What fuels the Russian authorities’ perpetual legitimacy crisis Sergey Karpov / TASS The Russian authorities’ designation of various nonprofit organizations, news outlets, and even individuals as “foreign agents” is part of a broader process that the state initiated long ago to reorder society.

Meduza looks into why Moscow police arrested four Pussy Riot activists in a single day Maria Alyokhina’s personal archive Pussy Riot activist Maria Alyokhina Four Pussy Riot activists were handed 15-day jail sentences in Moscow on June 23, along with four of their friends. Meanwhile, another Pussy Riot member, Veronika Nikulshina, was already serving time on similar misdemeanor charges. All of the detainees were jailed for allegedly disobeying police officers or for minor hooliganism.

In Russia, for the first time, a person has been identified who was infected with the AY.1 coronavirus strain, known as delta plus. This was reported to Fontanka by Daria Danilenko, deputy director for research at the Smorodintsev Research Institute of Influenza in St. Petersburg. “This is a single case and most likely imported,” Danilenko said.

Kevin Frayer / Getty Images China is preparing to celebrate the century since the founding of the Communist Party, which is officially celebrated on July 1. About a week before the festive celebrations in Beijing, Tiananmen Square was closed, where in 1989, mass shares were held against the communist regime suppressed by force. But they opened the new party museum - and this is what they show in it.

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In the center of the city of Würzburg in Bavaria, a gunman attacked people with a knife, killing three and injuring six others, according to the German tabloid Bild. The same data is provided by the Main Post, citing sources in the police. The police confirmed that there were dead and wounded as a result of the attack, but did not give the exact number. The police said that they detained the suspect, but there is no information about the accomplices.

Moscow Deputy Mayor Anastasia Rakova said in an interview with Channel One that about 15% of patients with COVID-19 in the city's hospitals are in intensive care. It is important to say that the number of people who are hospitalized is increasing. And according to this indicator, we also crossed the Rubicon and reached a new anti-record.

But even this is done with violations Evgeny Feldman Opposition policy Ilya Yashin was not allowed to advance to the benefits of the Moscow City Duma, a little earlier a similar story happened with Oleg Stepanov, who decided to participate in the elections to the State Duma. In both cases, the reason was named a new law that deprives the right to elect those people who are involved in extremist organizations - and the FBK and headquarters of Navalny were allegedly recognized as such.

Moscow’s Preobrazhensky District Court has rejected Alexey Navalny’s lawsuit against the administration of the Matrosskaya Tishina remand prison, his lawyer Vadim Kobzev told the state news agency TASS on June 25. Navalny’s claim challenged the remand prison commission’s decision to preventatively register him as “liable to escape.” This decision was made on February 18, 2021, when the opposition politician was still in pre-trial custody in Moscow.

We tell you whether it is possible to hand over a ticket and return the money Dmitry Feoktistov / TASS / Scanpix / Leta Krasnodar Territory. Rest on Imeretinskaya Embankment in Adler The resorts of the Krasnodar Territory promise to let only vaccinated Judging by official figures , the incidence in the Krasnodar Territory from the end of May increased by more than 30%. In recent days, 120–130 new cases and from 12 to 19 deaths from coronavirus are registered daily in the region.

The Preobrazhensky District Court of Moscow rejected the claim of Alexei Navalny against the administration of the Matrosskaya Tishina pre-trial detention center, Vadim Kobzev, the politician's lawyer, told TASS. Navalny asked to declare illegal the decision of the detention center commission, which on February 18, 2021 put him on a preventive register as prone to escape. The defense pointed out that registration could prevent his parole.

On June 23, Meduza asked readers to share their opinions on Russia’s attempts to defeat the latest coronavirus surge. Among other things, we asked about mandatory vaccination, temporary lockdown restrictions, and whether or not the Russian authorities should allow the import of foreign vaccines. Nearly 56,000 Meduza readers responded to the survey (and we’re very grateful for your help, thank you!).

The Federation of Independent Trade Unions of Russia and the Russian Union of Industrialists and Entrepreneurs (RSPP) have appealed to the Russian government to make mandatory vaccination against coronavirus for the entire adult population of the country.

The Investigative Committee of Belarus reported that opposition Belarusian journalist Roman Protasevich and his girlfriend, Russian citizen Sofia Sapega, who were detained after the emergency landing of a Ryanair plane in Minsk, have decided to enter into a pre-trial agreement on cooperation with the investigation and are giving “consistent confessions.” In the petition they filed, among other things, they agreed to "expose accomplices and do everything possible to make amends for the damage

In the Kaliningrad region, a family of wild boars, consisting of about a dozen individuals, walked along the coast of the Baltic Sea. This is reported by the telegram channel "Mobile Reporter". However, according to other sources , it is happening on the other side of the Baltic - in Germany. And according to others, in general in Poland . First, the animals soaked their hooves in the water, and then ran across the sand.