At the age of 100 years, the former secretary of the Central Committee of the CPSU Egor Ligachev died. This was reported by TASS with reference to the head of the Department of Information Policy of the Administration of the Tomsk Region. “Tonight, May 7, in Moscow, in the 101st year of his life, the honorary citizen of the Tomsk region Yegor Ligachev died,” TASS quoted the words of the interlocutor.

RBC and Sota.Vision reported that some employees of the Anti-Corruption Foundation* moved to Georgia. FBK employees themselves, in particular Leonid Volkov, denied this information. According to RBC, Georgy Alburov, Ruslan Shaveddinov, several technical employees have already moved to Georgia, and equipment for broadcasting has also been transported.

The death toll since the beginning of the military coup in Myanmar has reached 774 people. This is reported by the Association for the Assistance of Political Prisoners (AAPP). According to the organization, 3,778 people are currently in custody, 20 people have been sentenced to death. In addition, according to AAPP, 59 people were taken hostage by security forces. On Friday, May 7, another protest against the military junta took place in the country, reports Myanmar Now.

* Amnesty International ++ returned ++ to Alexei Navalny the status of a prisoner of conscience and acknowledged the mistake. They noted that the experts are reviewing the general approach to the use of the term “prisoner of conscience”. Human rights activists note that "some of Navalny's previous statements are reprehensible", but his conclusion is not motivated by anything.

A follower of the organization Jehovah's Witnesses* Konstantin Bazhenov, after being released from the colony, was taken to a temporary detention center for foreign citizens for subsequent deportation to Ukraine. This is reported by the information and analytical center "Sova" **. As the organization clarifies, on May 5, Bazhenov was released from a colony in Dimitrovgrad, where he was serving a term under Part 1 of Art.

Drama theater "MEL" was suspended from participation in the competition for the premises in which he was 27 years old. The administration of the Otradnoye metropolitan area warned that on May 19 the contract with the institution would be terminated. This was reported to Novaya Gazeta by the artistic director of the theater Elena Makhonina. The theater must leave the premises within two weeks.

Every second person who has been tested for COVID-19 in the Indian state of Goa is infected with the coronavirus. This is reported by CNN with reference to local authorities. Goa Health Minister Vishwajit Rein said on May 7 the state set a new record of positive results for COVID-19 - 51.4% of those who passed the test. This is the highest number of people infected with coronavirus in India. About 690,360 tests have been carried out in the state, according to authorities, writes CNN.

As colonies deprived of the prisoners of all rights and contact with the outside world. Secrets of a schizo Photoxpress In custody, each prisoner has the right to a lawyer and a conversation with relatives. But only until it is convenient for the FSIN employees. It is possible to isolate the prisoner from the outside world for weeks and even months - this is how the FSINESS punish violators of order.

Big interview to Irina Vorobyeva Politician Vladimir Ryzhkov spoke about the detention and a fine allegedly for organizing a rally, the fate of Navalny’s supporters, nomination to the Moscow City Duma and what will happen to Russia after Putin.

Ukrainian historian Oleksiy Chirniy was released from a penal colony in Bataysk (Rostov region), reports , citing the Consul General of Ukraine in Rostov-on-Don. the Grata publication Chirniy was the last defendant in the case of director Oleg Sentsov who remained in prison. Chirnia was delivered to the border of Ukraine under guard. In May 2014, FSB officers detained Aleksey Chirniy in Crimea on suspicion of terrorist crimes.

In the name of the Great Victory, rub the inscription "We can repeat!". The very thought of the possibility of any new war has no place on the holidays or on weekdays Cover [Special Office of “Novaya Gazeta”] (https://novayagazeta.ru/issues/2828) by May 9, 2019 Preface from the editors (2019) May 9, objectively the main date for our people, has experienced a terrible transformation over the past decade.

The human rights organization Amnesty International re-assigned politician Alexei Navalny the status of a prisoner of conscience. This is stated in the official statement of the organization. Amnesty International notes that it made the wrong decision by depriving the politician of this status. In addition, the organization emphasizes that experts are reviewing the general approach to the use of the term "prisoner of conscience".

This spring, the Russians issued the maximum number of microloans in history, and Russian banks issued a record volume of loans . As RIA Novosti was calculated in the Equifax credit bureau, in March in Russia a record number of microloans was issued - 2.35 million. This is 30.6% more than in March last year. The average amount of one microloan is about 13.1 thousand rubles a third month in a row.

The Pskov City Court upheld the decision of the Ministry of Justice of the Russian Federation to include the editor-in-chief of Pskovskaya Guberniya Denis Kamalyagin* in the register of foreign media outlets acting as foreign agents. This was reported to Novaya Gazeta by the Agora international human rights group. The defense insisted that the recognition of Kamalyagin as a foreign agent “is an interference with the right to freedom of expression.

Arnold Lvovich Kaganov, military doctor, lieutenant colonel of the medical service, vice -rector of the Kemerovo Medical Institute. My grandfather Grandfather managed to fight nearly two years, he hit the front immediately after the Military Medical Academy, with a doctor’s diploma and in uniform of the car captain. And six months later, he received the first order - the Patriotic War of the II degree.