Alexander Podrabinek is the hero of the next issue of the "alphabet of dissent" with Andrei Gavrilov. Ivan Tolstoy: A rare case when it is necessary to explain which is the spine. Some details - in a brief biography of our hero - a little later. And now we just say: Alexander Podrabinek. And another rare case: the hero of the "alphabet" is our peer, and you, Andrei, are completely older than Alexander, right?

The Primorsky Regional Court softened the punishment of the former mayor of Vladivostok Oleg Gumenyuk in the case of receiving bribes. The judge reduced the term of imprisonment from 16.5 to 12 years, and the fine - from 150 to 140 million rubles, reports vl.ru. Gumenyuk’s lawyers appealed for the verdict of the Lenin court of Vladivostok.

In Saratov, instead of the parade on May 9, concerts under the windows of veterans will be held. This was announced by the governor of the Saratov region Roman Busargin. “A pleasant surprise will help save their health and delight on this special day,” the governor commented on the planned concerts. There will be no festive salute in the region either. Busargin said that it is better to direct the money saved on it to support the Russian military in Ukraine.

A survey of passers -by on the streets of Moscow

Kyiv does not know anything about the peaceful initiative of the Pope Francis, the purpose of which is to promote the end of the war in Ukraine. This was announced by CNN by an official close to the office of the President of Ukraine. "The President of Zelensky did not give consent to any such discussions on behalf of Ukraine. If negotiations are underway, then without our knowledge and approval," he said.

Maria and her grandmother are now in Moldova in anticipation of the end of the war German photographer Frank Gaudlitz travels to countries that after the outbreak of war adopted Ukrainian refugees. He makes their portraits and listens to the stories of their salvation. Gaudlitz has already visited Moldova, Georgia and Armenia.

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Palestinians express support to Kader Adnan after his arrest in 2012 (archive) After 86 days of a hunger strike, Kader Adnan, one of the high -ranking members of the Islamic Jihad group, died in an Israeli prison. He was accused of terrorism. The prison service of Israel said that the prisoner was found unconscious on the floor of his camera. His death was registered in the hospital after attempts to resuscitation.

Anti -war graffiti in Belgrade (illustrative photo) One of the most resonant events of the week - at an anti -war conference in Berlin a large declaration was adopted on behalf of "Russian democratic forces": At this tragic hour, we declare our strategic purposes - the termination of aggression against Ukraine and the creation of free, legal, federal Russia. To do this, we consider it necessary to strengthen the coordination of our actions.

Russia should leave Ukraine, during a press conference on Monday, the speaker of the House of Representatives of the US Congress Kevin McCarthy said. Answering the question of the Russian reporter during a visit to Israel, McCarthy rejected the statement that he was against the help of Ukraine. “I voted for the help of Ukraine, I support the help of Ukraine,” the speaker of the House of Representatives emphasized.

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Petersburg municipal deputies appealed to Russian President Vladimir Putin with a request to free the artist Sasha Skochilenko, reports Paper. In their appeal, the deputies indicated that Skochilenko did not pose "any threat to Russian statehood." They explained the act of the artist with the “protective reaction of her psyche” because of the “prohibitively high level of empathy”. The deputies demanded that they remove all the accusations from Skochilenko and free her from custody.

Scriptwriter strike in Hollywood, November 2007 The US script guild for the first time in 15 years announced a strike after unsuccessful negotiations with studios and streaming platforms. This is stated in the message on the organization’s website. 11 and a half thousand scriptwriters and other guild members participate in the strike. For the last six weeks, the organization was negotiated by Netflix, Apple, Amazon, Disney, Warner Bros. Discovery, NBC, Paramount and Sony.

The Verkhovna Rada of Ukraine on Tuesday adopted a decree "On the use of the ideology of rashism by the political regime of the Russian Federation, condemning the principles and practices of Rashism as totalitarian and antiquity." According to the deputy of the Rada, Alexei Goncharenko, 281 deputy voted to accept the application.

More than 20 journalists from Karelia left the Union of Russian Journalists. Most of them are the winners of the All -Russian contest "Pravda and Justice", the newspaper "Capital on the One" reports without reference to the source. At the end of April, the chairman of the Union of Journalists of Karelia George Chentemirov and a member of the board, Natalia Sevetz-Ermolin, was excluded from the organization after the Ministry of Justice brought them to the register of "foreign agents".