Russian tourists forced to quarantine in Cuba after testing positive for COVID-19. Many say they tested negative in Russia. At least 137 Russian tourists who arrived in Cuba between June 30 and July 3 were forced to quarantine in their hotel rooms after testing positive for COVID-19. As of July 5, at least 89 Russian nationals are still in isolation and awaiting the results of repeat PCR tests.

The goalkeeper of the NHL club Columbus Blue Jackets and the Latvian hockey team, Matis Edmunds Kivlenieks, died at the age of 24. This was reported by Columbus and the Latvian Hockey Federation . Izsakām visdziļāko līdzjutību Latvijas izlases vārtsarga Matīsa Edmunda Kivlenieka tuviniekiem, draugiem un kolēģiem ar...

“Vkusville” removed an advertisement featuring a lesbian couple. Film director Vladimir Menshov has died. Jeff Bezos is no longer CEO of Amazon Good evening, This is Meduza's daily newsletter about the important news of the day. And on Mondays we also talk about what happened over the weekend.

The Commissioner for Human Rights in Russia, Tatyana Moskalkova, was hospitalized with a coronavirus infection. This was reported by sources TASS and RIA Novosti . The condition of 66-year-old Moskalkova is assessed as satisfactory, the TASS interlocutor said. At the end of April, the Ombudsman announced that she had been vaccinated against the coronavirus. In June, Tatyana Moskalkova announced that she had received numerous complaints about mandatory vaccinations.

The editor-in-chief of Pskovskaya Gubernia, Denis Kamalyagin, who was recognized as a "foreign agent," was summoned to the Economic Security Department of the Ministry of Internal Affairs for the Pskov Region. The journalist reported this to the publication Sever.Realii . The police explained that they had received a statement asking to check Kamalyagin under the article on giving a bribe to an official.

The price of September futures for Brent crude oil on the London ICE exchange rose above $77 per barrel on the evening of July 5. The last time a barrel of Brent cost more than $77 was on October 30, 2018, RBC writes . The current growth in quotes is due to disagreements within OPEC+ . On July 5, the countries participating in the agreement postponed indefinitely the meeting at which it was planned to discuss increasing oil production.

Artem Geodakyan / TASS President Vladimir Putin signed off on a new national security strategy for Russia on July 3. This latest version builds upon the ideas contained in the previous strategy , which was signed into law on December 31, 2015. Even then, Putin proclaimed that Russia is surrounded by enemies who are trying to infringe upon the country using methods ranging from military pressure to the spread of extremist ideas. But the latest charter goes further still.

From July 19 in England it is planned to lift most of the restrictions imposed due to the coronavirus. The final decision on this issue will be made on July 12. This was stated by British Prime Minister Boris Johnson, reports "BBC". In particular, the mandatory wearing of masks and keeping a distance, restrictions on the number of people who can gather together indoors and outdoors, and mandatory work from home will be canceled. All restrictions on business operations will also be lifted.

Your Browser Does Not Support the Audio Element. Putin signed a new national security strategy - the West is named among the main threats there. What is it really worth being afraid of Russia? On July 3, Russian President Vladimir Putin signed a decree approving a new national security strategy. This document complements the strategy already adopted in 2015 and calls new threats to the country.

Tests done on the island revealed they had covid. And the tests made in Russia are not In Cuba, isolated many Russian tourists who arrived on the island in late June and early July. This decision was made based on the results of tests for coronavirus, which the Russians did at the airport after arrival. Among the passengers of the June 30 flight, tests showed a positive result in 133 people (according to the results of a second analysis, COVID-19 was confirmed in 33 people).

Russian President Vladimir Putin has promised assistance to Tajikistan in connection with the worsening situation on the border between Tajikistan and Afghanistan, where, following the withdrawal of American troops , the Taliban movement has launched an offensive against government forces.

The Russian Orthodox Church approves the decision of the Vkusvill supermarket chain to stop advertising with the participation of a lesbian couple. This was stated by Vakhtang Kipshidze, Deputy Chairman of the Synodal Department for Church Relations with Society and the Media of the Moscow Patriarchate. “Very good news is that Vkusvill made the only right, reasonable decision to stop advertising same-sex cohabitation,” RIA Novosti quotes Kipshidze’s post on the telegram channel.

Russian national Yegor Dudnikov, who has been in pre-trial detention in Minsk since May, has complained about the poor conditions of detention and the deterioration of his health, his mother and lawyer told the independent television channel Dozhd. “At the moment I know that his condition has worsened: the weather and the consequences of beatings during detention have had a very negative effect on his health,” said his mother, Yulia Dudnikova.

Tbilisi Pride calls off ‘March for Dignity’ following violent attacks in Georgia’s capital Irakli Gedenidze / Reuters / Scanpix / LETA Anti-Pride demonstrators outside the Tbilisi Pride office on July 5, 2021 LGBTQ+ activists from Tbilisi Pride were forced to cancel a march planned for the evening of Monday, July 5, following violent attacks by counter demonstrators in the Georgian capital.

Amazon founder Jeff Bezos has stepped down as the company's CEO. It is reported by The Verge with reference to information on the site for investors Amazon. Investor filings list Andy Jesse, who previously headed Amazon Web Services, as the company's new CEO. Bezos was the CEO of Amazon for exactly 27 years - from the day the company was founded on July 5, 1994. He now serves as executive chairman of Amazon's board of directors.