The Minister of Energy of the Russian Federation Alexander Novak assures that Russia supports the prolongation of the agreement with OPEC after 2017. "Russia is in solidarity with the efforts of the market for the market for the market and believe that the joint initiative to stabilize the global oil market is currently effective.

The Kharya County of Estonia sentenced the 30-year-old citizen of Russia Artem Zinchenko, accused of espionage in favor of the Russian Federation. According to Delfi , the man was found guilty and sentenced to five years in prison for cooperation with Russian military intelligence, or rather, with the Main Intelligence Directorate of the General Staff of the RF Armed Forces (GRU). According to the prosecution presented by the State Prosecutor's Office, Zinchenko was recruited by the GRU in 2009.

Representatives of the Center for the Road Traffic Organization (Central Department Store) of Moscow called on the capital's drivers to refrain from traveling to roads on summer tires in connection with the deterioration of weather conditions. "The deterioration of weather conditions can negatively affect the road situation. The differences between negative and positive temperature values ​​can lead to icy formation in night and morning hours," RIA Novosti TsDD message quoted.

The French police detained 141 participants in the protest rally, held the night before in Paris after the announcement of the results of the presidential election, according to which the leader of the “forward” movement Emmanuel Macron won . Nine detainees are taken into custody, the local publication Le Parisien reports.

Russian President Vladimir Putin, on the eve of Victory Day, visited the former representative of the KGB of the USSR under the Ministry of State Security of the GDR Lazar Matveev, a resident, under which he worked in Dresden in the second half of the 1980s. The head of state congratulated his former leader on the 90th anniversary, the Kremlin website reports.

The Syrian government intends to comply with the conditions of the memorandum on the creation of de -escalation zones in the country signed in Astana on May 4. This was stated on Monday at a press conference, Foreign Minister Sar Valid al-Miallem, Sana's local news agency reports.

In Estonia on Monday, May 8, the military exercises "Spring Storm" started, which involved about 9 thousand Estonian military personnel, NATO Sanitizers and partners. The official website of the Ministry of Defense of Estonia reports that the exercises are held for the 15th time and are the "largest". According to General Richo Terrace, the "spring storm" will enable Estonian recruits to demonstrate their skills.

Oppositionist Alexei Navalny received a passport just two days after submitting the appropriate appeal. This was written by the newspaper "Moscow Komsomolets" , noting that such a "speed of resolution of the issue is really amazed", especially given the fact that Navalny is conditionally convicted. “On May 2, Navalny appealed to the presidential administration with a request to issue a passport.

Unknown criminals fired at a mourning procession in the American city of Chicago (Illinois). As a result, two people died, eight more were injured. This is reported by Associated Press with reference to police data. The attack occurred in the afternoon on Sunday, May 7, during the farewell ceremony with a man who had previously been killed on the same day. According to the investigation, the crime was committed by members of one of the local gangs as a revenge for the murdered comrade.

US President Donald Trump believes that ex-Prosecutor General Sally Yates may be involved in the leakage of secret information in the media. On Monday, May 8, Jets will play at the Senate hearings on the so -called "intervention" of Russia in the US presidential campaign. In this regard, Trump suggested on Twitter to ask the former prosecutor general under the oath if she knows how secret information fell into newspapers.

The Federal Chancellor of Germany, Angela Merkel, during a telephone conversation, informed President of Ukraine Petro Poroshenko about the results of her negotiations with Russian President Vladimir Putin, held on May 2 in Sochi. This was reported on the website of the Ukrainian president. According to the message, the heads of the two states also discussed the situation in the Donbass, noting the priority of the implementation of the security component of the Minsk agreements.

The US Department of Defense intends to allocate about $ 8 billion over the next five years to strengthen the American military presence in the Asia-Pacific region (Asia-Pacific region), reports The Wall Street Journal . Funds will go to the modernization of military infrastructure in the region, conducting exercises and the deployment of new forces and ships. Initially, this plan was proposed by Republican Senator John McCain.

An ambulance crashed into a tree that fell on the roadway on the roads on Karamyshevskaya Embankment in the north-west of Moscow near the city clinical hospital N 67, RIA Novosti reports. "An ambulance car transported a sick patient crashed into a fallen tree on Karamyshevskaya Embankment near the entrance to the GKB N 67," a source in the emergency services of the capital said.

Zamoskvoretsky District Court of Moscow fined Elena Zakharov and Maria Ryabinkova, detained during the action on Academician Sakharov Avenue on May 6. The court session was held closed. As one of the acquaintances of the detainees told OVD-Info , Zakharova will have to pay 20 thousand rubles, and Ryabinkov "The court fined a large amount." However, the portal did not bring a specific figure. According to Radio Liberty , Ryabinkov was fined 150 thousand rubles.

The explosions thundered on Monday morning, May 8, on the road leading to the Saur -Mogil memorial complex, located in the Shakhtersky district of Donetsk region - in the territory controlled by the authorities of the self -proclaimed Donetsk People’s Republic (DPR). According to media reports, there are no victims. The incident occurred before the start of celebrations on the 72nd anniversary of the Great Victory.