The Investigative Department of the Ministry of Internal Affairs of Russia opened another criminal case against the former deputy head of the Ministry of Agriculture Alexei Bazhanov. He is charged with a part of a part of 1.125 billion rubles, previously fraudulently stolen from Rosagrolysing (RAL) through the structures of the Oiloproduct group founded by Mr. Bazhanov, Kommersant writes.

Two boats with migrants rolled up near the Greek island of Samos in the Aegean Sea from the side of the Turkish coast in the early morning of May 5. 22 people drowned, 36 people were saved by coast guard, reports Deutsche Welle . The Greek coastal guard stated that two boats with migrants trying to get to Greece without documents sank on Monday morning and at least 18 people drowned and 36 were saved. Rescued - 32 men, three women and one child - were interviewed for citizenship.

The Ministry of Internal Affairs of Ukraine announced the number of casualties in Slavyansk, Donetsk region. According to official data , 4 people were killed by the security forces, and about 30 were wounded in the battles. There are no reports of losses among the militia and the local population located in blockaded Slavyansk. However, “they are.” The militias themselves claim more than 20 deaths on their part.

In the morning, fighting began near the television tower in Slavyansk, TSN correspondents report . There are no reports of injuries or deaths yet. On social networks, users write about at least one death from supporters of federalization and several wounded. The day before, the Ukrainian military took control of the TV tower . Last night in Slavyansk passed quite calmly; small skirmishes were reported at two checkpoints. There is no information about wounded or casualties on any side.

On the E40 highway connecting Belgian Brussels and Gent, a passenger car and two trucks collided. According to De Redactie , heavy trucks lit up, two people were killed in the fire, E40 is blocked in both directions. One of the trucks burned to the ground, smoke was visible for several kilometers. There is a gas station near the accident site, but it was not injured. According to firefighters, trucks were carried non -toxic substances. The police blocked the highway.

British tennis player Elena Baltacha died at the age of 30 as a result of a serious illness, the website of the Women's Tennis Association (WTA) reports. The tennis player completed the sports career in November 2013, and in March, Baltachi was discovered liver cancer. Baltach in 2010 reached the TOP-50 of the world ranking WTA. She was able to reach the third round of the open championship of Australia and the Wimbledon tournament.

In the UK, two 10-year-old schoolchildren tried to poison their teacher, reports The Sun. The incident occurred in an educational institution located in the city of Lemington-Spa (County Warokshire). According to available information, schoolchildren added toxic fluid to a thermos with coffee when 39-year-old Emma Place turned her back to them. The teacher was going to drink coffee when another student stopped her and told what happened.

The Ukrainian security forces used aircraft on May 5 in the Slavyansk area in order to destroy wagons to transport coal, from which, according to Kiev, the self-defense forces tried to make an armored train, the press service of the Ministry of Defense of Ukraine reports . Recall that on the morning of May 5, in the area of ​​Slavyansk of the Armed Forces of Ukraine, they resumed an anti -terrorist operation against Slavyansk self -defense forces, which currently control the city.

The Bank of Russia withdrew from May 5, 2014 a license to carry out banking operations with the Moscow LLC Atlas Bank, according to the regulator’s website . The decision was made in connection with a repeated violation by the credit institution within one year of the requirements provided for in Article 7 of the Federal Law “On Combating the legalization (laundering) of income received by criminal means and financing of terrorism”.

One of the members of the tourist group, who on the phone informed rescuers about the disappearance of his companions on the slope of Elbrus, was found, reports Interfax with reference to the head of the press service of the Russian Ministry of Emergencies for the KBR Murat Apazhykhov. The tourist was found at an altitude of 3600 meters. At the moment, the searches of the rest of the group are ongoing - women from Moscow and men from Ukraine.

President of the Russian Federation Vladimir Putin on Monday, May 5, signed a federal law regulating the creation of a national payment card system, the Kremlin press service reports .

Andrey Levkin Illustration: Sergey Elkin As you know, in the field of Russian culture for several months the main thing is the topic of the foundations of state cultural policy. In April, a general ideology appeared (" Russia will introduce a single cultural code" and some versions of the document (" Fundamentals of the State Policy" grow ").

The European Commission reduced the forecast for Russian GDP growth for 2014 from 2.3% to 1%, the forecast for the next year is also worsened from 2.7% to 2%. This follows from the materials of the Global Economic Forecast of the European Commission, which were acquainted with RIA Novosti journalists.

In the south of Nigeria, armed people abducted three Netherlands, ITAR-TASS reports, citing the representative of the Nigerian Army Mustafa Ank. The abduction occurred the day before. Criminals hold two men and one woman. According to the military, they attacked the Dutch when they returned after the inspection of the Chevron Hospital in the area of ​​the Niger River Oil Delta in Bayels. The stolen people rode unaccompanied and security.

In Konstantinovka, the Ukrainian military, moving on four armored personnel carriers, shot a checkpoint and move towards Donetsk, ITAR-TASS reports with reference to activists of the proclaimed Donetsk People’s Republic (DPR). The militias explained that the armored vehicles entered the city from the side of Druzhkovka, and snipers were seen near the Konstantinovskaya TV TV. According to eyewitnesses, shots are heard in a number of areas of the city.