The Senate is examining this Wednesday the bill aimed at enshrining in the Constitution the freedom to resort to voluntary termination of pregnancy. Minister of Transport Patrice Vergriete affirmed that he was “absolutely not” worried about a threat of strike during the Olympics.

The body of Alexeï Navalny was handed over to his mother this Saturday, after refusals from the Russian authorities. The Russian opponent, who died in prison on February 16, will be buried this Friday in Moscow.