Russian President Vladimir Putin expressed doubt that the current Ukrainian authorities are interested in the legitimate president. It is reported by Interfax . “Maybe those who today control (power in Ukraine) are not interested in the newly elected president is completely legitimate. Maybe so. There is also a serious domestic political struggle. But this is the internal business of Ukraine itself, ”Putin said.

Moscow mayor Sergei Sobyanin became the laureate of the Kommersant of the Year Award, RIA Novosti reports. Sobyanin was noted in the nomination “For the Money attractiveness of the capital” and handed a figurine in the form of a gold hand open for handshake. In the nomination “Transaction of the Year”, the head of the ONEXIM group of companies Mikhail Prokhorov was received by the Prize.

website A passenger bus exploded in Kiev, resulting in several injuries, reports the Road Control . An explosion occurred on the evening of May 23 on Miloslavskaya Street in Kyiv. After the explosion, the bus caught fire. The fire was extinguished quite quickly, but the vehicle was completely burned out. There is no exact data on the number of victims and the severity of their injuries.

The final match of the Champions League between the Madrid Real Madrid and Atletico began in the evening on Saturday at the Da Luzh stadium in the capital of Portugal. The meeting is judged by the Dutch arbitrators, led by Bjorn Caypers, ITAR-TASS reports. The composition of Real Madrid: Iker Kasilyas (Captain), Daniel Carvahal, Rafael Varan, Sergio Ramos, Fabio Coentrau, Hedira himself, Gareth Bale, Luke Modric, Angel Di Maria, Cristiano Ronaldo, Karim Benzema.

In Moscow, 15 people were poisoned by mercury in pairs due to inaccurate dismantling of lighting equipment at one of the capital's enterprises, Interfax reports. In the afternoon last Friday, employees of one of the enterprises on Urzhumskaya Street in the northeast of the capital carried out the dismantling of lighting equipment. As a result of violation of safety regulations, they broke a large number of mercury daylight lamps. Soon, 15 people felt malaise and turned to the doctors for help.

On Saturday, in the center of Brussels, as a result of shooting, opened by the Jewish culture museum unknown at the building of the Museum, three people were killed, another was injured, the Belgian edition of De Standaard reports. According to preliminary information, the crime occurred on Minim Street. Now the ambulance and police officers are working on the spot. The quarter around the museum is cordoned off. The Foreign Minister of Belgium Didier Reynders said that he was shocked by a crime.

In Moscow, in the 92nd year of life, the People's Artist of the RSFSR Nikolai Pastukhov died, Interfax reports with reference to the Central Academic Theater of the Russian Army. Nikolai Pastukhov served in the Central Theater of the Red Army, the Tambov Drama Theater, “Contemporary”, the Central Academic Theater of the Russian Army.

In the Poronai district of the Sakhalin region, an earthquake of magnitude 4.6 occurred, the press service of the regional Main Directorate of the Ministry of Emergencies of Russia reports . According to the agency, the epicenter of underground shocks was located 35 kilometers northwest of the city of Poronaysk at a depth of 13 km. Residents of the Poronai district could feel an earthquake of 2-3 points. There are no victims and destruction, the alarm was not declared the tsunami.

The authorities of Mali and Separatists-Tutra signed a new agreement on a ceasefire, reports Reuters with reference to a representative of the Tuaregs. When signing the agreement, the chairman of the African Union Mohammed Uld Aziz, the special representative of the UN Secretary General Albert Kunders and the head of the three groups of Tuaregs (the National Movement for the Liberation of the Azavad, the Supreme Council for the unity of Azavad and the Arab movement Azavad).

In the traditional daily The Polit.ru survey , which is held on the page of the publication on the VKontakte social network, most readers who took part in the vote, agreed that the State Duma initiative to return the column “against all” in the ballots to local authorities is the right decision. Recall that the State Duma approved this bill in final reading last Friday.

The non-appearance of the head coach of the Russian national football team for the first training of the national team occurred due to Fabio Capello's illness, R-Sport reports. Already on May 25, an Italian specialist will connect with the national team. The first friendly match, in preparation for the championship in Brazil, will hold the Russian team on May 26 against the Slovak national team in St. Petersburg.

Brazil authorities spent 1.9 billion reaishes (about $ 900 million) to ensure security during the World Cup, reports Associated Press . To ensure security in 12 Brazilian cities, where from June 12 to July 13, matches will be held as part of the world championship, there will be 157 thousand employees of various law enforcement agencies.

Russian President Vladimir Putin said that talking about the need to reduce the dependence of foreign partners on Russian energy resources are stupidity. It is reported by Interfax . “Talk about the need to reduce energy dependence from Russia, in my opinion, absolute stupidity, because there is never any unilateral dependence in such cases,” Putin said during a speech at the summit of energy companies within the framework of the St. Petersburg Economic Forum.

The Finnish national team during the semi -final match of the World Hockey Championship with a puck that held on Saturday in Minsk won with a Czech squad with a score of 3: 0. On Sunday, the Finns will enter the Minsk ice as opponents of the Russian national team in the final match, and the Czech team will fight the Swedish team for third place. It is reported by ITAR-TASS . The Sunday match for the “bronze” of the world championship will begin at 17:30, and for “gold” - at 22:00 Moscow time.

On May 24, the Russian team in the semifinals of the World Hockey Championship is found with the Sweden team. Polit.ru is conducting a text online page of the match. In the 1/4 finals, the Russian team beat the French with a score of 3: 0. Artem Anisimov, Evgeny Malkin and Alexander Kutuzov distinguished themselves as part of our team.