Russia, most likely, will decide to extend the agreement with the OPEC to reduce oil production in the second half of the year, since otherwise the price of oil may fall to $ 40 per barrel. OPEC countries and 11 countries - oil exporters that are not included in the cartel, pledged in the first half of 2017 to reduce production by 1.8 million barrels per day regarding the level of October 2016.

US President Donald Trump said on Wednesday during a joint performance with the Palestinian leader Mahmoud Abbas in the White House about the beginning of the negotiation process, which can lead to a peace agreement between Israel and Palestine, TASS reports. "We talked with Bibi Netanyahu, with many influential Israeli leaders and your influential representatives, many of them will visit dinner here today. We begin the process that we hope, will lead to the world," he said.

In 2016, the trade turnover between Russia and Turkey decreased by 32% and amounted to $ 15.8 billion, the materials prepared for the visit of the President of the Republic of Turkey, Tayyip Erdogan, prepared for the visit of the President of the Turkish Republic of Turkish to Russia. Turkey "under the influence of Russian restrictive measures" three times, to $ 300 million, reduced food and agricultural supplies in the Russian Federation, Interfax reports.

The Constitutional Court of Moldova recognized the residence of Russian peacekeepers in the Transnistrian region unconstitutional, Interfax reports. The Constitutional Court issued such a decision on Tuesday at the request of the Liberal Party regarding the principle of the neutrality of Moldova and the legality of the stay of foreign troops in the republic.

The match for the 2017 Super Cup of Russia, in which the champion and owner of the Cup of the country will meet, will be held in the home arena of Lokomotiv in Cherkizovo. This was stated by President of the railway workers Ilya Gerus. On Tuesday in Sochi, Lokomotiv became a seven -time owner of the Russian Cup, defeating the Urals in the final of the Yekaterinburg with a score of 2: 0 . The meeting was overshadowed by the fight of the players, and then the fans.

The Kirov Regional Court on Wednesday, May 3, upheld the verdict to the opposition to the opposition Alexei Navalny and businessman Peter Officer, sentenced to conditional terms in the case of embezzlement of more than 16 million rubles of Kirovles. Earlier on this day, the prosecutor asked to upheld the opposition policy, RIA Novosti reported. Thus, the Kirov Regional Court rejected the appeal of the defense of the convicts, the TASS correspondent from the courtroom reports.

The American company Apple announced a decrease in the sales volumes of its iPhone smartphones against the backdrop of the growth of general revenue. According to the financial report of the company , in the second quarter of 2017 of the financial year (coincides with the first quarter of 2017), about 50.8 million smartphones were sold by April 1.

In the Kemerovo region, investigators discovered information about a girl who cooked a cigarette from candles in the temple in the media and social networks. On this fact, the regional department of the IC of the Russian Federation conducts a pre -investigation verification. During the monitoring of the media, investigators found a photograph that captures a woman who light from candles in the temple, the press service of the department reports.

The Madrid football club "Real" achieved a major victory over fellow countrymen from Atletico in the first match of the semifinal stage of the UEFA Champions League. The meeting ended with a score of 3-0 in favor of the hosts of the Santiago Bernabeu arena. All three goals of the “cream” were scored by their leader Cristiano Ronaldo. He distinguished himself in the 10th, 73rd and 86th minutes.

Russian Anastasia Yanina for two months was removed from participation in the All-Russian and international competitions in academic rowing due to rude and intentional violation of the rules of competition and unethical behavior at the award ceremony. According to the Interfax agency with reference to eyewitnesses, the athlete during the awarding ceremony in the loned weight class tore the letter and threw out the medal.

The Russian runner Julia Cherkshanskaya, previously deprived of the gold of the Olympic Games 2008 in the relay, signed the form of recognition of sanctions for violation of anti-doping rules. The All -Russian Athletics Federation (VFLA) announced a two -year athlete disqualification. According to the press service of the WFLA , its disqualification period has been counted from July 1, 2016.

In Poland, Russian citizen Nikolai Loginov from the club "Night Wolves" was detained, which are currently performing the Victory Roads - to Berlin. At the same time, it became known that about 50 Russian bikers from this club were not allowed into Georgia . “A citizen of Russia was detained today in the city of Myslovitsa,” the Katazhina Valchak Katajina Border guard quoted TASS as a spokesman for the Schlier guard guard.

North Korea confirmed information about the detention in April in the country of the US citizen. Apparently, we are talking about a man detained on April 22, while trying to fly out of the country. According to the North Korean State Information Agency of Tsat, an American named Kim San Doc was detained at Pyongyan Airport in April for the commission of "hostile criminal acts to destabilize the country," Reuters reports. Law enforcement agencies investigate the crime, noted in the news agency.

The independent commission of the Yaroslavl doctors did not record injuries from the convicted person involved in the "Swamp case" by Ivan Nepomnya and two other convicts who previously announced the beating in the local colony. This was reported on May 3 in the regional department of the FSIN, reports RIA Novosti . According to the press service of the department, on April 28, a commission of Yaroslavl doctors - employees of hospitals N10 and N7 arrived in colony N1.

More than 2.7 billion rubles will be sent by Rosavtodor additionally for financing road activities in seven constituent entities of the Federation, according to the agency’s website . The funds will be sent as part of the implementation of the priority project "Safe and high -quality roads".