Aleksey Kudrin, candidate for the post of head of the Accounts Chamber, is sure that his connections in the State Exitus and Business will not stop him from acting, TASS reports . As confirmation, he cited a case from his own experience when he "fired 40 Generals of the Ministry of Internal Affairs." “I will give an example. When I came from St. Petersburg in 1996 and became the head of the President’s control department, transparency - this was not very accepted in our country.

Roskomnadzor limited access to 80 VPN services and proxies, which were specially created to bypass the locks of the Telegram messenger. This was reported by the press service of the department, reports Kommersant. Another VPN service and the proxy unlocked, because they stopped helping to bypass the messenger blocking. As Kommersant notes, the messenger blocking has led to a sharp increase in sales of VPN services.

Special prosecutor Robert Müller, investigating the alleged intervention of Russia in the US presidential election, will complete the investigation of part of the case by the first of September. Müller should come to the conclusion about whether Donald Trump tried to interfere with the investigation. About this writes The New York Times with reference to Trump's lawyer Rudy Juliani.

Four representatives of the Communist Party - Elena Shuvalova, Vadim Kumin, Valery Rashkin and Nikolai Zubrilin and journalist Maxim Shevchenko became the winners of the primaries of the left forces to determine the candidate for mayor of Moscow. This was announced by the coordinator of the "Left Front" Sergey Udaltsov.

The construction of the bridge in the Crimea, which was started by Adolf Hitler, was not completed due to circumstances that were beyond the Fuhrer. The “construction of the century”, as employees of Russian television channels called it, was carried out under Vladimir Putin. At the same time, two monuments of nature were destroyed, workers were not paid regularly, and several criminal cases were opened for violation of sanctions in Europe.

The Japanese climber Nobukaza Kuriki died when climbing Everest. This was reported by Reuters with reference to the official representative of the Tourism Department of Nepal Gyander Schrest. The body of the climber was found in a tent at an altitude of 7400 m. Also, the agency, citing eyewitnesses, informed the agency about the death of the 63-year-old Macedonian climber Georgy Petkov. He also died when trying to climb Everest.

The Fan Zone at the 2018 World Cup for 669 million rubles will be built by Magnum LLC, which has already won tenders for the reconstruction of Luzhnikov, the construction of the arena for Lokomotiv, the Center for Acrobatic Rock-Rolla Katerina Tikhonova, the alleged daughter of Vladimir Putin. About this writes Znak.com. An initiative group of students of Moscow State University, opposing the construction of a fan zone, drew attention to the contract.

US President Donald Trump signed a decree prohibiting US citizens and legal entities to conduct transactions related to the public duty of Venezuela. The corresponding document is published on the White House website.

The Russian Historical Society (Rio) has announced a competition of historical research on Russian participation in the formation of the United States of America. The head of Rio Sergey Naryshkin noted that in the history of Russia there are many facts of "positive intervention in the political life of the United States." He noted that Catherine II supported American colonists in the struggle for independence from the British Empire.

“Direct Line” with Vladimir Putin will take place on June 7 and for the first time in ten years will pass without spectators in the studio, the Russian BBC service reports with reference to the organizers of the broadcast and a source close to the presidential administration.

The Russian Historical Society (Rio) has announced a competition of research on Russian participation in the formation of the United States of America. The head of Rio Sergey Naryshkin noted that in the history of Russia there are many facts of "positive intervention in the political life of the United States." The Insider asked historians to evaluate the importance of such a competition for science.

The Corruption Foundation reminded the shareholder and general director of News Media media holding Aram Gabrelyanov about the promise to give elite real estate abroad to the one who can find it. Navalny wrote about this on his blog. On May 15, Navalny published an investigation into an apartment in Paris, owned by Aram Gabrelyanov and his son Ashot. As Navalny found out, the apartment was purchased in 2009 for 1.8 million euros, now its estimated cost is 2.1 million euros.

“Dirty money from Russia” threatens the interests of the foreign policy of Great Britain. This is stated in a report published by the Committee on International Affairs of the House of Commons of the British Parliament. According to deputies, the cash flows that pass through the country's financial institutions interfere with the country's financial institutions in relation to Russia.

The Ministry of Defense in November 2018 will hold the first Biathlon competition among robots in Patriot Park, RBC reports with reference to the press service of the department. “Robobiathlon Rules are based on the basics of a tank biathlon. The competition will be held on a specially prepared track with obstacles that imitate natural and artificial barriers.

The Perovsky District Court of Moscow decided to finalize the metropolitan restaurant for 840 thousand rubles for beer on hemp. This was reported by Interfax with reference to the Prosecutor General of Russia. According to the agency, we are talking about the Gambrinus restaurant on the 1st Vladimir street.