The head of FIFA Gianni Infantino announced a violation of the human rights of workers who are engaged in the construction of Zenit-Arena in St. Petersburg. About this writes The Guardian, referring to the letter of Infantino to the four football associations of the northern countries. The letter indicates that men from North Korea, whose working conditions are “terrible”, were directed to the construction of Zenit Arena.

Russian importers of wines with a protected geographical instruction (ZSU) and the protected name of the place of origin (SSMP) began to increase retail prices due to the order of the Ministry of Finance, which can be canceled a preferential excise tax on these products. The newspaper "Kommersant" writes about this in the issue of May 25.

Hackers from the Fancy Bear group fabricated documents that they then “merged” on behalf of the Khaker group “Cyberberkut” as evidence of the connection of independent media, including the Republic, and the opposition of Alexei Navalny with the US authorities. This is stated in the report of the research and human rights organization Citizen Lab, published on May 25. Citizen Lab provides information support for Financial Times. Read more about the Citizen Lab report in the REPULIC material.

The high court of Great Britain decided to arrest the ex-investigator of the Ministry of Internal Affairs Pavel Karpov, who is a defendant in the Magnitsky List, for disrespect for court and disobedience. This was reported in the press release of the Law and Order in Russia project, created with the support of the head of the Hermitage Capital Foundation William Broud.

Mail.ru Group launched its own TAMTAM messenger, Kommersant writes . According to the publication, Tamtam was developed in 4 months on the basis of the OK messenger of the Octo Network “Odnoklassniki” launched in July 2016. It is clarified that Mail.ru will release a mobile update of “OK Messages”, which will replace the application with TAMTAM.

SMP Bank Arkady Rotenberg requested permission from the Federal Antimonopoly Service to buy a share in the producer of drinking water Aquatic LLC, which belongs to Gennady Timchenko. About this writes "Interfax" with reference to the message of the FAS. So far, the parties do not comment on a possible transaction. “We do not comment on the content of the application of the SMP bank.

The Moscow Transport Department asked motorists to refuse trips around the Garden Ring and the streets of Bolshaya Lubyanka and Sretenka. This was reported by Interfax with reference to the press service of the department. “We ask drivers to avoid routes along these streets unnecessarily,” the press service said. The capital's city hall explained that the request for drivers is related to work on the program of the improvement "My Street", which continue in the center of Moscow.

The real incomes of Russians in April fell to the level of 2009 and continue to decline. This is stated in the VEB report. “Consumer expenses that were the main Driver of GDP in the first quarter in April slightly decreased. Basically, due to a reduction in demand for paid services. Behind this there was a decrease in both real wages and a significant reduction in population incomes.

OPEC agreed to extend the agreement on the freezing of oil production for another nine months. It is reported by Reuters with reference to one of the summit delegates. This information was confirmed by Bloomberg sources. On May 24, a committee made a similar recommendation following the implementation of agreements by countries included in OPEC and oil producing states outside the cartel.

Rosselkhoznadzor found an antibiotic in the Kurgill Kuri Nuggets, a supplier of McDonald's. This is stated in the message on the website of the department, RBC paid attention to the publication. According to the results of the audit regarding Kargill, the department found out that in the chicken cutlets “Maknaggets” there is a Furazolidon drug. The antibiotic was also found in six tons of frozen chicken fillet.

The FSB in Moscow detained four members of the Islamic State, who planned terrorist attacks on the transport facilities of the capital. It is reported by Interfax . The group was allegedly ruled from the territory of Syria. Among the detainees are citizens of Russia and the countries of Central Asia. According to the special services, the detainees planned to go to Syria after the attacks. There they allegedly intended to participate in the hostilities on the side of ISIS.

Blogger Ruslan Sokolovsky was not allowed to visit the program “It is difficult to be with God” of the Rain television channel. The head of the Agora human rights group Pavel Chikov on Twitter about this story . Sokolovsky is forbidden to leave Yekaterinburg because of the court sentenced. @widget type = post-home id = 82789 On May 11, the court sentenced Ruslan Sokolovsky to three and a half years conditionally.

Photo: Getty images Avocado not so long ago became a meme - a symbol in disputes about consumption and prosperity. First, the Ironic Council of young people appeared in the Australian press to save on toasts with avocado to save money for their own house. Many took it seriously, they began to calculate how much they could save (although a number of economists admitted that this does not play a big role).

The recent resignation of the head of Nizhny Novgorod Ivan Karnilin was the result of an anti -corruption audit of officials. This was stated by the plenipotentiary representative of the President of the Russian Federation in the Volga Federal District Mikhail Babich, reports TASS.

Venezuela secretly planned to get around the international sanctions imposed on Syria and with the help of Russia to sell oil from the Arab Republic in the US market. It is reported by Bloomberg. It was assumed that Syria with a large discount would sell oil Venezuela, using the Russian Dummies. She, in turn, was supposed to send raw materials for processing to Aruba, and from there oil products would come to American gas stations.