Protesters in Armenia blocked the streets and highways - and again achieved concessions from the ruling party. Report "Medusa" Gleb Garanich / Reuters / Scanpix / Leta On May 2, protests began in Yerevan with renewed vigor-on the eve of the nine-hour meeting, the parliament did not approve the candidacy of Nikola Pashinyan, the leader of the protest promotions, and the head of the opposition parliamentary faction "Elk". He was supported by 45 deputies of the necessary 53.

In Washington, 28-year-old biohacker Aaron Traywick, the head of the company Ascendance Biomedical, who promoted experimental treatment methods, was found dead. In particular, he proposed using medical drugs that had not been tested and had not received approval from regulatory authorities. Traywick's body was found in a sensory deprivation chamber at the spa. The cause of his death has not yet been determined. Police said they had no evidence to suggest foul play.

The Republican Party of Armenia, which holds the majority of seats in parliament, has agreed to support a candidate for prime minister who will be nominated by one-third of the deputies. This was announced by the head of the party faction Vahram Baghdasaryan. The Republican Party will not nominate its own candidate. The other three parties represented in parliament (combining 47 out of 105 seats) are backing Elk opposition leader Nikol Pashinyan, who has led mass protests in the country.

The Basque separatist group ETA has announced that it will cease to exist. Her statement was published by the Spanish edition of El Diario. The statement says that ETA has decided to completely dissolve all of its structures. At the same time, the group noted that the conflict with Spain continues. Earlier, ETA issued another statement in which it acknowledged its responsibility for the deaths of many people, including those who were not directly involved in the conflict with Spain.

Hardy Wilson / Drewaltizerphotography / Sipa USA / Vida Press The Swedish DJ Avichi (real name is Tim Bergling), who was found dead in the Oman capital of the Muscat on April 20, committed suicide. This was announced on May 1 by the American tabloid TMZ, referring to several sources. This information was officially confirmed by either the representatives of the musician or the police, but his parents hinted at the suicide of Avichi, who spread a new statement about his death on April 26.

In Armenia, Acting Minister of Culture, member of the ruling Republican Party Armen Amiryan resigned. According to the Armenian edition of News.am, Amiryan announced his resignation, going out to the demonstrators who had been protesting near the building of the Ministry of Culture since the morning of May 2. Many cultural figures were among the demonstrators. news agency The Interfax reports that the protesters demanded that the minister support the protests.

The protesters in Yerevan stopped blocking the streets and highways that had been blocked since the morning of May 2, and headed for Republic Square, where another rally will begin in the evening. Opposition leader Nikol Pashinyan called for the release of the streets for traffic. He also called everyone to the rally, which will begin at 19:00 local time (18:00 Moscow time). Railway traffic in Armenia has not yet been restored.

Traditional (with meat or fish), from colored dough, with shrimp or sweet potato, and even turned inside out In mid-April, the New Yorker magazine published an article “Underestimated delights of Eastern European dumplings”, the author of which wrote that she could eat up to 40 varenyky in one sitting (especially with smetana), and also confessed her love to the Central Asian manti.

Moscow is making another push at the United Nations to internationalize the fight against “fake news,” arguing that independent efforts have proved insufficient and allowed Western countries to disguise their “totalitarian” crackdown on “dissent” and “unwanted media outlets” as part of a democratic and humanitarian campaign.

On Tuesday, when State Duma deputy Natalia Kostenko asked her Facebook followers not to contact her on Telegram (writing, “I’m not receiving your messages there”), Prime Minister Dmitry Medvedev’s long-time spokesperson Natalia Timakova told her in a comment that she should install VPN on her phone. “It’s very simple. And it works all the time!” Kostenko later hid the post from the public, and on Wednesday Timakova wrote in a separate Facebook comment that she had only been “trolling” Kostenko.

Doctor Harold Bornstein, who wrote Donald Trump's health certificate in 2015, told CNN that he did it under Trump's own dictation. Donald Trump's headquarters published a note in December 2015, during the presidential campaign. “He has extraordinary physical strength and stamina. If elected, I can say unequivocally that Mr. Trump will be the healthiest person ever elected to the presidency, ”the document said.

Thankless firefighting, a VPN joke, and rallying the world against ‘fake news’ Wednesday, May 2, 2018 Meduza speaks to four firefighters about their daring, dangerous, and thankless profession The prime minister's spokesperson says she was only kidding about using VPN to access Telegram Rosneft plans to buy back $2 billion of its own shares A Libertarian leader explains how his team got a permit to protest Internet censorship Moscow still wants to internationalize the fight against “fake news”

Four Russian firefighters talk about saving lives and taking the blame Ruslan Alibetsov / NewsTeam / Scanpix / LETA On Sunday, March 25, a fire at the “Winter Cherry” shopping center in Kemerovo killed 60 people, including dozens of children. Firefighters couldn’t reach the building’s top floor, where moviegoers were trapped inside a theater. Relatives of the victims have accused the firefighters of abandoning these people.

Animal session, 22 thousand drawn freckles and references to kurosav The animated film "The island of Dogs" Wes Anderson is released in Russian rental. The picture talks about a boy named Atari, who goes to the garbage island, where they sent all the dogs to find his dog nicknamed SPS. The premiere of the film took place in February at the Berlin Film Festival. Anderson received a prize for the best directorial work.

Real Madrid defender Marcelo has admitted to handballing in his penalty area in the second leg of the Champions League semi-final against Bayern Munich. Marcelo interrupted the pass of defender Joshua Kimmich with his hand at the end of the first half with a 1-1 draw. The referee did not notice the violation and did not give a penalty to Real Madrid. “The ball hit my hand <…> If I said that he didn’t touch my hand, I would be lying,” Marcelo said after the match.