Ugrozia: Austrian journalist interrupted Putin 11 times. But the "direct line" went without clarifying questions Peter Sarukhanov / "New Gazeta". Go to the artist's website “The Austrian journalist Arman interviewed Vladimir Putin 11 times in an hour and a half of the interview, which was given by the head of state for the Austrian television and radio company ORF on the eve of the visit to Austria,” the host Vladimir Solovyov wrote on Twitter.

British Ambassador to Russia Laurie Bristow announced the completion of the work of the British Consulate General in St. Petersburg. “The Consulate General has represented the UK in the northwestern region of Russia for 26 years. Unfortunately, this chapter of our book is coming to an end, it was not our choice,” quoted the diplomat as saying.

The "direct line" of Vladimir Putin was updated in the format. The level of questions and answers is stable Photo: RIA Novosti The 16th “direct line” of President Vladimir Putin this time lasted about four and a half hours. The organizers decided to abandon people in the studio in order to accept "more calls from people." Another innovation was the direct inclusion of governors and ministers.

The FSB turned a stupid joke about the attack on school into a criminal case: the story of Sasha Pinaev Sasha Pinaev. Photos provided by parents Cases of attacks on children and teachers in Ivanteevka, Perm and Ulan-Ude thundered throughout Russia. A wave of parental panic passed, new guards did not appear in schools, but the teachers received instructions to contact the police at the slightest threat, and the FSB entered into business.

Russia has given the first permit for the construction of the Nord Stream 2 gas pipeline. Nord Stream 2 AG, which is implementing the project, expects to receive a second permit in the near future, writes . RIA Novosti “Nord Stream 2 needs to obtain two main permits in Russia. In addition to the one issued today, it is necessary to obtain a permit for the construction of underwater pipelines in the territorial sea of ​​the Russian Federation from Rosprirodnadzor.

In Nizhny Novgorod, the former head of the postal service, Ekaterina Demidova, was sentenced for spraying pepper spray in the faces of visitors. The occasion was the end of the working day. She was sentenced to 2.5 years of imprisonment under part 1 of Art. 213 of the Criminal Code of the Russian Federation (hooliganism) and Art. 116 of the Criminal Code of the Russian Federation (beatings), according to the website of the Investigative Committee of Russia.

The European assets of Gazprom were arrested in the lawsuit of Ukraine: what will this lead to? Photo: Vyacheslav Evdokimov / "Zenit" / TASS On May 30, the Swiss bailiffs conducted the offices of Gazprom's subsidiaries Nord Stream AG and Nord Stream 2 AG, gas pipeline Operators North Stream and North Stream-2. A week later, Gazprom confirmed the fact of the arrest of the company's assets in the Netherlands.

The mothers of the “New Greatness” case of Maria Dubovik and Anna Pavlikova, accused of organizing an extremist community, was asked by Russian President Vladimir Putin to intervene in the criminal case of their daughters. “Vladimir Vladimirovich, I am very concerned about the fate of my daughter,” said Maria Dubovik's mother. She said that her daughter was accused of committing a crime in which the name of the head of state appears.

"Direct Line" - the main institution in the country where instead of voters are viewers Photo: RIA Novosti Putin has been on a straight line with the people since 2001. The innovation of this season is immediately striking: this time the people are presented on the line exclusively virtually, in the context of the development of advanced Russian technologies.

The EU countries asked the United States to release European companies from sanctions for business with Iran - they are insisted by the American president Photo: EPA Ministers of Foreign Affairs and Economics of Great Britain, France and Germany sent the American Minister of Finance Stevens Mnuchin and Secretary of State Mike Pompeo a letter demanding that European companies operating in Iran from US sanctions. The letter was also signed by the Supreme EU for Foreign Affairs Federica Mogherini.

Representatives of the Jehovah's Witnesses (an organization recognized as extremist, its activities are banned in Russia) sent an open letter to the Human Rights Council under the President of Russia (HRC) in connection with the detention of 17 followers of the doctrine. A copy of the letter is at the disposal of Novaya Gazeta.

The International Football Federation (FIFA) has published the ranking of national teams. Russia fell to a record low of 70th with 457 points. This is the worst result among the teams participating in the 2018 FIFA World Cup. In the first place is the German team (1558 points), in the second - Brazil (1431 points), in the third - Belgium (1298 points).

The opposition suffers from the same troubles as the government Russian bosses prefer to maintain a respectful distance from the formal party in power. Putin went to the presidential elections as a self-nominated candidate, having previously left the post of head of the unpopular United Russia party to the no less unpopular Dmitry Medvedev. Now Sergei Sobyanin uses a similar technology: a member of the bureau of the Supreme Council of "ER" goes to re-elections without party support.

A court in Sweden has sentenced Uzbek citizen Rakhmat Akilov to life imprisonment for a terrorist attack he committed in April 2017, reports The Local. He was found guilty of killing five people, 119 attempted murders and terrorism. Recall that on April 7, 2017, Akilov drove into the crowd on Drottninggatan, the main pedestrian street in Stockholm. On the same day, the police detained Akilov as a suspect in the attack, he later admitted his guilt.

Russian President Vladimir Putin said that he had not heard anything about the accusations of harassment of the head of the State Duma Committee on International Affairs Leonid Slutsky, reports TASS. During the briefing after the “straight line”, Putin noted that such issues should be resolved in the established way, and not turned into a PR campaign. He noted that, among other things, cases of harassment should be dealt with by the courts and law enforcement agencies.