The Basmanny Court of Moscow sent the former Deputy Minister of Culture of the Russian Federation Grigory Pirumov into custody. He is accused of embezzling 450 million rubles. on the construction of the Hermitage buildings. The former official was arrested for almost 2 months, until July 16, RBC reports . The head of the Rospan group of companies, Nikita Kolesnikov, and the former director of property management of the Ministry of Culture, Boris Mazo, are also figureheads in this case.

In the updated Cabinet, Vladimir Medinsky and Olga Vasilieva kept the posts. The most unexpected appointments: Dmitry Patrushev at the head of the Ministry of Agriculture and Evgeny Zinichev at the head of the Ministry of Emergencies Photo: TVC.ru On Friday, the main May intrigue was allowed: what will be the updated government of Dmitry Medvedev, who retained the post of prime minister. Medvedev presented his candidates on the air of the Goskanalov Goskanals to President Vladimir Putin.

The President of Russia and the German Chancellor discussed the construction of the Nord Stream 2 gas pipeline in Sochi today. Vladimir Putin said he would fight to promote the project. As Interfax reports from a press conference following the talks, Putin called Nord Stream 2 beneficial for Russia and noted that US President Donald Trump is promoting the supply of American liquefied gas to the European market. According to him, Russian gas can cost the EU countries cheaper.

The Moscow City Court will consider a complaint about the blocking of the Telegram messenger in Russia on June 14. The Tagansky District Court said that the company's lawyers had eliminated the shortcomings of the appeal. This was reported by the Moskva agency with reference to the press service of the court. the information on his telegram channel .

US Ambassador to Russia Jon Huntsman will not speak at the St. Petersburg International Economic Forum, which kicks off next week. this Huntsman announced in a video on the embassy's Twitter page. “While I will not be participating in any panel discussions at SPIEF, I will be meeting with a large number of people to discuss the way forward,” he said, adding that dialogue is the only way to progress.

The tightening of US anti-Russian sanctions could lead to a recession in the country's economy if restrictions are extended to systemically important companies. This was stated by Morgan Stanley analysts. According to RBC with reference to the forecast of the bank, as a result of the recession, the country's GDP may decrease by 0.5% by the end of the year. The negative effect will not be able to offset even the rise in oil prices to $70 per barrel.

Investigators discovered attempts to hide the fact of a helicopter crash in the Stavropol Territory. Unknown persons using a tractor covered the crash site and the Mi-2 itself with earth. According to the telegram channel of the Investigative Committee of the Russian Federation, forensic specialists managed to dig out the burnt parts of the helicopter, which by that time had not had time to cool down after the fall and fire.

Former GRU Colonel Sergei Skripal has been discharged from a hospital in Salisbury. It is reported by Sky News. The information was confirmed by the British National Health Service. Skripal's daughter Yulia was discharged on April 9. Sergei and Yulia Skripal were poisoned in Salisbury on 4 March. The British authorities said that a Novichok-class nerve agent was used against a former GRU colonel and his daughter. This was later confirmed by OPCW experts.

President Vladimir Putin approved the composition of the new cabinet. The list of ministers at a meeting in Sochi was announced to him by Prime Minister Dmitry Medvedev. on the approval of the new composition of the government reports Interfax . Evgeny Zinichev was appointed to the post of head of the Ministry of Emergency Situations, who was Vladimir Putin's security guard for 9 years, and then headed the FSB in the Kaliningrad region, moved to the post of acting. O.

Empires need heroes, and a Cossack in modern Russia is not just a man with a nagike who hits unarmed. He is a fighter with foreign heresies, a voluntary assistant to the police, and if necessary, then also a plane Photo: Inflaz.rf And the Templars in dusty helmets ... In the collapse of the scoop, the Cossacks suddenly became one of the symbols of "Russia, which we lost." And for some reason, Bard Alexander Rosenbaum became the main Cossack.

Boeing 737 airline Cubana de Aviacion crashed on takeoff from Havana airport. According to CNN , the crash was accompanied by fire and smoke. Nothing is known about the victims yet. According to the AP , there were 104 passengers on board. The plane was heading for the eastern city of Holguin and crashed between the airport in south Havana and the nearby city of Santiago de las Vegas.

The investigation asks to send under arrest the former Deputy Minister of Culture of the Russian Federation Grigory Pirumov. He is suspected of stealing money allocated for the construction of the Hermitage buildings. Also, according to Interfax, the court asks for the arrest of another defendant in this case, the head of the Rospan group of companies, Nikita Kolesnikov. Both were arrested the day before.

Sometimes the expeditions into the past end unexpectedly: it is amazing, but the Muscovy of the 17th century was very similar to our today's “Moscow kingdom” Photo: The New Times Studio The expectation of the arrival of the Antichrist, followed by the Apocalypse, is an almost integral plot of folk Russian life during the time of Moscow Rus'. Mass psychosis on this basis became especially strong at the next line of centuries or in the transfer or other transition of power.

At the Perm airport "Bolshoe Savino" during acceleration on the runway, the engine of a MiG-31 fighter caught fire. As eyewitnesses of the incident told Kommersant-Perm , the pilots were able to stop the car 300 meters after the start of the run, leave it and evacuate on their own to a safe distance. Arriving firefighters extinguished the fighter. According to the portal 59.ru , the fighter broke out already during takeoff.

The Investigative Committee stopped the criminal prosecution of the Moscow mathematician Dmitry Bogatov, who was accused of calling for terrorism and attempting to organize mass riots. This was reported by an Interfax source , without specifying on what grounds the case was closed. Earlier it was reported that experts from the forensic center of the Ministry of Internal Affairs found no evidence of the mathematician's guilt. Bogatov was arrested in April 2017.