The leader of the al-Qaeda international terrorist organization, destroyed by American special forces in Pakistan on Monday night, recorded an appeal shortly before his death, the content of which is still unknown. This fact was reported by representatives of the US intelligence, the agency AR reports. As expected, soon this record can be published. It is not yet clear whether it is an audio record or a video message, RIA Novosti reports.

Anonymous hackers group on the morning of May 1 began "Iran Operation". As a result of the DDOS attacks, 10 government resources of Iran were disabled. Despite the fact that all attacked sites have been restored, the attacks are still ongoing. The purpose of the May Day action Anonymous is to provoke Iran’s public protests against the authorities.

The coming summer in Russia will not be so hot and dry as the summer of 2010, and the hottest month will be July, said the head of Roshydromet Alexander Frolov to journalists on Tuesday. “There will be no such drought that we observed from the point of view of agrometeorological conditions last year. We had a lot of water during autumn rains, there was a lot of snow, although the deficit remains anyway: the low water will be felt in the European territory.

The metropolitan police received a message about the capture of hostages in one of the apartments of Moscow. The victim was a child who was released as a result of negotiations. The man forcibly kept the teenager in the apartment of house No. 6, building 1, along the artisan street in the area of ​​Perovo, Interfax reports with reference to a source in law enforcement agencies. "At the moment, all the operational services of the city have left for the place," the police said.

Car gasoline continued to rise in price in the spawn market of Russia against the backdrop of a limited supply and seasonal increase in demand, according to the materials of the Cortes information and analytical center.

About 250 Turkish workers who are busy at the APEC construction sites on the Russian island in Vladivostok arranged a strike. Workers demand salaries, reports PrimaMedia on Tuesday. Representatives of the Turkish workers the day before informed reporters that at present 250 people refuse to work, demanding their money earned.

The Sverdlovsk District Court of Irkutsk released a police officer accused of murder from custody. The guardian of the law, which opened the shooting at a public transport stop, changed the preventive measure after making a pledge of a million rubles.

The London Arsenal intends to part with the Russian midfielder Andrei Arshavin in the summer, instead of which the gunners will acquire the striker of Barcelona Boyan Krakich or midfielder of Donetsk Shakhtar, RIA Novosti , with reference to Goal.com . This season, Arshavin spent 34 matches for the London club in the championship of England, 11 times to replace and celebrated 6 goals.

German journalist Christian Ash in a short sketch about life in Moscow on the pages of Berliner Zeitung spoke about the everyday life of the metropolitan police officers, with whom he and his colleague faced, drinking beer on Gogolevsky Bulivar. While the guests of the capital enjoyed the Moscow spring evening, the police officer, judging by the epaulets, the police captain, unexpectedly approached them. "What is it from us?" - asks the policeman.

Farewell to the People’s Artist of Russia Alexander Lazarev will be held on Thursday, May 5, at the Mayakovsky Academic Theater, ITAR-TASS reports with reference to the theater directorate, in which Alexander Sergeyevich worked for more than half a century. “The funeral service of the actor will be held at 11:00 in the church of the Sunday of the Word in Bryusovo Lane,” said Irina Shishkova, director of Mayakovka. “The civilian memorial service will begin in our theater at 12:30”.

The Moscow Court on Tuesday, on Tuesday, sentenced the four employees of the capital's ATS Mitino, who, in early 2009, finding out the circumstances of the fight , detained a group of Chechens, including the nephew of the Council of the Federation, Aslanbek Aslankhanov, operatives Moore Mansur Aslakhanov.

A scandal with a leakage of these Internet users who helped the project of Alexei Navalny Rospil, went to the latter only to the benefit, repeatedly strengthening the flow of funds to the project account in the Yandex.Money payment system. So, on April 29, 20 transfers were received there, on April 30 - 14 transfers, and on May 1 and 2 - 315 transfers, the Internet dealer Anton Nosik, who is part of the observers for raising funds for Rospil, said in his blog , BFM.ru reports.

The UN Security Council announced a statement in which he welcomed the destruction of "terrorist number one" Osama Ben Laden by American special forces in the Pakistani city of Abbottabad.

The Brazilian billionaire Eik Batista, who controls the oil and mining business, plans to become the richest person in the world, moving from 8th place in the list of the richest people of the planet, writes The Wall Street Journal with reference to the interview of Batasta. Currently, the state of the Brazilian businessman is estimated at $ 27 billion, and he occupies the 8th line in the list of billionaires, which publishes Forbes magazine.

On May 3, YouTube appeared a video on which the ex-Prime Minister of Ukraine Yulia Tymoshenko runs in nature with a man (possibly a guard) and a dog. The author of the video shot the runners from afar and rode a bicycle behind them. After that, the author drove with the counter of the runner behind the runner and considered that they ran almost 10 kilometers (9.8 km), reports Newsru.ua .