How a sharp change in power in Armenia will affect the key alignment of forces in the region: Expert Photo: Vlad Dokshin / "New Gazeta" In Armenia, the velvet revolution won, arranged by supporters of Nikola Pashinyan. Under the pressure of mass street protests, which lasted almost two weeks, Serge Sargsyan, who had been just elected by deputies of the parliament, was retired, and before that for 10 years, the former President of Armenia.

Residents of the village of Aisha for decades tried to survive a camp from their land. But when riot police came to the gypsy houses, unloved neighbors suddenly felt sorry Gypsy baron. Photo: Victoria Odissonova At five in the morning, Sofia Voreanovna came out on the courtyard to put a samovar. “I see - the guy is coming, with a camera,” she recalls. - He says: “Aunt, now many people will come here. So do not do anything bad to them and do not be fighting. ” I think: Lord, when did we do bad?

Russia, Kazakhstan and Belarus could join forces against free Internet-but every leader prefers to prohibit the Internet in his own way Photo: press service of the President of the Russian Federation / TASS On the evening of Monday, April 23, Russian President Vladimir Putin approved a bill, according to which we can now block sites “with defamatory honor and dignity” with information.

Muslima Latypova, general director of the Bahetle grocery store chain, deputy of the State Council of Tatarstan, complained to the president of the republic, Rustam Minnikhanov, about housewives who sell their own baked goods through social networks. This was reported on the website of the Council for Entrepreneurship under the President of Tatarstan. “This is handmade, one or two pies are cooked, then courage, buzz, money enter.

Senator of the Federation Council from Trans-Urals Sergey Lisovsky at a meeting of the Kurgan Regional Duma urged not to exaggerate the role of foreign drugs, since “ascorbic acid and potassium permanganate” do an excellent job with disorders, reports Znak.com.

Heating the hatred of representatives of the LGBT community, the state does not at all lead the statistics of crimes against them. So is broadcast into the world "Respect for human rights" Photo: Svetlana Kholyavchuk / Interpress / TASS On Monday, in Moscow, the annual report of the Russian LGBT net on the position of the LGBT community in Russia was presented in the center of Sakharov.

A series of suspicious suicides took place in the SIZ SIZO SIZO The Crimean human rights group (CCG) reported the death of four people in the pre -trial detention center of Simferopol. Three people, according to human rights activists, were found hanged, one with a cut throat. All incidents occurred during April. SIZO Simferopol.

The Moscow Chamber of Lawyers has stripped Mark Feygin of his lawyer status. He told Novaya Gazeta about this. “I was stripped of status for three tweets, one of which contained obscene language. They were written on July 19, 2017, and the six-month deadline for punishment has passed. Despite the code of professional ethics, they still deprived me of my status, ”Feygin said. According to him, this decision is a flagrant violation of both the code of professional ethics and the law.

The Meshchansky Court of Moscow imposed an administrative fine and compulsory labor on natives of Armenia with Russian citizenship, who were detained in the courtyard of the Cathedral of the Armenian Temple Complex on Olympiyskiy Avenue in Moscow for violating the procedure for holding a rally. This is reported by TASS with reference to the press service of the court.

The Moscow City Court upheld the sentence of former director of the Library of Ukrainian Literature Natalya Sharina, who was sentenced to four years probation for extremism and embezzlement, as legal, Interfax reports . Thus, the verdict of the Meshchansky Court entered into force and is subject to execution. “The verdict of the Meshchansky Court of Moscow dated June 5, 2017 is left unchanged, the appeal is dismissed,” the decision of the Moscow City Court’s Board of Appeal says.

Roskomnadzor is trying to break the Internet. How to defend yourself? Peter Sarukhanov / "New Gazeta". Go to the artist's website Telegram has been officially blocked by Roskomnadzor for a week, but continues to be affordable for Russian users. The head of the department, Alexander Zharov, on the second day of the locks said that “Telegram degradation was 30%” - and the industry still argues what exactly was meant.

The Nizhny Novgorod Regional Court ruled to expel Kudzai Nyamarebva, a student at the Volga Research Medical University from Zimbabwe, from Russia and fined her 5,000 rubles for "conducting missionary activities." It is reported by "Rain". She was found guilty of violating the rules of staying in Russia after the girl invited friends to a concert of African music on her page on the social network VKontakte.

How to achieve the resignation of the prime minister: one of the leaders of the Armenian revolution - Ilya Azar Photo: Vlad Dokshin / "New Gazeta" The leader of the Armenian Revolution, who sent Prime Minister Serzh Sargsyan to resign, is considered the deputy of the Parliament and the head of the Civil Treaty party Nikolai Pashinyan. But he was not alone - along with him the “velvet revolution” in Armenia was prepared by another deputy of the parliament from the same party Ararat Mirzoyan.

The Moscow mayor's office did not agree on the application of the capital's headquarters of politician Alexei Navalny to hold a rally on May 5 on Tverskaya Street. The politician on his Twitter urged to go to the action contrary to the decision of the city authorities. “The Moscow City Hall again illegally prevents us from holding a rally. In their opinion, there is no place for us in the center of the city. The center belongs to Putin and United Russia. Well, we can't agree with that.

Lawyers of the Roskomsvoboda project called on Internet users who suffered from Roskomnadzor blocking to write complaints to the Russian Ministry of Internal Affairs. In complaints, lawyers advise demanding verification of the agency’s actions for violations of the rights of citizens or organizations. The announcement was published on the project website.