The press secretary of the President of Russia Dmitry Peskov said that Russia did not promise financial assistance at the highest level negotiations, because there was no such request. Peskov reported this by the Business FM radio stations. Earlier today, the German magazine Spiegel said that at the beginning of next week, Moscow will provide Athens to 3-5 billion euros as an advance payment for laying on the Greek territory of the Turkish Stream gas pipeline.

At the end of the outgoing week in the Hague, an international conference on the problems of cyberspace was held. As always recently, journalists have primarily paid attention to discussion of the problems of Ukraine - from the Netherlands there were reports that the Minister of Foreign Affairs of Ukraine Pavel Klimkin discussed the investigation of the Boeing’s crash, predicted the rapid return of Crimea and stated that Russia is certainly a European civilization.

The President of Belarus Alexander Lukashenko will be in Minsk on May 9, where he will receive a military parade dedicated to the 70th anniversary of the victory over fascism. He stated this today on the republican subbotnik, BelTA reports. Lukashenko noted that due to employment at the Minsk parade, he would not be able to come to the Victory Parade in Moscow.

The fire that arose as a result of the explosion of the oil reservoir at the field in the Yamalo-Nenets Autonomous Okrug is extinguished. This was reported by the regional head of the Russian Emergencies Ministry. Today, at 08:30 Moscow time, the Ministry of Emergencies received a message that in the Purovsky district on the East Tarkosalinsky deposit there was an explosion of the RVS tank per 1000 cubic meters with the subsequent burning of technological fluid in the amount of two cubic meters.

Last night, the unknown demolished two monuments to Vladimir Lenin in the Kiev district of Kharkov. The monuments were located on the territory of the Kharkov Aviation Institute and the National Technical University, the site " 112 Ukraine " reports. The city’s police opened criminal cases under the article “Hooliganism”. A video of the demolition of monuments appeared on YouTube.

The US State Department is ready to cooperate with film companies to promote their ideas, said the acting press secretary of the State Executive Committee Marie Harf, AP reports.

Naftogaz Ukraine transferred the Russian Gazprom to the Russian Gazprom for the next 20 million dollars on an advance payment for gas supply. This was reported by Interfax with reference to the official representative of Gazprom Sergey Kupriyanov. The total amount of prepayment for April is already $ 70 million. Since Ukraine purchases gas at $ 247.18 per thousand cubic meters, the prepayment will be enough for 283.2 million cubic meters.

As a result of the explosion of the oil reservoir at the field in the Yamalo-Nenets Autonomous Okrug, two people were killed, RIA Novosti reports citing a source in the regional services of the region. The explosion in the East Tarkosalinsky deposit owned by Novatek-Tarkosaleftegaz, in the Purovsky district of the Yamalo-Nenets Autonomous Okrug occurred on the morning of April 18. The fire extinguishing is currently ongoing.

Loading on aircraft of military transport aircraft of food, property and equipment sent by the Ministry of Defense of Russia to assist the inhabitants of the Republic of Khakassia to assistance from fires, began at the Tolmachevo airfield (Novosibirsk), the press service of the department reports. In total, about 100 tons of equipment, property and foods will be loaded on the AN-124 and IL-76 aircraft.

The legendary dancer and choreographer Vladimir Vasiliev turned 75 years old. He will celebrate his anniversary at the Bolshoi Theater, on whose stage Vasiliev performed for 30 years, NTV reports . Today at the Bolshoi there will be a performance based on the music of Bach called Dona Nobis Pacem (“Give us peace”), which Vasiliev previously staged at the Tatar Academic Opera and Ballet Theater.

A shopping center on Severnaya Street caught fire in Krasnodar, Interfax reports with reference to the Southern Regional Center of the Ministry of Emergencies of the Russian Federation. According to eyewitnesses of the fire, the discount center of sports goods "High League" is on fire. There are no victims. The fire area is more than 460 square meters, noted in the Ministry of Emergencies. Fire farms drive up to the shopping complex.

The Bolshoi Theater's production of "The Taming of the Shrew" was named the best ballet performance and was awarded the Golden Mask National Theater Festival award, this is reported on the award's website. Ekaterina Krysanova, who played Katarina in The Taming of the Shrew, was awarded for Best Actress in Ballet. The award for best male role in ballet was given to Vladislav Lantratov, who performed Petruchio in the same production.

As a result of natural fires, about 5,000 people suffered in Khakassia. Such data were provided by the Department of Social Protection of the Republic, according to the website of the Khakassia Government. Among the injured 150 disabled people, about 500 pensioners and 1000 children. 400 residents of the republic who have lost their housing as a result of fires are in temporary accommodation points.

Until 2020, the Digital Valley project will be implemented in Crimea and Sevastopol, Interfax reports with reference to the Deputy Minister of Crimea Andrei Sokolov. According to Andrei Sokolov at the Economic Forum in Yalta, the project is the IT product development center. It will allow by 2020 to ensure the annual additional receipt of about 60 billion rubles to the budget and will give jobs to 18 thousand highly qualified employees.

The project of the Federal Space Program for 2016-2025 provides for the opportunity to create a Russian orbital station on the basis of three modules of the International Space Station after 2024, Yuri Koptev, head of the Roscosmos of the Roscosmos, told Izvestia newspaper. In the event of a decision on the completion of cooperation with the current partners under the ISS program in 2024 and the cessation of the existing station, will plan the construction of such a station.