Alexei Navalny, in a new investigation by the Anti-Corruption Foundation, spoke about a two-level penthouse, which Russian Minister of Culture Vladimir Medinsky allegedly bought last year, registering the property for his wife. Apartment with an area of ​​more than 300 sq.m. located on the 12th and 13th floors in the complex on Efremov Street in Moscow. “Such beauty in the very center of Moscow costs at least 200 million rubles.

In Yaroslavl, a commemorative plaque on the house where Boris Nemtsov lived was destroyed. The granite tablet was installed at the end of February, on the eve of the anniversary of the politician's assassination. It was engraved with a portrait of Nemtsov with the words “Boris Nemtsov lived in this house. Citizen and patriot of Russia”, 76.ru. reports “Who it could be, who benefits from it, is unknown.

Co-owner of the English football club Sunderland and son-in-law of billionaire Dmitry Rybolovlev, Juan Sartori intends to run for president of Uruguay. He plans to run from the conservative National Party, writes Forbes with reference to the Uruguayan media and the words of an acquaintance Rybolovlev. A source close to the billionaire noted that Rybolovlev does not sponsor his son-in-law's election campaign and does not participate in it in any other way.

It's time to admit that the Yandex.News service has ceased to serve its purpose - to be a news aggregator, now it is largely a propaganda tool and a source of traffic for various resources A year ago, I wrote an open letter to Yandex CEO Elena Bunina saying that Yandex.News had become an outright disgrace. Alas, during this time not only nothing has changed, the situation, in my opinion, has worsened.

It is a mistake to consider the plans of the authorities in 2024 related only to internal processes: the beginning transit is much more associated with world politics, the political scientist Gleb Pavlovsky states, disavowing the “myth of the successor” Photo: Newsrussia.media I will share a thought or a guess that more and more often overcome me in observations of the power system in the country.

Drugs were found in the apartment of the former Minister for Open Government Affairs Mikhail Abyzov, accused of organizing a criminal community and fraud. This was stated by investigator Sergei Stepanov in the Basmanny Court of Moscow, which is deciding whether to extend the arrest of Abyzov. “The conclusion of the chemical examination of the substance found in Abyzov's apartment was received. The examination confirmed that this substance is a narcotic, ” RBC quotes the investigator .

In the Yekaterinburg diocese of the Russian Orthodox Church, they said that the VTsIOM poll, which showed that the majority of citizens oppose the construction of the church of St. Catherine on the site of the square near the Drama Theater, cannot reflect the actual state of affairs. The study was conducted "at a time of aggravation of the situation, when the parties are not given the opportunity to present arguments," the diocese says.

Investors from Russia have begun to invest in foreign start-ups related to cannabis. This is due to the fact that in many countries it is allowed for medical purposes, and in a number of states it is not prohibited to use it for personal purposes. According to Vedomosti , according to Barclays Bank, in 2018 the size of the legal cannabis market amounted to $28 billion.

The level of turmoil and discord that arose in just a few days between city, state and federal authorities is impressive. How did the citizens of Katherine manage to achieve this and insist on their own? The success of Yekaterinburg is so cool that it needs to be analyzed separately. This is not only about the fact that the city managed to stop construction at a clearly unfortunate place. The people of Yekaterinburg managed to stop a long-established political technology.

The Basmanny Court of Moscow has left in custody until July 25 the former Minister for the "Open Government" Mikhail Abyzov. Thus, the court granted the petition of the investigation, which asked to extend the arrest in order to carry out the necessary investigative and procedural actions, Interfax reports . Abyzov's eight lawyers and himself asked the court to send him under house arrest, pointing out that the charges against him were not illegal and groundless.

Russia and the Congo have signed a contract to send Russian military specialists to the republic. The document was signed during Vladimir Putin's talks with Congolese President Denis Sassou Nguesso, who arrived in Russia on an official visit, the Kremlin's press service reports .

Russian presidential spokesman Dmitry Peskov, commenting on a comedy talk show hosted by an animated Vladimir Putin on BBC Two, said that the president does not look at himself in cartoons. “A lot of books have been written about Putin, cartoons have been drawn and puppets and cartoons have been created. The President did not read books about himself or look at cartoons. He doesn't want to be anything like them.

61% of Russians do not consider the problem of domestic violence relevant for the country, according to a study by the analytical agency Mikhailov and Partners. Analytics”, dedicated to the attitude of Russians to feminism and gender inequality. The researchers noted that it was difficult to talk to respondents about domestic violence, as they tried to answer “correctly,” Kommersant writes .

The head of Yekaterinburg, Alexander Vysokinsky, at a meeting with believers, promised them all-round support. According to 66.ru , Vysokinsky said that the administration has allowed and will help believers to agitate for the temple in the square "within the framework of the law." The mayor is not yet ready to cross out the square near Drama from the possible places for the cathedral, which was announced the day before by the governor of the Sverdlovsk region Evgeny Kuyvashev.

The Board of the Boris Nemtsov Foundation awarded the 2019 Prize for Courage in Upholding Democratic Values ​​to Anastasia Shevchenko, a board member of Open Russia, who is under house arrest. “According to the decision of the board of the Boris Nemtsov Foundation, Anastasia Shevchenko, a civic activist, a prisoner of conscience, a member of the board of Open Russia, became the 2019 laureate of the 2019 award for courage in upholding democratic values.