Former shareholders of the company Yukos, who achieved in the French court the termination of the construction of the Russian Durant and Cultural Center at the embankment of Branley in the center of Paris, lost the lawsuit. The French court decided in favor of Russia, TASS was told by Andrea Pinna, who represented the interests of the Russian Federation in the French court.

The head of Karelia, Alexander Khudilainen, promised that everyone who remained without housing due to a fire in the “Winter Hotel” on the island of Valaam will be provided with new apartments. In total, 58 people were left without shelter as a result of the incident. According to Khudilinen, the remaining people without housing will receive apartments by June 1, TASS reports.

In the suburbs of Damascus, Eastern Gotta, for two days - until midnight on May 2 - the "Silence Region" is extended, Interfax reports with reference to the head of the Russian Center for the Reconciliation of the warring parties in Syria, Lieutenant General Sergei Kuralenko. The intermediaries managed to receive obligations from the authorities of the Middle Eastern country and from the moderate opposition.

The commander of the Airborne Forces of the Russian Federation, Vladimir Shamanov, announced that the intellectual level of military personnel of this kind of troops in recent years has become much higher, as well as the interest of the fair sex in the service in the Airborne Forces. “Over the past three years, the intellectual level of the contingent has sharply increased both in a call and a contract,” Shamanov told reporters.

The Zenit football club won the Russian Cup in the 2015-2016 season. This trophy for the St. Petersburg team became the third in the history of the tournament. The final match "Zenit" was held with CSKA. The army team lost 4: 1. The meeting took place in Kazan at the Kazan Arena stadium. Two goals in Petersburgers scored a hulk, one at a time - Alexander Kokorin and Arthur Yusupov. Aaron Olanara distinguished himself at CSKA.

Australian businessman Craig Wright, whom journalists called the creator of bitcoins at the end of 2015, confirmed his involvement in the invention of virtual currency. At the same time, the Australian explained the origin of his pseudonym. As evidence, Wright at a meeting with employees of BBC television and radio corporation showed digital signatures created at the very beginning of the era of the development of cryptocurrency.

In Novosibirsk, the Metropolitan of Novosibirsk and the Berdsky Tikhon, who initiated the Tangazer case in 2015, consecrated the building of the Novosibirsk State Academic Opera and Ballet Theater (Ngatoib) on May 1, in which the production of Timofei Kulyabin, which caused the scandal, was carried out.

The candidate for the president of the United States from the Republican Party Donald Trump proposed to shoot down Russian fighters who fly in dangerous proximity to American ships and aircraft. In an interview with Indiana Radio, the politician said that the current US President Barack Obama in such cases should discuss them with the Russian leader Vladimir Putin. Initially, Washington should respond to such incidents diplomatically, Trump added. “And if this does not work, I don’t know ...

During the mourning rally, the Embassy of Ukraine in Moscow in memory of the tragic events in Odessa on May 2, 2014 there are detainees. “At the Embassy of Ukraine in Moscow, unknown people lit two smoke bombs,” said Twitter , correspondent for the Echo of Moskvy radio station, “two rallys.

Employees of law enforcement agencies of Crimea and personally the prosecutor of Crimea Natalya Poklonskaya on the anniversary of the Victory in the Great Patriotic War removed in the video for the song "From the Heroes of the past" from the film "Officers". The clip will be shown on the eve of May 9 and will appear on the air of federal channels and radio stations, Natalya Poklonskaya said TASS.

The Syzran District Court arrested three detainees on suspicion of killing the deputy head of the headquarters of the police headquarters in the Samara region Andrei Gosta and five of his relatives. This was reported to reporters following the meeting of the district prosecutor Evgeny Irch. “The district prosecutor’s office supported the investigation to elect a preventive measure in the form of an arrest for a period of two months,” TASS quotes him. “Three arrested are natives of Azerbaijan.

Russian President Vladimir Putin signed the law on the distribution of land in the Far East. According to the document, Russians will be able to once receive 1 hectare of land once for development with the prospect of receiving ownership. The bill was published on the official portal of legal information on Monday, May 2. According to the document, citizens of the Russian Federation will be able to once receive 1 hectare of land in the Far East once free of charge.

The US Central Intelligence Department on the fifth anniversary of the elimination of Osama Ben Laden recreated on Twitter the course of the operation, which was implemented in Pakistani Abbotobad without coordination with the authorities of Pakistan. The details given in broadcasts met a dozen tweet. The raid of the sea cats was approved by Admiral William Macraven, who was the head of the special operations department. He acted in agreement with the director of the CIA Leon Pannee.

Last weekend, on the eve of the start of NATO’s exercises “Spring Storm” with the participation of teams from ten countries, the Latvian military noticed a Russian warship and a submarine near the marine border of the country. The Twitter of the Latvian army says that we are talking about a “kilo” submarine (project 877 “Paltus” or 636 Warsaw ”) and the Victor Konetsky tugboat (1300 tons), which went through the exclusive economic zone of Latvia.

The United States threatens the European Union to complicate the export of European cars if the EU does not increase the import of American agricultural products. In addition, they are trying to convince Europe to import genetically modified products, the harm of which has not been scientifically proven.