Suspected of plotting terrorist attacks in Moscow during the May holidays, detained on Wednesday by FSB officers, were about to open fire on passers-by. This was reported to RIA Novosti by a source in law enforcement agencies. “The detainees planned to shoot at passers-by in places of mass celebrations for the May holidays,” the source said. There is no official confirmation of this information yet.

For the signals of the SamSat-218D satellite, which stopped communicating after launch from the Vostochny cosmodrome, they could mistakenly take inclusions from Chinese satellites. This was reported to RIA Novosti by an informed source.

The Investigative Committee has charged a fourth suspect in the murder of policeman Andrei Gosht and his family in Syzran. This was announced by the official representative of the TFR Vladimir Markin, Interfax reports . “Makhmadali Akhmadov was delivered to the Investigative Committee, who today, as part of the execution of the investigator’s order, was detained by employees of the Russian Ministry of Internal Affairs when crossing the border of the Russian Federation at Domodedovo Airport.

Russia and the United States have agreed a ceasefire in the Syrian province of Aleppo, Reuters reports , citing a statement by the US State Department. “We are determined to achieve an end to violence throughout Syria. We will continue our efforts in this direction in order to reduce the level of violence, reduce the suffering of local residents and help create conditions under which the parties to the conflict can continue negotiations, ”the document says.

The Department of the Ministry of Internal Affairs for Moscow opened a criminal case into the death of animals in the Eco Veshnyaki shelter. This was reported in the press service of the department, reports the agency "Moscow".

The hearing in the case of Pavlensky about setting fire to the door of the FSB will essentially take place on May 18. This was reported by Pavlensky's lawyer Olga Dinze. At today's meeting, on May 4, Pavlensky again demanded that his action be qualified under the article "terrorism", as he demanded at the very beginning.

The FSB detained several Central Asians in Moscow who were planning terrorist attacks during the May holidays. This was reported at the FSB Public Relations Center, Interfax reports .

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Ohio Governor John Kasik has announced that he is withdrawing from the US presidential election campaign, reports . NBC According to the TV channel, the politician intends to make a corresponding announcement later today. Thus, billionaire Donald Trump remains the only candidate for US President from the Republican Party. from the presidential race withdrew Earlier on May 4 , Republican candidate Ted Cruz . He made this decision after defeat in several states.

The Investigative Committee charged three defendants in the case of the murder of policeman Andrei Gosht and his family near Syzran. This was announced by the official representative of the TFR Vladimir Markin. The suspects Islam Babaev, Orkhan Zohrabov and Roman Fataliev are charged with "Murder of two or more persons", "Attempt to kill a minor" and "Robbery". Another defendant in the case, Makhmadali Akhmadov, who was detained on May 4, will be charged in the coming days.

Hackers hacked into millions of mail accounts in Mail.ru, Google, Yahoo and Microsoft, including many pages of Russian users. Reuters about this . told Alex Holden, cybersecurity expert at Hold Security, According to him, hackers gained access to 272.3 million accounts, most of which are registered on the Mail.ru service.

President of Ukraine Petro Poroshenko signed a law extending the moratorium on the payment of $3 billion of debt to Russia for an indefinite period, reports 112.Ukraine. Thus, Poroshenko adopted amendments to the law “On the Peculiarities of Transactions with State, State-Guaranteed and Local Debt”, eliminating the time limit – until July 1, 2016 – on the moratorium. Earlier, the bill was adopted by the government of Ukraine.

Prime Minister Dmitry Medvedev removed Nina Ivanova from her post as deputy head of the Federal Service for Supervision of Education and Science (Rosobrnadzor). “Release Nina Aleksandrovna Ivanova from the post of Deputy Head of the Federal Service for Supervision in Education and Science at her request,” reads a document published on the official portal of legal information. The reasons for the resignation are not specified.

Nanosatellite SamSat-218D, launched into orbit from the Vostochny cosmodrome, gave fragmentary signals. This is reported by Interfax with reference to the press service of the Samara State Aerospace University. “A radio beacon is installed on the nanosatellite, which transmits the word SamSat-218D in Morse code.

The European Commission has recommended abolishing the visa regime for Turkish citizens. This is stated in the text of the report, which was posted on Twitter by the European Commissioner for Competition Margaret Vestager.