On May 8, the major reconstruction of the nine heroes of the Soviet Union began on May 8 in the village of Herosky of the Saksky District of the Republic of Crimea on May 8. Money for the monument was raised by residents of the Samara region: a total of 2.5 million rubles, the press service of the Government of the Samara Region reports on Tuesday.

The CHAEBUL.com site, which tracks the financial component of the activities of the largest South Korean corporations, assessed the state of the chairman of the Samsung Electronics Lee Gona Hi at 12.9 trillion ($ 12.6 billion), ITAR-TASS reports. The main part of the assets of Lee Gona Hi - more than 11 billion dollars - make up the shares of the company.

The accession of Crimea by Russia can lead to serious geopolitical problems of the Russian Federation in the Far East, said Professor of the University of Latvia, orientalist Leon Taiwans. According to him, an angry joke with Russia, which proved the possibility of an attaching part of the territory of another country with impunity, can play the proximity of overpopulated China, whose inhabitants are now actively moving to Eastern Siberia.

On the Vulcan of Shuveluch, which is located in the Ust-Kamchatka district of the Kamchatka Territory, three ash emissions have occurred in a short time today. “The first of them was recorded at 10:20 local time. The height of the ash emission was about 10 km above sea level. At the same time, the ash cloud spread eastward, towards the Ozernaya bay, bypassing the settlements,” ITAR -TASS reports with reference to the regional Ministry of Emergencies.

The Rotenberg brothers who fell under the sanctions of the SMP Bank recorded the outflow of the population deposits from late April in the amount of 2.3 billion rubles. By means of legal entities during this time, the bank recorded an influx of approximately the same level. About this, as Interfax reports, Dmitry Kalanttyrsh, head of the credit institution, told reporters.

Canadian Prime Minister Stephen Harper announced the introduction of sanctions against six more Russian citizens and six-Ukraine, ITAR-TASS reports with reference to the press service of the Canadian government. "We announce the imposition of sanctions against six citizens of Russia and six citizens of Ukraine," Harper said. "The international community will continue to exert pressure on Russia until it takes measures to decal (tension)," he added.

All employees and staff of the Spartak hockey club, with the exception of players, will be dismissed from June 1. This was stated by R-Sport agency, public relations director of the capital's team, Alexander Malyshev. The main team of Spartak, due to financing problems, completed the season with the help of the KHL, which provided material support. The performance of the team in the next championship remains in question.

According to the order of Prime Minister of the Russian Federation Dmitry Medvedev, by the end of 2017, 777.3 thousand Russians should be relocated from dilapidated housing. For this, the government decided to increase the budget contribution to the state corporation "Fund for Promoting Housing and Public Utilities Reforming" by 34.6 billion rubles.

In the State Duma of the Russian Federation, at the initiative of the speaker, Sergey Naryshkin, they honored the memory of those who died as a result of clashes in the southeast of Ukraine with a minute of silence. “We grieve for all innocently and brutally killed in Ukraine,” said the chairman of the lower house of the Russian parliament. "As a result of punitive operations carried out by the so-called Kyiv authorities, people died in several cities of southeast of Ukraine.

Russian President Vladimir Putin the day before ordered the largest personnel permutations in his administration, government and law enforcement agencies since returning to the highest position of the country in 2012. As the Kommersant newspaper notes, there were no so many resignations and appointments for a long time. Obviously, the country needs fundamental changes, summarizes the publication.

The Central Bank of Russia withdrew the license to carry out banking operations at the Moscow Bank Navigator (Moscow). The license was revoked on May 13. According to the Central Bank’s message , the “Bank” Navigator pursued a highly -risk credit policy related to the placement of funds in low -quality assets. As a result of the formation of reserves adequate to the accepted risks, there were grounds for the implementation of bankruptcy prevention measures.

US Secretary of State John Kerry and the head of the Chinese Wang Foreign Ministry and confirmed the intention of their countries to achieve denuclearization of the Korean Peninsula, ITAR-TASS reports with reference to the statement of the official representative of the State Department of Jen Psaki following a telephone conversation between the heads of foreign policy departments of the two states.

The victory of the Austrian artist Thomas Neuvirt, better known as Kontishch Vurst, does not leave both the State Duma deputies and ordinary citizens, not only in Russia, but also beyond its borders, at the recent music contest . At a meeting of the Russian parliament, deputy Oleg Nilov sang a verse of the Black Raven song, calling this the answer “Black Forces”, and Russian LGBT activists decided to use the image of the VURST during the ninth gay parade in Moscow.

In June of this year, AvtoVAZ will present two powerful versions of the Lada Kalina: the Kalina Sport modification will receive an engine of 120 hp, and the most powerful Kalina NFR (Need For Race) - 140 hp, AvtoSreda reports with reference. to the head of Lada sports projects Vladislav Nezvankin. It is expected that Kalina will accelerate to 100 km/h with a 120 hp engine. With. will be 9.5 seconds, and in the top version - 8.5 seconds.

Belgium said that she saw a "Russian trace" in the hacking of the information system of the Belgian Foreign Ministry, about which the Minister of Foreign Affairs of the European State Didier Reynders told the media on May 10. According to the head of the diplomatic union published in the German journal Focus, the goal of hackers was to copy "information and documents on the crisis in Ukraine." The Belgian government connected the prosecutor's office to the proceedings, Rosbalt reports.