The Smolninsky District Court of St. Petersburg accepted the prosecutor's claim demanding that the Russian LGBT Network Facebook page be declared banned. This was reported by the United Press Service of the Courts of St. Petersburg. The lawsuit was filed after an investigation into a complaint by State Duma deputy from United Russia Igor Sapko.

Russian President Vladimir Putin spoke out against compulsory vaccination against coronavirus. This was reported by the press service of the Kremlin. Once again, I would like to state my position here. In my opinion, introducing mandatory vaccination is inappropriate and impossible. Citizens themselves must realize this need, understand that if they do not get vaccinated, they may face a very serious and even mortal danger, especially for older people.

On May 26, a plane of the Belarusian airline Belavia, which was heading from Minsk to Barcelona, ​​was forced to return to the airport of departure. Poland did not allow it into its airspace because the plane’s next route was through French airspace, and that country suspended permission for Belavia flights after the emergency landing of a Ryanair plane at Minsk airport .

Ahead of Geneva summit, White House officials hope for a frank conversation between Biden and Putin Alexey Druzhinin / Pool / TASS / Scanpix / LETA Russian President Vladimir Putin and U.S. President Joe Biden are set to have their first meeting in Geneva, Switzerland on June 16. According to the Kremlin's announcement , Putin and Biden will discuss the prospects for bilateral relations, the fight against the coronavirus pandemic, and the settlement of regional conflicts, among other things.

Russian Sofya Sapieha, who was detained on May 23 after the forced landing of a Ryanair flight in Minsk, has still not been allowed to meet with her lawyer. This was reported to TASS by one of her lawyers, Alexander Filanovich. Two more lawyers joined the case. Visiting permits were received by two lawyers at 10:00 and 17:00. At the time of the lawyer's arrival with the permit at the KGB pretrial detention center, the line of lawyers consisted of four people.

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The French airline Air France canceled flight AF1154 Paris-Moscow, which was supposed to fly to Russia on a new route - bypassing the territory of Belarus. The aircraft did not receive permission to enter Russian airspace. This information was confirmed to Novaya Gazeta by the Air France office. Earlier, Russian tennis player Yevgeny Kafelnikov announced the cancellation of the flight, referring to his friend, who was supposed to fly on this plane.

Several people were killed and several others were injured in a shooting at a train depot in San Jose. According to CNN, all the victims are employees of the local transportation authority. The shooter died. Whether he committed suicide or was killed by the police is not officially reported. Authorities have not yet released his identity. The exact number of dead and injured was not given by the police.

The artist Glory of the PTRK presented his version of the Medusa logo for the NFT auction , all the profit from which will be in support of the publication (the auction will take place on May 27 at the Rarible site). In the work of the PTRC “M” from our logo turned into a bars, which is squeezed by someone's hands. It is called "no freedom to the enemies of freedom .

Dmitry Merkulov page in VKontakte According to the Belarusian human rights center "Vesna", the 17-year-old (according to the Investigative Committee, 18-year-old) Dmitry Stakhovsky, who took place in the criminal case of riots, instituted due to protests in Belarus in August 2020, committed suicide in Minsk. Information on the suicide of the Stakhovsky Belarusian version of the Mediazona publication was confirmed by his friend.

Parents of Russian student arrested alongside Belarusian journalist in Minsk appeal to Putin for help Reuters / Scanpix / LETA After the Belarusian authorities diverted a Ryanair plane to Minsk on May 23, they arrested two of its passengers: Belarusian opposition journalist Roman Protasevich and his 23-year-old girlfriend, Russian student Sofia Sapega. Russian diplomats weren’t allowed to visit Sapega in detention until May 25 — two days after her arrest.

The Prosecutor General's Office of the Russian Federation declared three non-profit organizations from Germany undesirable in Russia, Interfax reports. We are talking about Forum Russischsprachiger Europaer eV (“Forum of Russian-speaking Europeans”), Zentrum für die Liberale Moderne GmbH (“Center for Liberal Modernity”) and Deutsch-Russischer Austausch eV (“German-Russian Exchange”).

Iranian authorities have imposed a four-month ban on cryptocurrency mining, Reuters reports. As Iranian President Hassan Rouhani said on Iranian television, the decision was made due to the country's electricity shortage, which threatens power outages in major cities. “The ban on mining will be in effect from now until September 22,” Rouhani said, adding that 85% of all cryptocurrency in the country is produced without permission.

Moscow Mayor Sergei Sobyanin suggested that entrepreneurs create "coronavirus-free zones" in city restaurants. It is reported by RIA Novosti. “Make a free zone from COVID in your restaurant where people with vaccinations are,” Sobyanin said during a meeting with entrepreneurs at Business.Technograd at VDNKh. Sobyanin also added that one and a half million people have already been vaccinated against COVID-19 in Moscow, the reports .

The Russian State Duma has adopted the so-called “anti-FBK law” in its third and final reading. The legislation bans people “involved in the activities” of outlawed extremist and terrorist organizations from running in elections in Russia at all levels.