Former Soviet dissident and writer Vladimir Bukovsky, accused in the UK of producing and possessing "obscene" photos and videos involving minors, ended his hunger strike on May 16, RIA reported . Novosti “I am filming the hunger strike,” he said, recalling that he started it 26 days ago. “I feel nothing, low blood pressure, I get tired easily. But glory to German technology - they made my heart like a motor, everything is in order, ”added the writer, laughing.

The head of the international human rights organization "Agora" Pavel Chikov and legal analyst Damir Gainutdinov published a report "Russia under surveillance" - about the methods of surveillance of Russian citizens by special services The head of the international human rights organization "Agora" Pavel Chikov and legal analyst Damir Gainutdinov published a report "Russia under surveillance" - about the methods of surveillance of Russian citizens by special services Law enforcement agencies

Conductor Valery Gergiev and musicians of the Mariinsky Theater Symphony Orchestra were awarded medals "For the Liberation of Palmyra" for a concert in the ancient city, according to the website of the Russian Ministry of Defense. The award ceremony took place after a joint concert by the Mariinsky Theater Symphony Orchestra conducted by Gergiev and the Central Orchestra of the Ministry of Defense at the Central Academic Theater of the Russian Army.

In the city of Angarsk, Irkutsk Region, a court sentenced a prisoner from one of the colonies to one year and four months in prison for publishing a poem on VKontakte. This was reported by the press service of the regional prosecutor's office. According to investigators, a man serving a sentence in colony No. 7 published a poem on his social network page calling for xenophobic violence and violence against homosexuals, anti-fascists and drug addicts.

The Presnensky Court of Moscow placed under arrest three defendants in the case of a mass brawl at the Khovanskoye cemetery, reports . Mediazona In different rooms of the court, a preventive measure was chosen for Zelimkhan Khamzatkhanov, Alexander Bocharnikov and Vyacheslav Serov. All three were arrested before 14 July. Bochkrnikov was detained during a fight. The prosecution demanded that he be placed in custody, because he allegedly could hide from the investigation.

Deputy Chairman of the Federation Council Committee on Constitutional Legislation Elena Mizulina proposed to punish the owners of social networks for creating communities on their websites that promote suicide, reports Parliamentary Gazeta.

The favorites of the competition appeared at the Cannes Festival The favorites of the competition appeared at the Cannes Festival "BFG" My dad is monster The comedy drama "Tony Erdmann" Marin Ada about the confusing relations of the aging father with his adult daughter of criticism put the highest points. The simple plot. Flated on all buttons of the trouser suit, an ambitious business woman Ines-consultant to manage in oil business (real benefit Sandra Huller).

The Ministry of Internal Affairs of Chechnya denied the report that the village of Kenkhi, whose resident complained to the president about the local authorities, was cordoned off. This was reported to RIA Novosti by the press service of the regional administration. “Residents of the village can freely move in and out of the village. There is no cordon there and cannot be,” the source said.

To the 40th anniversary of the Moscow Helsinki group. Short memory report To the 40th anniversary of the Moscow Helsinki group. Short memory report Andrey Makarevich congratulates the Moscow Helsinki group / Facebook When you come into contact with those who did and do, even some scrap arises: is it really that? Is the 90-year-old Lyudmila Mikhailovna Alekseeva, sitting in a wheelchair, still finds the strength to be such an irreconcilable fighter “for your and our freedom”?

The police began checking on the fact of a mass brawl at the youth championship of Russia in freestyle wrestling. This is reported by the publication "Lantern" with reference to the head of the press service of the Ministry of Internal Affairs for the Belgorod region Alexei Goncharuk. According to him, during the check, videos posted on the Internet, which depict a fight, will be examined.

Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov met with representatives of the Syrian opposition in Vienna, reports . RIA Novosti Lavro announced that the Kremlin has a "very clear line" - to fulfill the agreements on the continuation of the intra-Syrian dialogue, it "must be truly inclusive and include both the government delegation and the entire spectrum of the opposition without exception," Lavrov stressed.

If they begin to look for parasites, it means that the national economy is in trouble If they begin to look for parasites, it means that the national economy is in trouble Nikolai Konstantinovich Baibakov, one of the heroes of the Soviet economy, who led the State Planning Commission for many years, with pleasure recalled how Stalin entrusted him, then the drug and oil industry, to build plants for the production of synthetic motor fuel.

The Russian national team won the fifth victory in a row at the Ice Hockey World Championship, beating the Norwegian team with a score of 3:0, reports . Interfax The pucks were scored by Ivan Telegin, Artemy Panarin and Roman Lyubimov. The Russian team, which had previously secured a place in the quarterfinals, came second in the group with 15 points. Norwegians with 5 points are in 7th place.

With children on social networks they work systematically and systematically, pushing step by step towards the last line. We counted 130 suicides of the children in Russia from November 2015 to April 2016-almost all of them were members of the same groups on the Internet, lived in prosperous and loving families. New deaths are announced there. How to recognize parents with impending trouble.

on the Change.org platform A petition appeared calling for a review of the results of Eurovision 2016. According to Artur Hovhannisyan, a resident of Yerevan who posted it, viewers do not agree with the voting results. “We understand that the voting process is a difficult emotional affair, but the number of petition signatories shows how many people are sure that this year the “winner” of the competition was not at all the one who should have won,” the author of the appeal noted.