Moscow Mayor Sergei Sobyanin said that he feels “huge responsibility” for what is happening in the city, so he decided to go to the polls. This is stated on the website of the mayor of the capital.

No one in the world loves Russian President Vladimir Putin as much as his American counterpart Donald Trump, says former CIA and NSA employee Edward Snowden. “Nobody in the world loves Putin more than Trump,” the Huffington Post quotes Snowden as saying . In his opinion, people are in vain hoping that the team of special prosecutor Robert Mueller, investigating possible Russian interference in the US presidential election, will find real evidence against Trump.

The Dutch and Australians know without a trial who should pay for the downing of flight MH17 / Michael Kooren / Reuters The Netherlands believes Russia was involved in the downing of Malaysia Airlines flight MH17 in the Donbas region in July 2014, and Australia shares this position, the Dutch government said on Friday. "Proceedings at national level are complex legal processes and there are several options.

The annual direct line with President Vladimir Putin will begin on Thursday, June 7, at 12:00 Moscow time, the Kremlin announced . It will be broadcast by TV channels “First”, “Russia 1”, “Russia 24”, OTR, radio stations “Mayak”, “Vesti FM” and “Radio Rossii”. Questions will be accepted from May 27 until the end of the program on June 7.

A special jury of the Man Booker Prize has selected the five best books of the last 50 years to mark the prize's fiftieth anniversary, The New York Times reports . The jury selected from previous prize winners, one book for each decade.

The Avtomatika concern ( part of the Rostec state corporation) has created the first phone with crypto protection in Russia, RIA Novosti reports , citing the company’s press secretary. The device is intended for law enforcement agencies, officials and companies. “This is the first device with an encoder that we are making available for free sale. It is really necessary for the same commercial structures that have their own trade secrets,” said the press secretary.

While golf cannot yet compare in popularity in Russia with football or hockey, its fans include members of the government and ministers, Khristenko said in an interview with Vedomosti / Anna Shilova / Vedomosti Roscongress , the Russian Golf Association and Golf Estate have agreed to include golf competitions in the sports program of events held by Roscongress.

Several Russian servicemen killed in militant attack in Deir ez-Zor province in Syria / AP Four Russian servicemen were killed in Syria when militants came under fire, the Russian Defense Ministry reported. Several mobile groups of terrorists attacked a battery of Syrian government troops in the province of Deir ez-Zor at night , the ministry said, without specifying when exactly this happened. "Two Russian military advisers who were directing the fire of the Syrian battery died on the spot.

Papa John's to Launch Facial Recognition System Early Summer / Facebook / Papa John's In June, the Papa John's pizza chain and Cofix coffee shops will begin testing payment for orders using a facial recognition system, said representatives of these chains, as well as Anatoly Raikhert, co-owner and CEO of the company that developed the service, Swip. To pay for coffee and pizza, the buyer will just need to look at the camera at the checkout.

"Who will bring back the young and beautiful lives that have been devastated and destroyed by the fictitious witch hunt over collusion with Russia?" Donald Trump, President of the United States "It's not like you can get someone like that involved in some complex operation where [Trump] can't even remember what he was going to say at the end of his sentence." Edward Snowden, former CIA employee

At least 26 Syrian government soldiers and nine Russians were killed in a militant attack in Syria, AFP reports , citing the Syrian Observatory for Human Rights. “Some of these Russian citizens were military personnel, but not all,” said the organization’s leader, Rami Abdul-Rahman. Earlier, the Russian Ministry of Defense reported that in the Syrian province of Deir ez-Zor, four Russians were killed during shelling by militants - two military advisers and two servicemen.

May 27, 2018, 21:24 / Economics Exclusively by subscription Going to court may be considered an abuse If this is a dispute with the tax authorities, which could not be won Anna Kholyavko Elizaveta Bazanova The statute of limitations is necessary to protect people from liability for the bankruptcy of a company they left long ago, explains the Supreme Court / Denis Abramov / Vedomosti In mid-May, the Supreme Court issued a ruling that allows the dispute lost by the tax authorities to be recognized

Due to a power failure in the baggage system, Pulkovo Airport was unable to load some luggage on Saturday afternoon. This was reported by the Kommersant newspaper and confirmed to RIA Novosti by airport press secretary Margarita Potekhina. The failure occurred after the closure of the St. Petersburg International Economic Forum (SPIEF), so there were many participants at the airport. The power grid experienced a power surge, causing a five-minute power outage in the airport terminal.

Increasing tourism revenues is one of the strategic objectives set by Vladimir Putin, Safonov clarified / Andrey Gordeyev / Vedomosti Russia's income from tourism in 2017 grew to 3 trillion rubles, which is about 3.47% of GDP. This was reported at the SPIEF session "Money Tourist Flow" by the head of Rostourism Oleg Safonov. By 2025, these figures could grow to 5 trillion rubles and 5% of GDP, Safonov believes.

Italy and Spain test investors Political troubles in the eurozone's two largest peripheral countries sent Italian and Spanish government bond markets tumbling on Friday, and European bank stocks selling off. Italy's two-week slide in government bonds accelerated sharply after the two populist parties forming the government failed to submit a list of ministers to the president for approval, as planned. He is resisting the appointment of 81-year-old eurosceptic Paolo Savona as finance minister.