The Russian Ministry of Defense denied the statements of the US State Department on the presence of the Russian military in eastern Ukraine, at the same time stating that American military instructors are in the territories controlled by Kyiv. This was announced by the official representative of the Ministry of Defense, Major General Igor Konashenkov.

After the appointment of the Governor of the Krasnodar Territory Alexander Tkachev, the head of the Ministry of Agriculture, in the Kuban they discuss the new governor. So far, Benjamin Kondratiev temporarily acts, and to maintain his position he still needs to win the elections in September 2015. However, there are few doubts that the campaign will pass according to a pre -planned scenario. There are quite good reasons to pay attention to Kondratyev.

The fire in the pyrotechnic warehouse in Orel damaged more than 50 houses, TASS reports with reference to the senior assistant leader of the Investigative Committee of the IC of Russia for the region, Yulia Dorofeev. “More than 50 private households are damaged, and this is not the final figure,” said Dorofeeva. She also said that 15 victims remain in hospitals as a result of the incident, three of them are in serious condition. Two people were killed, a tenant of the 1970 warehouse.

On May 25, a biologist, Deputy Director of the Institute for Problems of Information of Information of Information of RAS Mikhail Gelfand will be held in the central house of the journalist. Lecture theme: "Molecular Evolution." On the eve of his speech, the scientist spoke about the Dissernet community he created with his colleagues and the recently verified works of politicians from Buryatia.

Deputies of the Parliamentary Assembly of the Council of Europe (PACE) admit that the actions of the new Ukrainian authorities lead the state towards the principles that were proclaimed on the Maidan, Kommersant reports. On April 22, debates were held in the PACA on the situation in Ukraine. The Russian delegation did not participate in them, refusing to participate in PACE sessions until the return of the vote return.

Roscosmos included in the project of the Federal Space Program (FKP) for 2015-2025 plans for the search for traces of extraterrestrial life. It is reported by RIA Novosti with reference to the text of the document. In addition, the space department with the help of new devices intends to study the evolution of the Earth’s climate and other issues of astrobiology. In 2016, it is planned to launch Lomonosov satellites and the exomars interplanetary station No. 1.

UC Rusal analyzes the further possibility of reducing the production of aluminum by 200,000 tons, Vedomosti reports with reference to the quarterly production report of the company. In 2014, UC Rusal produced 3.6 million tons of aluminum. If in 2015 the issue decreases by 200,000 tons and amounts to 3.4 million tons, the company will update the historical minimum of production. What enterprises UC Rusal are going to reduce the smelting is not reported.

47% of Russians who watched the “direct line” with the President of the Russian Federation Vladimir Putin were most interested in answers to questions about the Crimea, Ukraine, the Donbass and the Minsk agreements, RBC reports with reference to the results of the survey conducted by the Levada Center. The topic of pensions was a little less popular - 39%. Issues related to the economic crisis, rising prices, ruble and inflation were interested in 35% of respondents.

The Russian government has determined a list of subjects of the country for which attracting labor resources is a priority. The corresponding order was signed by Prime Minister Dmitry Medvedev, according to the government website . The list was compiled taking into account proposals received from interested federal and regional authorities. It includes 15 regions that have declared the need to implement regional programs to increase labor mobility and are ready to finance these programs.

The dollar fell below the mark of 51 rubles against the background of increasing the growth of oil prices. As of 16:34, at the auction of the Moscow exchange, the dollar cost 50.96 rubles, which is 1.22 rubles below the level of the previous closure. The euro at this time traded at the level of 54.75 rubles, decreasing by 1.18 rubles. By 17:17, the dollar is 50.79 rubles, the euro is 54.66 rubles.

The New Gazeta will continue to go out in paper format after the May holidays. This was announced by the editor -in -chief of the publication Dmitry Muratov, reports RIA Novosti . He noted that the editors received several interesting offers and is currently negotiating with potential investors. “We will definitely go out (on paper). There are many interesting different offers, we are in the discussion stage.

The Chechen State Television Radio Company " Grozny " deleted a video from the meeting, at which the head of Chechnya Ramzan Kadyrov ordered law enforcement officers to be fired in those who conduct special operations in the republic without agreement with the local authorities. The news about this meeting was also removed from the site. A copy of the video can be found on YouTube, and the text of the note is preserved in the Google cache .

Eric Galimov will remain in the Geokha RAS as the supervisor of the Institute of Geochemistry and Analytical Chemistry named after V.I. Vernadsky. This decision was made according to the results of consultations held by the head of the Fan of Russia Mikhail Kotyukov with the President of the Russian Academy of Sciences Vladimir Fortov and Academician Galimov.

Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov said that the main enemy of Russia in the Middle East is the Islamic State terrorist group. In the traditional poll, Polit.ru invites readers to express their opinion about who is the main enemy of Russia. The intermediate results of the survey are as follows: We ourselves enemies - 73.2% USA - 16.9% Russia has no enemies - 4.9% ISIS - 3.8% China - 1.1% EU - 0% Ukraine - 0%

Dmitry Medvedev Photo: Government.ru Polit.ru offers your attention the five news of the day. The selection included the three most read news, one news selected by the editorial office, and the most unusual, in our opinion, news today. 1. Russian engineers will develop a crossover based on Zaporozhets The Russian Agrarian University named after Timiryazev (Moscow), with the participation of the Research Institute of Car Structures, is developing new models based on Zaporozhets and GAZ-69.