The law on the sovereign Runet was adopted: Vladimir Putin signed it on the first day of the long May holidays. Now all telecom operators will be required to install "technical means to counter Internet security threats" in their networks. Blocking access to sites for users will no longer be providers, but directly Roskomnadzor.

In St. Petersburg, 68 people were detained at the march "Free St. Petersburg - Free Elections!", which was coordinated with the city authorities, OVD-Info reported . The detentions were harsh and groundless. Among those detained were participants with posters "Putin is not eternal" and a banner "Beglov to Sobchak". A total of 124 people have been detained in various cities of Russia by this time.

A court in London has sentenced WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange to 50 weeks in prison for violating bail conditions. But the more important Assange trial begins tomorrow to decide whether to extradite the founder of WikiLeaks to the US, where Assange faces up to five years in prison. 50 weeks in the UK. 50 weeks is almost the maximum term that is required in Britain for bail violations. The maximum possible imprisonment should not exceed a year, that is, 52 weeks, Assange's lawyer said .

Soon there will be more citizens in Russia: not only Ukrainians now living in the DPR and LPR, but also those who left the self-proclaimed republics before the events of spring 2014 will be able to get Russian passports under a simplified scheme. The same applies to those who previously lived permanently in the Crimea. In both cases, members of their families can also apply for citizenship. The term for consideration of their applications should not exceed three months.

Mark Zuckerberg at the annual conference F8 introduced the largest Facebook redesign over many years. The social network will switch to a new design in a few weeks. All the main changes are subordinated to a single goal - to encourage users communication in “private spaces” like groups and chats of closest friends and an increase in confidentiality. The main changes in design: The most noticeable is the new color scheme with a predominance of white and a new logo. But this is not the main thing.

18+ For several months in a row, you did not leave the computer, held dozens of meetings and made hundreds of calls, sent all important letters, but it seems that you forgot something ... Yes, you have not planned the May holidays (as well as we), now all the tickets are sold out, your friends will be about to leave the city and, it seems that there will be absolutely nothing to do.

An attempt by the Venezuelan opposition to achieve the final overthrow of Venezuelan President Nicolas Maduro has not yet been successful. After two days of clashes across the country with dozens of wounded and one dead, Maduro declared victory. The US claims he was ready to flee the country, but Russian authorities convinced Maduro to stay. The Russian Foreign Ministry called these statements "fake".

The Baring Vostok case, which did not end with the release under house arrest of Michael Calvey, threatens to spoil Russia's relations with French business. Compatriots of Baring partner Philippe Delpal, who, like other defendants in the case, remained in jail, refuse to travel to Russia and threaten to suspend investment projects.