US Secretary of State Anthony Blinken said that the implementation of the Nord Stream 2 project is a "fait accompli", but the decision of the US authorities to exclude the operator Nord Stream 2 AG from the sanctions may be reconsidered. “We have issued a decision to exempt Nord Stream 2 AG and its CEO from sanctions due to a national security issue.

Boeing's MQ-25 Stingray has become the first drone to refuel another aircraft mid-air. This was reported by the press service of the corporation. “During a test flight, the MQ-25 successfully extended the hose and pumped fuel into a US Navy F/A-18 Super Hornet. Thus, he showed that this device is completely ready to perform its main task - to carry out refueling in the air, ”the company said.

On the website of the State Duma, where documents of the bill on restriction of the participation of Russians in the activities of “undesirable organizations” have been published , they posted the conclusion of the legal administration prepared for the third reading. As the ex-coordinator of Open Russia* Tatyana Usmanova drew attention, this bill has not yet passed the second reading.

Andrei Pivovarov, ex-coordinator of Open Russia*, who was recently arrested for two months in connection with the activities of an “undesirable” organization (Article 284.1 of the Criminal Code), was charged with an administrative case for not including the organization on the list of foreign agents. According to the politician's telegram channel, this is a non-profit organization "Open Petersburg" **.

The Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the Russian Federation has included nine citizens of Canada in the "black list" with a ban on entry into Russia, according to the agency's website.

The government, dealing with current issues, appreciated the role of diapers Illustration: Peter Sarukhanov / "New Gazeta" What is the difference between the government and the microscope? The microscope has a resolution ... yeah! You already remembered that the government does not have it. He only has a prohibitive ability and if it suddenly allows something, then I want to ask a couple of times whether we understood correctly.

The Hague Court began the trial on the merits of the MH17 crash Around 10.15 in the morning, on Monday, the Hague district, after almost seven years of investigation and pre-trial proceedings, began consideration on the merits of the criminal case of the collapse of the Malaysian Boeing, which flew by the MH17 flight to Kula Lumpur. Photo: Piroschka Van de Wouww - Pool/Getty Images The liner was shot down in the sky over Donbass on July 17, 2014.

US President Joseph Biden has invited Ukrainian counterpart Volodymyr Zelensky to visit Washington this summer, said . US national security adviser Jake Sullivan Zelenskiy's visit is tentatively scheduled for dates after Biden's return from a European tour. In Britain and Belgium, Biden plans to attend NATO and EU summits. During the telephone conversation, Biden also said that he would defend the sovereignty of Ukraine at a meeting with Russian President Vladimir Putin on June 16 in Geneva.

* European Council President Charles Michel had a telephone conversation with Russian President Vladimir Putin. They discussed, in particular, the situation in Belarus after the hijacking of a Ryanair aircraft by the Belarusian authorities, the situation in southeastern Ukraine and the Minsk agreements, as well as the fight against the coronavirus pandemic and EU certification of the Sputnik V vaccine.

In Moscow, a majority jury acquitted Murtuzali Medzhidov, the son of the former head of the government of the Republic of Dagestan Mukhtar Medzhidov, in the case of the murder of a MGIMO student in the spring of 2018. According to TASS with reference to the lawyer Shamil Yandarbaev, Murtuzali Medzhidov was released in the hall of the Nikulinsky court in Moscow. Five out of six jurors voted for Mejidov's acquittal.

What Israeli Arabs think about the war, about themselves and the Jews living in the neighborhood. Report from Nazareth The military operation in Gaza ended, as by order, by the beginning of the tourist season. The first organized group of Missouri Missouri students landed at Ben-Gurion Airport. They were met with flowers and solemn speeches. At this time, the third week, cordoned off by the police, East Jerusalem raged.

Journalist Ivan Golunov told the story of the "owners" of the "drug laboratory", a photo of which the security forces published in a press release on the day of the journalist's detention, claiming that it allegedly came from his apartment. According to Golunov in his Telegram channel, the case of the “drug laboratory” is connected with the case of Yevgeny Pankov and Maxim Sakharov, who were detained by police officers at the ZAO in June 2019.

The Tverskoy Court of Moscow extended for six months the associate of Alexei Navalny Lyubov Sobol, as well as the brother of the politician Oleg Navalny, a measure of restraint in the "sanitary case" in the form of a ban on certain actions. This was reported by the press service of the court . Thus, Sobol and Navalny will not be able to leave their homes from 20:00 to 06:00 for another six months, communicate with defendants and witnesses in the case, and use means of communication.

Investigators in St. Petersburg again searched the service center of an electric scooter rental company as part of an investigation into the provision of services that do not meet safety requirements (part 1 of article 238 of the Criminal Code). This is reported by the regional department of the UK.

The Ministry of Internal Affairs of Russia approved the rules according to which citizens in a state of alcoholic, narcotic or other toxic intoxication will be taken to medical sobering-up stations and police stations. The order was published on the Internet portal of legal information. According to the new rules, police officers will be able to send citizens who “have lost the ability to move independently or navigate in the environment” to sobering-up stations from public places.