In June, OVD-Info, Noesis and Team 29 launch the Article mobile game about political persecution in Russia. “Recent months have shown that absolutely anyone can become a defendant in a “political” case in Russia – administrative or criminal. This is exactly what Anya, a friend of Sonya, the main character of the quest "Article", faces. She is being prosecuted under an "extremist" article for a text about a terrorist attack.

In Novokuznetsk, 11 schoolchildren were hospitalized, who were injured, presumably, when gas was sprayed from a canister. According to TASS with reference to the Center for Disaster Medicine of Kuzbass, this happened to school No. 26. The condition of the victims is assessed as mild.

UPD: The State Department, in a report to Congress, confirmed that there would be essentially no sanctions against the Nord Stream 2 operator. According to Bloomberg , citing sources, restrictions will be introduced, but their action will be suspended. *** Washington will lift sanctions against the Nord Stream 2 gas pipeline operator Nord Stream AG and its managing director Matthias Warnig, Axios reports citing sources.

Cryptocurrency exchange CoinBase has stopped working amid a major collapse in the value of bitcoin. It ranks second in terms of trading volume in the world. According to Finanz , the CoinBase website and app are partially down, according to its portal. The site administration assures that customer funds are safe, while the withdrawal of one of the most popular cryptocurrencies, Ethereum, is carried out with delays.

Yuri Zhdanov, the father of oppositionist Ivan Zhdanov, was reclassified as a more serious charge. Now he is charged not with abuse of office, but with fraud and forgery. This was announced by Ivan Zhdanov, noting that his father now faces up to 10 years in prison: “That is, they want an elderly person of 67 years, in fact, to write out life imprisonment.” The lawyer emphasizes that no new circumstances have appeared in the case.

The court of Ulan-Ude sentenced a local resident to 10 years in a strict regime colony for preparing a mass murder in an educational institution. He was sentenced under articles on the manufacture and storage of explosive devices, destruction of another's property by explosion and preparation for the murder of two or more persons.

The Hermitage is the largest distributor of contracts among the country's museums, and during the years that Mikhail Piotrovsky manages it, friends of his family have built a business around the institution, the Proekt newspaper writes. The investigation reveals that the Piotrovsky family is connected to President Vladimir Putin. Thus, in the early 1990s, the wife of the Director of the Hermitage, Irina, worked with him at the St.

State Duma deputies supported Russia's withdrawal from the Open Skies Treaty. This document gives the participating states the right to conduct observation flights over any territories of each other in accordance with quotas agreed upon by observation missions. It was signed in Helsinki on March 24, 1992 and ratified by the Russian Federation on May 26, 2001. Donald Trump announced on May 21 last year that the United States would withdraw from the Treaty.

Five international bar associations called for an end to the persecution of Team 29 head Ivan Pavlov. The joint statement was published on the lawyer's Telegram channel. The signatories are the Council of Bars and Law Societies of Europe, the European Bar Association for Democracy and Human Rights (ELDH), the European Criminal Bar Association (ECBA), the Norwegian Bar Association and the Swedish Bar Association. They call on the Russian authorities to respect the rule of law.

The deputies finally approved the draft law on toughening criminal liability for disclosure of data on the protection of security forces and their families, as well as for the illegal distribution and use of information constituting commercial, tax and banking secrets. The amendments were not supported by the Communist Party faction, Interfax writes .

Authorities increase pressure on Navalny and journalists MAIN • The Investigative Committee in Moscow summoned all FBK* employees, both current and former, for interrogation - they are witnesses in the case against Alexei Navalny on embezzlement of donations to the fund . Even journalist Ilya Rozhdestvensky was summoned for interrogation, who had never been an employee of the foundation, but in 2015 wrote one text for him for a fee.

The European Union is ready to open borders for tourists who have been vaccinated against coronavirus. It is reported by AFP , citing sources. Representatives of the EU member states came to such an agreement on the eve of an emergency summit of heads of state and government on May 25. The main topic of the meeting will be the introduction of a pan-European "vaccination passport" and the coordination of the procedure for the entry of foreigners into the EU countries, notes Euronews .

The main causes of stress among the Russians were inflation and low salaries, sociologists of the Romir holding found out. This was reported by 62% and 56% of respondents, respectively, RBC reports . The respondents are also concerned about the crisis in the economy (30%), rising unemployment (27%), social stratification (25%). If in the pandemic 2020, 79% of respondents spoke about stress, then at the beginning of 2021, 55% of respondents answered yes to the question about stress.

The court fined Novaya Gazeta for material about preparing provocations at rallies in support of Alexei Navalny. The article was removed on the day of publication at the request of Roskomnadzor. As writes Novaya , the fine amounted to 200 thousand rubles under the article on the dissemination of knowingly false information. Another 60 thousand rubles fine must be paid by the editor-in-chief of the publication Dmitry Muratov.

Andrey Shmarov leaves the post of editor-in-chief of the Vedomosti newspaper. May 19 is his last day in office. The Vedomosti website reports that the decision to terminate Shmarov's employment contract was made by agreement of the parties. Irina Kazmina, who previously held the post of Deputy General Director for Editorial Development of JSC Business News Media, has been appointed acting editor-in-chief of the newspaper since May 20. In this position, she oversaw editorial development.