The reports of the "moles" obtained in recent months, which have access to the highest bonzes of the Putin regime, confirm and clarify in the details what I have stubbornly talking about the last five years. The country is rule not just the largest embezzlers. These people have a vision of the future of Russia and the world. They wage the fourth world hybrid war against the West, striving for revenge for the defeat of the USSR in the third world (cold) war.

The wife of Viktor Filinkov, accused in the case of a terrorist community, "Network" received a refuge in Finland. The immigration service of this country considered that Alexander Aksyonov could reasonably suspect that in Russia they will begin to pursue it illegally. It is reported by "Mediazona". In the case of the "network" Aksyonov has no status, but her name was repeatedly mentioned on trials. Earlier, the NTV channel released a film about the Community of the Network.

On the evening of May 14, a series of single pickets was held at the Gostiny Dvor in St. Petersburg. Under the general slogan "Petersburg without Beglov," picketers from "free Rus'", "homeless equity holder", "left front", the Communist Party, the "Russian socialist movement" performed. The organizers announced the weekly action, their goal is to "interrupt the vicious chain of the reign of the Governor-Rossens."

In Yuzhno-Sakhalinsk, a school teacher of music Eleanor Mashenin, who during class, insulted one of the students, was fired for violation of pedagogical ethics. This was reported by the press service of the city hall. The prosecutor's office reported that on the fact of the incident, an audit was scheduled. The department of the schoolgirl turned to the department, Interfax reports.

Trolls at the European Parliament, collage "This is paranoid nonsense." So during the March visit to Luxembourg, Russian Prime Minister Dmitry Medvedev answered the question of journalists about whether Russia intends to intervene in the campaign for the election in the European Parliament. A week remains before the elections, and the topic of Russian intervention continues to bother Western politicians and the media. What is the reality?

In February 2019, the State Duma adopted a bill on palliative assistance - but whether Russian society is ready for this, and who will pay for this help. Guests: Sergey Mokhov, anthropologist, scholarships Oxford Russia Fellowship, expert of the Khamovniki Social Research Fund and Natalya Savva, director of methodological work of the children's hospice "House with a lighthouse".

The US State Department sent the head of the department, Mike Pompeo and US President Donald Trump, the second package of sanctions in the case of the poisoning of the former GRU officer of Russia Sergei Skripal and his daughter. This was announced at the hearing in the Senate by Deputy Secretary of State Andrea Thompson. According to her, new restrictions are part of an expanded strategy against Russia.

For Russian law enforcement agencies, a new type of drone has been developed that can paralyze people. It will be additionally equipped with a laser for blinding, the general director of the scientific and production association of special materials (NPO SM) Yuri Klenov told the Interfax agency. According to manufacturers, the drone weight will slightly exceed one kilogram. Paralyzer's functions using an electric shocker, the device will be able to use remotely.

The picture of Claude Monet from the Stores of the Hall of Sena was sold at the Sotheby's House in New York for a record $ 110.7 million, Associated Press reports . This was the first work of impressionists sold than a hundred million, the name of the buyer is not disclosed. The sold picture was written in 1890 and one of the eight "stacks" of Monet in private hands. The rest are stored in the collections of leading museums of Paris, New York and Tokyo.

The number of acquittals in 2018 decreased to 0.23 percent and reached a minimum in the history of modern Russia. This is stated in the article "Project". In the study of the journalist Alexander Sokolov , who was sentenced in August 2015 to 3.5 years in prison on charges of extremism, it is noted that the Russian courts considered about 885 thousand people in 2018, of which 682 thousand were convicted. Only 2082 people justified the court - this is one person by 425.

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.

The Cabinet of Ministers of Ukraine announced the expansion of sanctions against Russia, Ukrainian media reported . The government stated that measures are "mirror" in relation to those that Russia previously adopted. According to the head of the Ministry of Economic Development of Ukraine Stepan Cubiva, restrictions will affect some industrial goods, mineral fertilizers, vehicles and certain types of agricultural products. Import of goods from these categories will be prohibited.

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This year, Alain Delon should receive a special prize of the Cannes Film Festival for contribution to cinema. But this choice of laureate led to a scandal. The founder of the non -profit organization "Women and Hollywood" Melissa Silverstein opposed the award, then a petition appeared, which collected more than 20 thousand signatures. Delon is recalled by various kinds of statements, now interpreted as sexist, homophobic or racist.