The debate is over. Now the parties have the right to retort. Prosecutor Maria Semenenko took the floor. “I remain convinced that the defendants are guilty and do not deserve leniency. I will not analyze the speech of my opponents, I will examine the evidence. The defense cited DNA testing on the pistol's recoil spring. And they claim that it does not belong to Rustam Makhmudov. This is not so - there were three examinations in a row, and they should be evaluated comprehensively.

The leadership of Colony No. 1 in the Kostroma Region appealed to the Sverdlovsk District Court with a request to release the paralyzed prisoner Vladimir Topekhin, Gazeta.ru writes . “On Monday, the colony applied to the court to release Topekhin in connection with his illness, which falls under resolution No. 54 with a list of illnesses,” Svetlana Sidorkina, the prisoner’s lawyer, told the publication.

An Egyptian court today acquitted supporters of ousted President Mohammed Morsi, reports Naharnet . The defendants were accused of participating in riots during protests in Cairo on August 14 last year. Then the police used force against Morsi supporters. At the end of April, 683 members of the Muslim Brotherhood were sentenced to death. Morsi represents this organization. In an earlier case in March, a court sentenced 529 Morsi supporters.

Serbian Interior Minister Nebojsa Stefanovic announced an urgent full evacuation of the inhabitants of the city of Obrenovac. According to ITAR-TASS , this is due to the threat of a sharp rise in the water level in the Sava River. Obrenovac suffered more from the floods than other Serbian cities. It is located 30 km from the capital of Serbia - Belgrade. 13 people were killed in the flood.

In the Moscow region, former racing driver and BVM Target team manager Maxim Travin died in an accident on the night of May 19, ITAR-TASS reports . “Death came on the spot,” Dmitry Avdeenko, director of the amateur racing series Max Power Cars, told the agency. “He was my friend, madly in love with life.” The accident occurred on May 18 at 23:50 Moscow time in the area between the village of Golitsyno and the Kyiv highway in the Naro-Fominsk district.

The Republican Assembly of the self-proclaimed Lugansk People's Republic sent an appeal to the Secretary General of the United Nations Ban Ki-moon to recognize the sovereignty of the LPR. The text of the appeal was published on the website of the United Army of the Southeast. The authors of the appeal emphasize that on May 11, a referendum on self-determination was held in the Luhansk region.

The Swiss authorities have expanded the sanctions list by 13 people, writes The Wall Street Journal . Of these, three are Russian officials, four are representatives of the Crimean authorities, and six are supporters of federalization from Ukraine.

Russian President Vladimir Putin and German Chancellor Angela Merkel discussed the crisis in Ukraine during a telephone conversation. This was reported by the press service of the Kremlin. The situation in Ukraine was discussed in connection with the holding of early presidential elections on May 25.

The Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the Russian Federation expressed concern about the detention of journalists from the LifeNews TV channel by Ukrainian servicemen.

For which the leader of the American space industry - the private company SpasEx - must write the bonus Rogosin Elon Musk. Illustration: fan group VKontakte Mask The Deputy Prime Minister of the Russian Federation Dmitry Rogozin threatened to ban the export of Russian RD-180 and NK-33 Russian missile engines.

Russian President Vladimir Putin signed decrees on the early termination of the powers of governors of five regions. Relevant documents are published on the official portal of legal information. The head of state terminated his powers: Oleg Korolev (Lipetsk region); Oleg Kuvshinnikov (Vologda region); Yuri Berg (Orenburg region); Alexandra Mikhailova (Kursk region); Vladimir Yakushev (Tyumen region).

The Minister of Internal Affairs of Ukraine Arsen Avakov announced the impossibility of holding elections under normal conditions in a number of regions of Ukraine due to the activities of supporters of federalization. “We are clearly aware and do not deceive anyone that it will no longer be possible to hold elections in the vast territory of Donetsk and Luhansk regions in a normal way,” RIA Novosti quotes Avakov .

The prosecution is asking the court to sentence Magomed and Khalimat Rasulov to 18 and 13 years in prison, respectively, Interfax reports . The Rasulovs are accused of assaulting a police officer at the Matveevsky market. According to the prosecutor, the guilt of the accused was fully proven in all episodes. The prosecution considers it impossible to reform spouses without isolating them from society.

62-year-old Dutchman Louis van Gaal has been named the new head coach of Manchester United. This was reported on the club's website . The club signed a three-year contract with the Dutch specialist. Van Gaal will join the club after the World Cup in Brazil, where he will be head coach of the Netherlands national team. Before that, Ryan Giggs was the acting head coach, now he will take the place of the assistant head coach.

Life in the country brings people closer to nature, blurs the boundaries between differences in age and social status. Coming to dacha cooperatives or villages, people at least for some time people become closer to the earth, closer to themselves. The unhurried rhythm seems to push empty fuss out of life. You begin to understand the beauty of simple things that were and are everywhere, but here they become not just a background, but an object for contemplation