Sergey Alekseev. Photo: Dmitry Donskoy / Archive RIA Novosti Lawyer Sergey Alekseev, one of the authors of the Russian Constitution, died in the 89th year of his life in St. Petersburg, Interfax reports with reference to the statement of the Institute of Philosophy and the Law of the Ural Branch of the Russian Academy of Sciences, the founder of which was Alekseev. "Sergey Sergeyevich was gone yesterday. It happened in St. Petersburg, where he lived and worked for more than a year.

A forage of a policeman. Photo: ofless.ru The deputy head of the criminal investigation department of the Main Directorate of the Ministry of Internal Affairs in St. Petersburg and the Leningrad Region Konstantin Mikhnyuk shot down a cyclist, driving a Land Rover car, Interfax reports citing a police source. The accident occurred about 21-00 on Sunday.

Grigory Melkonets and the lawyer of the Voice Ramil Akhmetgaliev in court. Photo by Yu.Dzhibladze The Ministry of Justice opened an administrative case against the Russian public organization "Voice", which is part of the same association in defense of voters' rights.

Frame of the video of Interpress Xabar A resident of the Bardinsky district of Azerbaijan, located in the central part of the country, staged a protest against the actions of road inspectors, reports contact.Az . He undressed and sat down in front of the building of the district administration of the road police. At the disposal of the publication was a video from the scene.

Migrants from Tajikistan. Frame NTV In Chekhov near Moscow, local youth attacked immigrants from Tajikistan who played football at the construction site, where they worked, Interfax reports with reference to a source in law enforcement. According to preliminary data, the attack occurred at about 21:00 near the house 6 on Molodezhnaya Street. In the fight, improvised objects and traumatic weapons were used. Four people were injured from traumatic weapons. Fifth severe injuries were stupid.

On May 13, the Moscow City Court, starting at 10:30 am, will consider appeals against the extension of the arrest of the defendants in the Bolotnaya case, Sergei Krivov, Yaroslav Belousov, Vladimir Akimenkov and Sergei Udaltsov. Facebook event page

At the place of shooting in New Orleans. Photo from the site CNN The FBI connects the shooting in New Orleans with street crime, and not with terrorism, reports CNN. 19 people were injured, including two 10-year-old children. The boy and the girl received slight injuries, the bullets touched them on the tangent. Several hundred people participated in the parade. Two or three unknown people opened shooting during a parade dedicated to the Mother's Day.

Gay parade on the old Arbat. Frame Grani-TV The Moscow City Hall received an application for a gay parade in the city center, dedicated to the 20th anniversary of the abolition of criminal prosecution for homosexuality. According to one of the leaders of the LGBT movement, Nikolai Alekseev, activists applied for a rally and procession on weekends on May 25 or 26.

Sergey Khursevich. Photo: mil.ru The chief military prosecutor Sergei Fridinsky demands to dismiss the general director of Oboronservice Sergey Khirssevich. As it became known to Kommersant , in the name of the Minister of Defense Sergey Shoigu Fridinsky writes that Khursevich "did not ensure compliance with the rule of law" in the work of the company and "himself took the path of violation of the law." The performance is dated March 29.

Dollars. Photo from the site www.gra-america.org The State Duma deputy from the LDPR Mikhail Degtyarev prepared a bill on the ban on the storage and turnover of US dollars in Russia, the Izvestia newspaper reports. Degtyarev explained the need to ban dollars with concern for the monetary savings of Russians.

Deputy Evgeny Shcherban. Photo: segodnya.ua The investigation in the case of the murder of the deputy of the Verkhovna Rada Evgeny Shcherban was terminated by the Prosecutor General of Ukraine, Interfax reports with reference to Sergey Vlasenko, defender Yulia Tymoshenko. The ex-prime minister was suspected of involvement in this crime. On what basis the investigation was terminated, it is not specified. There have been no official comments on the part of the prosecutor's office on this subject.

In the Novokhopersky district of the Voronezh region, Chopovtsevi beastly beaten eco -activists protesting against Nickel's extraction. According to the website of the Khopra defenders, the conflict occurred on Monday evening at the Elansk Nickel Field, where the Mednogorsk plant begins exploration. Participants in the eco -camp approached a metal fence with barbed wire, which, in their opinion, was installed illegally.

New buildings. Photo www.segodnya.ua The volume of overdue debt for mortgage lending in Russia is currently about 28.3 billion rubles, which is 9.6 percent more than in early May 2012 (25.5 billion rubles), Lenta.ru reports with reference to the Squidy Consolidated Consolidation Review. According to experts, the main share of the delay (11.3 billion rubles) falls on the Central Federal District. The leaders in it are Moscow, the Moscow Region, Tver and Voronezh regions.

Concert in support of political prisoners. Photo by Yu. Timofeeva/Grani.ru Moscow concert in support of political prisoners "for your and our freedom!" Passed with a full house. According to preliminary estimates, the revenue from the sale of tickets to the Mir concert hall amounted to 400 thousand rubles, more detailed data will be known on Tuesday.

Gennady Onishchenko. Photo: Vasily Smirnov/Russian Look Rospotrebnadzor refused to allow five types of cognac to Russia, which the Georgian company Askaneli was going to supply to the country, Interfax reports. “This cannot even be called cognac. What they provided to us does not even contain cognac alcohols,” the head of the department and the chief sanitary doctor of Russia Gennady Onishchenko commented on the quality of cognacs.