In the State Duma on May 17, the exhibition "Industrial Heritage of Donbass" will open, organized by the deputy from the United Russia faction Joseph Kobzon and the Committee of the Lower House of Parliament for Culture. The Opening ceremony is expected to take part in the acting Minister of Coal Industry of the Donetsk People’s Republic (DPR) Eduard Golenko.

Russia and Saudi Arabia announced their readiness to extend the agreement on reducing oil production for another nine months, until the end of March 2018. This is stated in a joint statement by the Minister of Energy of Russia Alexander Novak and the Minister of Energy of Saudi Arabia, Khalid al -Falekh, adopted following the results of negotiations in Beijing as part of the one belt - one path, TASS reports.

Russian tennis player Maria Sharapova went to the second round of the tournament of the Women's Tennis Association (WTA) in Rome with a prize fund of more than $ 2.5 million. In the first circle, the 211st racket of the world, which received a special invitation from the organizers, defeated American Christina Mcheil with a score of 6: 4, 6: 2 in two hours and a half in two hours.

The Danish Crown Princess Mary was forbidden to communicate with her best friend - 41 -year -old TV star and wife of the nephew of the author of the novel about Supershpion James Bond, Jan Fleming Caroline Fleming.

Elena Rykovtseva “None of the main channels talked about the Eurovision final in Russia. It’s like a boycott. If we’re not at Eurovision, that means there’s no Eurovision. And that’s great,” the journalist writes on her Facebook page.

In the orphanage of the Kirovsky district of St. Petersburg, whose employees are suspected of sexual violence against pupils, many other violations were revealed, Anna Kuznetsova, Commissioner for the President of Children's Rights, said. "The specialists of the Commissioner revealed a number of significant shortcomings in the activities of the Center ...

President Vladimir Putin considers it premature to discuss the possibility of his participation in the election of the head of state in 2018. According to RBC , at a press conference in Beijing, where the one belt - one path forum was held, journalists reminded Putin that six months ago he, answering the question of his plans for participating in the presidential election, said that time should take time to answer. Journalists asked if time had passed. " “No,” Putin said.

The Ministry of Internal Affairs of the Russian Federation notes the decrease in the last five years in Russia the number of traffic accidents with the participation of motorcyclists. This was reported in the press center of the department. According to the Ministry of Internal Affairs, last year there were about 8 thousand accidents involving motorcyclists in which about 900 people died, this is 23% less than in 2015, TASS reports.

In the Leninsky district of the Moscow Region, a man was arrested, who had almost killed his 17-year-old girlfriend out of jealousy, according to the website of the SC SK in the Moscow region. The Investigative Department of the city prominent Main Directorate of the IC of Russia in the Moscow Region opened a criminal case against a 30-year-old Muscovite under Part 3 of Art. 30, part 1 of Art. 105 of the Criminal Code (attempted murder).

“Since yesterday I have been thinking about rallies. The form and content of rallies in the Internet era should change in theory,” writes a journalist from Yekaterinburg on his Facebook page. "If earlier the rally was a way to voiced and convey its point of view to the masses, throw some slogans, inspire a crowd of people, now rallies are not needed for this. Why make a speech to 10 thousand people, if the same speech can be addressed to millions?

In Prague on May 15, a five -day summit starts, organized by the Stratcom expert organization, accredited by NATO, but not part of the alliance. Within the framework of the forum, the main topic of multilateral negotiations will be the Kremlin’s tactics on the destabilization of elections in the West. Security experts from 27 countries, including Great Britain and the USA, will try to develop a unified opposition to Moscow, writes The Guardian .

The Ministry of Finance, in response to a request from the State Duma deputy from the Communist Party of the Russian Federation Valery Rashkin, refused to disclose a list of citizens of the Russian Federation who were exempted from paying taxes in Russia due to the fact that they are under Western sanctions. Putin signed a document that was already nicknamed the Timchenko Law, April 4, 2017.

The application for the transfer of the building of the Isaac's Cathedral for the use of the Russian Orthodox Church (ROC) did not receive the Government of St. Petersburg. This information is contained in the response of Governor Georgy Poltavchenko to a request from a group of opposition deputies of the Legislative Assembly, published on the deputy’s page from Yabloko Boris Vishnevsky on Facebook , and was confirmed by the governor's press service.

The court decision, which freed RBC from the obligation to pay Rosneft for compensation for an article on Igor Sechin, gives rise to the “permissiveness and impunity of the media”, and journalists “mock” over the adopted judicial act, the company said in a cassation appeal filed on March 5 and at the disposal of Vedomosti . RBC himself and his journalists do not perceive the decision as evidence of their own wrong, according to the company.

The company "State procurement" of the Presidential Administration of the Russian Federation holds an open competition for the implementation of design work to restore the gold coating of the dome of the National Capitol in Havana in Cuba, the maximum price of the contract is 20 million rubles. The corresponding application is posted on the public procurement portal.