A letter in defense of the head of the Chechen branch of "Memorial" Oyub Titiev was handed over today to the presidential administration. It was signed by 60 well-known figures of art and science, journalists, and representatives of the clergy. The authors of the letter demand that the investigation against Titiev be transferred to the federal level.

Following Armenia, Tbilisi came out in the square - the protest is contagious, although everywhere for him his reasons Photo: Twitter / #Newstbilisi 50 years after May-1968 and Prague Spring-again the revolution. Peaceful Armenian - according to Karl Marx, from poverty and from the fact that the deception was tired. Tbilisi - according to Seymur Lipset, in defense and in continuation of the lifestyle of the new middle class. And only the Russian revolution is sexy, according to Sigmund Freud.

The European Court of Human Rights registered Telegram's complaint against a fine of 800 thousand rubles. for refusing to provide the FSB with encryption keys for users' messages. “The ECHR registered our complaint against a fine of 800 thousand rubles, and was also notified of the court decision that authorized the blocking of Telegram. We were offered to file a full complaint about this on a separate form," told TASS .

Alisher Usmanov was in the top ten of the richest people in the UK, coming in eighth with a fortune of £10.5 billion (approximately $14.2 billion). According to The Sunday Times, the founder and main shareholder of USM Holdings has dropped three steps compared to last year - in 2017, Usmanov was on the fifth line of the list. Usmanov's fortune decreased by £1.2 billion (about $1.6 billion), Interfax reports .

The number of Russians who believe that the country is in international isolation has reached its maximum (56%), according to a Levada Center survey. Vedomosti writes that the number of those who are concerned about Russia’s isolation has grown by 12% over the past year. The number of respondents who believe that Russia needs to strengthen ties with the West decreased by the same 12% (from 66 to 54%).

On Friday, May 14, 1948, at four in the afternoon, in the building of the Rothschild Boulevard in Tel Aviv, the state of Israel was proclaimed. It still wages the struggle for its survival Photo: Alinari/Photas The head of the Jewish agency for Palestine, David Ben-Gurion, read out the Declaration of Independence: “Forcibly expelled from their homeland, the Jewish people remained faithful to her ...

How America came out of a “bad” nuclear deal with Iran and why as a result, the world can get a big war in the Middle East Photo: Pixabay / Gerealt On April 30, 2018, French President Emmanuel Macron, ascending on board the A-330-200 presidential aircraft, who was supposed to take him away to distant Australia, contacted Vladimir Putin on the phone (the video clip of this conversation then Macron later posted on his Twitter).

The Central Bank plans to change the basic MTPL tariffs and coefficients for them from August 31. The regulator prescribed this date in the draft instructions on the basic rates of MTPL tariffs. According to Vedomosti , which has read a copy of the document, the draft Central Bank does not indicate the amounts of the minimum and maximum base rates of compulsory motor insurance policies, territorial coefficients and coefficients depending on the age and experience of the driver.

The head of the council of the Center for Strategic Research, former Finance Minister Alexei Kudrin, after a meeting of the United Russia faction, said that he agreed to take the post of chairman of the Accounts Chamber. According to Kommersant , Kudrin said that Russian President Vladimir Putin was informed about the appointment, but they did not speak personally. No other staffing offers were made to him.

Acting Deputy Prime Minister of the Russian Federation Arkady Dvorkovich has been nominated to the board of directors of JSC Russian Railways, follows from a government decree. According to Interfax , his position is not indicated in the document. As previously reported, Dvorkovich was not named among the members of the new government.

The dialogue between the authorities and society was finally archaized, moving to the street: other means of communication no longer work Photo: Twitter / RFI in Russian The beginning of May in Russia is the time of mass shares. To the traditional demonstrations organized by the authorities of May 1 and 9, this year, protest events on May 5, held in dozens of cities of Russia, and the capital's rally “Free Internet” on May 13 were added .

The speakers of both chambers of parliament, Vyacheslav Volodin and Valentina Matviyenko, and representatives of all Duma factions developed and submitted to the Duma a bill on criminal liability for the enforcement of sanctions by foreign states on Russian territory.

The measure of restraint for the former director of the Gogol Center, Alexei Malobrodsky, will be changed from arrest on bail, the Investigative Committee of the Russian Federation reported. “The corresponding decision was announced to the accused, who is currently in a medical facility.

The opening ceremony of the American embassy is taking place in the capital of Israel, Jerusalem. According to RTVI , the US delegation included Deputy Secretary of State John Sullivan and dozens of congressmen and senators. The ceremony was also attended by senior advisers to the President of the United States Ivanka Trump and her husband Jared Kushner. Donald Trump himself, who recognized Jerusalem as the capital of Israel in 2017, did not attend the ceremony.

Cooperation between Rosneft and the Italian Eni on exploration on the Russian shelf may be terminated due to US sanctions. According to Kommersant , this follows from the financial statements of the companies' joint ventures prepared in May. “U.S. sanctions against Russia, introduced in September 2017, which involve the imposition of secondary sanctions on non-U.S.