Speculation that the detention of former Minister for Open Government Affairs Mikhail Abyzov was a continuation of the campaign against “systemic liberals” in power is the lot of “political scientists, quasi-political scientists, observers and idle onlookers,” said Russian presidential press secretary Dmitry Peskov.

It is planned that the Ministry of Telecom and Mass Communications will approve the concept for the development of the Internet of Things (IoT) in the Russian Federation: law enforcement agencies will be able to access information stored on IoT platforms, and its closed network will be created to protect the Russian segment of the Internet of Things in the country. It is reported by Kommersant .

The Central Election Commission handed over the mandate of the deputy of the State Duma of the Communist Party of the Russian Federation Zhores Alferov to the member of the Legislative Assembly of the Krasnoyarsk Territory Pyotr Medvedev.

Former Minister for Open Government Affairs Mikhail Abyzov, who was detained the day before, does not complain about the actions of investigators and FSB officers. Members of the public monitoring commission visited him in the temporary detention center. According to Moskovsky Komsomolets columnist and PMC member Eva Merkacheva, a police convoy delivered Abyzov and four other defendants in the case to the isolation ward at about 4 am, but due to a delay, they settled in the cells around 6 am.

The offshore Blacksiris, registered in Cyprus and appearing in the criminal case of former minister Mikhail Abyzov, began to change its registration data. This became known after Meduza requested information about the offshore company in the Cyprus registry. According to the extract, on March 27, the department received two applications to change the company’s registration data.

The joint venture between American Ford and Russian PJSC Sollers will be restarted from July 1 at the Yelabuga plant and will focus on the production and sales of Ford Transit light commercial vehicles, while the company's two Russian plants will be closed. The Russian company will receive 51% in the renewed joint venture, Ford Motor Company will have 49%, Interfax reports with reference to the joint message of the parties.

How the victory in the London arbitration will affect the fate of the prisoner Michael Kalvi - financier Oleg Vyugin NT: The International Arbitration Court in London in the dispute about the shares of Vostochny Bank decided in favor of the Russian investment fund Baring Vostok. The London arbitration obliged Artyom Avetisyan, already owning 32% of Vostochny shares, to refuse to buy an even larger share, which would actually transfer the bank under its control.

The Kirovsky District Court of Irkutsk declared illegal the permission to build a plant for bottling Baikal water in the village of Kultuk. “The court decided to satisfy the demands of the Zapadno-Baikal interdistrict environmental prosecutor, to invalidate the decision of the expert commission on the positive conclusion of the environmental review, to invalidate the order to approve the conclusion and permit the construction of the facility,” TASS quoted judge Natalya Isakova as saying .

The Investigative Committee for the Yaroslavl Region opened two criminal cases of torture in correctional colony No. 1. Novaya Gazeta writes about this . On March 11, the publication published two videos showing the beating of the prisoner Pavel U. and Pavel Skolov. The Federal Service for the Execution of Punishments later confirmed the authenticity of the published videos and stated that they were discovered by employees of the department during an audit on February 16.

Former Open Government Minister Mikhail Abyzov Sent Under Arrest Until May 25 Despite Offered 1 Billion Ruble Bail The Basmanny District Court of Moscow placed under arrest until May 25 the former Minister for Open Government Affairs, Mikhail Abyzov, who was accused of creating an organized criminal community and fraud. He himself denies guilt, lawyers at the court session offered bail for him in the amount of 1 billion rubles, Mediazona reports .

Alexandrinsky Theater and Yaroslavl Theatre. Fyodor Volkov was united into a single theater complex. The troupe was provided with three large theater complexes: St. Petersburg, Yaroslavl and Moscow. She will be given the unfinished building of the Moscow Art Theater branch in Moscow, Kommersant writes .

Pavel Lungin's new film "Brotherhood" should be marked with the "fifth column production" badge, said Vladimir Koshelev, deputy chairman of the Central Board of the Russian Union of Afghan Veterans. “The film is inherently immoral. I served in Afghanistan for over two years. It may be difficult to understand, but I have never seen anything higher than those human relationships, when people are ready to sacrifice themselves for others. And so Mr.

About the arrest of the former Minister of Open Government - former Minister of Economy of Russia Andrei Nechaev NT: In Moscow, the FSB detained the former Minister for Open Government Mikhail Abyzov. He is accused of organizing a criminal community responsible for the theft of 4 billion rubles from 2011 to 2014.

The FSB of Russia reported about the detention in Crimea of ​​supporters of the international terrorist organization Hizb ut-Tahrir, banned in Russia*. As Interfax was told in the CSO of the FSB of Russia, 20 people "from among the leaders and ordinary members of the organization" were detained.

The European Parliament has voted to ban single-use plastic cutlery, cotton swabs and cocktail straws. The ban will take effect from 2021. by then The UK will also have to follow the rules if it doesn't leave the EU . Along with the most common plastic waste, the directive will ban single-use polystyrene cups and cups that decompose into small particles. EU member states will have to take action to reduce the use of plastic food containers and plastic lids for hot drinks.