The head coach of the Moscow football club "Dynamo" Sergei Silkin transferred the team's midfielder Igor Semshov to the reserve team. This was reported by the website of the publication "Soviet Sport". The transfer to the reserve team followed the player’s harsh statements in the press. Semshov said that he was dissatisfied with Dynamo’s playing model. On May 2, Semshov took part in the match with the capital's Spartak (1:1). In the 59th minute of this meeting, the midfielder was replaced.

The former head of brokerage company Sky Capital, Ross Mandell, was sentenced to 12 years in prison for financial fraud. Reuters reports this. As Bloomberg points out, the judge also decided that Mandell would pay a fine of 10 thousand dollars, part with property worth 50 million and undergo a three-year probationary period in addition to the prison sentence. The financier was released on bail and is due to appear in prison on June 18.

Geneticists have found that the light hair color of some Melanesians is determined by the TRP1 gene , which distinguishes them from European blondes. Thus, this feature appeared independently at least twice in human history. The work was published in the journal Science and is summarized by Science Now . About 5-10 percent of Solomon Islanders in Melanesia have blond hair.

The Associated Press has formally apologized for firing correspondent Edward Kennedy, who in 1945 was the first to report Germany's surrender in World War II without permission from Allied military commanders. Edward Kennedy was one of 17 international correspondents present when General Alfred Jodl signed the unconditional surrender of Germany in World War II in Reims on the night of May 7.

Hackers calling themselves representatives of the Russian wing of the Anonymous movement will carry out hacker attacks on government websites on May 6th and 7th. This was reported in a video published on the microblogs @OP_Russia and @LegionRussia . The video says that in this way Anonymous will support a “mass demonstration against illegitimate elections” (obviously, we are talking about the “ Million March ”).

Physicists have created a mathematical model of the movement of curls. The work was published in the journal Physical Review Letters , and a summary can be read on the website of the American Physical Society. In order to understand the laws of movement of curls, scientists decided to create a mathematical model based on a simple experiment with a strip of metal.

The death toll has increased to twelve people as a result of two explosions that occurred on Thursday evening at a police post in Makhachkala, RIA Novosti reports citing an official representative of the Ministry of Internal Affairs of Dagestan. The victims included three civilians, three emergency workers, and the rest police officers. More than 20 people were hospitalized. Data on the number of dead and injured is still being clarified, the agency’s interlocutor noted.

The Moscow cinema "35 mm" at "Night at the Museum" will show a film about the exhibition "Leonardo da Vinci: Artist of the Milan Court", which took place from November 2011 to February 2012 at the London National Gallery. This is reported on the cinema's website. This exhibition became the largest retrospective of the work of the Italian master. Nine paintings that had never before been exhibited together were exhibited in London.

Former Prime Minister of Ukraine Yulia Tymoshenko, who is in a Kharkov colony, agreed to be treated at a local clinic. This was stated by Max Einheupl, a doctor at the German Charité clinic located in Kharkov, as reported by UNIAN. According to him, the former head of government today discussed her treatment with German and Ukrainian doctors. “Ms. Tymoshenko tentatively agreed on Tuesday, May 8, to be transported to the Central Railway Hospital of Kharkov,” Einheupl noted.

Kickboxer Constantin Tsutu has been put on the wanted list in Moldova, reports Gzt.md. According to Kommersant.md, he is suspected of involvement in the recent murder of a certain Alexei Veretko, who, according to police information, was a crime boss. In addition to Tutu, Oleg Pruteanu, known in criminal circles by the nickname Borman, and Radu Andritsco, nicknamed Biceps, are also wanted. Alexey Veretko, known by the nickname Handsome, was shot dead in the regional center of Orhei on April 28.

A spray has been introduced in France that can help a person feel intoxicated for a few seconds, reports the blog of Le Mond. The new product was presented by the authors of the idea, French industrial designer Philippe Starck and Harvard University employee David Edwards, who had previously been involved in the development of similar aerosols.

American actress Goldie Hawn and her common-law husband, actor Kurt Russell, have put their beach house in Malibu up for sale for $11.2 million. According to The Los Angeles Times, last year the couple planned to earn $3.5 million more for the property. The total area of ​​the mansion, built in 1978 and reconstructed in 2005, is 400 square meters. It has four bedrooms, four bathrooms, an office, a terrace, a cinema room, a bar and a gym. There is a guest house in the adjacent area.

Germany has handed over the fourth Dolphin-class submarine to the Israeli Navy, Haaretz reports. The ship, the handover ceremony of which took place on May 3, 2012, was named Tannin (Alligator). According to the newspaper's source in the Israeli Navy, the new submarine will be included in the fleet by mid-2013, and until then it will undergo intensive testing and take part in exercises.

Didn't finish checking There was a double terrorist attack in Makhachkala On the evening of May 3, two powerful explosions were heard on the outskirts of Makhachkala. The terrorist attack was carried out according to the already tested “double” scheme. First, a weaker bomb was detonated, and when police, rescuers and simply curious people arrived at the scene, a second device of greater power went off.

The head coach of the Moscow football club "Spartak" Valery Karpin will resign at the end of the 2011/12 season, and the club's management has already begun the search for a new coach, writes the newspaper "Soviet Sport". According to the publication, Karpin’s resignation will occur regardless of the team’s results in the remaining matches. After leaving the post of Spartak coach, Karpin may remain as the club’s general director.