It was the very beginning of the zero and the very beginning of my journalistic career in Kaliningrad. I walked around the city with a girl, and we hugged to the wasteland in the center of the city, where, due to some holiday, a mobile moon park was opened-carousels of all kinds of "American slides" and so on.

In Iran, on Friday, presidential elections are held, which, contrary to stereotypes, are not at all formality, despite the authoritarian nature of power in the "state of Ayatoll". The practice of recent years has shown that their outcome is usually unpredictable. How will the choice of Iranians affect themselves and the relationship of Tehran with the outside world, enemies and allies? And is it possible to classify Russia with the latter?

In Moscow, Alexander menu was detained. According to Stepan Pesov, the Activist of the New Opposition, Merchakov distributed leaflets with a call to the police to defend the people, not the oligarchs. He was detained near the Tverskaya police department, where he was placed without any explanation. According to Pesov, menu is an activist of the youth movement "Freedom of action".

In the Crimea annexed by Russia on the day of memory of the victims of the deportation of the Crimean Tatar people, Crimean Tatars are detained. According to the Radio Liberty Project "Crimea. Realities" , in Bakhchisarai and Simferopol several activists were detained for national flags. In relation to some of them, protocols on violation of the rules of the rally are drawn up.

The main contest of the anniversary Cannes festival has started today Retrodrama Todd Hinse "Mir full of miracles". The premiere of the "dislike" by Andrei Zvyagintsev passed after him. Zhenya and Boris living in a panel high -rise building in the southern carcass are divorced. A common apartment is prepared for sale. The administrator of the beauty salon Zhenya met a wealthy lover, the new girl Boris is already expecting a child from him.

Advisor to US President Donald Trump Michael Flynn and Russian ambassador to the United States Sergey Kislyak discussed the creation of an unofficial communication channel between the American president and Russian President Vladimir Putin. This was reported by Reuters. According to the sources of the agency, in the investigation of the alleged ties of the Trump team with Russian officials, 18 calls and emails appear.

The most interesting of our common past. Incomplete story. Unjust wounds. Still live hopes. Could Russia go the other way? Radio Liberty this week 20 years ago. Archive project. Ivan Tolstoy chooses from our ether still relevant and turned out to be eternal.

In Ukraine, today they recall the victims of the deportation of the Crimean Tatars, which began 73 years ago. At the same time, the Russian authorities prohibit the holding of shares on this day in the annexed Crimea. In Bakhchisarai, the police cordoned off a stone, to which flowers are traditionally laid, Anton Naumluk correspondent reports on Facebook.

The oligarch Usmanov took and answered Alexei Navalny in the form of a video blog. For what? What did he count on? The politician Vladimir Milov, political analyst Mikhail Vinogradov and the economic observer "Lenta.ru" Alexander Birman are discussing. Elena Rykovtseva: We are discussing the oligarchic event that happened in the world of blogging. Alisher Usmanov recorded today a video message to Alexei Navalny, and this, excuse me for the beaten expression, blew up the Internet.

The Tverskaya District Court of Moscow sentenced to 8 months the colony-settlement of actor Yuri Kulia for the use of violence to a police officer during the anti-corruption action on March 26. The prosecution asked for 2 years in prison. Earlier, Yuri Kuli declared his innocence, but decided to admit guilt and agreed to consider the case in a special order, hoping for a conditional term.

Oppositionist Alexei Navalny intends to appeal in court the decision of the Moscow authorities "On taking into account the opinions of citizens on the renovation" Housing Fund. According to the "Interfax" on Thursday the oppositionist’s lawyer Ivan Zhdanov, the corresponding claim is being prepared. Earlier on the same day, Alexei Navalny, on his YouTube channel, put forward a number of requirements for the Moscow government in connection with renovation.

Courtroom, archive photo The Adygea Supreme Court abolished two fines imposed on an “ecological shift in the North Caucasus” and its head Andrei Rudomakh for the absence of notes in press releases on the organization of the status of the so-called “foreign agent”. This was announced on Thursday by "New Gazeta" with reference to the lawyer Maxim Olenichev. The amount of fines appointed by the Maykop city court in the fall of last year amounted to 400 thousand rubles.

"There are forecasts that 35% of jobs will disappear in Britain and in the States by 2025; the same thing will happen to Russia" The Russian labor market changes orientation. This became obvious after such large employers as Sberbank and Vimpelcom reduced the number of offices and transferred a significant part of the employees to remote work. True, in Beiline such a strategy was explained not only by the desire to save on rent, but also by the desire to win competition for talents.

A survey of passers -by on the streets of Moscow?

Alisher Usmanov The Russian businessman Alisher Usmanov published a video message to the opposition Alexei Navalny, in which he called the founder of the Corruption Fund (FBK) "criminal", "ignorant" and "failed businessman." The video dedicated to the judicial lawsuit Usmanov to Navalny, in response to accusations of corruption by the FBK, the billionaire posted on the social network VKontakte. In it, he demands to apologize from the opposition and claims that he did not give bribes.