At a State Duma meeting where the bill banning “gender reassignment” was being considered , Russian Health Minister Mikhail Murashko reported that Russian President Vladimir Putin had given the order to create, on the basis of the federal psychiatric center, “an additional institute for the study of not only these, but also a number of behavioral areas, including social behavior” (quoted by Mediazona ).

The leaders of several African countries who will soon visit Russia and Ukraine have developed "confidence measures" for a ceasefire between Moscow and Kiev. This was reported by Reuters agency, which got acquainted with the draft document.

Marcus Yam / La Times / Getty Images, in which the Buddha statue was located. September 5, 2022 In 2001, the Taliban Islamic movement, a few years before that seized power in Afghanistan, destroyed two giant Buddha statues carved in a rock in a Bamian valley. Again, having come to power in more than 20 years, the Taliban radically changed their attitude towards ancient monuments - and now they consider the valley as a potential source of income and plan to make it a tourist attraction.

How Russia’s ultranationalist LDPR party tried and failed to make arms dealer Viktor Bout a serious political figure Viktor Bout at a meeting of the Zaporizhzhia branch of the Liberal Democratic Party of Russia in the village of Kyrylivka Late last year, the right-wing nationalist Liberal Democratic Party of Russia (LDPR) held an “all-Russian convention” that featured an unexpected guest: arms dealer Viktor Bout , who had returned to Russia from the U.S.

Everything is fine with the head of the Main Intelligence Directorate of the Ministry of Defense of Ukraine Kirill Budanov. This was stated by GUR representative Andrei Yusov, commenting on a report by the Russian state agency RIA Novosti that Budanov was wounded as a result of a Russian strike. RIA Novosti referred to an employee of Russian security forces, who, in turn, referred to a source in Ukrainian intelligence.

Political scientist Graeme Robertson on the Russian opposition, why it attracts ‘disagreeable’ people, and how to turn them into a coalition Stephane de Sakutin / AFP / Scanpix / LETA A standing line to visit a model of Alexey Navalny’s penal cell installed in Paris and spray-painted with portraits of Russia’s imprisoned opposition leaders: Ilya Yashin, Navalny himself, Vladimir Kara-Murza, and the Yakut shaman Alexander Gabyshev. March 14, 2023.

The head of Chechnya, Ramzan Kadyrov, said that the West-Akhmat battalion had begun guarding the Russian border in the Belgorod region and "countering Ukrainian sabotage groups." This was reported in his telegram channel.

Mykhailo Podolyak, adviser to the president of Ukraine, has said that Ukraine’s counteroffensive has not yet begun and that Ukrainian troops’ offensive operations are currently aimed at identifying weaknesses in the Russian army. Russian president Vladimir Putin said on June 9 that the counteroffensive had started. “We have not yet started the counteroffensive as such, though Russia is saying ‘We’ve already won, we’ve already repelled the counteroffensive,’” Podolyak said.

Channel First Channel Channel Channel Konstantin Ernst spoke at the St. Petersburg Economic Forum (read here what is happening there). He spoke about the cinema, saying that "Hollywood has been producing so much shit for the past 15 years that, in general, he could compete with the 1972 Gorky studio." In 1972, in addition to others, such films were released by Gorky Studios as “... and the dawns here are quiet” directed by Stanislav Rostotsky and Vasily Shukshin's “stove-stoves”.

And yes, this is still called the "Economic Forum" The annual St. Petersburg International Economic Forum was opened on June 14. In 2023, a year and a half after the beginning of the full-scale Russian-Ukrainian war, it takes place under the slogan “Sovereign Development is the basis of a fair world. We will combine efforts in the name of future generations.

The Swiss National Council (one of the two houses of parliament) has approved the decommissioning of 25 Leopard 2 tanks, SRF and Basler Zeitung report . If the Council of Cantons (the second chamber of parliament) also approves this decision, then Switzerland will be able to re-export the tanks to Germany, and the German authorities will be able to transfer them to Ukraine. According to SRF, 132 deputies supported the decommissioning of tanks in the National Council, 59 opposed.

Almost half of the Russians who left the country after the announcement of mobilization returned to Russia. This statement was made by Russian presidential aide Maxim Oreshkin at the St. Petersburg Economic Forum, reports . RBC “Almost half of those who left in the fall have already returned. The broad optimism of the population is important. The level of optimism of the population is at record highs. It is important that this trend does not reverse," he said.

Chairman of the Human Rights Council under the President of the Russian Federation Valery Fadeev said that he would not object if the majority of Russians were in favor of lifting the moratorium on the death penalty in Russia. He said this in an interview with the Daily Storm on the sidelines of the St. Petersburg International Economic Forum. “I have always opposed the death penalty, primarily for religious reasons.

Mikhail Podolyak, adviser to the head of the office of the President of Ukraine, said that the Ukrainian counteroffensive had not yet begun, the troops were conducting offensive operations in order to identify weaknesses in the defense of the Russian army. He said this on the air of the telethon, reports . Strana.ua “We have not yet launched a counteroffensive as such, and Russia says:“ We have already won, we have already repulsed the counteroffensive, ”Podolyak said.

The main thing from the report of McKinsey Spencer Platt / Getty Images / AFP / Scanpix / Leta robot prepares coffee in a bar in New York. May 31, 2023 The world boom of generative artificial intelligence will cause the growth of many sectors of the economy, but will also lead to “deep shocks” for mental workers . This conclusion is contained in the new report of the McKinsey consulting company. Bloomberg retells its main provisions.