The National Academy of Art and Science of Sound Recording (Naras), which annually awards the Grammy awards, announced significant changes in the process of selecting nominees for the prize and in the process of presenting awards. The Academy announced that these changes have been undertaken to guarantee that the decision -making process is completely transparent.

The bronze medalist of the World and European Figure Championships, Russian Alexander Trusov, left the training group of two -time Olympic champion Yevgeny Plushenko at the end of the contract. Trusova is the pupil of Eteri Tutberidze, with whom she parted in May last year , moving to Plushenko. “With the wonderful Sasha Trusova, we went through a very fruitful season, won two stages of the Russian Cup, the bronze of the championships of Russia and the world.

The Seattle Kraken hockey club laid all the formalities and officially became the 32nd Club of the National Hockey League, the NHL official website reports. The club was presented last summer. The first general director of the team was the two -time owner of the Stanley Cup Ron Francis. Seattle was supposed to pay an entrance fee of $ 650 million. “On behalf of the Administrative Council, I am glad to officially welcome Seatl Kraken as our 32nd club,” said the NHL Commissioner Gary Bettman.

The head of Chechnya Ramzan Kadyrov in 2020 declared 381 million rubles, which is 2.5 times more than a year earlier (then it was 147 million rubles) and 50 times more than in 2019 (only 7.58 million rubles). As follows from the declaration of the head of Chechnya, during 2020 he earned 381 million rubles. Sources of receiving such income in its declarations are not indicated. The declaration for Kadyrov contains two land plots with a total area of ​​32 thousand square meters.

On Saturday, May 1, in the temple of the Holy Sepulcher in Jerusalem, a ceremony of consecration of the fertile fire was held. The ceremony was held with a limited access to pilgrims. In the morning, only priests representing various Christian denominations and a small group of photojournalists were in the temple. However, by the main point of the ceremony, the temple was filled with people.

In St. Petersburg, Zenit basketball players with a score of 74:61 defeated the Spanish Barcelona in the fourth match of the quarter-final Euroleague series. The most productive player in the meeting was the defender of the Russian club Kevin Pangos, who scored 22 points. “When we act quickly and vigorously, we help each other as today, it is very difficult for us to score,” the team’s official website from St. Petersburg quotes the words of Pangos. “I think this is a huge achievement.

The Ministry of Health of Bulgaria included the "satellite V" in the list of vaccines, which allow them to come to Bulgaria vaccinated people as tourists. According to the Minister of Tourism of Bulgaria, Mariyan Nikolova, in order to enter the country, the Russians need to complete the vaccination no later than 14 days before arrival and present the corresponding document when crossing the border.

In the border areas of Kyrgyzstan and Tajikistan, an armed conflict continues, which began on April 28 as a result of mutual accusations of the escalation of the situation. According to May 1, 33 people were killed from the Kyrgyz side, among them three Kyrgyz border guards. 163 people were injured, 49 of them have severe injuries. Among the victims are 23 military personnel. On May 1-2 in Kyrgyzstan, they are declared days of national mourning.

The Ministry of Internal Affairs of Russia will oblige all migrants for a long stay in the country to receive a single electronic document with a validity of 10 years, TASS was told in the press center of the ministry. "A prerequisite for a foreign citizen to receive the right to long stay in the Russian Federation will be to receive a single document with an electronic media of information.

The United States announced the creation of new weapons that could destroy the satellites.

In Volgograd, during transportation, an armored car fell from the trailer. There are no victims. On the frames published on the network, it is clear that military equipment turned the soil on the side of the road and partially blocked the traffic. On this fact, a check is already being carried out. "The garrison command conducts a check on the fact of a traffic accident involving military equipment in the Dzerzhinsky district of Volgograd," RIA Novosti told the garrison.

The Argentine team, led by Captain Lionel Messi, is in a high degree of probability of a Chinese vaccine from coronavirus before the start of the America Cup. The tournament will be held in the summer of 2021 in Argentina and Colombia, and the vaccine from the Covid -19 is one of the requirements for participation in the tournament from Conmebole . Not only players, but also the rest of the delegations are required to undergo vaccination.

The duration of the working week exceeding 40 hours, taking into account all processing, is the usual practice of almost every second working Russian (49%). According to the VTsIOM study, men more often than women work in this mode - 58% and 38% of respondents, respectively.

Mortality in Russia in March 2021 increased in comparison with last year - 25.7% more people died in the country than in the same month of 2020 As follows from the published data of Rosstat , "mortality increased by March 2020 by 25.7% and by February 2021 by 10.8%." At the same time, 583.8 thousand people died in January 2021 in Russia, while in the first quarter of 2020 - 460 thousand.

The Russians who have the term of the actions of Italian tourist visas expired after January 1, 2021, from May 3, the Italian Consulate General in Moscow for a new document can be applied from May 3. “The Italian Consulate General in Moscow reports that from May 3, 2021, persons with Italian tourist visas (Schengen type C), whose duration has expired from January 1, 2020 to the present, can apply for a new Italian tourist visa,” the statement published on the General Consulate website said.