Two -time Olympic figure skating champion, Russian Yevgeny Plushenko, fell into an American physics manual. The authors of the textbook explain the principles of the moment of inertia (measures of intensity of rotation of the bodies around the axis) using the example of the rotation of Plushenko in the jump. On the 332nd page of the textbook, the skater is depicted at the time of the jump and at the time of landing after jumping on the ice.

US President Barack Obama and German Chancellor Angela Merkel announced their readiness to impose new sanctions against Russia if the situation in Ukraine does not stabilize to the presidential election on May 25 or if Russia breaks the elections, ITAR-TASS reports. The Ukrainian authorities have the right to "restore order" in the east of Ukraine, said US President Barack Obama. At the same time, he spoke out for the "diplomatic decision" of the crisis situation.

The road authorities in Transbaikalia opened a section of the federal highway of the Chita-Zabaikalsk in the area of ​​the village of Darasun after the consequences of a fire and explosions in a military warehouse in a large round were liquidated. According to ITAR-TASS, traffic on the highway is resumed for all modes of transport without exception. This road is considered one of the most popular in the region. About four thousand cars drive through it per day.

The constant representative of Russia under NATO Alexander Grushko said that NATO fully shares responsibility for the "criminal actions" of the new Ukrainian authorities. The statement of the Russian diplomat was made against the backdrop of a large -scale special operation in Slavyansk, which Ukrainian security forces began on the morning of May 2.

After the start of hostilities on May 2 in Slavyansk, captured OSCE observers were transferred to an unknown place, the German newspaper Bild reports with reference to the leader of the separatists of the "people's mayor" Vyacheslav Ponomarev. According to him, the detainees are evacuated to a reliable place outside the war zone.

In the village of Yandara, Nazranovsky district of Ingushetia, after Friday prayer, there was a shootout between local residents. One person was a victim of confrontation. Two more with gunshot wounds went to the hospital. As Interfax reports with reference to the press service of the Ministry of Internal Affairs of Ingushetia, the shootout took place in the territory of the mosque.

An elderly man committed suicide in the premises of the court of the Krasnoflotsky district of Khabarovsk. A 67-year-old suspect was taken to the court to choose a preventive measure for rape, Interfax reports with reference to the press service of the regional Ministry of Internal Affairs. April 30, on suspicion of committing a crime under Art. 132 h.

Russia did not disregard a large -scale special operation in Slavyansk, which the Ukrainian security forces began on the morning of May 2. The Russian Foreign Ministry sharply condemned the actions of the new authorities in Kyiv, saying that some “English -speaking foreigners” participate in special operations.

The largest companies in Germany, including Basf SE, Siemens AG, Volkswagen AG, Adidas AG and Deutsche Bank AG, opposed the expansion of economic sanctions against Russia both in private conversations and in public statements, writes The Wall Street Journal .

In the starting match of the 28th round of the Russian football championship, Amkar in Perm lost to CSKA. The eighth in a row allowed the Moscow club to continue the struggle for gold medals. At the end of the first half, the guests stepped forward thanks to the Gore of Alan Dzagoev (39 '), who closed in the fall, Vasily Berezutsky’s departure.

After the start of the exercises of Russian helicopter formations near the border with the Baltic countries to Estonia from the Air Force base in the OccFordshire county, 100 British infantrymen flew out. Together with the soldiers from the first battalion of the regiment of the Duke of Lancaster, the Minister of Defense of Great Britain Philip Hammond headed to Tallinn, BBS reports. On the territory of the Baltic country, he will hold several meetings with the military.

Almost two dozen people died in Nigeria because of the terrorist attack that happened at about 8 o’clock in the evening of May 1, which in Nigeria is celebrated as a public holiday. According to eyewitnesses, the unknown left the car near the police block and bus stop, BBC reports. After a few minutes, the car exploded. At this time, a lot of people accumulated at a bus stop in the Nyanyan region, a suburb of the Nigerian capital of Abuj.

On the afternoon of May 2, the growth of the dollar and the euro with respect to the ruble accelerated on the Moscow Exchange. According to analysts surveyed by Interfax , a sharp increase in currencies is associated with the special operation of Ukrainian security forces in Slavyansk. At the auction of the Moscow exchange, according to the data at 15:00 Moscow time, the dollar rate amounted to 35.83 rubles, which is 19.9 kopecks above the level of the previous closure.

The countries of the European Union called for pro -Russian separatists in eastern Ukraine to free occupied buildings and captured people , in particular, military inspectors from the OSCE countries. In addition, European countries called the separatist associations illegal armed groups, Reuters reports. “We are observing with concern about the development of events in eastern Ukraine,” said Maya Kosyankich, press secretary of the Supreme Foreign Affairs and Security Policy Katherine Ashton.

Venezuela President Nicholas Maduro some time ago introduced a system of special grocery cards that allow the country's residents to buy cheap products in state supermarkets once a week. The authorities thus want to defeat the lack of food . However, many condemned such measures, saying that Maduro was pursuing a policy in the Cuban style, Reuters reports.