US President Joe Biden has signed a law making Juneteenth a national holiday in honor of the abolition of slavery. Why June 19? On June 19, 1865, a few days before the end of the American Civil War, Texas, one of the largest slave states, declared all slaves free. President Abraham Lincoln had formally banned slavery in the southern states two years earlier, but the decree had been implemented inconsistently.

Voting in the elections in September 2021 will take place over three days - September 17, 18 and 19, the Central Election Commission of Russia announced. On September 17 and 18, Interfax reports with reference to the CEC resolution, it was decided “to hold a vote for voters who live (are) in settlements and places where there are no voting premises and transport links with which are difficult.” September 19 will be the main election day. In 2021, September 19 is a single voting day.

Poets from the Kanevsky District Court have spent years inventing rhyming news headlines. And then (alas) they got shy and deleted everything The press service of the Kanevsky District Court of the Krasnodar Territory employs very creative people who express themselves in verse. Even when they come up with headlines for quite serious news or interviews.

Your Browser Does Not Support the Audio Element. Why in Israel, Great Britain and the USA managed to vaccinate so many people, but in Russia - no? And how can you cope with distrust of vaccinations? In Russia, a sharp surge in coronavirus diseases. According to official figures, for June 17, more than 17 thousand people infected the virus. Most cases in Moscow - 9056 cases were recorded . This is the maximum that was recorded in one day, from the beginning of the pandemic.

Participants of illegal schemes are threatened with dismissal and criminal cases Mikhail Metzel / TASS / Scanpix / Leta After a decision on the mandatory vaccination of trade workers and services, the Moscow authorities began to tighten control over the issuance of certificates of coronavirus vaccinations. The Moscow Department of Health told Medusa that they conduct checks for each message about the illegal issuance of the certificate.

Answers Alexander Baunov (carnegie.ru) Mikhail Metzel / TASS / Scanpix / Leta The meeting of Russian President Vladimir Putin and US President Joe Bayden is, of course, the main foreign policy event of the week. But according to its results, the impression may have that nothing significant has actually happened.

United Russia Deputy of the Magadan City Duma Alexander Kramarenko was suspected of illegal hunting in Chukotka because of a photograph of about 200 dead birds in the background that appeared on social networks in late May. Now he could face up to five years in prison, writes . Novaya Gazeta In the photograph, which first appeared on the Hunt in Siberia Instagram public on May 19, a man with a gun poses against the backdrop of dead ducks.