In Moscow, on Thursday, a general rehearsal of the parade in honor of the 70th anniversary of the Victory in the Great Patriotic War was held on Thursday, TASS reports. Minister of Defense Sergey Shoigu, who traveled the front line, participated in the rehearsal. The head of the Ministry of Defense of the Russian Federation will take the Victory Parade on May 9, which, like last year, was appointed commander in the ground forces Oleg Salyukov.

The guards of the Moscow Zoo on Bolshaya Georgian Street attacked REN TV film crew, according to the channel’s website. The attack occurred when journalists of the Emergency Call 112 program prepared a plot about compliance with safety rules. The zoo is being repaired, many dangerous areas are not fenced, the press service of the channel explains. The man who refused to introduce himself said that it was forbidden to shoot, attacked the operator and broke the camera.

The 2012 Presidential May Decrees may be adjusted taking into account the changed economic situation, Vladimir Putin said at a meeting of the commission to achieve targeted indicators of the socio-economic development of Russia. “I want to emphasize once again: it is clear that the situation is changing, it has changed.

The players of the Spanish Barcelona achieved a major victory over the German Bavaria in the first semifinal match of the UEFA Champions League. The meeting on the field of the Campalo Stadium "Kamp Nou" ended with a score of 3-0 in favor of the owners who scored all three goals in the last 15-minute.

The Canadian parliament has adopted a law that significantly expands the country's special services to confront terrorist threats. For the first time, the legislation provides for the possibility of foreign operations, AFP reports. The law gives the Canadian intelligence and security service expanded opportunities for tracking both within the country and abroad, and also simplifies the procedure for detaining suspects without charges, the Russian Air Force Service notes.

The Holy Synod of the Russian Orthodox Church at the meeting held on the eve of the meeting on the eve of the meeting approved the rank of weddings of the spouses who live in marriage for a long time. The description of the execution of this rank is contained in a document called "The Chief of the Wedding of the Spouses, in the Slues of the Muchzechi." Its full text is published on the website "Patriarchy.ru" .

The silver ingot found in the Indian Ocean may belong to one of the most famous pirates - Scotsman William Kiddu, who lived in the XVII -XVIII centuries, the Russian BBC service reports. An ingot weighing 50 kg was removed from the wreckage of the ship in the area of ​​the island of Nusi-Burah off the east coast of Madagascar in the Indian Ocean. At the delivery ceremony of finds to the shore were President of Madagascar Eri Radzaunarimapian, as well as diplomats from the UK and the USA.

The national team of Belarus with a score of 5: 2 outplayed the US team in the fourth round of the preliminary round of the World Hockey Championship , which takes place these days in the Czech Republic. Belarusians responded to the washers of Brock Nelson and Tori Craga by the hollow of Alexei Kalyuzhny, as well as with productive shots performed by Arthur Gavrus, Artem Volkov and Alexander Kitarov.

Telephone codes of the cities of Crimea were transferred on Thursday to the Russian numbering system, Crimea code was changed from Ukrainian +38065 to Russian +7365, Interfax reports.

The bishop of the Maronite Catholic Church called on the authorities of Lebanon to restore the holiday of the Lebanese martyrs, which was established in memory of the fighters for national liberation executed on May 6, 1916 by order of the Turkish governor of the great Syria Jamal Pasha.

The double life of Fidel Castro: "He led the smuggling of cocaine" Former bodyguard commandant Fidel Juan Sanchez in the book "Double Life of Fidel Castro" talks about the shadow side of the life and activity of the Cuban leader, writes the Italian newspaper Il Giornale . A few years ago, in an interview, Fidel Castro said that he lives, like all compatriots, for 900 pesos ($ 36) per month. According to the former bodyguard of the Cuban leader, this statement is false.

The government did not expect inflation so much to affect the plans of the office. About this, as Interfax reports, Deputy Prime Minister Olga Golodets told reporters on Thursday after a meeting with President Vladimir Putin. The Deputy Prime Minister commented on the unfulfilled hopes of the government that Russians will begin to actively use the possibility of retirement, when reducing the inflation rate.

More than 2200 people were released in an amnesty announced to the 70th anniversary of Victory, TASS reports with reference to the temporarily executing authority of the deputy director of the FSIN Valery Maksimenko. In just six months, about 60 thousand people will be released in just six months, but the amnesty does not apply to the defendants of a number of high -profile affairs, including the brothers Navalny and convicts in the "swamp case".

The head of the regional fire service, Anatoly, was charged with a criminal case of fires in Khakassia, the official representative of the Investigative Committee of the Russian Federation Vladimir Markin said on the website of the department. "As part of the criminal case on May 6, the head of the fire service of the Republic of Khakassia Anatoly Knomenr was detained.

The Schwabinger Kunstfund working group, which is engaged in the clarification of the origin of works of art from the scandalous Munich collection of Cornelius Gurlitt, discovered a number of works that were declared by National Socialists with “degenerative art”. The working group also found from which museums these works were seized during "art purges" in 1937, DW reports.