On May 13, several participants in the ecological camp were beaten, created the day before on the site of the Elansky and Elkinsky Nickel deposits in the Voronezh region. Igor Zhitenev, the chieftain of the cultural and national autonomy of Novokhopersk, lost consciousness when beating, his brain concussion was recorded, ribs were broken and his jaw was damaged. Two more activists pierced their heads with stones. In total, more than ten people were injured, electric skiers were used to many.

A new, second criminal case has been initiated against Mikhail Savva. Savva's students who came out in support of him are subjected to psychological pressure. At the same time, one of the leaders of the Kuban State University turned out to be an FSB officer, which allows us to look at the situation in a new way. The second case against the human rights activist was initiated not by the FSB, but by the police. Article 159, "fraud". A non-disclosure agreement was taken from Savva's lawyers.

According to the latest data, the number of victims of the explosion in the Moscow "Shokoladnitsa" has reached 9 people. Two children and seven adults were injured. It is reported by RIA Novosti with reference to the representative of the capital's head office of the Ministry of Internal Affairs. Recall that the explosion thundered in the coffee shop "Shokoladnitsa" on Shcherbakovskaya Street. According to preliminary data, a gas cylinder exploded, its valve was torn off.

The fire in the Novaya Tura shopping center near Kazan has not been extinguished for about 6 hours. Recall that it flared up around 14:00 Moscow time. According to Interfax , 6 out of 8 boxes on a total area of ​​​​21 thousand square meters are already engulfed in fire. meters. As a result of the fire, no one was injured, but many entrepreneurs lost all their goods.

The explosion took place in the “Shokoladnitsa” coffee shop near the Semyonovskaya metro station (Shcherbakovskaya street). According to preliminary data, a gas cylinder exploded, its valve was torn off. According to Newsru.com , windows in the building were shattered as a result of the explosion. Ambulances and fire engines pulled up to the cafe. According to ITAR-TASS , four people were injured, including a child. According to other information, nine people were injured.

Russian Prime Minister Dmitry Medvedev signed a government decree on alternative fuels, according to which at least 50% of public transport must switch to gas, RIA Novosti reports today . Deputy Prime Minister Arkady Dvorkovich noted that according to the document, "in large cities, at least 50% of the relevant (public) transport must be converted to gas fuel." The legal framework will be prepared and adopted during this year.

Chechen President Ramzan Kadyrov no longer sees the point in the Chechen ban on access to Youtube. “I think that the verdict of the court at that time was justified. But now, apparently, there is no need to further block the resource, ” Interfax quotes Kadyrov as saying . According to him, with closed access to the resource, it is impossible to give a decent response to extremists and terrorist organizations that post their videos on YouTube.

The Rolling Stones 50th Anniversary World Tour gets its own name and track listing changes The Rolling Stones begin their North American tour The first concert of the "50 and Counting Tour" was supposed to take place on May 2, but was postponed by the group to the next day due to the fact that on that day the sixth match of the basketball playoff series between the LA Lakers and San Antonio Spurs.

The Russian Defense Ministry claims that Russian military aircraft did not violate the borders of Finland, Interfax reports , citing a representative of the ministry. “According to objective control data, the aviation of the district did not violate Finnish airspace.

A Turkish F-16 fighter jet crashed near the Syrian border, Interfax reports citing the website of the Turkish edition of Hurriyet. The pilot, as the newspaper notes, managed to eject, which he reported to the command post a few seconds before the crash. The reasons for the incident are not yet known. According to the publication, the F-16 flew around the Nur mountain range near the border with Syria today.

An agreement was signed with one of the city's firms to distribute the newspapers "For Navalny". The circulation of the newspaper had already been distributed among the couriers, who were supposed to carry the newspaper into boxes, but police officers came to each of them and seized the newspapers. In total, about 100,000 newspapers were confiscated.

A car bomb exploded in a parking lot near the Jalaa hospital in the city of Benghazi in eastern Libya, ITAR-TASS reports . According to the country's security service, the explosion killed 15 people and injured 30 others. Responsibility for the explosion has not yet been claimed by any of the armed groups operating in the country.

A Russian military aircraft entered Finnish airspace over the Gulf of Finland today. It is reported by ITAR-TAS with reference to the Ministry of Defense of Finland. “The incident occurred in the afternoon and was short-lived. The plane deviated from the course, performing a planned flight, ”the ministry said. At the moment, an investigation is underway on the fact of violation of the air border.

The chairman of the Omsk Committee for Human Rights (HRC), Valentin Kuznetsov, challenged the entire staff of the regional court collegium, accusing it of "corruption-corporate ties with management companies." There needs to be a good reason for such an accusation. The human rights activist cites them in this statement, as well as in the one he sent on May 7 to the chairman of the Investigative Committee of the Russian Federation A.I.

On April 26, Ukraine closed the investigation into the murder of MP Yevgeny Shcherban in 1996, Interfax-Ukraine reports today . However, the investigative actions were resumed on May 13, the press service of the Prosecutor General's Office of Ukraine told the agency.