According to the local news agency "Access", the decision to expand the local staff of Rosprirodnadzor was made following the visit to the region of the head of the state environmental supervision department of Rosprirodnadzor Natalya Sokolova, during which she held a meeting on the situation with mass complaints from residents about the consequences of emissions of harmful substances into the atmosphere air, carried out by industrial enterprises of the city and region.

More than 2 thousand violations in 22 Russian regions were revealed by the Ministry of Health and Roszdravnadzor during the first quarter of this year during drug price checks, Russian Minister of Health Veronika Skvortsova said today on the Rossiya 24 TV channel. “They are related to violations of maximum retail prices for medicines,” the minister explained.

The Egyptian government has announced an extension of the mandate for the participation of its armed forces in operations abroad. As Al-Arabiya TV channel reported, this decision was made by the country's authorities to ensure the security of Egypt and the Arab states in the Persian Gulf, Red Sea and Bab el-Mandeb Strait. At the same time, as the TV channel reports, the government did not specify whether Egyptian ground forces would be sent to Yemen.

The FBI was able to identify the shooter at a cartoon exhibition in Texas, reports Reuters. The shooter was identified as Elton Simpson, an Arizona resident who had previously been investigated for links to radicals. Simpson's home in Phoenix was searched. Earlier, police in the city of Garland, Texas, reported that on Sunday evening two unknown people opened fire in the parking lot near a cultural center where a caricature competition of the Prophet Muhammad was being held.

The head of the Chelyabinsk region, Boris Dubrovsky, published a declaration of family income for 2014. According to the document, last year the governor earned 358 million rubles, which is 18 million more than in 2013, when he worked as general director of OJSC Magnitogorsk Iron and Steel Works.

Israeli Foreign Minister Avigdor Lieberman announced that his party “Israel Our Home” will not join the new government of Benjamin Netanyahu, and he himself will leave his ministerial post, RIA Novosti reports, citing local media. The Russian-speaking native of Moldova headed the Israeli Foreign Ministry in two Netanyahu offices in a row and, as the media claimed, had a chance of receiving the same portfolio for the third time following the results of coalition negotiations.

When asked how Prince Harry felt about no longer being the fourth contender to the English throne, he replied: “Wonderful!” After the birth of the daughter of Prince William and the Duchess of Cambridge, he became fifth in line to the throne, writes the Independent. The prince gave this answer even before the birth of his niece. The prince is currently doing military service in Australia and says he is looking forward to meeting the new princess.

World oil prices showed positive dynamics on Monday amid investors' expectations of a quick reduction in the excess supply in the market, as well as the resumption of economic growth in China, trading data shows. As of 15.24 Moscow time, the price of June futures for North Sea Brent crude oil grew by 0.50% to $66.80 per barrel. At the same time, it previously rose to $67.08 per barrel, updating this year’s high of $67 per barrel.

The fire occurred on Monday night in the building of the Druzhba Hotel, located on the territory of the Moscow trade and fair complex. As a law enforcement source told Interfax , the fire was located in a cafe on the third floor of the building. About 1 thousand guests were evacuated from the hotel. They were temporarily housed in the building of the trade fair complex. According to the agency's interlocutor, the fire was extinguished in an area of ​​30 square meters. m.

Chairman of the Presidium of the Supreme People's Assembly of the DPRK Kim Yong Nam will take part in the celebrations marking the 70th anniversary of Victory in the Great Patriotic War, which will be held in Moscow on May 9. This was reported today by the Korean Central News Agency. As Kommersant previously reported , North Korean leader Kim Jong-un will not be present in Moscow on May 9 to celebrate the 70th anniversary of Victory in the Great Patriotic War.

The leadership of the special operation in Donbass is not going to withdraw troops from Shirokino near Mariupol. This was reported by the deputy head of the ATO in the Donetsk and Lugansk regions, Sergei Galushko. “Every day we record 40, 50, 60 attacks and seizures of equipment by militants. Residents of Mariupol can rest assured, the ATO leadership is in no way going to follow the militants’ lead and unilaterally reduce the level of security in both the city and the region as a whole,” Mr.

Russia will be represented at the consultations on Syria in Geneva by the permanent representative of the Russian Federation to the UN office and other international organizations in Geneva, Alexei Borodavkin, a source close to the negotiations told RIA Novosti. “Russia will be represented in consultations on Syria by its Permanent Representative to the UN in Geneva, Alexei Borodavkin,” said the agency’s interlocutor.

President of Kazakhstan Nursultan Nazarbayev will visit Moscow on May 8-9. “The head of state will fly to Moscow to participate in an informal meeting of heads of state of the CIS countries, as well as a meeting of the Supreme Eurasian Economic Council. On May 9, the President of Kazakhstan in Moscow will take part in festive events dedicated to Victory Day,” says a message published on the president’s website. It is noted that on May 7, Mr.

According to the capital's base weather station at VDNH, 23 mm of precipitation has fallen in the city since the beginning of May, the Hydrometeorological Bureau of Moscow and the Moscow Region told Interfax . “This is 45% of the monthly precipitation norm, which in May is 51 mm,” said the agency’s interlocutor. According to forecasters, rain in the region will continue on Monday, with daytime temperatures reaching 13-15 degrees.

On Nauru, a tiny island state in the Pacific Ocean, Facebook is banned as part of the fight against pornography, writes the Telegraph. By doing this, the authorities of Nauru put themselves on a par with China, Iran and North Korea, where Internet censorship is traditionally strong. Nauru says the ban is intended to protect Christian values, not to oppress the opposition.