The turnout at the referendum on the self -determination of the Donetsk region, which is organized by the forces of the self -proclaimed Donetsk People’s Republic, as of 21:00 Moscow time amounted to 71.42%, the DPR Central Election Commission claims. It is reported by ITAR-TASS . “The record holder for the turnout is for 90 percent of the Volodarsky district of the Donetsk region,” the CEC said in a statement.

28-year-old Russian tennis player Dinara Safina on Sunday officially announced that she was completing her professional career in big sports. It is reported by ITAR-TASS . In 2008, Safina won Silver at the Beijing Olympics, and in 2009 it became the second Russian in history - the first racket of the world. On the account of Safina Victory in 12 VTA tournaments in a single category and in 8 tournaments - in the steam room.

The head of the Kramatorsk airport Dmitry Pyatshkin was captured by self-defense militias with his employees, UNIAN reports with reference to the head of the Center for Military-Political Studies Dmitry Tymchuk. According to Tymchuk, the capture occurred on the night of May 10 to 11. Together with the head of the airfield, three of its employees were stolen, all of them are women. Subsequently, one of them was released - she had a broken rib and a concussion was diagnosed.

The match of the 29th round of the Russian football championship between the St. Petersburg Zenit and the metropolitan Dynamo in Petrovsky was interrupted in the 88th minute due to the fact that the group of St. Petersburg fans ran out onto the field with a score of 2: 4 in favor of Moskvich. According to Gazeta.ru , Zenit fans ran out to the football field from the rostrum “Virazh”, where the sector of the most active and radical fans of the St. Petersburg club is located.

In Copenhagen, the Song Contest “Eurovision-2014” ended. Its winner was Constantia Vurst from Austria - a stage character created by musician Tom Neuvirt. Conchit scored 290 points with the song Rise Like a Phoenix (“Restore as Phoenix”). Thus, in 2015, Eurovision will accept Austria. The place where the event will be held will be called later. At the same time, the Russian Russian women Maria and Anastasia Tolmachev took only seventh place.

The British military personnel left the last avant -repost in the Afghan province of Helmen, where there were earlier 137 military bases of Great Britain, BBC reports. At the moment, only the main base of the British Armed Forces in Afghanistan will remain in Helmen. Camp Bastion camp. The withdrawal of this base is planned to be made before the end of this year. In 2014, the military stage of the operation of the United States and their NATO allies in Afghanistan ended.

In Karachay-Cherkessia, a 42-year-old tourist from Moscow died-a man fell out of a catamaran on the Bolshaya Laba River, Interfax reports with reference to the Ministry of Internal Affairs in the KCR. The department reported that on May 6, the man arrived in the KCR in the village of Pkhiya as part of a group of 10 people - they had to be raised along the Bolshaya Laba River. At the same time, the group did not register.

Employees of the Investigative Committee in the Magadan Region check the circumstances in which the policeman opened fire from a traumatic pistol for four men who had rushed to his apartment, Interfax reports with reference to the press service of the Ministry of Internal Affairs in the Magadan region. The incident occurred in the Olsk district in the early morning on Sunday.

On the upcoming September 14, the Unified Voting Day will be elected 14 regional legislative assemblies and 19 governors. Three more governors will be appointed as a result of voting in parliament. Given that in Russia, in Russia, recently 85 regions, the question of the head of the executive branch is in a quarter of them. Many elections will be held at the planned time, preparation has long been going on.

A resident of the Moscow Region Pavel Kalinin for 10 days without food and water wandered through the forests of Novgorodchina after getting lost, and at the same time survived, reports Interfax . 35-year-old Kalinin disappeared on May 1 near the village of Vasilyevchina, Novgorod region. He went there as part of a special group, in order to honor the memory of the front -line soldiers who died on this earth on the eve of Victory Day.

In the Proletarsky district of the Donetsk region, the man fired directly at the polling station, where a referendum on the status of the region, which is carried out by supporters of federalization, is taking place. It is reported by RIA Novosti with reference to the chairman of the CEC "Federalists" Roman Lygina. According to him, an unknown man fired several times at the ceiling from traumatic weapons, after which he was neutralized.

In the Danish capital, the final of the Eurovision Song Contesting contest was launched. Soon, the leading show is a pianist and music journalist Nikolai Koppel, actor Pila Asbeck and TV presenter Lisa Rene will call the winner of the competition and the country in which the competition will be held next year, ITAR -TASS reports. More than 10 thousand spectators gathered in the hall on the island of Refhales.

In Mariupol, the number of joint patrols of the police and public formation to protect public order has grown, Interfax reports. The decision to increase the number of patrols was made in connection with the suppression of facts of looting and in order to avoid robberies. All volunteers are registered members of the public formation for the protection of public order (OFOOP), created in 2001. In addition, on May 10 there was a transition to a round -the -clock patrol mode.

The security forces of Afghanistan completely destroyed a group of 41 participants in the Taliban movement, which on Sunday were ambushed in the province of Ferah in the south-west of the country. It is reported by ITAR-TASS . Representatives of the military said that the militants planned an attack on the administration of the Gulistan district, but the security forces worked as a lead. On the part of the army special forces, one person died, two more were injured.

The Manchester City football club became the champion of England in football. In the last round, the Manchester won over the London “West Ham” with a score of 2: 0 and took the final first place in the standings, two points ahead of Liverpool. This championship has become the fourth in the history of Manchester City. The third place in the final table remained for Chelsea. The best scorer at the end of the season was the Uruguayan striker Liverpool Luis Suarez, who scored 31 goals.