As already reported, a group of priests and laity people of the Ukrainian Orthodox Church of the Moscow Patriarchate sent an appeal to the inhabitants of the East of Ukraine, in which they urged them to achieve political goals peacefully. Later on Tuesday, the Interfax-religion portal distributed an updated version of this information, which noted that the authors of the letter accuse the inhabitants of the eastern part of the country of anti-Christian behavior and defend the schismatics.

The fall of the Proton-M missile with the most powerful Russian communications apparatus of Express-AM4R, as it turned out, happened not only against the backdrop of the reform of the Russian space industry, but also in the midst of large-scale inspections of the sector, the Kommersant newspaper found out.

The Prime Minister of Latvia Laimdot Strayuma declared an uncompromising struggle with corruption, announcing the inadmissibility of events by officials at the expense of the budget. Thus, she responded to the state control report that last year the state budget expenses for administrative needs increased by 4.4 million euros and amounted to 23.7 million euros, and some meetings were held in castles.

The United States imposes sanctions against 12 Russian citizens in accordance with the "Magnitsky Law". This, as ITAR-TASS reports, announced the press service of the US Department of Finance. According to her version, current measures are applied, in particular, in relation to persons involved in the detention and death of Sergei Magnitsky. Among them are the employees of Butyrsky prison and pre -trial detention center "Sailor Silence", law enforcement agencies in Russia.

Philips decided to find out what inventions the average person is most looking forward to, for which they surveyed a thousand people in the UK, writes The Daily Mail . According to the survey results, it turned out that approximately two-thirds of respondents want science to be able to create a “universal pill” in the next hundred years that can save a person from any disease.

The Minister of Fuel and Energy of the self -proclaimed Donetsk People’s Republic (DPR) Alexei Granovsky resigned, as he does not share his views with his leadership on the nationalization of the Donetsk enterprises. He wrote about this on his Facebook page on Tuesday, May 20. "An unpleasant conversation with Denis Pushilin took place. I do not share his views on the implementation of nationalization. No one is authorized to take someone else's property and business, no matter what he was.

In Sevastopol, shareholders of a 16-story new building at Cape Khrustalny protest against the decision of the acting Governor Sergei Chanyilo about the dismantling of an already erected house, the keys to which people should soon receive. The Russian authorities said that the object on the Captainskaya Street was built in violation, and therefore will be demolished, the website of the Crimea News website reports. The construction of the house at 16 Captainskaya Street began in January 2011.

The British journalist Graham Phillips, which collaborates with the Russian state television channel of Russia Today, was detained on May 20 in Ukraine, where the clashes of the Ukrainian military and security forces with local supporters of federalization have been going on for more than six months. Earlier, the correspondent wrote on Twitter that the new authorities in Kyiv announced a reward of 10 thousand dollars for his head.

Despite the assurances of the Russian authorities that the country will be faced with any sanctions, including the latest statements on this subject, Prime Minister Dmitry Medvedev, continue to grow anxious trends in the international isolation of the Russian Federation and the breakdown of ties with Western partners against the backdrop of Russia's accession and crisis in Ukraine.

The friction between the United States and Russia does not mean the end of the international space station, on Monday the head of NASA Charld Bolden said, rejecting the fears that one of the most prestigious scientific undertakings could be a victim of political disagreements. Bolden’s comment was followed a week after the Deputy Prime Minister of the Russian Federation Dmitry Rogozin said that Moscow may refuse to extend the operation of the ISS after 2020 and send financing to other projects.

So far, Russia is accused of the West of immorality due to the victory at the “Eurovision” of the bearded transvestite Konchita VURST , in the east, as it turned out, they also have great attention to the problems of the “third sex”. In particular, in the Indian television show “Who wants to become a millionaire”, which is conducted on the Sony television channel, the star of Bollywood Amitabh Bachchan, will allow people to participate in the “third sex”.

The French manufacturer of Genty supercars revealed details about the new version of the Akylone average hypercar. The model, developed since 2011, received a 1200-horsepower engine and dynamic characteristics no worse than the record Bugatti Veyron Super Sport. Initially, a 4.8-liter bi-turbo engine V8 of its own production was developed for Genty Akylone, developing 1000 horsepower.

The temporary Prime Minister of Ukraine Arseniy Yatsenyuk said that the Ukrainian side would not pay by Russia on May 13 for June gas . The statement of the head of the Ukrainian government was made during his appeal to the politicians of the European Union and members of the European Commission.

New York enthusiasts have turned an ordinary three-story mansion in the Bushwick neighborhood of Brooklyn into a rental home for people with polyamorous views on relationships. That is, for those who admit the possibility of romance between one person and several people at the same time, as well as love relationships between groups of people. At the same time, the authors of the project ask not to confuse them with swingers - the house was not created for such pleasures.

Chinese automaker Great Wall Motors and the government of the Tula region signed an agreement on Tuesday on the construction of a car factory in the region with a capacity of up to 150 thousand vehicles in year, the press service of the regional government reports .