The Majlis of the Crimean Tatar people approved the action plan on May 18, dedicated to the memory of the victims of the Crimean Tatars genocide. As stated in the message on the organization’s website, the shares are outlined both in Simferopol and in villages in the Crimea. The head of the republic, Sergei Aksenov, banned memorable measures dedicated to the 70th anniversary of the deportation of Crimeans in the center of Simferopol.

A transport aircraft with senior military commanders who crashed on Saturday in the north of Laos was built in the Antonov Design Bureau in Ukraine, RIA Novosti reports. The An-74 aircraft with two turbinating engines was transferred to Ukraine Laos in October 2009. Laos authorities acquired high -ranking officials for flights. The modification of the machine is not reported.

On May 17, 1950, Valeria Novodvorskaya was born - Dissant, human rights activist, independent journalist, video blogger, founder of the Liberal Party “Democratic Union” (Chairman of the CCS DS). Personal business Valeria Ilyinichna Novodvorskaya (64 years) was born in the city of Baranovichi of the Belorussian SSR, there her parents were on the holidays of her grandfather with her grandmother. Mother is a doctor, father is an engineer, both were members of the CPSU.

The presidential candidate of Ukraine, a businessman and People’s Deputy Petro Poroshenko considers it inappropriate to hold a referendum on Ukraine’s entry into NATO, Interfax reports. In his opinion, a referendum, if it is held at the current stage, will not provide unity to society, but on the contrary, will share the country. In addition, if most citizens speak out in a referendum against joining NATO, this issue will close this issue for many years.

When we last time we talked about the use of the names of literary heroes in biology, a somewhat wrong impression of biologists could arise. From the presented set of names, it was possible to conclude that biologists read only ancient authors, Shakespeare and writers of the 19th century, and the youngest writers who attract their attention are Herbert Wells, Rudyard Kipling or Bram Stoker. In fact, scientists give new types of names from later literature.

The leader of the Cuban Revolution Fidel Castro is physically weak, but his eyes are still burning, the head of the Russian Foreign Ministry Sergei Lavrov said, commenting on his meeting with the commandant , ITAR-TASS reports. “Physically, of course, he was weakened, but if you saw his eyes! Eyes burn, eyes light up.

France President Francois Hollande said that the militants of the Islamist organization Boko Haram (Western education is sin) are associated with the North African wing of al-Qaeda and threaten all residents of Central and West Africa, Reuters reports. On Saturday, at the African leaders in Paris, Francois Hollande said that the time has come to accept a comprehensive plan to eliminate this threat, including the exchange of information and coordination of actions to protect the boundaries.

The passenger bus got into an accident in the Moscow Small Ring in the Shchelkovo district of the Moscow region, Interfax reports. The accident occurred at the village of Cranberry on the 14th km of the A-107 highway ("First Concrete"). Here the bus Neoplan and VAZ-2109 collided. According to the traffic police, the bus left a frontal clash with a passenger car, because of which he drove into a ditch and rolled over to his side.

The head of the Ukrainian Ministry of Internal Affairs, Arsen Avakov, said that the Luhansk region of the Luhansk region, Valery Bolotov, was released as a result of betrayal, UNIAN reports. “There will be an appropriate application later. There was a betrayal, ”the minister said in Kharkov. At dawn on May 17, Ukrainian border guards detained Bolotov at a checkpoint in the Lugansk region.

After an accident involving a passenger bus in the Moscow region, 25 people applied for medical help, including a 12-year-old teenager, Interfax reports with reference to the Minister of Health of the region Nina Suslonova. 13 people were delivered to medical institutions of the Moscow region. Their condition at the time of hospitalization is estimated as moderate. At the scene of the accident there are 11 ambulances.

In Odessa on the night of May 17, unknown people set fire to the premises of the election headquarters of the presidential candidate of Ukraine from the Fatherland Party Yulia Tymoshenko, the party’s press service reports . At about two in the morning, the fireworks went from the courtyard of the building, broke the window and threw Molotov cocktail into the room. The guard on duty at the office heard the sound of broken glass and called firefighters.

The sovereign credit rating of Ireland is increased from the level of BAA3 to BAA1. Such a decision was made by the International rating agency Moody's, ITAR-TASS reports. At the same time, the rating forecast is set as “stable”. The basis for such an optimistic revision of the country rating was the high growth rate of the Irish economy against the backdrop of a decrease in unemployment, reducing the budget deficit and stabilizing the situation in the euro zone.

The deputy head of Roskomnadzor Maxim Ksenzov was reprimanded after his statements about the possible blocking of the Twitter microblogs network in Russia, ITAR-TASS reports with reference to the Ministry of Communications. The disciplinary sanction of Ksenzov was announced by the head of Roskomnadzor. The order refers to the “improper performance of official duties” by Kenszov.

Russian rescuers participating in the evacuation of the inhabitants of flooded areas in Serbia took about 400 people from the distress zone. This was announced by the official representative of the Ministry of Emergencies Alexander Drobyshevsky, ITAR-TASS reports. The rescuers of the Ministry of Emergencies, at the request of the Serbian authorities, were transferred to the area of ​​the city of Obrenovets, where the water level after heavy rains reaches three meters.

In Lugansk, as a result of shelling by unknown cars, a man died, UNIAN reports citing the regional department of the Ministry of Internal Affairs. The driver of the Chevrolet car refused to stop at the request of the checkpoint on the road leading to the village of Yubileiny. After that, armed people opened fire from automatic weapons by car. As a result, the driver died on the spot, and his passenger was seriously injured. Two passers -by were also injured - women born in 1967 and 1987.