Poster CEC of the Russian Federation On June 25, a vote on amendments to the Constitution began in Russia. It will last a week. For two hundred amendments, those who come will be forced to vote with a package, including the one that gives Vladimir Putin the opportunity to be elected twice, remaining in power until 2036. The authorities do not allow opponents against the package of amendments to the package, referring to the epidemic or the fact that agitation is not allowed.

Protest Protest in Hong Kong during Pandemia Coronavirus At the initiative of the International Institute for Democracy and the Assistance of the Elections and the National Fund for Democracy of the United States, more than 500 famous politicians, public figures, Nobel Prize laureates and leaders of human rights organizations signed an open letter in which authoritarian regimes could use the pandemic to strengthen their own power and suppress criticism.

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In Russia today, a vote on amendments to the Constitution began, which, among other things, propose a zeroing of the presidential terms of Vladimir Putin. This will allow him to run again to the presidency and remain in power until 2036. It will be possible to vote for a week - until July 1. For this, 96 and a half thousand polling stations are opened in Russia, as well as 254 sites in 144 countries.

In the program "60 minutes", which is published on the state television channel "Russia-1" on the air, on Thursday the plot was released about criticism by oppositionist Alexei Navalny and his supporters of excessive, in their opinion, expenses for the Victory Parade on June 24.

The government considers the opportunity to compensate for the missed budget revenues from the benefits promised by Vladimir Putin for IT companies by returning VAT for the sale of software. About this writes "Kommersant" with reference to the document of the Ministry of Communications. The agency proposes to cancel the zero VAT to sell exclusive rights to software and rights to use it under a license.

Madina Umaeva The mother of a 23-year-old resident of Chechnya Madina Umayeva apologized to the head of Chechnya Ramzan Kadyrov for a statement that her daughter had died on June 12 from domestic violence. The apologies were shown on the air of the Grozny CGTRK in the evening of June 23. Questions about the causes of the death of a young woman who caused a resonance in Chechnya, however, remain, the Caucasus. Reali site notes .

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On June 22, the court in St. Petersburg announced the verdict in the case of the "terrorist community" network, and the police massively detained activists who decided to support the convicts Viktor Filinkov and Julia Boyarshinova

In the Netherlands, the process of the crash of the Boeing of Malaysian Airlines in the sky above the Donbass continued in the Netherlands in July 2014. For several days, the defenders of the defendants tried to convince the judges that the version according to which the liner was shot down by the Russian Buk missile was not proven

“We are all the time to return to the war as some sacred obsession, showing military power even in the midst of a pandemic. As a result, we begin to forget about the repressions that did not stop during the war,” says one of the organizers of the “Incredty Regiment” action, Moscow artist Sasha Old age. The event was held in Moscow on June 24 and was dedicated to repressions before and after the Great Patriotic War.

The Investigative Committee announced the international wanted list of journalist Aider Muzhdabaev, who left Russia in 2015 and since then living in Kiev. Criminal cases of public calls for terrorism and the justification of terrorism were instituted against Muzhdabaev. The accusations were brought to him in absentia.

On June 26, director Kirill Serebrennikov and his colleagues, the court shall be sentenced to theft of 133 million rubles from the Ministry of Culture

Pavel Durov The Telegram company, founded by Pavel Durov, and the US Securities and Exchange Commission concluded a settlement on the dispute, which is due to one of the Durov projects-the launch of the GRAM cryptocurrency and the Telegram Open Network (Ton) blockchain platform. The text of the agreement was published on Thursday , he was sent to the judge who considered the claim to Telegram Group.

Despite the border closed due to the pandemic of the coronavirus and the official ban on the Russian government on international flights from March 27, Aeroflot continues to carry passengers abroad since the beginning of summer. The Vedomosti was told by employees of three airlines, including Aeroflot itself.