The start of the Soyuz rocket with the ship Progress. Photo: Federalspace.ru According to preliminary data, the cause of the accident of the M-27M cargo ship was the explosion of the third stage of the Soyuz-2.1A launch vehicle. This was reported by Interfax with reference to a source close to the emergency commission. The final conclusions about the causes of the accident will present the commission on May 13.

John Tefft. Photo: state.gov The United States is not striving to harm Moscow, but on the contrary, aimed at a comprehensive partnership. This was in an interview with RBC by US Ambassador to Russia John Tefft.

Ilya Goryachev. Photo: rusimperia.info In the Moscow City Court, preliminary hearings were held in the case of the leader of the combat organization of Russian nationalists Ilya Goryachev. This was reported on the court website. The case is considered by Judge Oleg Muzychenko. According to RAPSI, during a meeting, Muzychenko extended the arrest until October 20, that is, for six months that have passed since his case was received in court.

Andrey Svistunov. Photo from a personal page A criminal case was terminated against the coordinator of the Left Front in the Republic of Mari El Andrei Svistunov. This was reported by the local publication "7x7" with reference to the activist himself. He was accused of justifying terrorism and preparing to overthrow the constitutional system. "According to the investigation from August to October 2012, the VKontakte social network posted text messages, justifying terrorism.

Crimean Tatars at a rally at the Verkhovna Rada of Crimea, 02/26/2014. Photo: Piter.tv In the village of Grushevka, the Crimea Sudak City Council detained a new person involved in the “February 26 case” - 26 -year -old commercial representative of Mustafa Degermendzhi. This was announced on his Facebook page by the head of the Committee for the Protection of the Rights of the Crimean Tatar people, a member of the Mejlis Escender Bariev. Degermendzhi was seized about 8 a.m.

Ivan Belousov. Photo from the site "Novaya Gazeta" Judge of the Tver District Court of Moscow Alexei Krivoruchko, having repeatedly examined the case of Ivan Belousov, accused of an explosion on Manezhnaya Square in 2007, sentenced the defendant to already departed 5 years 4 months of a general regime. This is reported by Kasparov.ru.

The car of the deputy Khachatryan, running into the police. Helper video In Vladivostok, a criminal case was opened against the deputy of the Legislative Assembly of the Primorsky Territory from United Russia Artush Khachatryan, who was trying to drive through the May Day demonstration, RIA Novosti reports with reference to the press service of the regional parliament. The decision was made following the results of the meeting, where the document on initiating the case was submitted.

Vladimir Bukovsky. Frame of the faces-TV The former Soviet dissident Vladimir Bukovsky was operated on in a private clinic in Germany, BBC reports with reference to his assistant Pavel Stroylov. After a nine -hour operation, Bukovsky’s heart was introduced into a state of artificial coma. During the operation, Bukovsky replaced two heart valves. According to the doctors, the operation was successful.

Nadezhda Savchenko in the Basmanny Court, 05/06/2015. Frame of the faces A criminal case against the captured Ukrainian pilot, deputy of the Verkhovna Rada Nadezhda Savchenko was allocated from a common criminal case on the use of prohibited funds and methods of warfare. This was reported by her lawyer Ilya Novikov.

Valentin Danilov. Photo: mkkras.ru The ECHR accepted for consideration the complaint of physicist Valentin Danilov for a sentence by 14 years of maximum regime in the case of state treason and fraud. The decision of the Strasbourg Court, issued on April 14, was published on Thursday on its website.

The detention of Sergei Sharov-Velon on Bolotnaya, 05/06/2015. Photo: @alasta_ven Three participants in the action on Bolotnaya Square - Alexander Ryklin, Sergey Sharov -Delon and Irina Kalmykov - were left in the police before the court. This was reported on Thursday night by the OVD-info. Sharov-Delone and Kalmykov are in the OP "Yakimanka", and Ryklin was taken from this department to Zamoskvorechye, since there was no room left in Yakimanka.

The stalled tank "Armata". Frame of the video The new generation of the T-14 Armata stalled during the general rehearsal of the Victory Parade on Red Square, RBC reports . An engineering machine with cables drove up to the tank that stopped opposite the mausoleum, but they did not tow it. At the very end of the rehearsal, the announcer called the stop of the planned tank. He explained that in this way the evacuation of military equipment was demonstrated.

Vladislav Surkov. Photo: Sk.ru The Security Service of Ukraine transferred materials to the General Prosecutor's office on the involvement of the adviser to the Russian President Vladislav Surkov and his first assistant to Inal Ardzinba to terrorist crimes in Ukraine. This was stated by the head of the SBU Valentin Nalyvaichenko, Ligabusinessinfo reports .

Leonid Tikhonov. Photo: nakhodka.tv The Memorial human rights center recognized as political prisoners the head of the union of the Docks of Vostochny Port in the find of Leonid Tikhonov and the chief accountant of the trade union Natalya Bondareva. This is stated in the statement published on the organization’s website.

Plastic cards. Photo: CardCity.ru In the work of the national payment cards system, another failure occurred, Izvestia reports with reference to representatives and customers of several banks. Due to technical problems, according to the sources of the publication, some clients of Sberbank, VTB24 and other banks could not make translations to their VISA and MasterCard cards issued by one bank through Internet banking or ATMs and terminals of another bank.