Spain's Sevilla beat Liverpool 1-3 in the UEFA Europa League final to win the tournament for the third time in a row. The match took place on the evening of May 18 at the St. Jakob-Park stadium in Basel, Switzerland. Liverpool striker Daniel Sturridge opened the scoring in the 35th minute. At the beginning of the second half, Kevin Gameiro equalized the score, and in the 64th and 70th minutes, Spaniards defender Koke Moreno scored two more goals.

An-12 of the Azerbaijani airline Silk Way crashed in Afghanistan. This was reported by Interfax with reference to the Civil Aviation Administration of Azerbaijan. There were nine crew members on board - five citizens of Azerbaijan, three citizens of Ukraine and a citizen of Uzbekistan, the crew commander. According to unofficial information, seven of them died, two are in serious condition, reports .

A man who took hostages at the Moscow Credit Bank in Moscow was killed by SOBR soldiers during the assault. This is reported by TASS with reference to a source in law enforcement agencies. The press service of the Main Directorate of the Ministry of Internal Affairs confirmed the death of a man. According to a RIA Novosti source, he offered armed resistance.

How the Russian authorities decimated a news industry Photo: Anton Karliner / Meduza On May 13, 2016, the biggest independent news company in Russia fired its top three editors. According to multiple inside sources, the dismissals were the result of pressure from the Kremlin, following the authorities' anger about several recent investigative reports.

A man who barricaded himself in a bank branch in eastern Moscow after an attempted robbery has released five people after negotiations. This is reported by TASS with reference to the Main Directorate of the Ministry of Internal Affairs. Interfax reports that the bank employees were released. The police said that the bank teller remains in the branch, she barricaded herself in one of the back rooms.

In Moscow, an armed robber barricaded himself in a bank branch with several people inside. This was reported by Interfax with reference to a source in law enforcement agencies. "Life" reports that we are talking about the "Moscow Credit Bank" on Pervomaiskaya Street. "Interfax" writes that the man barricaded himself in the room after the bank employees pressed the "panic button". The police are negotiating with the man. According to Interfax, there are up to five people in the room.

Mikhail Matovnikov, a chief analyst at Sberbank, announced today that Russia's average wages have fallen below the typical income in China. According to Matovnikov's study, the average Russian now earns $443 a month. Matovnikov says reduced salaries in Russia have allowed companies with factories in the country to increase exports. In December 2015, Russia's federal statistics office revealed that real wages fell 9.2 percent in November 2015 in annual terms.

Mikhail Matovnikov, chief analyst at Sberbank, said that the average salary in Russia has become lower than in China. It is reported by RBC with reference to TASS. The average salary of Russians, as follows from the data cited by Matovnikov, is $433 per month. According to Rosstat, in February 2016, the average salary in the Russian Federation was 33,873 rubles, that is, about $451 at the exchange rate of the Central Bank on February 29 .

Journalist Sergei Parkhomenko was summoned to the police to give explanations about the activities of the Dissernet community. On May 20, he must report to the Department of Economic Security and Anti-Corruption of the Main Directorate of the Ministry of Internal Affairs for Moscow. According to Parkhomenko, the call to the police is connected with the statement of the Moscow City Duma deputy Alexander Smetanov, who asked to check the financial activities of Dissernet.

In the city of Oran, a cat climbed onto a power line and could not get off the wires. A rescue team was called to rescue the animal. When the rescuer tried to get close to the cat, he began to run away from him along the wires. The cat reached the middle of the section of wires - at that moment he looked like a skilled tightrope walker - but then he almost fell down. As a result, he still managed to be lowered to the ground. Salah Oran Rescue of a cat by the Civil Protection, Ain El Turk

In Moscow, an employee of the criminal investigation department was detained on suspicion of fraud with apartments. This was announced by the official representative of the Ministry of Internal Affairs Irina Volk. Earlier, TASS, citing a law enforcement source , said that the detained policeman's name is Vladimir Khramtsov. “According to preliminary data, he was looking for apartments in which lonely pensioners or people leading an antisocial lifestyle live,” the source said.

In the city of Kyshtym, the Chelyabinsk region, a first -grader distributed more than 200 thousand rubles to the children in the yard. Part of the money has not yet been found. It all started with the fact that the schoolboy climbed into the chest of drawers behind shorts. But I found it not pants, but 400 thousand rubles in cash - the money made by his mother for the sale of a car. The student took a thousand rubles and went with a friend to the store for crab sticks.

In St. Petersburg, the police opened a criminal case against nationalist Vyacheslav Datsik, who, according to Fontanka, broke into a brothel on Vasilyevsky Island on the night of May 18 and forced the people who were there naked to walk to the local police station.

Icelandic actor Hafthor Bjornson, also known as The Mountain from Game of Thrones, has a dog. Pomeranian Asterix Bjornson started on March 25th. The actor (and professional powerlifter) looks even more impressive next to a small dog. The other day, the actor shared a video of him running around with his pet. It turns out that a small dog can run almost in step with his big master. Asterix is ​​now about three months old.

Migrants have to live in the cells for six months: Associated Press Photo: Muhammed Muheisen / Ap / Scanpix / Leta Photographer Muhammad Mukhaysen is a two -time Pulitzer Prize laureate and the head of The Associated Press. Over the past years, he has been photographing refugees. “I was always interested in the question: what happens after they get to Europe? He explains.