On the eve of Moscow, the closing ceremony of the 2010/2011 season was held in the Continental Hockey League, at which command and individual prizes were awarded in various nominations. So, the Golden Club prize, as the most valuable player of the regular championship, for the second time in a row, went to Alexander Radulov from Salavat Yulaev.

In the North Irish city of Londonderry, a well -known historical confrontation of the Catholic and Protestant communities, an explosion thundered today. As a result of the attack, no one was injured, reports ITAR-TASS. Attackers laid an explosive device in the premises of the housing construction cooperative on Ferriki Street Street in the Central City Diamond region.

The US authorities, together with representatives of the US National Aerospace Agency, detained a woman trying to sell the lunar stone for $ 1.7 million, RIA Novosti reports with reference to the AP agency. The sale of lunar stones in the United States is prohibited, as they are considered a national treasure.

The spread of a fire on the territory of the Central Aerohydrodynamic Institute (TsAGI) in Zhukovsky near Moscow was stopped, ITAR-TASS was told in law enforcement agencies. "There is no threat to the spread of fire. According to the updated information, the fire arose during gas welding on the roof of one of the cases. According to the main version, the cause of the fire was a violation of safety precautions during welding," the source said.

In Moscow, they hope that the agreement on small border movement in the near future will be approved by the leadership of the European Union. This was announced today by the Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov at a press conference after negotiations with colleagues from Poland and Germany, ITAR-TASS reports.

The former head of the IMF Dominic Stross-Kan, whom the New York court decided to place under house arrest, was taken to his temporary dwelling in the Nizhny Manhattan area, AFP reports citing the New York police. Strauss-Kan was detained on May 14 in New York on the basis of a statement by the Sofitel maid hotel, who applied to the police with a complaint about sexual acts of a violent nature from a senior guest.

The private aircraft "Elitar-202", which on Friday made a forced landing in the Burzyansky district of Bashkiria, flew to the mound from Samara after the repair, a representative of law enforcement agencies of the republic told RIA Novosti on Saturday. The Elitar-202 single-engine aircraft, on board of which there were two people, made a forced landing in the area of ​​the village of Galiakberovo at 13:02 Moscow time Friday.

The world in the IBF, WBO and IBO heavyweight champion Vladimir Klitschko, who will hold a fight with WBA world champion David Hey, parted with his friend Hollywood actress Haiden Paneter in Hamburg. Vladimir Klitschko, before the next battle, is resting on a 1941 yacht As the boxer explained, the gap is associated with the impossibility of maintaining relationships and at the same time engage in a career.

The Russian Proton-M launch vehicle, which started from Baikonur late in the evening of May 20, brought to orbit the American communications satellite TELSTAR-14P, a representative of Roscosmos said. "The department of the spacecraft from the Breez-M accelerated unit took place at 8:28 Moscow time. Thus, the Russian part of the Telstar-14P withdrawal program is considered executed," said the representative of the agency.

The author and presenter of the Civilization program Lev Nikolaev died at 74 years after a long illness on Saturday night, Eduard Sagalaev, president of the National Association of Television media, said on the air of the Echo of Moskvy radio station. Lev Nikolaev worked as an editor of popular science programs “Obvious - Incredible”, “Institute of Man”, the head and host of the programs “under the sign of Pi”, “Favorites”, “Civilization”.

The 31-year-old King of the Himalayan kingdom crowned in 2008, Butan Jigma Khasar Namgel Vangchuk, announced the upcoming wedding on a commoner-21-year-old student Jetsun Pem, writes Kuensel Batan newspaper on Saturday. “Despite your youth, it is good and friendly with my soul and heart. I decided that the wedding will take place this year,” the king said in his speech at the opening of the session of the parliament.

In Moscow, in the Dynamo Arena in Krylatsky, a large evening of professional battle took place, the main event of which was the battle between Russian Denis Lebedev and the ex-champion of the world in four weight categories by Roem Jones Jr. Lebedev: "Humanly, I am sorry for Roy Jones" Roy John Jr. A duel designed for ten rounds ended ahead of schedule. Throughout most of the battle, the Russian was owned by the advantage.

Over the past day, 477 foci of natural fires on a total area of ​​almost 97.5 thousand hectares were registered in the Russian Federation, including 3 foci of peat fires. This was reported by ITAR-TASSS Service of the Ministry of Emergencies.

The first video of the video between the Vatican Apostolic Palace and the International Space Station (ISS) took place today. According to the Press Service of the Holy See, the Pope Benedict XVI turned from his personal library to astronauts and astronauts, the crew of a scientific expedition. Previously, this contact was planned on May 4, but due to the transfer of the last start of the American shuttle, Endeavour was postponed.

Organized by the opposition "National Assembly of Georgia" (VSG) The protest campaign continues now in the building of public TV Georgia (ABSE). About 5 thousand people gathered here.