The promoter of the world boxing champion according to the World Boxing Association (WBA) in the weight category up to 90.7 kilograms Denis Lebedev, Vladimir Khryunov, in an interview with RIA Novosti , said that his client could fight with Jean-Marc Mormeck if the Frenchman returns to the WBA rankings. Khryunov said that the WBA will give permission for the fight if the 39-year-old Mormeck returns to the association’s ranking in the near future.

In the center of Kyiv, where the official fan zone of the 2012 European Football Championship will be organized in June, a boar fortune teller will live. During the continental championship, he will give forecasts every day on the results of upcoming matches. The official website of the Kyiv administration reports this. In addition to the boar, the results of the Euro 2012 matches in Ukraine will be predicted by the octopus Pavlik from the Alushta aquarium.

The Investigative Committee of the Russian Federation opened a case in connection with a fire at the artillery warehouse of military unit 86792 in the Primorsky Territory. reported this on May 18 RIA Novosti . The case was initiated under Article 349 of the Criminal Code of the Russian Federation (violation of the rules for handling weapons and objects that pose an increased danger to others).

The Crown Prosecution Service (CPS) will examine a Sky News report about Twitter users who allegedly revealed the name of a rape victim accused of Welsh footballer Ched Evans. The Guardian reports this. On Thursday, May 17, North Wales Police questioned four Sky News staff over a report that showed tweets containing the rape victim's name. Sky News said in a statement that the tweets with the possible name of the victim were shown due to a technical error.

18.05.2012, 09:43:00 version Print | PDA/PDA Launch of Iskander missiles. Photo from the website mil.ru Counterbalance EuroPRO Russian weapons: Iskander missile system Video provided by the Zvezda TV channel as part of a joint project with Lenta.ru "ARMS OF RUSSIA. 67 YEARS LATER" The Iskander operational-tactical missile system, created in the 1990s, was adopted by Russia in 2007. Its development was carried out by the Kolomna Mechanical Engineering Design Bureau.

The St. Petersburg prosecutor's office recommended installing webcams in all city police departments. this on May 18 The Prosecutor General's Office of Russia announced . An audit conducted by employees of the St. Petersburg prosecutor's office discovered numerous violations in the city's police departments. The identified violations were associated with the registration of not all applications received from citizens and incomplete information about seized personal belongings.

Counterbalance to EuroPRO Weapons of Russia: Iskander missile system Video provided by the Zvezda TV channel as part of a joint project with Lenta.ru "ARMS OF RUSSIA. 67 YEARS LATER" The Iskander operational-tactical missile system, created in the 1990s, was adopted by Russia in 2007. Its development was carried out by the Kolomna Mechanical Engineering Design Bureau. The complex was first demonstrated to the public in 1999 at the MAKS air show in Zhukovsky near Moscow.

The management of the French football club Monaco, which belongs to Russian businessman Dmitry Rybolovlev , is ready to offer one of the leadership positions to the vice-president of Lokomotiv Moscow Alexei Smertin. reports this RIA Novosti with reference to its own sources in Monaco. Since March 2012, Monaco has been searching for an executive director after Evgeniy Smolentsev left this post.

The Moscow authorities again refused to approve the gay pride parade, told Interfax event organizer Nikolai Alekseev . Representatives of the LGBT community planned to walk from the Turgenevskaya metro station to Revolution Square and hold a rally there. The event was planned to coincide with the anniversary of the abolition of criminal penalties for engaging in homosexual relationships. On May 27, 1993, the article sodomy was excluded from the Criminal Code of the RSFSR.

Motorola and Research in Motion have submitted to the European Telecommunications Standards Institute (ETSI) a new nano-SIM project - a new generation of SIM cards, reports The Verge blog. The project is a kind of compromise: it combines the features of the developments already submitted to ETSI by Apple , Nokia , Motorola and RIM, but the SIM card proposed by Tim Cook 's company was taken as a basis .

Due to the onset of the summer season, most rental property owners practically do not demonstrate apartments on weekends, transferring not only showings, but also transactions to weekdays. This is stated in the review of the company "INCOM-Real Estate". Experts note that restrictions on the timing of showings may discourage tenants who would prefer to find other housing. As a result, the housing exposure period may increase from several days to several weeks.

In the center of Moscow, on May 19 and 20, traffic on Znamenka Street will be blocked due to repair work. reported this on Friday, May 18, RIA Novosti citing a representative of the Department of Housing, Communal Services and Capital Improvement. The agency's interlocutor advised motorists to use detour routes during the repairs. On May 20, car traffic will also be limited in the center of Moscow in connection with the “Let's bike it!” bicycle parade.

A military helicopter crashed in California in September 2011, killing two Marines, due to a collision with a hawk. This is reported by the Californian newspaper UT San Diego, which was able to familiarize itself with the results of the official investigation. The AH-1W Cobra encountered a female red-tailed buzzard , which weighed about three pounds (1.4 kilograms) and had a wingspan of about four feet (about 1.2 meters).

Using data from the Kepler space observatory, astronomers have discovered a planet orbiting the star KIC 12557548. The planet is evaporating, forming a dust cloud nearby, and may disappear within the next 100 million years. The astronomers' work was published in The Astrophysical Journal , its preprint is available on arXiv.org. A summary of the article is provided on the Massachusetts Institute of Technology website.

The head of the Green Party in the German federal state of Baden-Württemberg, Chris Kuehn, almost missed his plane because of unusual hand luggage. According to The Local, the security service at Berlin Tegel Airport flatly refused to let him on board with a meter-long ax in his hands. Kühn's words that the ax was not real, but only an imitation used in role-playing games and theatrical performances, did not make an impression on airport employees.