 100th anniversary.

The international non-governmental organization Reporters Without Borders condemned the inclusion of Meduza in the list of "media-foreign agents". The organization's statement ( .pdf ) is published on its website. “This news is a severe blow to media pluralism in Russia.

On May 7, the Pskov City Court upheld the Russian Justice Ministry’s decision to add journalist Denis Kamalyagin to the “foreign agent” media registry, the human rights group Agora informed Meduza. Kamalyagin, the editor-in-chief of Pskovskaya Gubernia, was designated as an individual “foreign agent” in late 2020.

People's Artist of Russia, actor, musician and writer Vladimir Kachan died of coronavirus at the age of 73. He died in a covid hospital in Kommunarka, the artistic director of the theater "School of the Modern Play" Joseph Raichelhaus told RIA Novosti. “For more than two days I was in a coma. Although ten days ago he played in the performance, ” said Raichelgauz TASS.

Alexey Navalny - again a prisoner of conscience. Who has introduced bills to the State Duma against supporters of the politician. A transgender person will first join the Olympics for the first time Good evening, This is the daily Medusa newsletter about important news of the day, where we should now also write that the Ministry of Justice has declared us a “foreign agent”.

In Nepal, due to a sharp increase in the incidence of coronavirus, hospitals across the country have run out of free beds. It is reported by the Associated Press. On May 6, a record 9,070 cases were recorded in a country of 30 million, more than 30 times the number a month ago. According to doctors, there are currently no beds available in any hospital that treats patients with covid.

The World Health Organization (WHO) has recommended Sinopharm's Chinese coronavirus vaccine for emergency use in people over 18 years of age . This was announced by WHO Director General Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus. Sinopharm has released little information about its vaccine, according to the Associated Press.

She succeeded in big sports after the transplant. They tried to interfere with her participation in the competition more than once Paul Childs / Reuters / Scanpix / Leta The transgender weightlifter from New Zealand Laurel Hubbard, which performs in the heavyweight weight category (over 87 kilograms), secured a ticket to the Olympic Games in Tokyo, reported by Inside the Games. If Hubbard goes to the Olympics, she will become the first transgender person to participate in the games.

Amnesty International has decided to re-designated jailed Kremlin critic Alexey Navalny as a “prisoner of conscience.” The human rights organization initially recognized Navalny as a “prisoner of conscience” when he was arrested upon returning to Russia in January 2021. It rescinded this status in February on the grounds that Navalny’s past statements about migrants from Central Asia and the North Caucasus constitute hate speech.

The human rights organization Amnesty International has re-assigned the status of prisoner of conscience to Russian politician Alexei Navalny. This was stated in a statement published on the organization's website. While we acknowledge Navalny's status as a prisoner of conscience, we do not support his political program, but we emphasize the need for the Russian authorities to recognize and respect his rights, including access to independent medical care.

Dmitry Lebedev / Kommersant Grigory Grabovoi (in the center) sits in the car Zakak near the Khamovnichesky Court of Moscow, who authorized his arrest. April 7, 2006 In early May, a video with “cheat codes from the Universe” began to spread in Tiktok. The first attention to this was drawn by the Vice publication. Popular tickcles, writes Vice, record videos in which they talk about some numbers with which you can achieve success in social networks, as well as health, wealth, and so on.

The Pskov City Court upheld the decision of the Ministry of Justice to include Denis Kamalyagin, editor-in-chief of the Pskov Gubernia, in the register of “media outlets acting as foreign agents,” Agora said in a statement to Meduza. Kamalyagin was included in the register of "foreign agents" at the end of 2020.

On May 4, a group of Russian State Duma lawmakers from the commission on investigating foreign interference submitted two bills to parliament. The first prohibits Russian citizens and legal entities from participating in the work of “undesirable organizations” around the world (as opposed to only in Russia, as was the case before). It also allows for designating organizations as “undesirable” if they have helped transfer money to groups that are already on this blacklist.

Residents of Russia will be able to connect their small and medium-sized houses free of charge as part of the additional gasification program, said Sergey Gustov, General Director of Gazprom Mezhregiongaz. “A residential building with an area of ​​up to 300 square meters will receive this free connection.