Alexey Roshchin “Funny - in the already familiar genre of Soviet absurdity - the story with the film“ Rocketman ”about Elton John. They brought a biographical film to the country about one of the most famous open homosexuals in the modern world - and carefully cut out of it all homosexual scenes,” writes a social psychologist in the “Live Journal” .

As a result of the explosions of TNT at the Crystal company in Dzerzhinsk, the Nizhny Novgorod Region (part of the Rostec State Corporation), where administrative buildings collapsed on June 1, the number of victims increased to 116 people. Of these, 18 people were hospitalized, said the deputy head of the Ministry of Emergencies of the Russian Federation, Viktor Yatsuzenko at a selector meeting at the ministry on Monday, June 3. Among the victims there is a child.

Russian Prime Minister Dmitry Medvedev instructed to work out the creation of a single database for all departments following the example of the Federal Tax Service. He stated this at a meeting with the head of Rosfinmonitoring Yuri Chikhanchin. The transcript of the conversation is published on the official website of the government. “The tax service has done a lot to digitalize these processes,” the prime minister said.

The Federal Antimonopoly Service (AFC) did not find signs of violation of the law on the protection of competition in the actions of the Ministry of Culture of the Russian Federation due to the transfer of the Russian premiere of the Blockbuster Avengers: Final from April 24 to April 24.

The Chinese company Huawei, which came under sanctions from the American authorities and lost partnerships with a number of companies, including Google and ARM, is forced to adapt to new realities. According to The Verge , due to its “toxic” reputation, Huawei has decided to sell its underwater Internet cable business. The company also reduced its smartphone production volumes. According to the Financial Times , Huawei sold the company to Huawei Marine Systems, in which it owns a 51% stake.

On June 3, the UN International Court in the Hague began to consider Russia's objections regarding the court of jurisdiction of the consideration of the Ukrainian claim against Russia to supposedly financing Moscow. The Russian side intends to prove the lack of jurisdiction of this body to consider this court case, which will last until June 7.

The number of victims of the attack of Sudanese security forces on the camp of demonstrators, which was organized in the center of the capital of the country, Khartum, was at least 30 people. Such data are quoted by Reuters with reference to representatives of the committee of doctors, speaking on the side of the Sudanese opposition. They also indicated that the number of victims could increase, since not all information about the victims is at the disposal of this organization.

The Cameronic pupil of the Moscow Lokomotiv, Gael Ondua, announced the desire to receive a call to the Russian national football team. After a couple of months, he must receive citizenship of the Russian Federation. “I want to play for the Russian national team. Maybe I'm wrong, but it was the dream of my first coach at the Lokomotiv school. I have hard to make a decision. I lived in Russia for so many years, I like everything here: people, culture, situation.

The picture of the famous Russian artist Kuzma Petrov-Vodkin (1878-1939) "Still Still with Lilac" was sold at auction in the British capital for 9.3 million pounds (approximately $ 11.7 million), which became the record cost of the author’s work, TASS reports with reference to Christie's data. On Monday, the auction house opened a week of trading objects of Russian art in London.

The Prague City Court decided to issue Armenia the ex-president of the country, Sergey Sargsyan, Narek Sargsyan, the nephew detained in the Czech Republic, TASS reports with reference to the court of the Putis Market. “The court considered it possible to extradite Narek Sargsyan to Armenia,” she emphasized.

Officials of the Ministry of Construction proposed to abandon the mandatory installation of apartment heat meters in new buildings. The letter with such a proposal was sent to the Ministry of Energy, the Ministry of Economic Development and the FAS, and soon this issue will be discussed at a meeting of the interdepartmental working group, writes the Russian Newspaper .

The head of the Board of Directors of Renova, billionaire Victor Vekselberg, gave an interview to The Financial Times , in which he spoke about his life and experiences after he got into the US sanctions list . "People say: you have so many business in Russia, you are famous in Russia, you are not under European sanctions. Why are you worried about? But for me this is a total crisis in life. This is not about money, not about business.

Russia threatens the removal from participation in the 2020 Olympic Games due to the next doping scandal, says the British newspaper The Sunday Times . In the center of the scandal was the athlete of Danila Lysenko, who is engaged in height jumping. It is argued that senior officials from the All -Russian Athletics Federation (VFLA) went to fake documents in order to hide doping violations on the part of the athlete, which is considered a contender for the gold of games in Tokyo.

ESIM technology in the existing technical configuration contradicts the initiative about the introduction of domestic cryptography on SIM cards. This is stated in the analytical report of the Institute for Research of the Internet (III), prepared with the participation of the Ministry of Communications, the FSB, the Federal Antimonopoly Service (FAS), Vimpelcom, MTS, Megafon and the Scientific and Production Company "Cryptonite", Kommersant writes.

The goal of the striker of the Italian Juventus Cristiano Ronaldo against the English “Manchester United” (1: 2) in the match of the Champions League group-2018/19 was recognized as the best in the ended tournament. The Portuguese striker won the award for the best goal of the season for the second year in a row. The match between "Bianonrie" and "Red Devils" took place in November 2018. Ronaldo opened the score in this game with a wonderful rally blow after the transfer of Leonardo Bonucci.