The Russian traveler Fedor Konyukhov, who became a priest , began preparations in this dignity for climbing the highest mountain of the planet - Everest. It is planned to go up to its top of the team "7 peaks", which is led by the climber Alexander Abramov. The entire expedition has already arrived at the Everest Basic camp and acclimatization is taking place here, the traveler’s press service said. This year is an anniversary for domestic mountaineering.

During Sunday, three people became victims of government forces in Syria, activists of the Syrian opposition told reporters. The authorities published their version later: according to their data, the fighting of the opposition led to the death of five people. The opposition said that the victims were accompanied by a massive shelling by the army of the city of Homs.

Russian Tatyana Kashirina won a gold medal in the weight category of over 75 kilograms at the European heavy athletics championship in Turkish Antalya. Our athlete showed the best result both in a jerk (145 kg) and in a push (183). The second was the other representative of Russia - Julia Konovalova (121+153), the third - Julia Dovgal, representing Azerbaijan (123+150).

The advanced group of military observers, who were authorized by the UN Security Council to report on compliance with the full ceasefire in Syria, should begin their work on Monday. This was announced today by the assistant to the special representative of the UN and the lag for the Syrian settlement of Ahmed Fauzi. "The first group of six observers will arrive on Sunday evening and on Monday will begin to work. Their number will soon be increased to 25-30 people," Fauses ITAR-TASS quoted.

For the unidentified reason, the escalator abruptly stopped at one of the most loaded stations of the Moscow Metro - Komsomolskaya. As a result, eight people were injured, a law enforcement source told Interfax . "Due to the fall from the escalator at the Komsomolskaya metro station, eight people were injured, five of them were hospitalized in the hospital for medical care," the agency’s interlocutor said. According to him, people fell due to a sharp stop of the escalator.

In the south of Kyrgyzstan, a citizen of the Russian Federation suspected of killing his own child was detained, Interfax reports with reference to the press service of the Ministry of the Interior of the Republic. According to law enforcement agencies, on Friday, April 13, at about 18:00 local time in the city of Osh in the apartment where the family of citizens of the Russian Federation lived, the body of a four -year -old boy with a cut throat was found.

Nine people gathered to prepare for the funeral died during the collapse of a four -story building in the Chinese province of Hunan, the Chinese agency Sinhua reports. The building collapsed early on Sunday morning in the city of Longyan in the northeast of the country. According to preliminary data, the cause of the collapse of the building was an explosion in the underground garage adjacent to it. Another 55 people who received various injuries as a result of the collapse are hospitalized.

In Transbaikalia and Buryatia, the Humanitarian Assistance points for the inhabitants of the village of Bayan-Bulak, whose houses were warmed from a fire that came from the steppe, are opened. As ITAR-TASS reported in the press service of the administration of the Aginsky Buryat district, the points of receiving assistance were opened under the Aginsky department of the Ministry of Social Protection of the Trans-Baikal Territory, in Ulan-Ude and in Chita.

A 17-year-old disabled girl, who disappeared a few days ago in the Chekhovsky district of the Moscow Region, was found by the police, a law enforcement source told Interfax on Sunday. "Kristina Spigunova was found in the village of Lyubuchan, the Chekhovsky district," the agency’s interlocutor said, according to him, the girl is intact and healthy. Earlier it was reported that a disabled girl disappeared a few days ago in the Chekhov district.

The cross-stroke along the night streets of Manhattan ended the Easter mating in the St. Nicholas Patriarchal Cathedral of New York. The police almost for an hour blocked the movement of cars along the streets adjacent to the temple in order to give Orthodox Christians the opportunity to make a procession, part of the path of which ran along the central park. After that, the solemn ministry of the early Divine Liturgy took place, which was attended by several hundred believers.

The Communist Party leader Gennady Zyuganov unexpectedly acted in defense of the Russian Orthodox Church from recent scandals. The country's chief communist said they are beneficial to those who want to see Russia weak. And after that he added that Christ was the first communist - judging by the Nagorno -Merch. “Today, it is collecting and holding the country, there is a powerful attempt. In my opinion, this is not by chance.

Washington hockey players in overtime beat Boston with a score of 2: 1 in the second match of the playoff series 1/4 finals of the Eastern NHL conference and restored equality in the confrontation. The main time ended the winner did not reveal - 1: 1.

The unknown called the police and announced the threat of an explosion in the Crocus-City exhibition complex, the press service of the Main Directorate of the Ministry of Internal Affairs of Russia in Moscow told Interfax . Now a check is being carried out, dog handlers with dogs have left for the place. Earlier, a source in law enforcement agencies told Interfax that the unknown person called the police and announced the laid bombs in five Moscow stores, four of which were Crocus chains.

The military personnel of the Airborne Forces was a victim of a fight that arose on one of the streets of Novorossiysk with local residents, and his comrade was seriously injured, Interfax reports with reference to the headquarters of the Novorossiysk garrison. The conflict between a group of paratroopers and two local residents occurred on Saturday morning on one of the city streets. "The verbal skirmish went to the stabbing.

In the 39th round of Russia's football championship, the capital's “Spartak” at the Luzhniki stadium with a score of 2: 0 beat the Kazan Rubin and entered the second place in the championship of the country, squeezing CSKA (the Army earnest earlier in St. Petersburg Zenit). All the most interesting thing happened in the last twenty minutes, before that the teams showed football, adopted with us to call "spring".