The police officer who died in an accident on the night of May 13 in the south-west of Moscow, according to preliminary data, was driving a car while intoxicated, the press service of the GUMVD for Moscow reported.

The writers' "control walk" ended on Chistoprudny Boulevard near the monument to Griboedov. A group of writers and musicians, together with townspeople, began their journey from the monument to Pushkin. State Duma deputy from the A Just Russia party Dmitry Gudkov discussed what was happening with presenter Oksana Barykina. — Tell us where you are now, what is happening there, what do you see?

Another girl died, who was involved in an accident on a bus with children near Pyatigorsk on May 13, a representative of the press service of the State Traffic Safety Inspectorate of the Ministry of Internal Affairs of the Russian Federation for Kabardino-Balkaria told RIA Novosti . Thus, the number of road accident victims reached five people. “On Sunday evening, a girl who was in very serious condition died in the hospital,” the agency’s interlocutor said.

During the “Control Walk” action, no provocations or arrests were observed. A crowd of thousands, together with a group of Russian writers, writers and musicians led by Boris Akunin, freely reached the monument to Griboedov on Chistye Prudy. Writer Dmitry Bykov discussed the situation with presenter Ksenia Turkova. — Where are you now, at what point on the route? — I’m now near the Chistye Prudy metro station. There are a number of my graduates around me.

In China, in Minxian County, Gansu Province, heavy hail and flooding killed 40 people, 18 were missing, and another 87 victims were in hospital. Life has now largely returned to normal in the disaster-affected areas, but there are still severe shortages of basic necessities. In total, 350 thousand people were injured due to bad weather, 30 thousand were evacuated from their homes.

On May 13, the Central Election Commission of Armenia announced the number of mandates received by parties that entered the parliament of the fifth convocation. According to the Central Election Commission, according to the party lists, the Republican Party of Armenia (RPA) received 40 deputy mandates, the Prosperous Armenia party - 28, the Armenian National Congress bloc - 7, the Dashnaktsutyun party - 5, the Orinats Yerkir party - 5, and Heritage — 5.

A “control walk” organized by writers and musicians on the boulevard ring of Moscow brought together up to 2 thousand people, RIA Novosti reported on May 13 in the press service of the Main Directorate of the Ministry of Internal Affairs of Russia for Moscow. “The event, called a ‘control walk,’ ended; apart from the fact that the participants created difficulties for traffic, no other significant violations of public order were recorded,” the department representative added.

How the opposition rally went in the center of Moscow 50K 4 min. ... Today Russian writers took a walk along the Boulevard Ring. They were accompanied, according to the action participants, by about 15 thousand people. The authorities saw only 2 thousand people. The capital's police did not prevent Muscovites from moving freely around the city. The rally ended at Chistye Prudy, where the opposition camp was set up.

Spartak beat CSKA and took second place On May 13, the longest Russian championship, transitional to the “autumn-spring” system, ended. Three more rounds before the end, Zenit became the winner of the championship. On Sunday, the exciting race for second place ended. It was won by Spartak, which, thanks to a victory over Lokomotiv (2:0) and CSKA's defeat by Rubin (1:3), beat the army team at the last moment.

The transitional Russian football championship 2011/2012 ended on May 13. In the 44th round, the championship winners will be determined, as well as the teams that will have to leave the Premier League and play the play-offs. In Group B, where places from 9th to 16th were up for grabs, Tom beat Rostov 2:1, and Amkar defeated Volga 4:1. In two other matches, a draw was recorded: Spartak-Nalchik played with Krasnodar 3:3, and Krylia Sovetov played with Terek 1:1.

The police took Oksana Makar’s mother, Tatyana Surovitskaya, into protective custody after receiving threats against her. This was reported by MP from NUNS Nikolai Katerynchuk, who provides legal assistance to Surovitskaya. Katerynchuk said that influential relatives and friends of the crime suspects Maxim Prisyazhnyuk, Evgeniy Krasnoshchek and Artem Pogosyan continue to put pressure on the victim’s side.

Writers, journalists, musicians and ordinary people with white ribbons gathered on Pushkin Square began their “Control Walk” from the Pushkin monument to the Griboedov monument on Chistye Prudy on May 13. The idea of ​​holding a “Control Walk” was proposed by the writer Boris Akunin (Grigory Chkhartishvili), who took an active part in protests this winter.

On May 13, the ruling Christian Democratic Union (CDU) in Germany, led by Chancellor Angela Merkel, was defeated in the elections to the Landtag of North Rhine-Westphalia. According to preliminary data, the Christian Democrats received about 25.7% of the vote, which is an alarming figure on the eve of the 2013 parliamentary elections. The main competitors of the CDU, the Social Democrats, gain 38.2% of the vote.

At least 16 militants associated with the international terrorist organization al-Qaeda were killed on May 12 as a result of a series of strikes carried out by US unmanned aerial vehicles (UAVs) in southern Yemen, reports Reuters .

An earthquake of magnitude 5.7 occurred overnight in Tajikistan. According to seismologists, the epicenter of the tremors, recorded at 4.28 local time (3.28 Moscow time), was located 99 km northeast of the city of Kulob and 143 km east of the capital Dushanbe. The source of the earthquake lay at a depth of 10 km. There were no reports of damage or casualties. Based on materials from RIA Novosti