For the third time in a week, police officers came to the editorial office of the Saratov agency Svobodnye Novosti, they are talking with editor-in-chief Elena Ivanova, according to the agency's website. The police visit is related to the coverage of the Immortal Regiment action, which was filmed by the cameraman of the Open Channel (Free News project) using a drone. The police officers decided to interview all the employees who covered the action.

The Omsk Regional Court upheld the sentence of a single father for “drug smuggling” across the Russian-Kazakh border GPP on the border with Kazakhstan. Photo: Vladimir Zimin/TASS At a meeting of the Presidium of the Omsk Regional Court on May 7, the convicted person for the “acquisition and smuggling of drugs” Alexei Novikov read out the arguments against the sentencing issued to him on video conferences.

Russia refused to issue a visa to Hajo Seppelt, a journalist who made a film about doping in Russian sports, who was planning to come to work at the World Cup. This was reported by the German TV channel ARD. As the TV channel notes, the Russian side did not indicate the reasons for the refusal. According to ARD, the journalist was included in the list of undesirable persons in Russia.

The Australian authorities have decided to impose a limit on cash payments. From July 1, 2019, purchases of goods and services over A$10,000 ($7,500) can only be paid by check or credit card. This is reported by the Sydney Morning Herald, citing Finance Minister Scott Morrison. “This will be bad news for criminal groups, terrorists and those who are trying to cheat with taxes or get a discount for allowing others to cheat with taxes. This is not a trick. It is not normal.

The Human Rights Council under the President of Russia will demand that people who used force against participants in an unauthorized rally on May 5 in Moscow be held accountable, Head of the Human Rights Council Mikhail Fedotov said, Interfax reports . “We discussed the events of May 5 on Pushkinskaya Square, and unanimously came to the conclusion that this story should not be left unattended.

The position of the Prosecutor General's Office, which does not support the transfer of the former director of the Gogol Center Alexei Malobrodsky to house arrest, "does not correspond to reasonable practice." This was stated by the official representative of the Investigative Committee of Russia Svetlana Petrenko.

The decrease in transfers to the pension fund from the 2018 budget is associated with a higher rate of receipt of insurance premiums in 2017, the Ministry of Finance said in a statement, TASS reports . “The balances are directed to the payment of pensions in the current financial year, which will lead to a decrease in the transfer to ensure the balance of the Pension Fund (transfer to mandatory pension insurance),” the Ministry of Finance said in a statement.

The goalkeeper of the Moscow football club CSKA Igor Akinfeev became the captain of the Russian team at the 2018 FIFA World Cup. “Akinfeev is our captain,” Interfax quotes the head coach of the national team Stanislav Cherchesov. The World Cup will be held from June 14 to July 15 in 11 Russian cities: Moscow, St. Petersburg, Kaliningrad, Samara, Yekaterinburg, Volgograd, Rostov-on-Don, Kazan, Nizhny Novgorod, Sochi and Saransk.

About the films "Cold War" by Pavlikovsky, who claims to be the main prize of Cannes, and the "Donbass" of the Loznitsa, which we will not show Cold War - a contender for a palm branch Frame from the movie "Cold War" A convincing contender for the Golden Palm branch "Cold War" by Pavel Pavlikovsky. Its stylized for European cinema of the 50s, exquisite minimalist Ida, brought the author of the Oscar. The new film is an outstanding lave-story in the spirit of ancient tragedies.

State Duma deputies proposed to supplement the Criminal Code with an article that would provide for punishment for persons whose actions help to impose anti-Russian sanctions, as well as for those who enforce these sanctions. This was reported by Interfax, citing a source.

Residents of the settlements of Sychevo and Shchelkanovo near Moscow, Ruza district, blocked the entrance to the territory of the quarry, where it is planned to create a landfill to replace the Yadrovo landfill in Volokolamsk. Andrey Sorokin, one of the protesting residents, told Novaya Gazeta about this. He noted that almost all residents are against the garbage dump: they are on duty at the entrance to the territory in turn, preventing the passage of cars loaded with garbage.

Presidential aide Vladislav Surkov may leave his post, RBC claims , citing two interlocutors close to the Kremlin, as well as three sources close to the department that Surkov oversees.

sources Former finance minister Alexei Kudrin has agreed to head the Accounts Chamber, three RBC , a The Bell source , and the Vedomosti newspaper claim . At the same time, a Novaya Gazeta source close to Kudrin also claims that he will most likely accept the offer to head the Accounts Chamber. In turn, the official representative of the ex-minister, Pavel Kuznetsov, told Novaya Gazeta that the final decision would be known soon, and all comments on this matter were given on May 10.

In Moscow, a promotion was held near the building of the Ministry of Sports against the massacre of homeless animals before the 2018 World Cup. About this, Novy Gazeta, said the chairman of the inter -regional public organization “Animal Defenders Alliance” Yuri Koretsky. The participants stretched out a banner in front of the building, on which it was written “not forgive the murder of animals! Wait for protests at FIFA 2018. " They demanded to adopt a law on responsible animal handling.

The Federal Agency for Scientific Organizations (FANO) will be liquidated. Its functions will be transferred to the new Ministry of Science, which will be created as a result of the division of the Ministry of Science and Technology into two ministries: education and science. “The structure of FASO should be liquidated, such a decision has been made,” RIA Novosti reports , citing a source in parliament.