Activist of the Association of Popular Resistance Liliya Osipova was detained in Moscow. As the movement's press secretary, Nikita Zaitsev, told OVD-Info , she was detained when she was returning home from a visit. She is charged with repeated violation of the procedure for holding a protest. On the 17th, representatives of law enforcement agencies came to Osipova’s lighthouse. The visit was connected with an action at the patriarch’s residence, which took place on May 16.

President of Abkhazia Raul Khadzhimba, at a meeting with representatives of the opposition forces, suggested that they postpone the presidential elections to August 25. He also noted that he would support if the Central Election Commission considers it possible to register opposition leader Aslan Bzhaniya as a candidate in his absence, since he is now in the hospital. These proposals were accepted by opposition representatives, reported .

Six key performance indicators (KPIs) have been introduced for the departments of the internal political block of the presidential administration. These are KPIs for reducing the level of protest potential; to ensure socio-political stability and manageability in the regions; to increase the share of proactive patriotic youth; writes to increase the level of social optimism, RBC , citing sources close to the Kremlin.

The Federation Council voted for the early termination of the powers of Senator Rauf Arashukov. The decision was taken unanimously by 153 senators, Interfax notes . The formal reason for depriving Arashukov of his powers was his failure to submit the declaration for 2018 on time, which he was supposed to send before April 1. He was late for two weeks, but colleagues decided that being in a pre-trial detention center was not a reason for a delay. Rauf Arashukov was detained on January 30.

The Accounts Chamber pointed out the shortcomings of the mechanism for distributing tickets for the performances of the Bolshoi Theater, which take place on the historical stage. Auditors point out that the first wave of sales are tickets to less popular places. At the same time, the best places on the historical stage do not go on free pre-sale, but are in the status of a reservation. This is 328 tickets, or more than a third of all tickets for the historical stage.

Yana Antonova, an Open Russia activist from Krasnodar, was charged under a criminal article on carrying out the activities of an undesirable organization. She faces up to six years in prison, Human Rights Postcards notes . On April 9, the children's surgeon Yana Antonova was searched , despite the fact that on March 30, the public network movement "Open Russia" announced its liquidation.

According to a survey by VTsIOM, the majority of Yekaterinburg residents (74%) called the square near the Drama Theater an unfortunate place for building a temple. 58% of respondents believe that the temple should be built in another part of the city.

It was one of the toughest confrontations between townspeople and townspeople, and I suddenly saw that power simply does not exist.

Feodorovsky town was transferred to the Russian Orthodox Church and received the status of a patriarchal courtyard, which means that all responsibilities for its maintenance, preservation and restoration are the responsibility of the Russian Orthodox Church, and not on the budget of the Russian Federation In the story of the restoration of the complex of the Feodorovsky town in the suburbs of St.

Once considered the flagship of the Russian press, the Kommersant publishing house, which publishes the newspaper of the same name, began to lose its prestige after it was bought by oligarch Alisher Usmanov Showing solidarity with two colleagues fired after publishing an article about a politician close to Vladimir Putin, eleven journalists from Kommersant's political department resigned, while the editors warned readers that it could no longer adequately inform them.

It was one of the toughest confrontations between townspeople and townspeople, and I suddenly saw that power simply does not exist.

It’s not the courage of the dissidents at all (not only that, okay), but the sudden uprisings of yesterday’s collaborators (sorry, dear ID employees) often signal significant changes in mood and start a “snowball” They say and write that Kommersant (like Vedomosti, by the way) lost its leadership position long ago, and many good journalists left it a long time ago. This is perfectly true; I, for example, do not regularly read either one or the other newspaper. I just don't need them.

The court arrested Leonid Volkov for 20 days for conducting an online broadcast of a rally organized by supporters of Alexei Navalny against raising the retirement age on September 9, 2018. The judge of the Simonovsky District Court of Moscow found him guilty of holding a public event that caused damage to property.

The BBC has announced a comedy talk show hosted by animated Russian President Vladimir Putin. "Technologies developed by creative studio Framestore allow a 3D digital Putin to walk and sit at a table, chatting with real guests in front of a studio audience, all in real time," the show's announcement reads . The program "Tonight with Vladimir Putin" will be aired on BBC Two. So far, two episodes of the show have been filmed.

Federation Council Speaker Valentina Matvienko said she had nothing to do with the dismissal of Kommersant journalists who wrote about her possible resignation. “I never called anyone, I didn’t press. This is known in the community of journalists, media leaders know this, they will help to confirm. It's not my style, it's pointless, it's useless. This is how hysterical people behave. I do not consider myself one of them. I did not use the telephone right in this case either.