The European Union filed a lawsuit against Russia in the World Trade Organization (WTO) regarding anti-dumping imported customs duties in relation to light commercial cars from Germany and Italy, ITAR-TASS reports.

The mobile drill platform sent to China to the disputed waters of the South China Sea and already provoked anti-Chinese pogroms in the south of Vietnam and a mass flight from Vietnam of the Chinese population, is raising security in the region, said Prime Minister Vietnam Nguyen Tan Zung with President Filipin Benigino Akino. This was reported by Reuters.

In the metropolitan investigative isolator, a prisoner was found dead, underwent in the case of a brutal triple murder . The victims of the criminals were immigrants from the North Caucasus, living in a hostel. The corpse of a 39-year-old citizen of Ukraine Dmitry Pogorelov was discovered on Tuesday at about 16:00 in one of the chambers of the Sailor Silence of the SIZO, Interfax reports with reference to a source in law enforcement agencies.

In the "Donetsk People’s Republic" self -proclaimed authorities, not so long ago approving the Cabinet of Ministers, have already begun to lose some associates. The day before, the “Minister of Fuel and Energy” fired, and the “Minister of Health” generally learned about his appointment from the news and refused to cooperate with the separatists' authorities.

The metropolitan police opened a criminal case against the former leaders of the United Grain Company (OZK), one of the largest operators in the grain market, the Kommersant newspaper reports. According to the investigation, the top managers of OZK from August to November 2013 concluded a number of fictitious contracts for the supply of grain worth more than 180 million dollars. As a result of the state corporation, there was a damage to several hundred million rubles.

On Wednesday, May 21, it turns exactly two years since the approval of the government Dmitry Medvedev. On the occasion of the anniversary, the press service of the White House prepared a report on the work of the Cabinet of Ministers, separately focusing on the popularity of the prime minister with social networks , and the prime minister himself met with journalists in his residence "Gorki", which summed up the results during this period.

The Chinese-Swedish company NEVS temporarily suspended the production of Saab cars due to lack of funds. NEVS last year at the factory in the city of Trollhattan resumed the low-trip production Saab 9-3 after the Swedish brand was pushed. At the moment, the company does not have free funds for the payment of growing debts, writes Avtawotro .

The statement of the Donetsk businessman Rinat Akhmetov, who made a call to the Donbass to the Donbass in the name of peace in the region, caused the effect of an exploding bomb in Ukraine. While in Kiev the statement of the oligarch perceived positively , the rebels regarded the statement of Akhmetov as a declaration of war and threatened him with nationalization . A review of the most interesting articles of the Russian press on this topic is given by the website "Headings.ru" .

The US Federal Bureau of the USA ( US Bureau of Reclamation ), responsible for the distribution of water resources, imposed a ban on the use of its water to grow marijuana in the states where it is legalized - Colorado and Washington . Having limited access to water resources on farms where hemp is grown, the reclamation bureau expects to create a barrier for the development of this industry.

The film of the Hungarian director Cornel Mundrutsu "The White God", presented at the 67th Cannes Film Festival outside the competition, is able to break the hearts to all dog lovers, and anyone who had been fear of dogs before, after watching the picture will forget him forever, claims Reuters. The film made a lot of noise at the film festival of a mass scene with homeless dogs, which is noteworthy, which is shot with more than 200 real animals without the use of computer technology.

By June, a working group under the Ministry of Culture of the Russian Federation will present its first conclusions regarding the new Law on Culture. This was announced today by the head of the department Vladimir Medinsky, speaking within the framework of the "government hour" in the Federation Council. The minister noted that the first meetings of the working group are already taking place. After the main ideas are formulated, they will be presented for public discussion.

The Russian authorities for the first time since the beginning of confrontation with international payment systems changed rhetoric. Possible risks of leaving the Russian market Visa and MasterCard were appreciated by Prime Minister Dmitry Medvedev and Minister of Finance Anton Siluanov. "We cannot abandon these systems, since more than 90% of users of payment systems work with them," Siluanov said , expressing confidence that Visa and MasterCard payment systems will work in Russia further.

Scientists from Stanford University have created a new generation pacemaker, which differs not only with miniature (the size of the device is comparable with the size of the rice grain), but also does without the usual battery, receiving the necessary energy "by air" using a specially designed charger. Details about the device are given by the user of the Habrahabr site in his blog under the nickname Marks.

The visit of Russian President Vladimir Putin to China, from which so much is expected for relations between the two countries, is successful, but the main thing has not yet happened: Gazprom has not concluded a gas supply contract with the Chinese CNPC. Negotiations were constantly going on for three days, but the Chinese side insisting at a low price - approximately $ 360 per 1 thousand cubic meters - did not make concessions.

The Commander-in-Chief of the Air Force of the Russian Federation, Lieutenant General Viktor Bondarev, said that Ukraine "climbs out of business", calling the international competition "Aviadarts-2014" military exercises and demanding explanations. “The Ukrainian side does not know what she herself is doing, but does not climb into its own business,” the commander in chief of RIA Novosti quoted, insisting that Aviadarts is a competition designed to demonstrate crews.