Prime Minister Mikhail Mishustin instructed the heads of federal authorities to organize vaccination and revaccination against coronavirus among employees. This was reported by sources RBC , RIA Novosti and TASS . The instruction was given following a meeting of the Cabinet of Ministers on June 17, one of RBC's interlocutors specified.

Rector of the National Research Nuclear University MEPhI Mikhail Strikhanov resigned. Vladimir Shevchenko became the acting rector; he will take office on July 3. Interfax reports this with reference to the Ministry of Education and Science. Shevchenko graduated from MEPhI in 1996. He worked at the Kurchatov Institute, Heidelberg and Utrecht Universities and at the Large Hadron Collider at the European Organization for Nuclear Research (CERN) in Geneva. Strikhanov has headed MEPhI since 2007.

From July 15, citizens of 73 countries will be able to enter Belarus without visas for paid vaccination against coronavirus. The corresponding decree was signed by Alexander Lukashenko, the press service of the Belarusian president reported. Visa-free entry for vaccination is permitted for up to five days. Lukashenko's press service did not specify which countries' citizens are eligible for this permission. His decree has not yet been published.

More than 20 State Duma lawmakers haven’t said a word in parliament since they were elected in 2016 Russian State Duma The Russian State Duma’s seventh convocation is coming to the end of its five-year term. And according to a new report from IStories and Znak.com, dozens of its deputies haven’t said a word in a parliamentary session since they were elected in 2016. Others haven’t put forward a single bill.

The head of Russia’s top-ranked university is stepping down after more than a quarter of a century on the job Sergey Savostyanov / TASS Yaroslav Kuzminov, the longtime head of Moscow’s Higher School of Economics (HSE), has resigned, the news outlet RBC reported on Thursday. Sources told the news agency TASS that Kuzminov planned for some time to step down and recently informed the school’s academic council about his decision, saying that he wants to focus on his own research.

From June 21 to June 27, 947 new cases of coronavirus were recorded in Finland - 400 cases more than a week earlier. This was stated by the Finnish Ministry of Social Affairs and Health. More than 40% of new cases of infection registered between June 21 and 27 are directly related to Euro 2020 matches in Russia, the agency noted. As of June 30, 386 football fans who returned to Finland after the Euro have tested positive for the coronavirus. These people infected another 50 people.

We begin to answer 4528 questions about Covid. We continue the Marathon "Summer Agents". We explain why rest in southern Russia is more expensive than in Turkey Good evening, This is the daily newsletter of "Medusa" about important news of the day. Today, for starters, there will be not good news, but good advice. We suddenly learned how to cut the onion and not to burst into tears. And in a hurry to share this knowledge with you.

The Department of the Ministry of Internal Affairs for Moscow commented on the brutal detention of a man on Pokrovka Street on the evening of June 30, which was filmed by Mediazona correspondent Nikita Sologub. to the press release . drew attention Mediazone Police said they received a report that an unknown man with a knife attacked an employee of a “public institution” in Pokrovka, after which he tried to escape. Law enforcement officers immediately went to the scene.

Svetlana Romashina and Svetlana Kolesnichenko, members of the Russian synchronized swimming team at the Tokyo Olympics, had to change the sketch of swimsuits for the Olympic program. This Romashina said RIA Novosti. She and Kolesnichenko will perform at the Games with the Kalinka program. The athletes planned to wear bear swimsuits, but they were not allowed to do so.

Universities and draft boards fight over Russia’s incoming graduate students Russian Defense Ministry / Instagram In a new investigative report , Novaya Gazeta journalist Alexandra Dzhordzhevich examines how Russia’s draft boards sometimes ignore conscription exceptions for university students, terrifying young people and sparking legal battles with schools.

As of July 1, 709 patients with COVID-19 were connected to artificial lung ventilation (ALV) devices in Moscow. This was announced by the Moscow operational headquarters for the fight against coronavirus. The number of patients with COVID-19 on mechanical ventilation in Moscow has increased by more than one and a half times in two weeks. As of June 14, there were 457 of them. 709 patients on mechanical ventilation is not a record high for Moscow.

Tell us how you and your loved ones survived it. We will publish some stories Pticelov / shutterstock In July 2021, our Meduzacare philanthropist support program is dedicated to stroke. This month we want to tell how to prevent a stroke and what to do if it still happened; And also - how a stroke affects the person himself and his loved ones. We know that almost all families in Russia faced a stroke, while its consequences can be very different. Tell us about your family experience.

Answers Tatyana Stanaya (carnegie.ru) Scanpix / Leta Vladimir Putin spent another straight line that lasted almost 4 hours. She was remembered by numerous technical problems, the president’s attempts to talk with videos, as well as his numerous medical councils. But political scientist Tatyana Stanovaya in an article for the Moscow Center of Carnegie notes that the president is increasingly given the role of a wizard who lives the problems of citizens live.

Comedian Bill Cosby was released from prison - and it’s hard to believe in it, because the court has already admitted that he was guilty of rape MATT SLOCUM / AP / Scanpix / Leta Bill Cosby after release The star of the 1980s, the actor and comedian Bill Cosby, who played the main role in the family "Cosby show" and received the nickname "American Dad", left prison after almost three years of imprisonment.

A look at LGBTQ rights in Russia, eight years after the introduction of the infamous ‘gay propaganda’ law Evgeny Feldman On December 19, 2012, LGBTQ+ rights activists staged a “Kissing Day” rally outside of the Russian State Duma in protest of the “gay propaganda” law. They were pelted with rotten eggs immediately after the demonstration began.