In Sevastopol, hemp bushes have grown in a flowerbed located on Ushakov Square. Regional authorities say that the plant has already been uprooted and submitted for examination to determine its variety, as well as the content of drugs in it. Improvement works have been carried out in the city, which were completed about two months ago. Today, a video appeared on the Internet, which depicts many cannabis bushes.

In the center of Murmansk, trees were cut down in the green zone to build the building of the prosecutor's office Photo: Tatyana Britskaya / "New" What is happening behind a brand new metal fence is not visible, but you can hear: the screech of the circular and the soft sound of the fall of the bodies. Without a moan, with the rustle of leaves, trees fall.

The Federal Antimonopoly Service (FAS) received two complaints about the purchase by Gazprom of a batch of large-diameter pipes (LDP) with a volume of about 1.3 million tons worth almost 100 billion rubles. This was reported to TASS in the service. One complaint was filed by the Prosperity company, the second by an individual. At the same time, the investment fund Prosperity Capital told RBC that they had nothing to do with this. FAS will consider complaints on June 19.

The Rostov football club went into a two-week quarantine two days before the resumption of the Russian football championship, which was suspended due to the coronavirus pandemic. This was reported on the club's website. The reason for the team's quarantine was that six players became infected with the coronavirus, they were isolated from the club members. 42 employees contacted them - the players of the main team, the coaching staff and the staff of the team.

The Tverskoy District Court of Moscow arrested activist Gleb Sokolov for 15 days for a solitary picket near the building of the Presidential Administration. to OVD-Info This was reported by his mother. The court found the activist guilty of repeated violation of the rules for holding a public event (part 8 of article 20.2 of the Code of Administrative Offenses). Whether the arrest of the activist will be appealed, the project does not specify.

Professor Natalya Zubarevich in Stream answered questions from readers of "New" On June 17, a professor at the Department of Economic and Social Geography of Moscow State University Natalya Zubarevich live on the New Newspaper YouTube channel assessed the damage from Covid-19 for the Russian economy. The interview was led by the deputy editor -in -chief of Novaya Andrey Lipsky. The outbreak of coronavirus has become a “black swan” for our economy.

The World Health Organization has decided to permanently stop trials of the antimalarial drug hydroxychloroquine for the treatment of coronavirus patients. This was announced by the organization's expert Anna Maria Restrepo. Some studies have shown that the drug does not reduce mortality among hospitalized patients with COVID-19, she said.

Green rivers in the north of the Urals continue to kill. The problem is stopped by the persecution of ecologists and their loved ones Photo: Ivan Zhilin / "New Gazeta" Prologue In 2018, the New Gazeta spoke about the environmental disaster, which began near the small Sverdlovsk cities of Ivdel and Severouralsk. The rivers in these parts were green, the fish disappeared from them. Forest along the banks of Olkhovka, Banna, Taltia, Black - died. Poisoned water flowed to people.

Who is to blame for the fact that in Russia “younger” terrorism The Investigative Committee asked the court to send a 14-year-old Krasnoyarsk, who was preparing an attack on school, for compulsory treatment: it is reported that a psychological and psychiatric examination found a mental illness from him. The detention of a schoolboy in Krasnoyarsk.

What the State Duma was doing while everyone was sitting at home: eleven new laws Photo: RIA Novosti During the Pandemia of Coronavirus, the State Duma continued to work and adopted many important laws. Some of them can bring serious political consequences: we are talking about changing the rules of voting, prohibition to be elected convicts under political articles and proposals to expand the authority of the police. The New Gazeta figured out the quarantine initiatives of the State Duma.

In Moscow, cases of coercion of employees were identified at least four budgetary institutions for electronic voting on amendments to the Constitution, but they are not finally confirmed. This was told by MBH Media, the head of the metropolitan public headquarters on observation of voting Ilya Massukh. According to him, representatives of the headquarters went to two schools, the Ministry of Emergencies and the library.

The text of the sentence Konstantin Kotov was largely written off from the indictment: analysis of the Date Departure of "New" Article 212.1 of the Criminal Code of the Russian Federation is the so -called “Dadinskaya”, in honor of the first Ildar Dadin convicted by it, which provides for the “converting” of several administrations for rallies, processions and pickets to the criminal, from its very appearance in the legal arsenal of the Russian security forces caused surprise the legal

The amendment to the Constitution of Historical Pravda finally kills free -thinking in Russia: another point of view, except for the official one, will no longer be Hall of Historical Truth, Museum of Victory. RIA Novosti Contrary to the 13th article of the Constitution, the 3rd amendment to the 67th article is designed to turn the myth of the Great Patriotic War into a prologue of mandatory state ideology.

Fact-checking Nornickel spill — Premature reopening — Shiyes update Photo: TASS This Week’s Highlights We track the Arctic's biggest fuel spill and fact-check whether climate change was really to blame; the Kremlin decides to downplay health risks and pushes for a key constitutional referendum amid severe Covid-19 crisis; plus, the ‘ground zero’ of Russia’s environmental uprising celebrates a rare victory. Want to get the full story? Click the links below for full-length articles in Russian.

A spill of an unidentified substance in the Vuonnemyok River and Lake Umbozero occurred near the city district of the Kirovsk Murmansk region. Residents drew attention to the fact that water on the western side of the lake was painted in a white, sometimes bluish tint. Photo: Alexandra Serebryanikova Rosprirodnadzor took water samples for analysis, the results have not yet been reported, as well as about the scale of pollution.