President Vladimir Putin signed a bill on the distribution of half of the quotas for catching crabs through electronic auctions. The document was published on the portal of legal information. According to the project, 36 lots will be formed with an initial cost of 300–400 million rubles for catching crab for a period of 15 years. The winners of the auctions will have to build new ships at Russian shipyards under investment agreements within 5 years.

The May Day processions in Moscow, where you could meet Stalinists, feminists, vegans and monsters. Photos and video In Moscow, the May Day rallies of the Communists and Monstrium were parallel. Several thousand people took place as part of the Communist Party of the Communist Party, accompanied by an orchestra from Kaluga Square past the Kremlin to Theater Square. They sang military songs under the button accordion, carried posters with the image of Grudinin and Zyuganov, Stalin and Lenin.

British Prime Minister Theresa May has sacked Defense Secretary Gavin Williams due to a loss of confidence. A copy of her letter was published by The Guardian. Former Minister for International Development Penny Mordont, the first woman to head the country's Ministry of Defense, was appointed to his position.

In St. Petersburg, the coordinated May Day procession ended with the mass detention of the opposition. Photos On May 1, during the festive procession on Nevsky Prospekt, the police went to accelerate the column of democratic forces with the activists of “Open Russia”, “Growth Party”, “Fair Russia”, “Party of Changes”, “United Democrats”, as well as the headquarters of Alexei Navalny, whose participation in the event Smolny previously agreed.

On April 30, the Nalchik City Court arrested Magomed Nalgiev, a participant in a March rally in Ingushetia, in the case of a clash with policemen (part 2 of article 318 of the Criminal Code). about this . His brother Ibrahim told MBKh Media Nalgiev was detained on April 29 in Magas and taken to Nalchik, the capital of Kabardino-Balkaria, where other defendants in the case are also being held (except for elder Akhmed Barakhoev, who had previously been transferred to Vladikkaz).

Activists of the Union of Gardeners of the City of Severodvinsk published on social networks an order to dismiss a fitter at the Sevmash defense plant, who, according to them, unfurled a banner demanding the resignation of the governor during a teleconference with President Vladimir Putin. The published document was signed by the plant's deputy general director for personnel management Vladimir Starodubov on April 30. The reason for dismissal is repeated violation of labor duties.

President Vladimir Putin signed the bill on "sovereign Runet". The document was published on the website of legal information. It will come into effect on November 1st. A number of its provisions, including the creation of a national domain zone, are effective from 2021.

President Vladimir Putin signed a decree on the resignation of the head of the Moscow traffic police, Viktor Kovalenko, and the Minister of Internal Affairs of Ingushetia, Dmitry Kava. The document was published on the portal of legal information.

President Vladimir Putin signed a bill on "mortgage holidays" for Russians who find themselves in a "difficult life situation." The document was published on the portal of legal information. The bill establishes a period of six months during which the borrower will be able to suspend or reduce mortgage payments. After the end of the grace period, the person will resume payments under the original terms of the contract. This right can be exercised only once in relation to one loan.

In Kazakhstan, police officers detained several dozen people on anti-government actions in Nur-Sultan and Almaty, Azattyk reports (Radio Liberty unit). The exact number of detainees is not given. Activists opposed the early presidential elections on June 9. In both cities, according to their estimates, from one hundred to five hundred people entered rallies.

Employees of Norilsk Nickel gathered on a tractor for the "bear patrol" Photo: Maxim Stulov/Vedomosti/TASS On the last working day before the May holidays in the tower of the tower, Mercury Moscow City passed an unusual auction. In two hours, more than 50 lots took from the hammer - wildlife, mittens and sweaters with the emblem of the World Wildlife Fund (WWF), bottles of syrup from pine cones, thermos and plaid. But most of all the attention went to the painted bears.

UPDATE 17:22 Since the Ukrainian Constitution does not provide for dual citizenship, residents of Donbass who have received Russian passports will be deprived of Ukrainian citizenship, recalled Deputy Minister for Temporarily Occupied Territories Yuriy Grymchak.

Lukashenko arrested the former head of personal security, and for the sake of replacing the Russian ambassador flew to Beijing Mikhail Babich. Photo: RIA Novosti Vladimir Putin revoked the ambassador to Belarus Mikhail Babich. Alexander Lukashenko arrested the former chief of personal security, the current deputy Secretary of State of Security Council Andrei Vtyurin.

A London court sentenced WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange to 50 weeks in prison for violating bail conditions in 2012 when a request for his extradition to Sweden was being considered, reports The Guardian.

Several thousand people took place as part of the Communist Party of the Communist Party, accompanied by an orchestra from Kaluga Square past the Kremlin to Theater Square. They sang military songs near the button accordion, carried posters with the image of Grudinin and Zyuganov, Stalin and Lenin, the correspondent of Novaya Gazeta reports. The action of the Communists in Moscow.