Journalists report dozens more layoffs among city employees in Moscow in response to pro-Navalny protests Petr Kassin / Kommersant The Head of Moscow’s Transport Department, Maxim Liksutov Entities under the Moscow Transport Department have laid off several dozen employees in response to last month’s protests in support of imprisoned opposition politician Alexey Navalny, says the independent television network Dozhd.

Anton Vaganov / Reuters / Scanpix / Leta in St. Petersburg on the evening of May 18, a strong thunderstorm with a downpour and gusts of wind up to 16 meters per second occurred. In social networks, residents of the city published numerous photographs and videos with lightning in various high -altitude buildings of the city. In this photo, lightning enters the Lakhta Center-a tower of 462 meters high, which will be the headquarters of Gazprom.

The administration of US President Joe Biden will not impose sanctions against the operator of the Nord Stream 2 gas pipeline Nord Stream 2 AG and its director Matthias Warnig. Axios writes about this, citing two sources. According to the publication, in the near future the State Department will send a mandatory report to Congress with a list of organizations involved in the construction of the gas pipeline.

Peter Kassin / Kommersant Head of Deptrans Moscow Maxim Liksutov Employees whose data found themselves in the Internet base of the participants of the Freedom Navalny! Are massively dismissed not only from the Moscow metro, but also from other institutions subordinate to the city department of transport. This writes "Rain" about this.

The prosecutor's office demanded a sentence of six years in prison for political scientist, leader of the movement "For New Socialism" Nikolai Platoshkin. This was reported in his telegram channel. The prosecution also asks to fine Platoshkin for 500 thousand rubles. The announcement of the verdict is scheduled for 13:00 on May 19.

In the publication Tut.by - searches and detentions, a criminal case was opened against the leadership. Magnit buys Dixy. We explain why the Kremlin always needs “hard times” and “threats” Good evening, This is Meduza's daily newsletter about the important news of the day. We are trying to start it with something good, but today we won’t be able to do this: the Belarusian security forces came with searches to the Tut.by publication, at least 13 people were detained . More on this below.

The Cheryomushkinsky Court of Moscow has ordered opposition politicians Alexei Navalny and Vladimir Milov to pay 30,000 rubles each in a lawsuit filed by businessman Yevgeny Prigozhin for the protection of honor and dignity. Prigozhin demanded five million rubles from the defendants. The businessman filed a lawsuit over Milov's video, which aired on the Navalny Live channel in October. In it, Open Media clarifies , the politician spoke of the businessman as a "freak" and "scum".

Belarusian law enforcement have detained at least 13 people who work for the independent new outlet Tut.by. Earlier in the day on May 18, the Belarusian authorities announced that the media outlet’s leadership is under investigation for tax fraud.

Belarusian security forces have detained at least 13 Tut.by employees. The publication itself reports this.

Belarus opens tax fraud case against the country’s leading independent media outlet Euroradio Belarus has opened a tax fraud case against the leadership of the country’s most prominent independent media outlet, Tut.by. On the morning of May 18, the financial police raided the Tut.by newsroom and the homes of a number journalists, including the apartment of editor-in-chief Marina Zolotova — who was taken away after the search.

The Soviet and Russian theater and film actor Vladimir Fedorov died, reports Mir 24. Photoxpress Fedorov was 82 years old, the causes of his death were not reported. Fedorov is most famous from the roles of Chernomor from the film adaptation of Ruslan and Lyudmila (1972) and the villain Turanchcs from the fantastic film “Through Tornia to the Stars” (1980). In total, he played about 40 roles in the cinema.

One of the symbols of the Galapagos Islands - a rocky education, known as the arch of Darwin - collapsed the upper part. The reason for the collapse, reports BBC News with reference to the Ministry of Environment Environment, was natural erosion.

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Russia was ranked 56th out of 59 in the list of countries suitable for the residence of foreign specialists, in the annual rating of the InterNations project. The top three most attractive countries for expats are Taiwan, Mexico and Costa Rica. The rating was formed on the basis of a survey of more than 12,000 expats. It took into account quality of life, opportunities for assimilation, cost of living, and working conditions.

Your Browser Does Not Support the Audio Element. The conflict between Israel and Hamas in many respects are atypical. And what is it from a strictly military point of view? Tactics, goals, weapons For more than a week in Israel, an exacerbation of the conflict with the Arab population of Palestine and the gas -controling by the Islamist movement of Hamas controls the Arab population. Autonomy authorities reported 212 dead for all this time, including 61 children.