Two years ago, on May 2, 2011, the head of Al-Qaeda was killed by the fighters of the USAL Navy unit in a villa in the city of Abbottabad 50 km from Islamabad. The special forces acting without notifying the Pakistani authorities had no task to take him alive. President Barack Obama himself stated the success of the operation: “A little more than a week ago, I decided that we have enough intelligence, and I agreed to conduct the operation.

May 6, 2012. Photo by Nicky Maksimyuk/Grani.ru The capital's authorities finally banned the Coordinating Council of the opposition on May 6, allowing only a rally on Bolotnaya Square. This was reported on Twitter as a member of the CSR Petr Tsarkov following the results of the last round of negotiations in the city hall. The rally will be held from 19:00 to 21:30, the collection of participants - from 18 hours. The permitted number is 30 thousand people.

The picket in the Surkov mask at the entrance to the LSE. Photo by Grigory Asmolov In response to protests, the Putin regime “showed long-awaited rigidity” and “defeated the opposition,” said Deputy Prime Minister Vladislav Surkov, speaking at the London School of Economics. “You really have the feeling that after the rallies of December 2011, the old system collapsed? No, it won the opposition. This is a fact,” the BBC Russian service quoted Surkov.

May 2 - Solidarity Day with Sergey Krivov. In October, he was detained at the picket at the TFR and accused of two “swamp” articles - participation in the riots and violence against a representative of the authorities. According to investigators, Kryva grabbed a police club and beat two riot police. The accusation is commented by Leonid Parfyonov: Leonid Parfenov in support of Sergey Krivov "I did not participate in the riots, I stopped them!" - says Sergey.

Mine "Korkinskaya". Photo: victorborisov.livejournal.com Two miners died at the collapse at the Korkinskaya mine in the village of Roza Korkinsky district of the Chelyabinsk region. This was reported by RIA Novosti with reference to rescuers working at the site of the incident. The disaster occurred on May 2 at 10:45 pm Moscow time. The miners dismantled the shaft capacity - a design that holds the walls and outflow of development from deformation.

Maxim Peshkov. Photo: Russianireland.com The Ireland Parliament Committee on international relations excluded from appeal to the country's government the requirement to introduce visa and financial sanctions against Russian officials and security forces involved in the death of the lawyer of the Hermitage Capital Foundation Sergei Magnitsky. It is reported by The Irish Times.

Three suspects in the Boston terrorist attack. Photo from the site CNN Three friends of the "Boston terrorist" Johar Tsarnaev, detained on Wednesday, were charged. According to CNN, citizens of Kazakhstan Azamat Tazhayakov and Diyaz Kadyrbaev and US citizen Robel Filippos are accused of helping Tsarnaev to get rid of evidence. Kazakhs threatens up to 5 years in prison for hindering the investigation, and Filippos - up to 8 years old, since he lied to the FBI agents during interrogation.

Kenneth PE. Photo from a personal page on Facebook The Higher Court of the DPRK sentenced the American of Korean descent Kenneth PE to 15 years of labor camps. This was reported by RIA Novosti with reference to the Central Telegraph Agency of Korea. PE was found guilty of "crimes against the country." The nature of these crimes is not specified. The North Korean legislation for "crimes against the country" provides for punishment up to the death penalty.