Half a century ago, the KGB conducted one of the most successful operations: all passengers who intended to hide the plane to Sweden were arrested. What was it? An-2 Aeroflot. Photo chronicle of TASS On the morning of June 15, 1970, all passengers were arrested at the Smolny airfield at the Smolny airfield at the Leningrad -Priozersk flight. Four more people - earlier, at night in the forest belt of Priozersk. An attempt to capture a passenger aircraft is reported.

Employees of the Investigative Committee detained ex-police officer Alexander Ivanov as part of an investigation into the death of Kaliningrader Ivan Vshivkov, who was scalded with boiling water. This was reported to Novaya Gazeta by the lawyer of the mother of the deceased, Vladislav Filatiev, who collaborates with the Zone of Law. “The authority of this officer included the performance of duties to keep the detainee in a safe environment.

The story of one of the most famous and most cruel dynasties of the Urals 315 years ago, on June 4, 1705, Peter I issued a decree allowing Nikita Demidov to build new metallurgical plants in the Urals. The territory for centuries in advance became the All -Russian forge of weapons and the supplier of valuable fossils. And the line "Urals!

In Moscow, at the 79th year of his life, the writer and comedian Anatoly Trushkin died. His colleague Nikolai Lukinsky told about his death TASS. Anatoly Trushkin. Photo: Oleg Dyachenko/ TASS All May Trushkin was in the hospital with a coronavirus infection. The disease was difficult: the writer fell into intensive care and spent some time on the Ivl apparatus. However, according to his colleague, in recent days he felt better, and he was transferred to the ward.

How to buy freedom by Ukrainian prisoners and not sell the interests of the country: the stories of rescue and remaining in unrecognized territories Photo: Zuma / TASS On April 28, I was at a meeting with the head of the Office of the President of Ukraine Andrei Ermak, authorized by the representative of Ukraine in the humanitarian subgroup at negotiations in Minsk, General of the SBU Gennady Kuznetsov and Ombudsman Lyudmila Denisova.

FSB General Yevgeny Savstystyanov - on a fracture in the work of special services and consolidating the mistakes of the past in the Constitution Photo: Anna Artemyeva / "New" He has a striking biography (now they are not worn). The mining engineer, worked as a prospector at a gold mine at Chukotka and a slap on a coal mine near Karaganda, on the mine of Norilsk, Severouralsk, Dzhezkazgan, Zangesura.

Law enforcement agencies opened a criminal case on the sale of drugs as part of an investigation into a fatal accident involving artist Mikhail Efremov. This was reported by the press service of the Moscow Ministry of Internal Affairs. The police established the fact of sale of prohibited substances to the actor. Earlier, sources from RIA Novosti and TASS claimed that traces of drugs were found in Efremov's blood.

The camp past prevents people from working with the state even in their interests Photo: Photoxpress In Russia, over 100 years, too many people have passed through camps - this gave rise to the attitude to interaction with the state as a snoker. It is one thing to stomp under the flag of "United Russia" on a demonstration. Another is to contact the state if it provides for harm to another citizen.

Restaurants and cafes of the Moscow region will be able to start receiving visitors on their verandas this week. This was stated by the governor of the Moscow region Andrey Vorobyov on the air of the Russia 24 TV channel. “We still have to open shopping centers and summer terraces [of cafes and restaurants]. We are preparing for this. We want to do this before the weekend, we are consulting with the sanitary doctor, ”said the head of the region (quoted by TASS).

The countries of the European Union will be able to open external borders from July 1. during a press conference This was stated by EU representative for foreign policy Josep Borrell. According to him, within a week, the European Commission will present to the EU member states its proposals for the partial and phased lifting of restrictions for travelers from countries that are not members of the Union.

How the logistics should be arranged for the daily bread Photo: EPA Back in April, speaking at the virtual meeting of the UN Security Council, the Executive Director of the World Food Program (VPP) of the UN David Bizly said that due to the pandemic of coronavirus and the global economic crisis it may be encountered with a biblical hunger. “So far there is no mass hunger in the world,” he said.

The police drew up new protocols on the hosts of the radio station "Echo of Moscow" Tatyana Felgenhauer and Alexander Plushev for participating in pickets in support of the special correspondent of "Novaya" Ilya Azar. This was told to Novaya Gazeta by the lawyer of the Apology of Protest Fyodor Sirosh. In addition, a new protocol was drawn up against the editor-in-chief of Mediazona, Sergei Smirnov.

The Ministry of Economic Development sent a letter to the State Duma criticizing the new version of the bill on digital financial assets, as well as the bill on digital currencies, reports citing the document. Kommersant The letter says that the project is aimed at a complete ban on the circulation of any types of cryptocurrencies, as well as the criminalization of activities for the issuance of such currencies.

Admitting Covid-19 truth — Arctic diesel spill — Crimean election tricks Photo: TASS This Week’s Highlights Russian authorities finally admit that their Covid-19 mortality numbers don’t add up; we track the fallout from an environmental disaster that rocks a key Arctic city; we report concerns over an attempt to rig local elections in annexed Crimea; plus, the Russian government unveils the coronavirus recovery plan and it is, well, a tad bizarre. Want to get the full story?

In Nizhny Novgorod, a protocol was drawn up on the dissemination of false information (part 9 of article 13.15 of the Code of Administrative Offenses) against Irina Slavina, the editor of Koza.Press, according to the Agora international human rights group. Police claims were triggered by the news of March 24 that the head of the Sambo Academy in the city of Kstovo, infected with the coronavirus, had contact with dozens of people, including visitors to the facility.