A five-year-old cat living in Moscow has been diagnosed with a coronavirus. This was reported on the website of the World Organization for Animal Health. Data on the infected animal was sent to the organization on May 26 by Nikolai Vlasov, Deputy Head of the Federal Service for Veterinary and Phytosanitary Surveillance. And the cat was tested for coronavirus on May 22.

The unprecedented response to the pandemic is caused not by some elite conspiracies or general insanity, but by objective changes in social psychology that have led to a change in value priorities It is not the coronavirus pandemic itself that is unprecedented (there have been worse infections), but the harsh quarantine response of most countries to it, which dealt a powerful blow to the global economy.

The victim in the case of Vladimir Vorontsov, the founder of the Police Ombudsman project, Rasim Kurbanov, has been actively communicating with his alleged offender for the last two years, that is, after the alleged extortion, and repeatedly asked him for help. This follows from Kurbanov's correspondence with Vorontsov, which the defense attached to the case file, write Open Media .

The head of the Human Rights Council, Valery Fadeev, believes that the Moscow authorities should cancel all fines issued to residents of the capital for violating the isolation regime using data from the Social Monitoring application. According to Fadeev, the application gives an unacceptable number of failures. And it will be extremely difficult to determine subsequently the legality of fines, Kommersant reports .

Over the past day, 8915 new cases of coronavirus have been recorded in Russia in 83 regions. 174 people died from the disease, and 12,331 recovered, according to the operational headquarters. In total, 362,342 cases of coronavirus have been identified in Russia so far. For the entire period, 3,807 people died, 131,129 recovered. New cases: 🔸 Moscow — 2830 🔸 Moscow region — 817 🔸St.

The Moscow government will not cancel fines for violating the self-isolation regime, which are assigned on the basis of the Social Monitoring application. this on the radio "Echo of Moscow" . Alexei Nemeryuk, First Deputy Head of the Mayor's Office and the Government of the Capital, announced “There is a system for contesting fines. We will not consider a full amnesty of fines. We see and know that there are people who are violators.

The head of Chechnya, Ramzan Kadyrov, said that he personally held a meeting of the operational headquarters of the republic - earlier media sources spoke about his hospitalization. “At the first meeting of the operational headquarters after the holiday weekend, I heard reports from responsible persons. In general, the situation in hospitals, as well as in the region's economy, is stable. We have already received enough useful knowledge about the fight against coronavirus.

Four people died in the crash of a Mi-8 military transport helicopter in Chukotka. The Ministry of Defense cites a technical malfunction as the preliminary cause of the disaster, Interfax reports . The accident occurred on Tuesday at about five in the morning while performing a training flight in the area of ​​the Coal Mine airfield. On the evening of May 19, in the Moscow region, three members of the crew of a helicopter performing a training flight also died as a result of a hard landing.

In Moscow, near the main building of the Ministry of Internal Affairs on Petrovka, 38, journalist Ilya Azar was detained, who was holding a one-man picket in support of Vladimir Vorontsov, the author of the Police Ombudsman project. Open Russia coordinator Tatyana Usmanova and editor of the Avtozak Live telegram channel Maxim Kondratyev were also detained, OVD-Info reports . A protocol was drawn up against Ilya Azar on repeated violation of the rules for holding actions.

In May, the proportion of Russians whose vacation plans were ruined increased to 50%. In March, when restrictions due to the coronavirus had not yet been introduced in Russia, it was only 18%, according to the Romir study, the data of which is cited by Vedomosti .

During the pandemic, 61% of Russians began to trust the institutions of the state less and lost hope that the authorities would come to their aid. This is stated in a study by Online Market Intelligence and the Platform social design center, the data of which are cited by RBC . On the contrary, 10% of respondents have increased their confidence in government assistance in difficult times.

President Vladimir Putin announced that the Victory Parade will be held on June 24. He also suggested that the Immortal Regiment march on July 26, Navy Day. “I order to begin preparations for a military parade in honor of the 75th anniversary of Victory in the Great Patriotic War in the Russian capital Moscow and other cities.

The African Command of the US Armed Forces announced the deployment of Russian military aircraft in Libya to support private military companies. According to US military estimates, Russian aircraft are likely to provide air support to the Wagner Group PMC, which supports the Libyan National Army in the fight against the Government of National Accord, Voice of America reports .

In March, amid the coronavirus pandemic and the fall in financial markets, Russian banks imported $4.95 billion in cash, which is 9.6 times more than in February 2020. More cash dollars were imported only in March and December 2014 ($9.5 billion and $10.15 billion, respectively), RBC reports citing data from the Central Bank. The import of euro cash in March 2020 (€1.13 billion) cannot be called a record, as comparable volumes were imported to Russia during 2019 as well.

As of May 22, 101 people were included in the register of the Ministry of Health of Russian doctors who died from COVID-19. This was announced on May 26 by the director of the Department of Public Health, Communications and Expert Activities of the Ministry of Health, Lyudmila Letnikova, TASS reports . “Regarding the deceased medical workers, the Ministry of Health maintains a register of deceased medical workers.