On June 5, Russia celebrates the Ecologist Day. On the eve of the ECHR, it awarded 26 thousand euros of compensation to six participants in environmental protests in Russia. Two of them opposed the construction of the temple in the square in Yekaterinburg, others against the construction of a section of the southeastern chord in Moscow.

After the scandal due to Olga Buzova’s costume at a concert in Ufa, the State Duma was offered to introduce a dress code for artists. What are attempts by the authorities to control the appearance of citizens?

Mark Belorusets Our guest is the Kyiv translator of German literature, now living in Berlin, Mark Belorusets How to bypass the blocking? read > Igor Pomerantsev: Mark, let’s remember the mid-70s, Kiev. I remember that hundreds of pages of samizdat passed through your hands and you even exchanged samizdat. Moreover, it was not only Moscow samizdat - it was also Ukrainian. I remember you read Ivan Dziuba’s “On Russification”, you read the poems of Igor Kalynets, Vasyl Stus.

Launch of the Zircon hypersonic missile from the frigate "Admiral Gorshkov" Cuban authorities announced on Thursday the arrival of four Russian ships in Havana next week, including the nuclear submarine Kazan and the missile frigate Admiral Gorshkov. At the same time, it was emphasized that the ships of the Russian Navy do not carry nuclear weapons and do not pose a threat to the region, Reuters reports.

France will transfer to Ukraine the Mirage 2000-5 fighters, the French president Emmanuel Macron announced on Thursday. Also, according to him, a program for training 4,500 Ukrainian military will be launched. Macron called the preparation of Ukrainian pilots, which will be held in France, a new stage in military cooperation with Kiev during the period when Ukraine confronts Russian invasion.

The American corporation SpaceX conducted the fourth test launch of the Starship super-heavy launch vehicle. The launch took place on June 6 from a private spaceport in Boca Chica, Texas. During the tests, the return to Earth of the first stage of the Super Heavy and the spacecraft itself was to be tested. Equipped with 33 engines, the first stage was able to splash down gently in the Gulf of Mexico for the first time.

The largest hydro-generating company in Ukraine, Ukrhydroenergo, has initiated an international arbitration process in order to obtain compensation from Russia for the destruction of the Kakhovka hydroelectric power station. This was announced on Thursday, a year after the tragedy, by the company's press service. According to Ukrhydroenergo estimates, the preliminary amount of losses is $2.5 billion.

In the Czech Republic, as a result of a collision between a passenger express train, which included carriages heading to Ukraine, and a freight train, four people were killed , including two Ukrainian citizens. More than 30 were hospitalized, three of them in serious condition. The collision occurred late on Wednesday evening in the city of Pardubice. The causes of the disaster are being clarified.

Lyudmila Savitskaya A journalist from Pskov, Lyudmila Savitskaya, who was included in the register of “foreign agents,” received a notice from the Federal Bailiff Service about the seizure of her property. According to her, the order was issued on May 30. Savitskaya called this “revenge” on the part of the Ministry of Justice for allegedly failing to submit a “foreign agency” report on expenses and income last year.

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Matthew Miller The United States announced on Thursday its intention to impose visa restrictions on several dozen people for undermining democracy in Georgia. The measures will affect, among other things, members of the country's ruling Georgian Dream party, a number of legislators and law enforcement officers. US State Department spokesman Matthew Miller noted that Washington hopes that the Georgian leaders will reconsider their decisions.

Pond in Tsarskoe Selo On the night of June 6, a pontoon with people capsized on a pond in Tsarskoye Selo near St. Petersburg. Four victims were hospitalized - one died in the hospital. According to investigators , the accident occurred when the pontoon was turning. There were 24 people on board. At the same time, Fontanka notes that the maximum load of the pontoon is 12 people.

In France, a native of Donbass with Russian and Ukrainian citizenship was arrested on suspicion of preparing a terrorist attack. This was reported by local media with reference to the National Anti-Terrorism Prosecutor's Office of France. A 26-year-old man was taken into custody by the French Interior Ministry's General Directorate of Internal Security after he allegedly blew himself up in his hotel room while making explosives on Monday.

Shamil Basayev in Budennovsk In Dagestan, employees of the Ministry of Internal Affairs and the FSB detained another participant in the armed attack on Budennovsk in the Stavropol Territory in 1995. The Investigative Committee of Russia reported this. The detainee is a resident of the Khasavyurt district of Dagestan, Kazbek Anasov. He is accused of banditry, committing a terrorist attack, hostage-taking and murder.

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