The Moscow City Court on Monday rejected the complaint of the defense of Khamzat Bakhaev, accused of murdering Boris Nemtsov. Lawyer Zaurbek Sadakhanov appealed the decision of the Basmanny Court to extend Bakhaev’s detention until August 28, 2015.

A London court has granted Russian businessman Dmitry Kovtun the status of a key participant in the case of the death of former FSB officer Alexander Litvinenko. Now Kovtun will be able to testify in court, reports the PA agency. The corresponding status was granted to Kovtun by the chairman of the proceedings, Sir Robert Owen. Kovtun will testify via video link on a day set by the court. According to the agency, a date has not yet been set.

The number of dollar millionaires in China increased by 1 million in 2014, according to data from the Boston Consulting Group, writes the South China Morning Post. Now China ranks second in the world in this indicator; the United States is still in the lead, where about 7 million millionaires live. According to the report, the increase is mainly due to the growth of the country's stock market over the past year by 38%.

The Moscow City Court refused to refer to the military court the issue of extending the arrest of Zaur Dadaev, the alleged killer of Boris Nemtsov, an RBC correspondent reports. The defendant's defense demanded that the case be transferred. As an RBC correspondent reports, lawyer Shamsudin Tsakaev submitted to the court the official response of the commander of the Chechen battalion of internal troops “North” Alibek Delimkhanov.

Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov and US Secretary of State John Kerry discussed the conflict in Ukraine by telephone. This was reported on the website of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs. As the report says, Lavrov and Kerry confirmed the need for the parties to implement the Minsk agreements.

A thunderstorm and strong winds approaching Moscow may be accompanied by hail. According to the Phobos weather center, the likelihood of precipitation in the form of hail is most likely before 19:00 Moscow time in the western regions of the capital region Photo: TASS On Monday evening, thunderstorms and strong winds are expected in Moscow and the Moscow region; hail is possible in some areas of the capital region.

Photo: Ekaterina Kuzmina/RBC Today, the Central Bank is likely to reduce the key rate by 1 percentage point, to 11.5% per annum, according to Bloomberg surveys . Bank depositors have two to three weeks to fix still double-digit rates on ruble deposits. Following the key rate On Monday, the Central Bank will hold a regular meeting on monetary policy issues, at which it may again reduce the key rate.

The Georgian Ministry of Internal Affairs conducted a special operation in the Pankisi Gorge; several people suspected of sending local residents to Syria were detained, Georgia Online reports . As the portal notes with reference to the Rustavi 2 TV channel, one of those detained during the special operation is the cousin of one of the leaders of the Islamic State terrorist group, Tarkhan Batirashvili.

A landslide in the Tbilisi district of Bagebi blocked the bed of the Vera River, and the water level began to rise. This could threaten the city with new flooding. This was reported by Georgia-online with reference to the Rustavi-2 television company. Specialists are working on the spot to decide how to avoid repeated flooding in the Georgian capital, the publication reports. Two options are being considered: exploding part of the mass or cleaning it using special equipment.

The Ministry of Telecom and Mass Communications assessed projects to create domestic software that apply for state support. Applications with the maximum number of points will be funded first Photo: "RIA Novosti" The department gave its assessment of projects that apply for budget money.

The Supreme Court proposed to try for legalization those who sell stolen goods, even if those responsible for the theft itself have not been found. Those who sell stolen art or smuggled goods may face criminal charges Meeting of the plenum of the Supreme Court of the Russian Federation. Archive photo (Photo: TASS) On Monday, the plenum of the Supreme Court discussed a draft resolution regarding crimes in the field of money laundering.

State Duma Chairman Sergei Naryshkin called the sanctions policy of Western countries against Russia “semi-gangster”. Naryshkin told reporters about this in connection with the upcoming hearing in the State Duma of the Central Bank’s report on its work in 2014, Interfax reports .

After the murder of a Russian military man in Armenia, his colleague, a contract soldier, was detained. Investigators are now working with him. The name of the detainee has not been released The scene of the murder of a Russian serviceman in the city of Gyumri (Photo: news.am) After the murder of a Russian military man in the Armenian city of Gyumri, a serviceman of the 102nd Russian base was detained.

Accused of the murder of Boris Nemtsov, a native of the Shelkovsky district of Chechnya, ex-policeman Temirlan Eskerkhanov warned about threats against him after speaking in the Moscow City Court. Speaking via video link from the Matrosskaya Tishina pre-trial detention center, where Eskerkhanov was hospitalized, the man made a harsh speech against the investigation, after which he announced threats against himself within the pre-trial detention center.

The leader of the rock group Chaif, Vladimir Shakhrin, invested 4.5 million rubles. into organizing quests by purchasing the Sherlock franchise, the Izvestia newspaper writes on Monday, June 15 . As noted on the project website , “Sherlock” organizes quests in the “Escape the room” format: a team of 2-4 people must, in 60 minutes, “solve a number of non-trivial mysteries and complete a mission that will allow them to move on to the next stage games".