Deputy Head of Roskomnadzor Maxim Ksenzov received a reprimand from the head of his department - for a recent statement about the possible blocking of Twitter throughout Russia. The official audit conducted by the internal commission of Roskomnadzor revealed that Ksenzov had improperly reacted to his official duties, while violating the provisions of the Federal Law on Public Service.

France President Francois Hollande said that the radical Islamic group "Boko Haram", which abducted more than 200 schoolgirls in Nigeria, has become the main threat to West Africa. Speaking at a meeting of the leaders of the West African countries in Paris on Saturday, Hollande said that this group established contacts with al-Qaeda. The meeting discussed international efforts to combat Boko Haram, which has recently activated its activities.

Clashes in Soma, May 16, 2014 In the west of Turkey, rescue work at the mine in the province of Manis was completed, where an explosion occurred on May 13. On Saturday, rescuers found the bodies of two more miners. Energy Minister Taner Yyldyz said that there were no more miners underground. According to the latest data, 301 people became victims of the accident, 485 were saved.

Galina Starovoitova In St. Petersburg, the tradition of May 17 has long developed to celebrate the birthday of State Duma deputy Galina Starovoyova, killed by killers on November 20, 1998 in his parade of his house on the embankment of the Griboedov Canal. At exactly noon, her friends, relatives, former associates, just people who still remember her, love and respect her, meet her graves in the Nikolsky cemetery of the Alexander Nevsky Lavra.

The DPR militant protects the checkpoint on the road from Donetsk to Mariupol UN experts prepared a report on human rights violations in the east of Ukraine and in Crimea The scale of human rights violations in eastern Ukraine is growing, and serious problems in this area appear in Crimea. This is the main conclusion of the report made in Friday, which was prepared by a team of 34 UN experts. The document covers the period from April 2 to May 6.

Human Rights Calendar: month May. On May 12, dissident Andrei Amalrik was born, on the twentieth of May an initiative group to protect human rights in the USSR was created, and on May 21, Andrei Sakharov’s birthday. Unique archival records.

A human rights calendar for May. Continuation. On May 12, dissident Andrei Amalrik was born, on the twentieth of May an initiative group to protect human rights in the USSR was created, and on May 21, Andrei Sakharov’s birthday. Unique archival records. Leading Christina Gorelik.

Prime Minister Arseniy Yatsenyuk In Kharkov, on Saturday, the second round of the round table of national unity was held to de-escalate the crisis in the southeast of Ukraine. Speaking to the meeting participants, Prime Minister Arseniy Yatsenyuk said that the Ukrainian government intends to provide broad powers to regional administrations, but it would never allow the country to be divided.

Crimean Tatars on Mount Chatyr-Dag, May 10, 2014 The Crimean authorities banned public meetings in the region until June 6th. The temporarily acting head of the self-proclaimed Republic of Crimea, Sergei Aksyonov, said that the reason for this restriction was the excitement and acts of violence in the southeast of Ukraine.

The Commission on Migration Policy and the Protection of Human Rights in the Sphere of Interethnic Relations of the Council of Human Rights under the President of Russia has advocated a deviation of bills providing for nasaling for Russians to conceal information on the presence of double citizenship. This was reported on the website of the HRC. We are talking about bills prepared by State Duma deputies Andrei Lugov and Sergey Ivanov.

Oleg Sentsov The Russian special services detained the Ukrainian director Oleg Sentsov in the Crimea. He is charged with the organization of the attack In Crimea on May 11, FSB officers detained the film director and activist of Avtomaydan Oleg Sentsov. According to lawyer Dmitry Dinze , Sentsov is now being transported to Moscow, to the investigative insulator Lefortovo. - Relatives and acquaintances of Oleg turned to me, asked me to protect him.

I do not know if there is some kind of measurement of a person’s survival in a negative information environment. Like: how much tolerant, not susceptible to mass hysteria, able to think with his own head, is moderately an ironic and not taking exciting decision of the party and government, as well as a person controlled by him, a person can exist normally in a system that keeps on the scoop of all exactly the reverse of this?

Match "Chelsea" - "Rubin" Three Russian clubs-Zenit, Rubin and Anji-do not comply with the rules of the financial "Fair-Play". An application about this is published on the official website of the UEFA. Zenit received a fine of € 12 million, and the size of the club’s application in the Champions League was reduced to 22 people. Rubin was fined € 6 million, the size of his application in European competitions in subsequent seasons can be reduced to 21 people. Anji was fined € 2 million.

The new law on liability for public rehabilitation of Nazism is discussed by historian Nikolai Svanidze, lawyer Karina Moskalenko, historian and publicist Boris Sokolov, Soviet -time dissident Pavel Protsenko. The host is Alexander Podrabinek. Alexander Podrabinek: On April 23 this year, the State Duma finally adopted the law on liability for public rehabilitation of Nazism. Corresponding amendments are proposed to be made to the criminal and administrative codes.

Russia does not intend to sign an international weapon trade agreement (MDTO) in the foreseeable future, despite the fact that the entry into force of this agreement, supported by 154 UN members of 193, is expected in the middle of this year. The Kommersant newspaper with reference to its sources in the Russian government, writes that Moscow considers the contract "unfinished". An international weapon trade agreement is the first legally binding document establishing the arms market rules.