The heads of the constituent entities of the Russian Federation should periodically change places, the head of North Ossetia, Alexander Dzasokhov, believes. He stated this on Monday in an interview with Interfax, Ekho Moskvy reports. On Monday, the media reported that Dzasokhov would resign in the coming days. Interfax reported this with reference to an informed source in Vladikavkaz.

An emergency situation has been declared in three districts of Primorye - Krasnoarmeisky, Chuguevsky and Kirovsky. According to RIA Novosti, the local administration made this decision due to a sharp rise in the water level in the rivers. In two villages of the Chuguevsky district, 99 houses in the private sector were flooded. Seven villages were affected in the Krasnoarmeisky district: Roshchino, Novopokrovka, Vostretsovo, Melnichnoye, Dalniy Kut, Sarovka, Novopokrovka.

Lyubov Sliska, First Vice Speaker of the State Duma, suggests punishing performers for using phonograms at concerts. "Plywood", presented at concerts instead of a live performance, refers to counterfeit products, Sliska said on Monday, RIA Novosti reports. The vice-speaker proposed to make an appropriate amendment to the law "On Protection of Consumer Rights". In her opinion, the bill can be adopted in the first reading already during the spring session.

The investigation against the former Minister of Atomic Energy of the Russian Federation, Yevgeny Adamov, should be conducted in Russia and according to Russian laws, Russian Ambassador to Switzerland Dmitry Cherkashin said in an interview with the Swiss newspaper "Neue Zuercher Zeitung", published on Sunday. He is quoted by RIA Novosti. The ambassador confirmed that Russia opposes the extradition of Adamov to the United States.

The former head of the Kuznetsovsky Porcelain factory, Vasily Bolyuk, was taken into custody on Monday by order of the Novgorod prosecutor's office. The need for the arrest of the former director of the plant in the Novgorod regional prosecutor's office was explained by the fact that, in addition to non-payment of wages to subordinates, Bolyuk is charged with tax fraud, RIA Novosti notes.

Azerbaijan is concerned about the statements of a number of political and military leaders of Russia about the possibility of transferring part of the property and military equipment of Russian military bases on the territory of Georgia to Armenia. This is stated in a note handed on Monday to Russian Charge d'Affaires in Azerbaijan Petr Burdykin, ITAR-TASS reports with reference to the press center of the Azerbaijani Foreign Ministry.

The BBC and British Broadcasting Corporation radio stations are broadcasting pre-recorded news releases today. Journalists and technical workers of the company are on strike for 24 hours. As reported by RIA Novosti, for the first time in many years of its existence, the main morning program of the radio station "Radio 4" - "Today" did not go on the air. Instead of the morning programs of BBC 1, pre-recorded stories and news blocks of BBC News 24 are on the air.

CSKA beat Spartak 3:1. Match 9 round of the Russian championship was held on Sunday at the Moscow stadium "Luzhniki". The goals were scored in the 51st minute by Aldonin, in the 59th by Vasily Berezutsky, and in the 83rd by Olic. The only goal for Spartak belongs to Boyarintsev. He scored the ball early in the game in the 28th minute. The game was broadcast by the TV channel "Sport".

Mikhail Sholokhov. Photo from the site http://worldvb.narod.ru On the eve of the 100th anniversary of the birth of Mikhail Sholokhov, the Russian authorities tried to prevent the popularization of the materials that cast doubt on the Sholokhov’s authorship of the Pacific Don.

In Volgograd, a fixed-route taxi crashed into a power line pole, three people were injured. As RIA "Novosti" was informed in the city traffic police, two men and one woman were hospitalized with injuries of varying severity. The accident occurred on Monday in the Krasnooktyabrsky district of Volgograd. The driver of the route "Gazelle" lost control and crashed into a pole. According to preliminary information, the car's brakes failed.

Vladimir Putin. Photo from the site www.segabg.com Russia will not negotiate with the Baltic countries on the platform of any territorial claims, said Vladimir Putin on Monday. As RIA Novosti reports, he expressed this thought very figuratively. “They will not receive Pylovsky district, but from a dead donkey ears,” Putin said at a meeting with the collective of Komsomolskaya Pravda.

The lawsuit against the police officers who dispersed the rally of supporters of Mikhail Khodorkovsky on May 16, which is going to be filed by the leader of the United Civil Front Garry Kasparov, will be accompanied by video materials. On Monday, they were published by the Kasparov.Ru website. The video, which will be used as evidence at the trial, shows how police roughly detained Khodorkovsky's supporters and even beat them. It also recorded how the riot police tried to grab Kasparov.

Two cinemas were blown up in Delhi on Sunday. As a result, at least 7 people died, about 16 were injured, Sky News reports, citing local television. However, according to India Infoline, there were no fatalities. Explosions thundered with a difference of 15 minutes. One of the blown up cinemas is located in the center of the Indian capital, the other is in the Patel Nagar area.

By Monday, 45 people had already been hospitalized in Arkhangelsk with suspected mercury poisoning, Gazeta.ru reports citing Interfax. 36 of them are children under the age of 14. On May 14, in the suburban village of Silikatchikov, three teenagers found a one and a half liter plastic bottle with mercury in an ownerless barn. The children mistook the mercury for paint, began to play with it, and spilled it in the yard of the kindergarten and in one of the apartments.

Secretary of the National Security and Defense Council of Ukraine Petro Poroshenko announced the upcoming inventory of land in Crimea. It is reported by Lenta.ru with reference to ProUA.com. After the inventory, which Poroshenko promised to complete in two months, the land will be re-evaluated. "When we start selling Crimean land for a fair price, real investments will finally go there," Poroshenko said.