The Russian Orthodox Church remains an influential institution. Last week, the court sentenced to three and a half years the blogger Ruslan Sokolovsky, who caught Pokemon in the church. He called Jesus Christ Pokemon, it was recognized as an insult to the feelings of believers. Such things are not uncommon: the Russians have repeatedly been involved in court for critical notes in relation to the church and its representatives.

The Rain Correspondent Mikhail Rubin complained about the hacking of two mailboxes, as well as Facebook and Telegram accounts. He himself told “Varlamov.ru” about this. According to him, hacking occurred on the night of May 19. First, crackers changed the password in the box on Mail.Ru, then on Gmail and Facebook. Rubin regained his access to Facebook, and to Gmail - after the crackers pumped out his entire archive from there.

Senator from Udmurtia Alexander Volkov died at the 66th year of his life. This was written on Facebook by the chairman of the permanent commission of the State Council of Udmurtia Envil Kasimov. The source of Interfax , familiar with the situation, added that the senator died at about 22:00 Moscow time in Germany, where he was treated. The press service of the senator added RIA Novosti that death occurred due to illness.

Iranian television congratulated President Iran Hassan Rukhani on a confident victory on the re -election of the head of state. It is reported by Reuters . According to the results of the counting of 38.9 million ballots, Rukhani scored more than 22.7 million votes, or 56.88%, Rudaw TV channel reports . About 15.4 million Iranians, or 38.55%, voted for the nearest rival Rukhani, Ibrahim Raisi.

State Duma deputy Natalya Poklonskaya proposed to check “for corruption” by Transparency International and the Corruption Fund (FBK) Alexei Navalny. She told about this in an interview with RNS. “Maybe it would not hurt to check them for corruption. Because, as they say, a hat is on a thief and a hat. Maybe that's why they scream the louder.

Former President of Mast Bank Yuri Pirogov was sent to a pre-trial detention center for two months as part of a waste of 6 billion rubles, Kommersant writes . It is reported that he was arrested under Part 4 of Article 160 of the Criminal Code (assignment or embezzlement). Together with Pirogov, according to the newspaper, the former vice president of the bank Elena Zhuravleva was arrested for two months. Pirogov is accused of organizing embezzlement, and Zhuravlev is in complicity.

Yota mobile operator, a subsidiary of Megafon, will pay compensation to customers affected by failures in the work of the network on May 19, Interfax reports Yota's message. According to the General Director of YOTA Vladimir Dobrynin, the total amount of payments will be up to 20 million rubles. As compensation, the operator will provide a discount on future services to customers, to receive it, you need to contact the support service.

In the Corruption Fund (FBK), Alexei Navalny and the Russian branch of Transparency International, commented on the proposal of the State Duma deputy, the former prosecutor of Crimea, Natalia Poklonskaya, conduct an anti -corruption inspection of both organizations. The head of the legal department of the FBK Lyubov Sobol on the air of Echo of Moscow suggested : “Probably, she wants to go to the political field and she lacks mention in the media.

Russia filed a comprehensive lawsuit in the World Trade Organization (WTO) to Ukraine. The head of the Ministry of Economic Development, Maxim Oreshkin, announced the request of Moscow for consultations in the WTO on May 20 after a meeting with the head of the organization Robert Azeved, Interfax reports. According to Oreshkin, the reason for contacting the second was the restrictions and prohibitions introduced by Kiev against Moscow since 2014.

The former head of the FBI James Komi agreed to speak at open hearings in the US Senate, Reuters reports. The hearings are scheduled for May 29, on the day of commemoration. The Committee Chairman Richard Barr noted that during the hearing he plans to receive from Komi information about his role in the investigation of the Russian intervention in the 2016 presidential election.

The King of Saudi Arabia Salman Bin Abdul-Aziz awarded US President Donald Trump with a chain of the Order of King Abdel Aziz Ibn Saud. It is reported by Reuters . The Order is the highest award of the kingdom for civilian merits. Er-Riyad awards the chain of the Order of the leaders of foreign states of the non-Muslim world. According to the Saudi king, Trump was awarded the Order for efforts to increase security and stability in the region and around the world, Associated Press reports .

The current president of Iran Hassan Rukhani won a significant margin in the elections in the country. Reuters writes about this, citing a source familiar with early results. “Everything is finished, Rukhani is the winner,” the source said. According to Reuters, according to preliminary data, 21.6 million people voted behind Rukhani, 14 million - 14 million for his opponent Ibrahim Raisi. The turnout in the elections amounted to 70%, about 40 million people voted in total.

The North Korean propaganda site URIMINZOKKIRI published a video showing the alleged organizer of the attempt on the DPRK leader Kim Jong -un. It is reported by RIA Novosti. The record shows a citizen of North Korea named Kim Song Ir. According to him, "he was fooled by hostile propaganda." https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=era5ny2z3e4&feature=youtu.be As they say, the South Korean special services used “for ideological processing” Kim Song Ira Samsung smartphone and tablet.

At a meeting of the Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov and US President Donald Trump, the issue of James Komi’s resignation was not discussed with the post of head of the FBI. On May 20, Lavrov himself told about this, Interfax reports. “We did not affect this topic at all,” he explained.

In China, from 2010 to 2012, up to 20 agents of the Central Intelligence Directorate (CIA) of the United States were disclosed. The New York Times was told by former and current White House officials. According to the publication, informants were either killed or put in jail. One of them was shot near the government building in front of colleagues.