On April 19, the reason for the ballistic descent of the TMA-11 spacecraft was the failure of the Pyropatron of the compartment separation system, Anatoly Perminov, the head of Roscosmos, told reporters on Saturday. "The main reason has already been established.

The fate of the seven miners, caught by the explosion at the Krasnolimanskaya mine, Donetsk region on Friday night, remains unknown, the press service of the Ministry of Emergencies of Ukraine reports on Saturday. At the time of the explosion, there were 396 miners in the mine, 14 miners in the emergency site, of which four were killed, three were injured from gas poisoning.

Her Royal Highness Princess Marie - from now on, will now turn at official receptions in Denmark to the former citizen of France Marie Cavalier. Today she became the wife of the 38-year-old Joachim, the youngest son of Queen Margreta II. The wedding ceremony ended today in the cathedral in the south of Denmark, where thousands of local residents and foreign tourists welcomed happy spouses, ITAR-TASS reports. Marie Agate Odile Cavalier was born in Paris.

The leadership of the St. Petersburg football club Zenit invited the commander of the team to the lawyer to start negotiations on the extension of the contract. Zenit is ready to pay a Dutch specialist up to six million euros per year. This was written by the newspaper "Sport-Express" . According to the lawyer, he had not yet received an official proposal, but in a personal conversation the club leaders were interested in whether the coach wanted to stay in St. Petersburg for another year.

Another rumor about the radiation incident, allegedly what happened at the Ignaly NPP in Lithuania, is distributed among journalists of the Kaliningrad region, RIA Novosti told Rosatoma, Sergei Novikov. According to him, a number of journalists of Kaliningrad turned to Rosatom’s press vulgarity last Friday with a request to check information about a possible incident at the Lithuanian nuclear power plant.

President George Bush on the next week is connected to the fundraising in the pre -election fund of a one -party man - Senator John McCain. About this, as ITAR-TASS reports, the official representative of the White House Tony Fratto told reporters.

The Russian team failed for the first time in its history to win the title of the winner of the Tennis Command Championship, which was held in Dusseldorf (Germany). The Russians in the final lost 1-2 now four -time triumphs of this tournament - the Sweden national team, RIA Novosti reports. The victorious point of the Swedish team was brought by Robert Lindstedt and Robin containing, who outplayed Mikhail South and Dmitry Tursunov on Saturday in a paired match.

The Canadian expedition discovered new cracks in the ice of the Arctic. A group of observers, consisting of Canadian military and scientists, studied climate change in the north of Canada and discovered the next evidence of global warming. According to expedition members, the ice field near the island of UAD Hunt has traces of intense melting and destruction. The field is cut by cracks, the length of which reaches 16 kilometers, the Air Force reports.

Ukraine does not consider the issue of prolonging the stay of the Black Sea Fleet of the Russian Federation on its territory after May 28, 2017. Thus, the press secretary of the Foreign Ministry of Ukraine Vasily Kirilich commented on the statements of the Russian side of May 21 on the decision of the National Security and Defense Council of Ukraine on the preparation of the bill on suspension since 2017 of bilateral agreements on the stay of the Black Sea Fleet.

Hillary Clinton denied reports that she was allegedly ready to take the post of vice president in the Bark Obama administration in the event that he became a candidate of the Democratic Party and will win the presidential presidential election.

Eleven people died in a collision of a passenger minibus and a truck on the Kyiv-Chop highway in the Zhytomyr region, the press service of the Ministry of Emergencies of Ukraine said on Saturday. The accident happened on Friday late in the evening. "As a result of the car accident, 11 people (a driver and passengers of a minibus) were killed, and one person was injured (driver of a truck) who was hospitalized with a closed abdomen in the Zhytomyr city hospital," the report said.

The Statfjord A oil -producing platform A in the North Sea today evacuated 156 people after oil leakage occurred there. Most of them with helicopters were delivered to the Statfjord B and Statfjord C located near the platform. In total, 217 workers were on the platform. According to the Norwegian Telegraph Bureau, now 61 people remain there to control the situation. At the same time, it became known that part of the oil fell into the sea.

Today, the Indonesian police detained more than 100 participants in the riots that flashed here in the territory of the student town. Protesting against the next rise in price of gasoline and other types of fuel, this time by 30 percent, the demonstrators set fire to car tires and threw “order guardians” with bottles of incendiary mixture. To accelerate protesters, the police used special equipment, ITAR-TASS reports.

The Secretary General of the UN Pan Gi Moon arrived in the Sinhuan southwestern province of Sychuan, who suffered from the earthquake, the Sinhua agency reports on Saturday. It is expected that from the administrative center of the city of Chendu, UN Secretary General, which the day before visited the Uznema, the Myanmar, will go into the districts of Sichuan, destroyed by underground tremors.

The Russian team equalized the score in the final match of the Tennis Command Championship against the Sweden national team, which these days are held in Dusseldorf (Germany). On Saturday, in the second match of the final, Igor Andreev in three sets outplayed Thomas Johansson - 2: 6, 6: 3, 6: 4. The duel lasted 1 hour 42 minutes. Earlier in the afternoon, Mikhail Yuzhny lost to the first game Robin containing - 3: 6, 1: 6. Thus, the score in the final was 1-1.