July 25 - 40 years since the death of Vladimir Vysotsky. By the anniversary of the poet, the sculptor straightened his face on his monument Monument to Vladimir Vysotsky before and after change The procession, meanwhile, began to suspend, probably delayed in front of traffic lights. “Yes,” the unknown citizen continued, “their mood is amazing.” They take the deceased, but only think about where his head was gone! - What is the head? - asked Margarita, peering into an unexpected neighbor. (M.

Dennis Christensen, a follower of the Jehovah's Witnesses (the organization is recognized as extremist and banned in Russia), convicted in Russia, was sent to the punishment cell of colony No. 3, which is located in the city of Lgov, Kursk Region. This is reported by "Mediazona" with reference to representatives of the religious organization "Jehovah's Witnesses in Russia".

How Russian oil giants are trying to force the national welfare fund to pay for their risks Igor Sechin. Photo: RIA Novosti Recently it became known that the Russian government is working on the idea of ​​hedging price risks for oil and gas revenues at the expense of the National Welfare Fund. The very idea of ​​risk insurance, especially for countries that strongly depend on the market conditions, is not at all new. There are many mechanisms of such insurance.

Scientists at the George Washington University in the United States have developed a device for rapid diagnosis of coronavirus using a mobile phone. It is reported by Medical Xpress. Initially, the device was created to detect various gases. However, after the start of the spread of the coronavirus pandemic in the country, the researchers realized that the apparatus could also be adapted for diagnosing an infection if its elements were treated with a special solution.

How Russian security forces cover the police violence and whom they consider to be “tolerated”: the study of “New” Photo: Vlad Dokshin / "New Gazeta" This material is the second part of the Novaya Gazeta research on police violence in Russia. Read the first part here.

In St. Petersburg, law enforcement officers detained more than 60 Armenians and Azerbaijanis as part of a preventive raid. It is reported by "Fontanka". According to the publication, representatives of the diasporas were detained in the city center: 27 people were taken away from Rubinstein Street for drinking alcohol in a public place, and 35 more from Dumskaya Street. The preventive raids, according to Fontanka, were attended by employees of the center "E", OMON and SOBR.

Disagreements of citizens and authorities moved to aesthetic plane Illustration: Peter Sarukhanov / "New Gazeta" Last winter, when there was neither coronavirus nor zero yet, Boris Grebenshchikov published on YouTube his song “Won Babylon”. According to the musical genre, this devil knows that some Russian reggae. And in meaning-a classic anti-war and anti-imperial statement, sounding as if rock and roll were never dead.

The St. Petersburg club Zenit won the Russian Football Cup for the fourth time, beating Khimki near Moscow. The meeting, which took place in Yekaterinburg at the stadium "Ekaterinburg-Arena", ended with a score of 1:0. The goal in the 84th minute of the match was scored by the blue-white-and-blue striker Artem Dzyuba after the referee awarded a penalty for a foul by Yevgeny Gapon. The players were so happy about the victory that after the presentation they broke the lid of the Cup.

Memory of the constitutional process (1993–2020) Photo: Sputnik “In a seriously ill Russian state, the creation and adoption of a fair and humane constitutional document seems difficult, important, but still only the first stage of public recovery.

During the patriotic action "Kerch landing "Road of Courage"" in the Crimea, an armored personnel carrier drowned. The incident during the demonstrative forcing of the Kerch Strait is reported by RIA Novosti.Krym. “One of the three armored personnel carriers sank. The crew was evacuated, there were no casualties. The reasons for the incident are being investigated,” Sergei Chernakov, a representative of the organizers of the action, told the agency.

Relations between Great Britain and China are aggravated due to attempts by the United Kingdom to facilitate the immigration of the inhabitants of Hong Kong Photo: Reuters Almost three million inhabitants of Hong Kong will receive the right to live and work in the UK for five years, and over time will be able to obtain citizenship of this country.

In September, the elections will be held according to the “All -Russian Voting” model: what's wrong with this? Photo: RIA Novosti The Central Election Commission officially announced: the September elections in the regions will be held in three days. The experience of a multi -day all -Russian vote on amendments to the Constitution expectedly migrated to the elections as a whole, and, contrary to the opinion of many experts, this happened already at the next single voting day.

The Minister of Culture announced the "Battle of the Spectator" Olga Lyubimova. Photo: RIA Novosti Olga Lyubimova told which repertoire awaits spectators in cinemas, opening after forced downtime.

How the closure of bars in St. Petersburg will bury the city economy Photo: Elina Polyanina / for "New" It seems that everything has already been written about the upcoming closure of small bars in the historical center of St. Petersburg. Entrepreneurs talked about lost workplaces and under -paid taxes. Romance was lamented about the loss of an important element of the urban environment.

About 15 residents of Surgut entered different areas of the city with posters in support of the residents of the Khabarovsk Territory, protesting against the arrest of the ex-governor of the region Sergey Furgal. Two of them were detained and taken to the station, the correspondent of Novaya Gazeta reports. Member of the action in Surgut. Photo: Julia Glazova/ "New Gazeta" People of different ages took part in the action.