Admiral Nikolai Evmenov, who previously commanded the Northern Fleet, has been appointed Commander-in-Chief of the Russian Navy. Russian Defense Minister Sergei Shoigu said that the former Commander-in-Chief of the Navy, Admiral Vladimir Korolev, has completed his military service and is moving to work at the United Shipbuilding Corporation, Interfax reports . Vice Admiral Alexander Moiseev has been appointed Commander of the Northern Fleet.

A group of tourists fell under an avalanche in Altai, killing seven people. The Main Directorate of the Ministry of Emergency Situations in the Republic of Altai told Interfax that it was a group of nine tourists from the Novosibirsk region. The avalanche descended on May 6th. Two survivors spoke of the deaths of their comrades. A rescue team will fly out to search for the dead at approximately 14:00 local time (about 10:00 Moscow time).

In Novosibirsk, a monument to Joseph Stalin was erected near the building of the regional committee of the Communist Party of the Russian Federation. The bust is covered with polymer clay on the outside and filled with polyurethane foam inside. A brick wall was built for the monument on the territory of the regional committee and a pedestal with a bronze Order of Victory was erected.

On the morning of May 8, Aeroflot's Sukhoi Superjet-100 flight from Rostov-on-Don to Moscow was postponed due to a technical malfunction. The passengers left the board and were sent to Moscow on another flight, an Interfax source said . According to the Rostov No. 1 Telegram channel, the rudder position sensor was broken on the liner, Kommersant reports . Prior to this, the departure of two more Aeroflot SSJ-100s was delayed at Sheremetyevo.

Unidentified people poured red paint over the pedestal in front of the monument to Soviet soldiers on the Schwarzenbergplatz square in Vienna. According to TASS , this is the second act of vandalism against the monument in two weeks. On April 25, someone filled the facade of the monument with black paint. The Austrian utilities then cleaned it up. In early April, the police installed two CCTV cameras to secure the monument.

Residents of the Magnitogorsk high-rise building, which was seriously damaged by the explosion on December 31, 2018, received bills for missing utility services with penalties for unpaid months. The building, which Russian President Vladimir Putin demanded to be completely occupied in January, still remains in the ownership of residents, in particular, they are obliged to pay for its overhaul, local officials assure, Sneg.TV reports .

The plane, manufactured by the company of Putin's colleague in the KGB, caught fire at the airport of his partner in judo It is very difficult to explain the situation in Russia to foreigners. Do not understand!

On Yaroslavl architect Kirill Poputnikov, an administrative protocol was drawn up according to the Klishas law - on disrespect for the authorities Kirill posted the same photo about Putin on Facebook. Now there will be a trial, and lawyer Yulia Fedotova and I have already offered Kirill assistance in defense. But be that as it may, there are several important points here. First: I (like many others) also posted this photo and I demand that a protocol be drawn up against me as well.

Acting Governor of St. Petersburg Alexander Beglov appealed to Prime Minister Dmitry Medvedev with a request to include 17 infrastructure facilities in the city worth approximately 440 billion rubles in the federal comprehensive plan for the development of trunk infrastructure. Medvedev instructed Deputy Prime Minister Maxim Akimov, Minister of Economic Development Maxim Oreshkin and Minister of Transport Evgeniy Dietrich to work on Beglov’s proposals, Vedomosti writes.

Writer Lev Rubinstein - about different wars of the Kremlin and the people, Duddy and Prilepin, about two systems of values ​​fighting among themselves. And about why these wars are not visible to the end Leo Rubinstein. I already had to say that the theme of the war, that is, the historical event of the first half of the last century, is still so painful in our latitudes because it still cannot end in any way.

EU heads of state and government will discuss Iran's ultimatum on the Joint Comprehensive Action Plan on the Iranian nuclear program at an informal summit in Sibiu, Romania, on May 9. “We are currently evaluating Iran's statement, after which our reaction will follow,” told TASS a European diplomatic source .

On the website of Sheremetyevo Airport, a minute-by-minute chronology of the Aeroflot plane crash, which occurred on May 5, was published. Sheremetyevo emphasized that fire brigades and airport rescuers arrived at the scene one minute later, ahead of state regulatory requirements. Next, we quote the message of the airport, made on the basis of data from production systems, radio data of negotiations. 18:02 – Aeroflot flight SU1492 took off on the route “Moscow. Sheremetyevo - Murmansk.

Iranian President Hassan Rouhani said the country would suspend some of its commitments under the nuclear deal. Tehran has already notified Russia, France, Germany, Great Britain and China of its decision, Vedomosti reports, citing Rouhani's statement . The president stressed that the decision was due to the US withdrawal from the nuclear agreement and Washington's imposition of sanctions against Iran.

The government of Ukraine recognizes illegal and invalid passports issued by Russia to citizens of Ukraine on the territory of Donbass. This was stated by Prime Minister Volodymyr Groysman, opening a meeting of the Cabinet of Ministers, Hromadske reports . Groysman explained that Russian passports would be declared illegal when crossing the state border, as well as when used on the territory of Ukraine.

The Moscow District Court of Ryazan denied early release to former Interior Ministry officer Dmitry Pavlyuchenkov, who was convicted of organizing the murder of journalist Anna Politkovskaya. This was reported to MBKh Media in the press service of the court, specifying that representatives of the correctional institution and the prosecutor's office opposed the release of Pavlyuchenkov. Anna Politkovskaya was killed in the entrance of her house on October 7, 2006.