The Ukrainian authorities said that those Russian artists who were on the “black list” of the country will not be allowed to participate in Eurovision in 2017, which will be held in Ukraine. This was stated on the air of the radio station " Says Moscow " by People's Deputy of Ukraine Anton Gerashchenko.

The DPRK told the Russian diplomats that she detained the Alfin sports yacht by misunderstanding. This was reported by RIA Novosti with reference to the Consul General of Russia in the North Korean city of Chhindzhin Yuri Bochkarev. Genconsul met with the leadership of the external relations of the administration of the province of Hamgen-Poom. It was in the port of this city of Kimchhek that the detained Russian yacht was located. Now she has moved to the port of Vladivostok.

Director of the Ukrainian Institute of National Memory Vladimir Vyatrovich addressed NATO with an appeal to help organize the Eurovision music contest in 2017 in Crimea. He wrote about this on his Facebook. “The Eurovision Council of Eurovision 2017 in Sevastopol-the Armed Forces and NATO-should start preparing for the festival,” Vyatrovich said.

Ukrainian singer Jamala became the winner of the 61st Eurovision contest in Stockholm. According to the results of the voting of a professional jury and spectators, she received 534 points for her song “1944” on the deportation of the Crimean Tatars. This song was regarded by many as a criticism of the annexation of Crimea to Russia, although there is no direct mention of this event in the song. The second place was taken by Dami from Australia.

Former mayor of London Boris Johnson is sure that attempts by the EU authorities to create superpower can “end tragically”. He recalled that Adolf Hitler set himself a similar goal. Johnson made such a statement in an interview with The Telegraph . “Napoleon, Hitler, different people tried it, and it ended tragically. The EU is an attempt to make this other methods, ”he explained.

President Vladimir Putin will take part in the commission on the execution of the May decrees. It is reported by RIA Novosti . The meeting of the commission will be held on May 16. “On May sixteenth, Vladimir Putin will hold a meeting of the commission for monitoring the achievement of targeted indicators of the socio-economic development of Russia, determined by the president in the May decrees four years ago.

Sports Minister Vitaly Mutko apologized for all Russian athletes convicted of doping. According to him, the International Athletics Association had "good" reasons for the disqualification of athletes "deceiving us and the whole world." At the same time, the minister believes that the disqualification of Russian athletes at the upcoming Olympic Games in Rio de Janeiro is unfair to innocent athletes and undermines the spirit of the competition.

The world's largest transport aircraft An-225 Mriya successfully made a flight from the Czech Republic to Australia. It is reported by RIA Novosti . The plane flew four days with stops at the Turkmen Turkmenbashi, Indian Haydararabad and Indonesian Jakarta. All stops were associated with the need for refueling - this aircraft is required every 4000 km of flight.

May 15, 1798, Ivan Pushchin, Decembrist, Lyceum friend Alexander Pushkin was born Personal business Ivan Ivanovich Pushchin (1798–1859) was born in the family of Senator Ivan Petrovich Pushchin and Alexandra Mikhailovna, nee Ryabinina. In August 1811, Santa Admiral brought him to the Tsarskoye Selo Lyceum, where Alexander Pushkin became the closest friend, who was a year younger than him. He studied Pushchin successfully, and the teachers were satisfied with him.

The duel of the Russian boxer Alexander Povetkin with the American Deonteet Wilder was postponed indefinitely due to the positive doping tests of the Russian to Meldonium. This was reported by the head of the company " Mir boxing " Andrei Ryabinsky on Twitter. Povetkin will not be disqualified. The battle Povetkin-Uylder is postponed. It will take place, but on another date. And on May 21, the evening of boxing will be with the main battle of Lebedev-Rramirez.

Daria Gizatullina P.E. Stepanov with his sons in the country We publish the work of the winner of the competition of historical research work of high school students “Man in history. Russia is the XX century ”2015 on the topic“ What you want, I’ll write ... ” : the diary of the boy from the“ former ” .” The author is Daria Gizatullina, at the moment, a student of the Yuzhno-Uralsk wow university A ( Troitsk , Chelyabinsk Region ). The supervisor of the work is Rauf Nazipovich Gizatullin.

The leader of the Leningrad group Sergei Shnurov in his Instagram responded to the proposal to send him as a representative of Russia for the Eurovision Song Contest-2017 to Kyiv. “They survived,” wrote Shnurov. He noted that out of "140 million citizens, only one can even send." “The Deputy Prime Minister of the Nuclear Power writes about this on his twitter,” the musician concluded.

Deputy Prime Minister Dmitry Rogozin suggested sending to the Eurovision music contest in 2017 the leader of the Leningrad group Sergey Shnurov. He wrote about this on his Twitter. It is worth noting that next year the competition will be held in Ukraine. Singer Jamal, representing the country, took first place this year. She received the maximum score from a professional jury. We will send Shnurov to the next Eurovision.

In the suburbs of Buenos Aires, a pope was an attack on the nephew of the pope Francis Jose Ignacio Bergolo. This is written by Clarin . According to Bergolo himself, the unknown people penetrated his car and forced him to drive several quarters. When a man stopped in a deserted place, the attackers robbed him. At the same time, they threatened Bergolo with a gun. Money, documents, telephone, clothes, as well as a bag of donations for a public organization were taken from the nephew of Franaisk.

In Dagestan Derbent, a special operation to eliminate militants was officially terminated. This was reported by RIA Novosti with reference to a source in law enforcement agencies of the republic. Previously, the security forces blocked a house with militants. “The special operation has been completed, experts entered the house. Explosion engineers and an investigative group work on the spot, ”the source said. Note that the security forces launched a special operation in the region on May 14.