A team from the St. Petersburg National Research University of Information Technologies, Mechanics and Optics (ITMO University) for the seventh time became the winner of the 2017 ACM ICPC International Olympiad, whose final was held in the American city of Rapid City on May 24. According to vc.ru , in the allotted time ITMO students correctly solved 10 out of 12 tasks, ahead of rivals in speed. The team received a gold medal and a cash prize of 12 thousand dollars.

The employees of the Russian Guard reported on income - the police colonel Vadim Medvedev earned most of all. In 2016, he received 26 million rubles, which is four times more than the income of the director of the department Viktor Zolotov, RBC reports. From the families of the employees of the Russian Guard, the wife Dikevich earned the most, together they received about 37 million rubles.

On the official YouTube channel "Game of Thrones" on Wednesday, May 24, a trailer for the seventh season of a popular series was published. To date, the video collected more than 10.5 million views. In a trailer that lasts a little less than two minutes, John Snow performed by Kit Kharington announces the beginning of the Great War. Other heroes of the saga appear in the video - in particular, Cersei Lannister (Lina Hidi), Daenerys Targarien (Emilia Clark), Arya Stark (Macy Williams).

As a result of an accident in the Novgorod region, six citizens of Ukraine were killed, RIA Novosti reports with reference to a source in the regional services of the region. "42 kilometers from Veliky Novgorod collided a truck and minivan. According to preliminary data, six people - citizens of Ukraine were killed," the agency’s interlocutor said.

On May 25, the city election commission of St. Petersburg will consider the imprisonment of the mandates of deputies of the city Legislative Assembly who voted against the transfer of the Isaac's Cathedral to the Russian Orthodox Church, Fontanka reports with reference to the draft agenda. On the agenda of the meeting published on the election of the election commission, there is a paragraph "On the consideration of the petition of the initiative group for the referendum of St.

Ilya Novikov “The second person involved in the “new swamp”, also known as the “March 26 case,” Alexander Shpakov, received a year and a half of general regime. He received it in a special manner - that is, in one day, without discussing the evidence and without the possibility of a normal appeal against the verdict. He was heard in the same way the first case of Yuri Kuliy,” the lawyer writes on his Facebook page. “The serial use of a “special order” in political cases is a novelty this season.

The Russian edition of Forbes magazine has published a rating of the richest heirs of Russian oligarchs. In Russia, according to the publication, there are 96 dollar billionaires with a total of $ 386 billion, 274 children are brought up in their families. Thus, each child accounts for at least $ 2.3 billion. In total, 20 families got into the rating.

Cinemics and journalists ambiguously accepted the film by Ukrainian director Sergei Loznitsa "Morky", which included in the main competition of the 70th International Cannes Festival, Interfax reports. The picture was shot in Russian, six countries took part in its production - Ukraine, Russia, France, Germany, Lithuania and the Netherlands. The world premiere of the film will be held at the festival on the evening on Thursday, May 25.

Former worldwater overweight champion 37-year-old Russian Alexander Povetkin will hold his next fight with Ukrainian Andrei Rudenko, the press service of the Boxing Mir promotional company reports. The battle will be the main event of the Big Boxing Show, which will be held on July 1 in the Moscow GCZ "Russia". The 33-year-old Rudenko has been playing in a professional ring since 2006, during which time he spent 33 fights, won 31 at 31 and a knockout) and was defeated by his glasses.

The cellist and close friend of the President of the Russian Federation Sergey Roldugin registered a new fund called "Non -Profit Organization" Renaissance of Traditions ". Earlier, the name Roldugin appeared in" Panama documents ", according to which the musician is the owner of several offshore companies. One of the first to register in St. Petersburg on May 22 of the NPO "Renaissance of Traditions" was drawn to the employee of the Corruption Fund (FBC) Georgy Alburov.

On May 24, the Chinese company DJI introduced the most compact and inexpensive drone in its history, reports The Verge . The new quadrocopter, which was called Spark, is comparable in size with a jar of soda, and its weight is only 270 grams, but the drone has very wide functionality. In particular, he supports control with gestures and can take off from his hand, recognizing the owner in the face.

Russian President Vladimir Putin signed a decree on the approval of the Regulation on the operational-territorial association of the troops of the Russian Guard . According to the document published on May 25 at the official Internet portal of legal information, from now on the fighters of the department will be involved in the reflection of aggression against the Russian Federation together with the armed forces and border bodies of the FSB.

The brand of the bankruptcy process of Transaero airline still costs almost 51 billion rubles, which is more expensive than all the brands of Aeroflot, the newspaper Vedomosti writes. This was announced in the Arbitration Court of St. Petersburg by the representative of the temporary manager Mikhail Kotov. Most of this property are intangible assets, the publication found out. In total, property was identified for 65.279 billion rubles.

Firefighters extinguished the fire at the Kinef oil refining enterprise in the Kirishi district of the Leningrad region, where two people were killed on May 25, Interfax reports with reference to the press service of the regional government and the Investigative Committee of the Russian Federation. "At 9:10, in the workshop of Kinef LLC, located behind the main site of the plant, gas and ignition occurred during gas hazardous work on the container.

The former politician publishes a sketch from the life of a regular viewer of the Rossiya-1 TV channel. About the feeling of pride in the country, shaken due to an empty refrigerator, and Maria Zakharova, who restored it. “There was an advertisement on Rossiya-1. Ivan Kuzmich mechanically pressed another button on the control panel. They talked about life in Norway. Look, the territory will be harsher than ours, but how have they settled down?