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.

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.

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.

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.

Former player of the Moscow FC Lokomotiv, Senegalese, Baye Umar Niass was detained by the British Manchester police. He was suspected of attacking a person. It is reported by Liverpoolecho.co.uk . Currently, Niass is playing for the English club Everton. This happened on May 13. Having received a call, the police arrived in one of the private houses, where they detained a 26-year-old player to take him for interrogation. He was currently released at the time of further investigation.

In the Rostov region, the court arrested the 67-year-old pensioner Alexander Kovalev, who is suspected of killing a policeman and an employee of the rural administration. This was reported by the Rostov Administration of the Investigative Committee. Recall, on May 13, a pensioner came to the administration of the Fedorovsky rural settlement of the Neklinovsky district.

The Samara football club “ Wings of the Soviets ” and Kazan Rubin tied in the match of the Russian Championship. The meeting account was 1: 1. The match was held in Samara. As part of the owners of the field, the goal scored Gianny Bruno in the 52nd minute. Among the Kazan, Miyo Tsactash distinguished himself with a blow to the 89th minute from the penalty. According to the results of the match, the “ Wings of the Soviets ” is 34 points, the team is in 9th position in the standings.

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.

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.

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.

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.

In Moscow, the Khovanskoye cemetery did not begin to work in full mode after a mass fight the day before, May 14. It is reported by RIA Novosti . According to the administration, the cemetery has not yet been working, since checks are carried out on its territory. It is currently not known when it resumes the work. Meanwhile, reinforced police and OMON fighters are on duty at the cemetery.

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.

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 strategic reconnaissance aircraft of the US Air Force RC-135V today approached the coast of the Kaliningrad region again. It is reported by Interfax . As stated in the messages of Western aviation portals tracking the movement of military aviation, a reconnaissance with on-board number 64-14844 and the call sign Elgin33 flew out of the air base in the UK and performs a mission in the southern part of the Baltic Sea. The Russian Su-27 fighter flew out to intercept the American.