Russian President Vladimir Putin gave a large interview to Vesti on Saturday, telling about the possibility of recognizing the Ukrainian "people's republics", about the foreign policy of Russia - a "reliable" and "independent" partner, as well as what indicators should be judged by the influence of the state leader.

In Khakassia, payments to the victims of fires began: for the "full loss of property", that is, the burned house, 100 thousand rubles are transferred to the account. Payments have already received residents of several areas, Interfax reports with reference to the regional government. "Budget allocations for the provision of material assistance were allocated from the reserve fund of the Government of the Russian Federation.

The leader of the self -proclaimed "Donetsk People’s Republic" Alexander Zakharchenko said that the agreement on the ceasefire in Ukraine would most likely break. In an interview with the Air Force, he demanded from Ukraine the recognition of the DPR and said that the separatists intend to expand the territories under their control. At the same time, he accused Kyiv of preparing for the war. The Air Force recalls that all week in the center of Donetsk, shooting was heard.

In Moscow, a 16-year-old girl from Dagestan named Aminat, for whom for several days could not find an anesthetic, died. This was announced on April 18 on her Facebook page by the manager of the Children's Program for the Hospice Fund "Vera" Lidia Moniava. “The Aminat died that night. Almost to the end in the mind. Thanks to everyone who helped to get morphine. For the last two days, the aminations did not have such hellish pain,” Moniava wrote.

A radioactive aircraft carrier of Independence (CVL-22 Independence) was found near the coast of California at a depth of about 800 meters. Scientists who examined the find with the help of a special underwater apparatus came to the conclusion that the ship on even keel was practically not damaged. This was reported on the website of the National Administration of Oceanic and Atmospheric Research (Noaa) of the USA. The aircraft carrier was flooded after nuclear tests held in 1946.

Two monuments to Lenin were demolished in Kharkov, a regional center in eastern Ukraine, on the night of Saturday. A week ago, during a similar campaign, activists pulled off the monuments to three Soviet figures from the regulations. The Ministry of Internal Affairs considered the action by hooliganism , but the investigators did not manage to prevent a new action. Like a week earlier, monuments were demolished by young people in camouflage forms with closed faces.

The Parliament of Afghanistan approved the candidates of 16 ministers of the Government of National Unity proposed by President Ashraf Gani. As the Russian Air Force service notes, this happened six months after signing the agreement on the division of power between President Ashraf Gani and his main competitor in last year’s elections - Abdullah Abdullah. Now in the Cabinet of Ministers there is only one vacancy - the Minister of Defense, about which Gani and Abdulla cannot agree.

The publishers of the biography of the Nazi propaganda of Joseph Goebbels filed a lawsuit: the copyright holders of his heritage demand from the Random House deductions for quotes used in the book, Guardian reports. Peter Longerich’s book was published in Germany in 2010, and in the near future it should appear on sale in Britain.

In the Yamalo-Nenets Autonomous Okrug, an explosion occurred at the field: a reservoir with oil exploded and caught fire. TASS and Interfax report two victims, Lifenews - about two dead as a result of the incident. At the time of writing, rescuers have not yet arrived at the fire site, the fire protection of the enterprise is working on the spot. The emergency occurred in the Purovsky district of the Yamalo-Nenets Autonomous Okrug at the East Tarkosalinsky deposit.

President of Belarus Alexander Lukashenko will not attend the Victory Parade in Moscow, he said on Saturday in Minsk. “Employed at home,” he explained, citing the fact that, as commander in chief, he should take a parade in Minsk. At the same time, Lukashenko condemned world leaders who refuse to go to Moscow without good reason. The President of Belarus and in previous years on May 9 took a parade in Minsk. So, on May 9, 2014, he and his son personally joined the parade of veterans.

In the 86th year of life, the People's Artist of the USSR, actor of the Maly Theater, Viktor Korshunov, died. This was announced by TASS by the artistic director of the Maly Theater People's Artist of the USSR Yuri Solomin. “Recently, Korshunov was very ill. On the eve of him, his colleagues were talking on the last time, and he spoke as if saying goodbye,” said Solomin. “It’s a pity, infinitely sorry,” he said.

Russian Tatyana Kashirina confidently won the gold medal in the weight category over 75 kg at the European heavy athletics championship, which ended in Georgia. Tatyana lifted 322 kg in the amount of 322 kg (142 in a jerk + 180 in a push). The second place was taken by Ukrainian Anastasia Lysenko (280), the third is the Romanian of Andrea Aanei (261). For 24-year-old Kashirina, this is the sixth "gold" of the continental championship.

So far, there is no reason to say that in relation to the missing mayor of Yoshkar-Ola Pavel Plotnikov, crimes have been committed, the Investigative Committee claims. Recently it became known that the search for the mayor will continue around the clock, the police promised to work "before the result".

The Russian team for the second time this week lost to the Finnish team as part of Eurotour. This time, in Helsinki, our hockey players lost 2: 4. Ossi Louhivaar (3 ', 5'), Esa Lindell (27 ') and Lennart Petrell (37') were abandoned among the winners of the washer. Anton Slepyshev (20 ') and Evgeny Biryukov (58') distinguished themselves as part of Russians. For the Oleg Znarki team, this defeat has already become the fourth in a row and the sixth as part of the Eurotour this season.

The Minister of Agriculture of the Russian Federation Nikolai Fedorov can soon leave his post, Interfax reports with reference to several unnamed sources in the authorities. According to one of them, a permutation is expected in the leadership of the department. According to the interlocutors of the agency, the head of the Ministry of Agency said the governor of the Novgorod Region Sergey Mitin, who was previously deputy minister of agriculture.