Magomed Karataev. Photo: vs.chn.sudrf.ru The Chairman of the Supreme Court of Chechnya Magomed Karataev resigned from his post after criticism from the acting Head of the region Ramzan Kadyrov. It is reported by the Grozny State Traffic Safety Agency. According to Karataev, during the meeting in the administration of the head of Chechnya on May 5 Kadyrov, specific examples of errors made by district judges were given.

125 years ago, on May 15, 1891, Mikhail Afanasevich Bulgakov, one of the largest Russian writers of the 20th century, was born in Kyiv. By the end of the 1920s, Bulgakov’s works were prohibited for publication, and on the stage there was his only play “Turbine Days”. In contacting the government on March 28, 1930, he wrote: "M. Bulgakov became a satirist just at a time when no real (penetrating into the forbidden zones) satire in the USSR is absolutely unthinkable.

DPRK flag The DPRK freed the Russian yacht "Elfin", which became known the detention the day before. This is reported by Interfax. At 10:05 am Sunday by local time (4:35 Moscow time), the ship received permission to leave the port of the city of Kimchhek (Kimchak). After the liberation, Elfin went to Vladivostok.

Derbent: Smoke above the house 1 on the serf during the battle. Life frame The Islamic State states that it was his Mujahideen on Saturday who fought with the security forces in Derbent. This was reported by Reuters with reference to the AMAQ agency, close to IG.

At the constituent session of the Belarusian National Congress. Photo: nn.by In Minsk, in the Square of Yankees Kupala, the constituent session of the Belarusian National Congress was held, which is conceived as a permanent association of the country's democratic forces. This was reported by Belapan. A group of social activists made the idea of ​​holding a forum of democratic organizations in December 2015.

The operative takes out a safe from the editor of the "sheet". Photo: Listock.ru In Gorno-Altaysk, the investigator of the Investigative Committee, with the support of Silovician operatives, held another search as amended by the regional opposition newspaper Listok. This was announced on Saturday by the founder of the publication, the leader of the Parnassus department in the Altai Republic Sergey Mikhailov. As specified on the website of the newspaper, eight system units and safe were seized.

Vladimir Putin and Vitaly Mutko. Photo: Putin.kremlin.ru The Minister of Sports Vitaly Mutko asks not to deprive the Russian athletes of participation in the summer Olympics, which will be held this year in Rio de Janeiro. His column in London The Sunday Times is dedicated to this. The removal of Russian athletes from participating in the games would be "unfriendly and disproportionate," the official said.

The best quotes from the current show "Evening with Vladimir Solovyov", the final program "Vesti of the Week with Dmitry Kiselev" and other programs of Putin's TV. The chronicle is led by Nikolai Ruden. April pearls here .

75 years ago, on May 15, 1941, a German three-engine Junkers-52 transport aircraft invaded Soviet airspace in the Bialystok region and, never intercepted by Soviet fighters, landed safely at the Central Airfield in Moscow near the Dynamo stadium. Under the escort of Soviet fighters, the aircraft was returned to Germany. This incident gave rise to a new wave of repression among the leaders of the Soviet Air Force and Air Defense.

Jamala with the Eurovision Cup. Photo: rbc.ua At the Eurovision-2016 pop competition, which took place in Stockholm, the first place was taken by the Crimean Tatar singer Jamal with the song "1944", which is dedicated to the deportation of its people under Stalin. It is reported by Ukrainian Pravda. Jamala scored 534 points: 211 from the jury and 323 following the results of SMS voting of the audience.