After promising protection, police in Dagestan raid a domestic violence shelter to drag a woman back to Chechnya On June 10, Dagestani police forced their way into a women’s shelter in Makhachkala in search of Khalimat Taramova, a 22-year-old woman who had fled Chechnya after suffering domestic abuse because of her sexual orientation. The local police were accompanied by unidentified men dressed in civilian clothing and camouflage — who appeared to be members of the Chechen security forces.

Updated . Journalist Vasily Krestyaninov was released from the police . According to Sota, he was going to be charged with drinking alcohol in a public place. Readovka correspondent Vasily Krestyaninov was detained by police on the evening of June 14 while walking on Chistye Prudy in Moscow. According to the publication, the journalist will presumably be taken to the Krasnoselskoye police station. The reason for the arrest is still unknown.

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The Chechen television company “Grozny” published a 35-minute special report telling about “Trying to abduct” Halimat Taramova, who had previously been taken out of shelter for women in Dagestan. In an interview with Taramova, she said that now nothing threatens her. “I'm with my family. I'm fine. There is no pressure in my direction, everyone supports me, calms me, ”she said. According to Taramova, she does not remember how she ended up in a crisis apartment in Dagestan.

Denis Balibouse / Reuters / Scanpix / Leta Swiss artist Julien Baro drew Geneva Street, where Vladimir Putin, graffiti with Russian politician Alexei Navalny, will arrive on June 16 with Joe Biden. It repeats the image that in April appeared on a transformer booth in the Pushkarsky garden of St. Petersburg.

On June 14, Russian opposition figure Lyubov Sobol, who works for Alexey Navalny’s Anti-Corruption Foundation (FBK), announced that she has stopped campaigning to be nominated as a candidate in the upcoming State Duma elections. In an announcement posted on Facebook, Sobol said she was ending her run for parliament because of the Russian authorities’ decision to outlaw the FBK as an extremist organization.

Updated . The Ministry of Health of the Novosibirsk region said that the total number of victims of a fire at a gas station has grown to 28 people. At least 21 people were injured in a fire at a gas station in the Oktyabrsky district of Novosibirsk. The explosion of several gas tanks occurred on the afternoon of June 14 at the Evrogaz gas station on Gusinobrodskoye Highway.

Belarusian opposition journalist Roman Protasevich, who was arrested after the forced landing of a Ryanair passenger plane in Minsk last month, spoke at a Belarusian Foreign Ministry briefing at the national press center on June 14. In addition to giving detailed answers to questions from journalists about his health, Protasevich addressed allegations that he was abused and tortured in pre-trial custody. “I feel great, I’m in a great mood, I have no complaints.

FBK lawyer Lyubov Sobol announced that she is ending her campaign for her nomination for the State Duma elections. Her statement was published on Facebook. According to Sobol, the results of surveys of Moscow residents show that her activities are approved of more than candidates from United Russia. That is why the authorities passed a law banning members of extremist organizations from participating in elections, and then declared the FBK extremists, she writes.

St. Petersburg Governor Alexander Beglov has signed a decree on strengthening the city’s public health measures due to the spread of the coronavirus infection. The new restrictions will come into force on June 17 — the day after the Russian national men’s team is set to play Finland in its second match in the Euro 2020 soccer championship at St. Petersburg’s Gazprom Arena stadium.

The Belarusian Foreign Ministry held a briefing in the National Press Center with the participation of the former editor-in-chief of the NEXTA telegram channel Roman Protasevich, arrested by the Belarusian authorities after an emergency landing of the Ryanair flight in Minsk . Answering journalists' question about their health and assumptions that he was beaten and tortured in a pre -trial detention center, Protasevich said: “I feel great, I am in a great mood, I have no complaints.

The independent Russian television channel Dozhd has been removed from the Kremlin press pool, two sources from the channel told Meduza. This was later confirmed by Dozhd editor-in-chief Tikhon Dzyadko. “Yes, several weeks ago we were informed that our correspondent no longer works in the pool,” he said. Meduza notes that Dozhd’s correspondent hasn’t been taking part in Kremlin spokesman Dmitry Peskov’s daily press briefings since May 13.

The main thing from an interview with Vladimir Putin NBC News Maxim Blinov / Sputnik / AFP / Scanpix / Leta Vladimir Putin during an interview with the journalist of the NBC News TV channel Kir Simmons On the eve of the summit with Joe Bayden in Geneva, Vladimir Putin gave in the Kremlin a great interview with NBC News journalist Kira Simmonsu. On June 14, the American television channel published the English version of the conversation.

Industrial enterprises in Moscow will continue to work as usual during the non-working days announced by the authorities. This was stated by Deputy Mayor of Moscow for Economic Policy Vladimir Yefimov. According to him, long days off are introduced, first of all, for office workers. However, Moscow's "factories, continuous cycle enterprises, strategic industries, life support organizations and essential services" will continue to operate as usual.

The Moscow authorities revealed “gross violations” of sanitary standards at the concert of the Zveri group, held on June 12 at the Megasport Sports Palace. About this writes the agency "Moscow". So, on the approaches to the building, “large queues of people” were recorded.