The Ministry of Culture and Information Policy of Ukraine initiated the creation of a special council that "will deal with the issues of de-Russification, decommunization and decolonization." This is stated on the ministry's Facebook page.

The city of Melitopol in the Zaporozhye region, captured by Russian troops, was visited by the first deputy head of the presidential administration of Russia, Sergei Kiriyenko. This was stated by Galina Danilchenko, who is described by Russian state media as "the head of the military-civilian administration of Melitopol." “Sergey Vladilenovich Kiriyenko visited our city of Melitopol on a working visit.

Poland will sign one of the largest arms contracts in 30 years. It will be sent to Ukraine. Polish Prime Minister Mateusz Morawiecki announced this on Facebook. “We are signing one of the largest arms contracts in the last 30 years for the sale of weapons to Ukrainians so that they can defend themselves against Russia. The weapons we sell are tested and we know they will be very effective on the battlefield,” Morawiecki wrote.

The Russian Ministry of Justice explained to political scientist Ekaterina Shulman why she received the status of "foreign agent." Shulman spoke about this on the air of the "Status" program on the YouTube channel "Zhivoy Gvozd," which is hosted by the former team of the closed radio station "Ekho Moskvy." You will be surprised, but there is such a concept in the legislation as indirect foreign financing.

The authorities decided to abandon the Bologna system for universities. Medusa talked with scientists and professors about what it threatens Kirill Kukhmar / TASS At the end of May, the Minister of Science and Higher Education of the Russian Federation Valery Falkov said that Russia was leaving the Bologna system of higher education . She began to operate in Russia in 2004 and implied that Russia would be included in the European education system with comparable standards.

Starting June 8, individuals who are residents of Russia will be able to transfer up to 150,000 US dollars per month to their own account in a foreign bank or to another person abroad. This was announced by the Central Bank of Russia. The same amount can be transferred abroad by non-residents - individuals from "friendly" countries. Prior to this, the limit on transfers abroad for residents of Russia and non-residents from "friendly countries" was 50 thousand dollars per month.

The Basmanny Court of Moscow has arrested for two months in the murder case of Maxim Ivankin, previously convicted in the "Network" case . This was reported by the publication "Vot Tak" with reference to the court's press service and Ivankin's wife Anna Shalunkina. Ivankin was transferred to Moscow from a prison colony in Penza, where he was serving his sentence in the "Network" case.

Bizarre exhibition at Moscow’s Victory Museum attempts to draw comparisons between Nazi Germany and modern-day Ukraine Artem Geodakian / TASS When announcing the start of Russia’s full-scale invasion of Ukraine, Vladimir Putin justified the “special military operation” by invoking World War II. Russian officials and propagandists on state television have been echoing Putin’s claims about the need to “demilitarize and denazify Ukraine” ever since.

A court in Sudak sentenced pensioner Valeria Goldenberg to two years in a penal colony, who was accused of desecrating the grave of a Russian soldier killed in Ukraine. This was reported by the Ukrainian publication Grati, citing her lawyer. As Grati wrote , Valeria Goldenberg is a native of Poltava, living in Crimea since the 2000s. After the peninsula was annexed by Russia, she wanted to leave for Ukraine, but never did so, not wanting to "sit on the neck" of her daughter.

Because of the post on Instagram with videos where Mariupol is fired and where Putin almost pronounces the word "war" Pavel Kashaev / Alamy / Vida Press The Russian authorities put the writer Dmitry Glukhovsky on the wanted list. The card with his data appeared in the basis of the search for the Ministry of Internal Affairs, and drew attention to the Mediazon . The card states that Glukhovsky is wanted in a criminal case, but it is not reported by which.

Your Browser Does Not Support the Audio Element. What do the army officers and the FSB think about the war? Journalists say Irina Borogan and Andrey Soldatov (the same one that Russia has put on the wanted list) On June 6, journalist Andrei Soldatov, who, together with his wife, journalist Irina Borogan, has been writing about Russian special services for many years, he said that he had a criminal case.

Yuri Kochetkov / EPA / Scanpix / Leta According to Rosstat, in March, the average salary in Russia grew by almost 21% (in annual terms ) - this was not more than 13 years old . The statistics service claims that Russians earned 57,344 rubles on average, and in March - already 66,757 rubles. About how it is possible against the backdrop of war and sanctions, Medusa talked with economist Evgeny Gontmacher. Evgeny Gontmamer - Why did the average salary grow so sharply?

The prosecution has asked for a 20-year sentence in a maximum security penal colony for businessman Dmitry Mikhalchenko, who is involved in a case of embezzlement during the construction of the Russian presidential residence in Novo-Ogaryovo, Interfax reports. The prosecutor asked for Andrei Kaminov, the former director of the FSO- subordinate enterprise Ateks, to be imprisoned for 18 years, and for Sergei Litvinov, the former head of the Stroyfasad company, to be imprisoned for 17 years.

Leon Lord / Fuji Sun / AFP / Scanpix / Leta Amadeia yacht in the Lautoka port on Fiji. April 13, 2022 Representatives of the US authorities seized the Amadeia Super Hituations at Fiji , which supposedly belongs to the Russian senator and billionaire Suleiman Kerimov. According to the Associated Press, the Fiji Supreme Court canceled a decision that did not allow the United States to seize a 106-meter boat worth $ 325 million.

Singer Manizha said that she was “removed” from the Stereoleto festival, which will take place in St. Petersburg on June 12-13. Manizha did not say who made this decision and why. This is also unclear from the message on the festival's social media page, according to which the performance is cancelled for reasons "beyond the control" of the organizers.