On Thursday, May 27, Russian airlines made about ten flights bypassing Belarus, a source in one of the relevant departments told Forbes. "It is impossible to say the reasons for the route changes, whether they are connected with political motives. There could also be technical reasons," the source noted. Airlines had asked the authorities in advance for the opportunity to fly around Belarus, the Forbes source added. He did not specify which carriers had changed their routes and on what routes.

The administration of the Bosphorus Strait in Istanbul has suspended traffic due to an accident on the 249-meter Rava oil tanker. This was reported by the Turkish edition of Sabah. During the passage through the Bosphorus, the tanker's engines failed. The ship began to drift towards the shore. Tugs were sent to him, which, with the help of cables, stopped the tanker 300 meters from the coastline.

Interview with Ivan Golunov - after the court sentenced in the case of police officers who threw him drugs Semyon Katz for "Medusa" On Friday, May 28, in the Moscow City Court announced a sentence to the former police officers who participated in 2019 in falsification of the criminal case against Medusa journalist Ivan Golunov: they threw him drugs and fabricated him against him .

State Duma deputy Natalya Poklonskaya announced the withdrawal of her candidacy from the United Russia primaries. Poklonskaya's video message posted on her social networks The deputy added that she is moving to a new job. Which one, she promised to tell later. I don't disappear or disappear. See you soon at my receptions in the Crimea. <…> I will also say that I will be able to put on my tunic again. Just let it remain an intrigue, which one.

The Russian Investigative Committee has opened a second criminal case against student journalist Vladimir Metelkin for allegedly slandering an investigator. Metelkin, along with three other editors from the student journal Doxa, already faces criminal charges for allegedly involving minors in illegal protests. Pavel Chikov, from the human rights group Agora, shared a copy of the notice about the new criminal case on Telegram on May 28.

The meeting between Russian President Vladimir Putin and Belarusian President Alexander Lukashenko has ended in Sochi, RIA Novosti reported, citing Putin's press secretary Dmitry Peskov. The negotiations between Lukashenko and Putin lasted 5 hours and 15 minutes, the Telegram channel “Pool of the First”, associated with Lukashenko’s press service, reported . The results of the negotiations will be announced on May 29, writes the BBC Russian Service, citing journalists from the Kremlin pool.

Roskomnadzor has sent a "preventive letter" to the children's TV channel Disney in connection with the release of the cartoon "Out" ("Exit"), the main character of which is gay. This was reported on the website of the department. Roskomnadzor recalled that in Russia, information that “denies family values ​​and promotes non-traditional sexual relations” is prohibited for distribution to children.

On May 28, the Belarusian Investigative Committee claimed that the Minsk National Airport actually received two emails about a purported bomb on board the Ryanair flight that was forced to divert from Vilnius to Minsk. “It has already been established [...] that there were several messages about the ‘bomb’ on the plane received through the Swiss mail service ProtonMail at 12:25 and at 12:56.

Artist Artem Loskutov has put his work in the “club painting” technique up for sale on Facebook. It is a black canvas 60x60 centimeters, beaten with a rubber truncheon in such a way that the golden marks from the blows form the letter “m” — the Meduza logo. "THIS CANVAS (MATERIAL) WAS CREATED AND (OR) DISTRIBUTED IN SUPPORT OF A FOREIGN MASS MEDIA,... Published by Artem Loskutov Friday, May 28, 2021 The starting price for the work was one ruble.

The investigation continues to look for the customer The press service of the Moscow City Court former operatives of the Internal Affairs Directorate for CJSC and their former chief Igor Lyakhovets (right) in the Moscow City Court waiting for the verdict On Friday, May 28, the judge of the Moscow City Court Sergey Gruzdev sentenced five former police officers in the Western Administrative District of Moscow, who in the summer of 2019 threw drugs to the Medusa specialist Ivan Golunov.

Police officers who threw drugs Ivan Golunov received from 5 to 12 years. What do we know about the case of Sophia Sapieha. Soon evidence of torture in Russian prisons will be less Good evening, This is the daily newsletter of "Medusa" about important news of the day. Let's start the evening with the fact that we will look at the perfect team work: in San Paulo, two bees combined strength to steal someone else's soda . At least they managed to remove the lid from the bottle.

Russian mogul bankrolls action movie about his mercenary troops in Africa amid allegations of war crimes Tourist Film Group A shot from the film “Tourist” On May 19, the pro-Kremlin channel NTV premiered the film “Tourist” during a not-so-prestigious late-night time slot.

The Investigative Committee of Belarus said that Minsk National Airport received two letters about a bomb on board a Ryanair flight that made an emergency landing in Minsk. It has already been established, and we draw special attention to this, that there were several messages about the "mining" of the plane, received via the Swiss anonymous mail service ProtonMail - at 12:25 and at 12:56.

The police officers who tried to frame our investigative journalist are going to prison, but justice is far from served Evgeny Feldman for Meduza A court has convicted the police officers who concocted a felony case against Meduza special correspondent Ivan Golunov. They’ve been sentenced to between five and 12 years in prison and stripped of their official ranks. For another four years after they have served their sentences, these men are barred from working in law enforcement.

Against the editor of the student magazine Doxa Vladimir Metelkin, who is accused in the case of involving teenagers in protests, a second criminal case was opened - about slandering an investigator (part 2 of article 298.1). Pavel Chikov, head of the Agora international human rights group, posted a copy of the notice of initiation of the case. In this connection, a new criminal case was initiated, the notification did not specify.