Russian public figures signed a statement in defense of the famous Omsk journalist Viktor Korba. Law enforcement agencies suspect him of propaganda of terrorism. However, in a letter, his supporters say that the Russian authorities pursue Corba for political reasons, and call this a "new stage in the dictatorship" in the country. Subscribers urge all democratic forces to express their solidarity to the journalist and take all possible actions in his defense.

The American artist and conceptualist Wagrich Bakhchanyan was born 80 years ago, but for nine years he has not been with us. As, unfortunately, this happens that the years without him added a lot to his glory. During his life, Vagrich was an almost folklore character. His jokes, such as the monumental “we were born to make the kafka by the past,” were considered folk or, worse, they were attributed to anyone. In the exile of Bakhchanyan, everyone who knew him loved.

An illustrative photo The head of the Sberbank CIB analytical unit, Alexander Kudrin, was fired from the company after the publication of the analytical report, which stated that his contractors receive the main benefit from Gazprom gas pipelines. This was reported by the Interfax agency.

Giuseppe Conte A new prime minister has been appointed in Italy. President Sergio Mattarell proposed the post of head of government as lawyer Giuseppe Conte. His candidacy was nominated by the populist "Movement of the Five Stars" and the extreme right -hand Party of the League, which should enter the coalition government. Now the new premiere will have to form an office and get a vote of confidence in parliament.

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The Tver court of Moscow arrested 25 days of spokeswoman Alexei Navalny Kiru Yarmysh. She was found guilty of organizing an unauthorized action "He is not a king for us" on May 5. According to the prosecution, the yoke of tweets organized a rally even before it became known about the ban on the action. Yarmys was detained in Moscow the day before. She came to the police department, to which the leading YouTube channel "Navalny Live" Ruslan Shavedininov was delivered, but the police detained her.

Olga Tokarchuk The Polish writer and poetess Olga Tokarchuk for the novel "Beguna" (Flights in English translation) was awarded the 2018 International Buker Prize. This was reported on the Prize website. Tokarchuk became the first Polish writer to receive a prestigious award. She will share a prize of 50 thousand pounds with Jennifer Croft, who translated her work into English. The novel "Beguna" was written back in 2007.

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.

Why is the Kremlin the inclusion of municipalities in the "vertical of power"? The head of Yekaterinburg, Yevgeny Roizman, the head of the Serpukhov district of the Moscow Region, Alexander Shestun, deputy of the city district, Chekhov Nikolai Dizhur, politician Dmitry Gudkov, discuss the head of Yekaterinburg. Mikhail Sokolov is broadcast. Video and text are available on the link https://www.svoboda.org/a/29245469.html

American entrepreneur Ilon Musk intends to create a service to combat fakes in the media. This was the founder of SpaceX and Tesla on Twitter. According to him, the resource will be called Pravda. The service will allow users to evaluate the veracity of articles in the press and draw up a journalist trust rating. The entrepreneur noted that the site will be protected from bots to prevent the spread of misinformation.

On May 22, the social networks were eager for the news: the Ministry of Culture instructed the Rosturism to figure out whether it was time to ban the work of the Booking.com hotel reservation service in Russia as a new counter -sanction. Sunny storm But these beautiful servants of the people who want to these people Booking.com to limit and prohibit - how do they, in themselves? Is it good to mental health? And most importantly: what will be their next step? Buying/sales of currency?

An illustrative photo For 20 years, the European Court of Human Rights (ECHR) collected almost two billion euros from Russia. Most often, the Russian authorities violated the right of their citizens to a fair trial and a ban on torture. Such data was published in his report by the Public Verdict Foundation. In total, since 1998, the ECHR has registered more than 148 thousand complaints against the Russian authorities. Of these, more than 136 thousand were recognized as unacceptable.

On the eve of the World Cup, the struggle of hope and despair of those who achieve the liberation of political prisoners has worsened. Moreover, the expectations of the "gift" of the Lord to the re -rack (which became the liberation of Khodorkovsky and Alekhina with Tolokonnikova last time) did not come true. If they are not released for the championship, then other reasons to hit the world with generosity are no longer expected.

Server Mustafaev In the Crimea annexed by Russia, the court arrested the Crimean Tatars of the server Mustafaev and Edem Smailov, detained on Monday on suspicion of participation in the activities of the Hizb Ut-Taurir organization prohibited in the Russian Federation. It is reported by Crimea. Realities. Mustafaev and Smailov were arrested for 20 days - until June 9.

Andrey Pivovarov The Department of the Ministry of Internal Affairs in the Central District of St. Petersburg filed a lawsuit to protect the honor, dignity and business reputation to the coordinator of the regional branch of Open Russia Andrei Pivovarov. As the oppositionist on Facebook wrote , the police demand to recognize as not true and delete the post of November 3, 2017. On November 2, last year, a bag was stolen from Pivovarov from the car.