The photographer Maxim Lapunov, who was the first to tell publicly about the torture and persecution of gays in Chechnya, filed a complaint with the European Court of Human Rights. This was reported to the "Kommersant" in the "Committee against torture", whose lawyers represent the interests of Lapunov.

Lyon, France (archive photo) In the center of Lyon on Friday evening, an explosion occurred. Regional authorities report eight victims who received light injuries. The media reports 13 wounded. The France prosecutor's office began an investigation into terrorism. [Explosion à #lyon ] Premier Bilan: 8 Blessés Légers.le Préfet de Région et le Procureur de la république Sont Sur site.

School dining room The Moscow Arbitration Court canceled the decision of Rospotrebnadzor on bringing to administrative responsibility the Schoolboy-South company, which is associated with businessman Yevgeny Prigozhin. This was reported by "MBH Media" with reference to the card on the court website. In February, Rospotrebnadzor fined the Schoolboy-South for violation of the requirements of technical regulations.

Good afternoon The world is changing rapidly: at exhibitions in art museums, where there was nobody for some 20 years ago, now not to push through and even the line was formed on Everest. It seems that it's time for the holes, as the universe tells us. News in it are the same: British Prime Minister Teresa May announced her resignation since June 7. During this time, the conservative party will have to choose a new leader.

According to the publication of CBS, Igor Putin, the cousin of Vladimir Putin, could be related to the history of the money laundering operation. The “tool” of this transaction, stated, was the Danske Bank branch

Portraits of repressed artists near the Museum of the History of the Gulag

At the 72nd Cannes Film Festival, the winners of the second most important competition of the official program "Special View" were announced. The third award-for the best directing-received a graduate of the directorial workshop of Alexander Sokurov at Kabardino-Balkarian State University Kantemir Balagov for a film about love in the post-block Leningrad "Dylda". The action begins in 1945.

In the spring of 2017, a freelance correspondent of Radio Liberty Stanislav Aseev was abducted by pro -Russian separatists in eastern Ukraine. He was one of the few local journalists who continued to work after the start of the conflict. Two years later, he is still in custody. His only appearance in the public from which his friends learned that he was alive was on the air of Russian state television. He said then that he was accused of espionage.

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 village of Hatanga Local deputies refused to hold a referendum in the Krasnoyarsk Territory. The initiative group achieved him so that people could oppose the transportation of ore through the territory of the village and its temporary storage there. A commercial company wants to make Hatang with a transshipment point on the path of rare earth metals from the deposit in Yakutia to the processing site. “People are outraged.

The Yekaterinburg diocese was proposed to transfer "at least one month" a survey of residents about the construction of a temple in the city center. This was reported by RIA Novosti with reference to the local representative of the Russian Orthodox Church.

30 years ago, two closely related historical events took place - the most important state visit to the PRC of the General Secretary of the CPSU Central Committee Mikhail Gorbachev (May 15–18, 1989) and "Events of June 4", known throughout the world, except China and Russia, as "Brotherhood on Tiananmen Square" . The negotiations of Gorbachev and Dan Xiaopin, the then actual leader of the Chinese state, turned out to be unsuccessful for the USSR.

Vladimir Zelensky on the set of the series "Servant of the people" The Russian company "Yandex" acquired exclusive rights to display on the Internet on the territory of Russia the series "Servant of the People", the main role in which was played by the new President of Ukraine Vladimir Zelensky. This was reported by Vedomosti with reference to the representative of the company. You can now watch the series by subscription of the Kinopoisk service.

The US citizen and several other countries Paul Wylan, arrested in Russia on charges of espionage, accused the investigator of violating his rights. At the trial, Wylan also stated that the FSB officer humiliates him and threatens the security of the American. The accused thus wanted to declare a divert to the investigator, but in court he was explained that this could only be done in relation to the participants in the process, TASS reports.

Sergey Stankevich, Andrey Sakharov, Vitaly Goldan at the Congress of People's Deputies of the USSR. How did it all begin? 30 years later, the 1st Congress of People's Deputies of the USSR. Discuss Yuri Boldyrev, Arkady Murashev, Sergey Stankevich, Vitaly Chelyshev On May 25, 1989, the first congress of people's deputies of the USSR was opened in Moscow. This was one of the key events of perestroika begun by Mikhail Gorbachev.