"Team 29" is no more. Interviews of lawyer Yevgeny Smirnov, now a former participant in this association Archive of Evgeny Smirnov In August 2021, the independent association of lawyers and journalists “team 29” was supposed to be seven years old. During this time, the Participants of “Team 29” became the main specialists in Russia in the protection of people accused of Gosizman. They led the FBK case on the recognition of the fund of an “extremist” organization.

She defended in the courts of the FBK and the accused of Gosomen. The Prosecutor General’s Office connects her with an “unwanted organization” from the Czech Republic Ivan Vodopyanov / Kommersant Head of “Team 29” Ivan Pavlov and his ally, lawyer Evgeny Smirnov. June 9, 2021 An independent association of lawyers and journalists “Team 29”, specializing in the protection of the accused in Gosizmen, announced its closure. “We are making a difficult decision on the termination of the“ team 29 ”.

In 2020, the number of drug-related deaths in Russia rose to 7,316 people, RBC reports citing Rosstat data. A year earlier, this figure was 4569 people. Thus, the death rate from drugs increased by 60% in a year. In 2016-2018, according to Rosstat, 4.4-4.8 thousand people died from drugs every year.

The independent human rights association of lawyers and journalists "Team 29" has announced that it is terminating its activities. This happened after Roskomnadzor blocked the organization’s website in Russia on July 16, citing the fact that it hosted materials from the Czech organization Spolecnost Svobody Informace. We have reviewed the [RKN] notice.

The police drew up an administrative report for petty hooliganism against Muscovite Anastasia Zavyalova, who filmed police officers detaining a child on Chistoprudny Boulevard, Mediazona reports. As the publication's journalist Polina Glukhova reported on Twitter, Zavyalova was detained on the evening of July 17. She was filming police officers taking a little girl, whose father had been detained for drinking alcohol, into a paddy wagon.

The Russian Rowing Federation has withdrawn its team from the Tokyo Olympics after two rowers tested positive for meldonium . Last week, athletes Nikita Morgachev and Pavel Sorin, who qualified for the Olympics, were excluded from the team on suspicion of doping. On July 18, the athletes' repeat doping tests were opened , and they confirmed the presence of meldonium. Along with Morgachev and Sorin, Nikolai Pimenov and Artem Kosov were registered for the competition in the quadruple sculls.

At the same time, athletes will be given 160 thousand condoms - but they are also asked not to use The athletes' rooms at the Tokyo Olympics will have special cardboard beds. Officially, the beds can withstand weights up to 200 kg, but are designed for one person and can allegedly break from sudden movements - Takeshi Kitajima, the manager of the Olympic village in Tokyo, noted that they should not be jumped on and “celebrated”.

American pop singer Britney Spears said that she refuses to perform as long as her life is controlled by her father James Spears. “I'm not going to be on any stages anytime soon as long as my dad controls what I wear, say, do or think. I have been doing this for the last 13 years,” the singer wrote on her Instagram. “This guardianship killed my dreams. All I have left is hope.

In Cannes, Body-Corror unexpectedly won-the French “Titan”, three films from Russia received prizes. Anton Dolin - about the results of the festival Anthony Harvey / Shutterstock / Vida Press Director of Titan Jureia Dyurno (in the center) with the main prize of the film festival. Next to her, Vincenn Lindon and Agatha Russel played in the film The 74th International Film Festival ended in Cannes.

Your Browser Does Not Support the Audio Element. Medusa found out what the charge against Sergei Furgal was being built on. These are very strange testimony of a key witness A year ago, the Governor of the Khabarovsk Territory Sergei Furgal was detained on charges of organizing two murders and one attempt of 15 years ago. The arrest of the head of the region provoked mass protests in the region, which did not stop for several months.

It looks unbelievable, but scientists urge not to worry On July 17, the village of Ust-Kamchatsk on the east coast of the peninsula was covered by swarming mosquitoes. “I left today early in the morning, and, you see, I got into the most“ collapse ”. I can’t say how heights these pillars seem to be to the very clouds. There were many of them, both in the village itself, and around. We always have such a misfortune in the middle of summer, and then only the rain passed, so they climbed.

How Germany is experiencing the strongest flood, during which more than 100 people died. Report "Medusa" Ina Fassbender / AFP / Scanpix / Leta city of Bad-Munster. July 16, 2021 In mid -July, in several European countries, the strongest rain was held . Germany was especially injured: more than 100 people were killed due to flooding, dozens of people are still considered missing.

Smoke from forest fires covered 51 settlements in the Republic of Sakha, including the capital of the region, Yakutsk, Interfax reports. According to the Ministry of Emergency Situations, 187 hotbeds of natural fires are currently registered in the republic. The Gorny, Suntarsky, Olekminsky, Lensky, Mirninsky, Tomponsky, Namsky, Khangalassky regions fell into the smoke zone. Because of the smoke, the Yakutsk airport stopped receiving and sending flights.

Pussy Riot member Veronika Nikulshina, released after her second administrative arrest in a month, has left Russia. She herself told the Dozhd TV channel about this, where until recently she had been broadcasting morning broadcasts. She cited the persecution of Pussy Riot members and repeated arrests under police disobedience as the reason for leaving the country. “The authorities are trying to say something,” Nikulshina believes.

"Medusa" publishes readers about the stroke - complete pain and love Svetlana.is / shutterstock In July, the topic of the month of our program to support the Meduzacare philanthropists is a stroke. We have already released several materials about this, and also asked readers to tell family stories related to a stroke - and received almost 200 messages.