In France, almost 109 thousand people came to the rally of trade union organizations against the bill on the reform of the public service. About this writes France Info with reference to the Ministry of Internal Affairs. In Paris, 18 thousand people took to the streets, the universal confederation of labor (the largest trade union) at the same time speaks of 30 thousand in the capital and 250 thousand throughout the country.

700 thousand people reached the annual rally of memory On May 9, the procession of the “Immortal Regiment” collected more than ten million participants throughout Russia. The length of the Moscow column was about five kilometers. President Vladimir Putin took part in the action. Participants in the Immortal Regiment carry portraits of their relatives who participated in the war. The promotion route began at the Dynamo metro station, and ended on Red Square.

The procession of the "Immortal Regiment" in Yekaterinburg could not be turned into a parade of Stalinists and the militias of Donbass Photo: Ivan Zhilin / "New" - Pilots, flags, balls are buying. Georgievskaya tape as a gift - at the exit from the Dynamo metro, people with photographs of veterans are besieged by merchants. They wave with flags (for some reason Russia), amaze with ligaments of red balls. But people go by. An attempt to earn in memory is ignored.

The editor-in-chief of the radio station "Moscow speaking" Sergey Dorenko died at the age of 60 after falling from a motorcycle. “Dorenko was riding a motorcycle in the center of the city, he became ill with his heart. He fell off the motorcycle. Passers-by called an ambulance, but the doctors could not save him, ” said a source from the TASS agency. Telegram channel Mash writes that the journalist survived clinical death and died without regaining consciousness.

In the center of Nizhny Tagil, at the end of the Victory Parade and the procession of the Immortal Regiment, a man dressed in a uniform similar to the uniform of Nazi Germany soldiers was transported in a cage. On the cage was written "Fascism - to the dustbin of history." There were two fighting dogs in the cage with the man. The photo was published on his Facebook by one of the initiators of the action, director of the city circus Ruslan Marchevsky.

In Moscow, when trees fell from a strong wind, ten people were injured. It is reported by RIA Novosti with reference to the representative of emergency services. According to him, five victims are known in the Eastern District and three in the South-Eastern. The interlocutor of the agency clarified that there were no dead. Interfax also wrote about the four victims , citing a source.

The authorities of the two districts declared an emergency regime due to natural fires. This was reported by the press service of the Ministry of Emergencies in the region. The emergency mode was introduced by mayors of the municipalities of the Nizhneudinsky and Bokhansky districts. Residents of the districts were forbidden to visit forests until May 14.

UPDATE 19:12 Pelevin was released. He said that he helped the team of the channel "Another Opinion" in shooting the video. The detention was explained by the fact that the walkie-talkies could jam the communications of the FSO officers and listen in on their communications. In Moscow, employees of the Federal Security Service (FSO) detained 19-year-old activist Alexander Pelevin. This is reported by OVD-Info with reference to journalist Ivan Yegorov.

On Victory Day, Russian President Vladimir Putin joined the participants in the Immortal Regiment action in the center of Moscow. This is reported by Interfax. Putin, with a portrait of his father, a front-line soldier, led the procession, next to him were the author of the idea of ​​the action, Gennady Ivanov, People's Artist of the USSR Vasily Lanovoy, and Executive Secretary of the Search Movement of Russia, Elena Tsunaeva.

On May 9, the DPRK leadership launched two unidentified rockets in an easterly direction. This is reported by the South Korean agency Yonhap with reference to the statement of the Committee of the Chiefs of Staff of the Armed Forces. According to the agency, projectiles of an indefinite modification were launched at 16:30 local time (10:30 Moscow time) from the village of Sinori at a distance of 420 and 270 kilometers.

UPDATE 21:54 in Aktobe Civil activist Almas Akdaulet, a participant in the rally on May 1, was detained . Journalist Chris Rickleton said that he saw the arrests of three people on Almaty Square. Later, journalists became aware of the detention of five people in the city. Among them is Tursynkul Zholanova, who was also detained last week for participating in an unsanctioned protest. RFE/RL correspondents in Nur-Sultan spoke of the detention of another man at the Immortal Regiment march.

In Surgut, the security forces disrupted the agreed-upon flight action "Immortal Regiment" of the women's aerobatic team "Barsy". This is stated on the organization's Instagram page. “The flight and technical personnel were sent to the police station without explaining the circumstances under the threat of disobedience! & The reason for the detention is extremism!” & the message says.

MSU graduate student Azat Miftakhov, who is accused of setting fire to the office of United Russia, was approached by two unknown men with threats. This was announced by a member of the Public Monitoring Commission of Moscow Evgeny Enikeev. According to him, the men wanted to “informally” talk with Miftakhov about his criminal case.

UPDATE 14:51 & A protocol was drawn up against Veronika Nikulshina under Art. 6.9 of the Code of Administrative Offenses (drug use or refusal to undergo a medical examination), reports Mediazona with reference to Evgeny & Enikeev, a member of the Public Monitoring Commission. The court will consider the protocol tomorrow. 22:08 for four detainees & friends of Nikulshina Protocols were also drawn up due to the refusal of a medical examination.

The Supreme Court of Montenegro has sentenced in absentia two Russians Eduard Shishmakov and Vladimir Popov to 15 and 12 years in prison, respectively, in the case of an attempted coup, the BBC Russian reports Service . Democratic Front leaders Andrija Mandic and Milan Knezevic were sentenced to five years each. The Montenegrin prosecutor's office claimed that on October 16, 2016, a group of conspirators planned an assassination attempt on Prime Minister Milo Djukanovic.