Russian military helicopters began exercises in the north-west of the country, said the head of the press service of the Western Military District, Colonel Oleg Kochetkov. According to him, the crews perform "planned educational flights" over the Pskov region, bordering Estonia and Latvia. “For the first time, squadrons of different types of shock helicopters will simultaneously rise to the sky,” said Kochetkov, quoted by RIA Novosti .

For four months that have passed since the beginning of the year, eight people became victims of attacks on the basis of xenophobia. The number of injuries - at least 31, reports Interfax with reference to the information and analytical center "Owl". Beats, the cause of which was hatred on a national basis, are recorded in 11 regions. At the same time, only eight have been issued for racist crimes for racist crimes.

Two Russian climbers Viktor Istolkin and Pavel Ivanovsky died during the ascent to the top of the Ama-Dablam in the Himalayas in Nepal, the local newspaper The Himalayan Times reports. The alleged cause of death is a mountainous disease associated with a lack of oxygen in the air at high altitude. However, the doctors will make an autopsy to establish the exact cause to Kathmandu, where the bodies of Russians were directed.

Relations between Russia and NATO countries, in particular, the United States, in connection with Ukrainian events, seriously worsened . At the same time, the North Atlantic Alliance blames Russia for aggravation of the situation - Deputy General Secretary of NATO Alexander Vershbou said that the policy of the Russian authorities forces NATO to consider Russia not a partner, but an enemy, reports AP.

About two million Russians are supposed to be celebrated today on May 1. Such information is located in the Russian Ministry of the Interior, which also notes that about two thousand festive events will be held in the country on this day. 55 thousand police officers and about seven thousand military personnel will ensure security, as well as cadets, private guards and members of the national squads, reports the information of the ITAR-TASS department.

Russian hockey players were defeated by the Finland team in the match of the Swedish stage of Eurotour, which started on Thursday a game of Helsinki. The meeting at the Hartwall Arena ended with a score of 2: 1 (1: 0, 1: 0, 0: 1) in favor of the hosts, in which the pucks were thrown by Leo Komarov (7th minute) and Petri Contiol (37th). As part of Russians at the 59th, Nikolai Kulemin distinguished himself.

Ukraine announced the naval attache of the Russian Embassy in Kyiv Persona Non-Grad. This was reported by the Interfax-Ukraine agency with reference to the country's Foreign Ministry. "The naval attache of the Embassy of the Russian Federation in Ukraine was announced by Persona Non-Grada in connection with its activities that are not compatible with the diplomatic status in accordance with the Vienna Convention on diplomatic relations of 1961," the foreign policy said.

During the explosion of domestic gas and the collapse of a part of the prison building in the American state of Florida, two people died, more than 100-150 prisoners and employees of the penitentiary institution were injured, CNN reports on Thursday. The explosion occurred on Wednesday evening in prison in the squadron of the Eschembia at a time when about 600 prisoners were in the institution - 400 men and 200 women.

The Director of the US Department of Defense (RUMO), Lieutenant General Mike Flynn, announced that he would resign before the end of the year. The chef will follow the example of his first deputy David Sedd, reports ABC News . Two leaders of Rumo will leave their posts in the fall.

The court in New York sentenced two more defendants in the case of the illegal gambling business, extortion and money laundering. A native of Russia, 53-year-old Vadim Trincher, received five years in prison. According to the American prosecutor's office, Trincher entered the Russian-American criminal group, one of the leaders of which was currently living in Russia businessman Alimzhan Tokhtakhunov , also known as Taiwanchik.

The May Day demonstration of workers took place on Red Square in the center of the Russian capital. Along with the requirements for increasing the minimum wage level to the subsistence minimum and increasing the level of protection of trade unions, there were slogans associated with the accession of Crimea to the territory of Russia and the situation in Ukraine. According to the police, more than 100 thousand people took part in the action.

On Thursday, May 1, on the initiative of the German side, the next telephone conversation of Russian President Vladimir Putin with the Federal Chancellor of the Federal Republic of Germany, Angela Merkel, dedicated to the Ukrainian crisis, took place. This is stated on the Kremlin website .

About two thousand tons of water dropped aircraft into a ware of ammunition and blazing in its vicinity of the forest that was caught in the Karymsky district of the Trans-Baikal Territory, the press service of the regional government reports. IL-76 aircraft and the Mi-8 helicopters of the Russian Ministry of Defense dropped 849 tons of water, Mi-26 and Mi-8 EMERCOM of Russia-935 tons of water on Wednesday.

The militias of self -defense forces in Slavyansk, Donetsk region, as gathered , liberated two of the three fighters of the Alpha unit of the SBU of Ukraine in exchange for their supporters, Interfax told the headquarters of the militias. "We managed to agree with the opposite party to exchange two of these special forces for our supporters, then we freed them," said a representative of self -defense by phone.

Hockey players of Magnitogorsk Metallurg - striker Sergei Mozyakin and goalkeeper Vasily Koshechkin - will join the Russian national team. This was stated by the head coach of the Russian national team Oleg Znarok. On Wednesday, Magnitogorsk Metallurg became the owner of the Gagarin Cup, winning in the seventh match at the Prague Leva (7: 4). “Three people were interested in the“ Magnitogorsk ”.