The Moscow Traffic Management Center has begun installing Parkon photo and video recording systems on buses. M24.ru reports this with reference to the head of the center, Mikhail Portashnikov. The first mobile systems were installed on two express buses on route 902, which run from Kievsky Station to Novo-Peredelkino along Michurinsky Prospekt and Borovskoye Highway. It is also planned to equip buses on route 900, connecting Belovezhskaya Street with Kievsky Station, with “Parcons”.

Scientists have discovered that domestic cockroaches have learned to avoid poisonous traps due to a change in sensitivity to glucose - mutant insects began to find it bitter. The work was published in the journal Science write briefly about the results of the study ; ScienceNow and BBC News . Experiments were carried out on cockroaches caught in the wild in Germany, as well as on several laboratory lines.

The plane, which was supposed to deliver passengers from Moscow to Antalya on May 24, flew to its destination empty. This was reported by RIA Novosti with reference to the director of the Association of Tour Operators of Russia (ATOR) Maya Lomidze. According to the agency’s interlocutor, approximately 300 people were unable to fly to Turkey for vacation. Turkish Airlines, which operated the flight, promised to provide passengers remaining in Moscow with a new plane.

American photographer Annie Leibovitz has won the Prince of Asturias Award for her achievements in humanitarian work. BBC News reports this.

29 drug trafficking suspects were detained at the Tavush cafe in Moscow. reported this on May 24 RIA Novosti . According to the Ministry of Internal Affairs, the people who gathered in the cafe on 1st New Street were members of an ethnic criminal group. They came to Moscow from Dagestan, Armenia and Uzbekistan. In the toilet on the second floor of the cafe, police found a package of marijuana. It has not yet been clarified whether a criminal case has been initiated.

The government will bring tax and accounting requirements closer together, which will reduce the burden on business and reduce the number of accountants in the country. The RBC daily newspaper writes about this with reference to Mikhail Abyzov, Minister for Cooperation with the Open Government. According to him, in the future accounting support may be combined with tax consulting.

The leader of the Islamist group Signed in Blood, Mokhtar Belmokhtar, led the preparation of a double terrorist attack in Niger, which occurred on the morning of May 23. This was reported by Agence France-Presse with reference to the Arabic-language agency Al Akhbar, which quoted the words of a representative of the group.

The French football club Monaco, owned by Russian Dmitry Rybolovlev, bought two players from the Portuguese Porto, paying a total of 70 million euros for them. This was reported by the online publication Goal.com. Midfielder Joao Moutinho and forward James Rodriguez moved to Monaco. 21-year-old Rodriguez cost Monaco 45 million euros. The transfer cost of the 26-year-old Moutinho was 25 million euros. Both players signed five-year contracts with the French club.

More than a year has passed since prisoner Alexei Shestakov escaped from a colony in the Vologda region by helicopter. Shestakov was caught a long time ago, his sentence was increased to 25 years, his accomplices also went to jail. But the sad fate of the famous fugitive did not become a lesson for other prisoners, and the FSIN employees, it seems, did not begin to be more attentive to their work. Escapes from Russian colonies and detention centers are carried out one after another.

Microsoft has decided to make it more difficult to purchase used games for its next console, the Xbox One. The MCV portal reports this with reference to its sources in the British gaming retail. According to them, only authorized stores that will have access to the Microsoft system that tracks copies of games will be able to sell used discs for Xbox One. Gamers who want to part with their possessions will need to head to an authorized retailer.

The decision to create a new movement was made at a rally of former commissars of “Nashi” and “Walking Together”, held on Seliger on May 18 and 19. The ex-leader of these movements, Vasily Yakemenko, spoke about immortality, refusal to cooperate with the Kremlin, and that those gathered at the rally will become the elite of the nation by 2024. The number of elite representatives will increase to a million people.

The secretary of the Yalta City Council, a member of the ruling Party of Regions in Ukraine, Sergei Ilash, called the gypsies and homeless people living in the city “little animals.” The website “Arguments of the Week - Crimea” writes about this. The “regionals” statement was made at a meeting on May 23, where a representative of the Ministry of Internal Affairs reported on the struggle of local law enforcement officers with fortune tellers.

New observations of the famous Ring Nebula led to the fact that ideas about its structure had to be revised. This nebula, which was previously considered a hollow bubble with a diameter of about one light year, turned out to be much more complex: gas filaments stretched from the white dwarf located at its center to the surface of the sphere. The discovery is reported on the official NASA website.

The domain of the VKontakte social network is included in the register of prohibited sites. A special website reports that the vk.com domain was included in the register in accordance with the decision of Roskomnadzor on May 24. Users from several regions, including St. Petersburg and the Volgograd region , reported that the resource was unavailable. on its VKontakte page The Transbaikal provider "Baikal-TTK" reported that the social network will no longer open for all subscribers.

Billy Crystal will play the lead role in the comedy television series “The Comedians,” writes Entertainment Weekly. The series is a remake of the Swedish serial film of the same name. It is assumed that the English version will be shown on the FX channel. However, so far the channel has not approved the entire series, but only its pilot episode. The series will be about an experienced comedian (played by Crystal) who has to collaborate with a younger colleague on a comedy show.