The persecution of Soviet power to the Russian Church was such that it was not to say about their faith, but even silently follow it as a feat. The new martyrs and confessors, glorified in the face of the saints did not come: believed, prayed and meekly went to their Calvarys. “Polit.ru” recalls those who gave their lives for faith and by whose prayers the Russian Church is alive - even if almost nothing came to us besides the name.

At a meeting of the Council for Strategic Development and National Projects, Russian President Vladimir Putin announced the need to stop the dubious practices of organizing competitions for public procurement. The head of state stated that when compiling technical specifications for auctions participants, documents are often “drawn under a particular manufacturer”, including foreign companies.

On the South Chuy Range in the Altai Territory, the bodies of three tourists from Novosibirsk, who came under an avalanche when climbing to the top of Metallurg, were discovered. This was reported by the regional service of the Ministry of Emergencies on its VKontakte page. The report clarifies that the search for the other four dead will continue until dark. 30 rescuers take part in them, including seven cynological calculations.

The Presnensky court of Moscow found the players Pavel Mamaev and Alexander Kokorin guilty of “intentional causing easy harm to health from hooligan motives”, RIA Novosti reports. Judge Elena Abramova ruled that the other two defendants in the same case are also guilty of the indicated offense - the brother of Alexander Kokorin Kirill and the player of the amateur football league Alexander Protasovitsky.

The Russian Aeroflot Airlines canceled several more flights, which were supposed to operate the Superjet100 aircraft, RBC reports with reference to the electronic scoreboard of the airports. The flights of SU1226 (Moscow - Nizhny Novgorod) with a departure at 16:30 and the return - SU1227 - at 18:40, flights SU2180 and SU2181 from Moscow to Gothenkh and vice versa, SU1374 and SU1375 flights from Moscow to Belgorod and back.

On the South Chuy Range in the Republic of Altai, a group of tourists from Novosibirsk was under an avalanche. It is reported by TASS . This happened on May 6. Seven people from the tourist group became victims of the avalanche. Two survived. On May 8, they reached the village of Kosh-Agach, where they reported the incident. Before that, the tourist group was left without communication. Now a helicopter with rescuers from Gorno-Altaysk is moving to the place of the tragedy.

Ivan Davydov The Publishing House of the OGA published the poetic collection of Ivan Davydov " Dreams of the Traveling Homeland." With the permission of the publishing house, we publish a preface to the book, written by Roman Leibov, as well as some poems from the collection. I never understood the genre of preface to poetic collections. Poems are not electrical appliances and not medicines, they do not need instructions and descriptions of side effects.

In the center of Moscow, they found a dead police officer with a gunshot wound. It is reported by TASS . A policeman born in 1995 was on duty. He was found on the night of May 8 in a public toilet opposite the historical museum near Red Square. A law enforcement officer died from a shot from his service pistol. The Ministry of Internal Affairs confirmed the death of their employee.

Vasily Robak Chinese gilded Buddha figurines / Pixabay.com The Bank of Russia transfers assets in foreign currency from the United States to China, while increasing the share in the yuan, euro and gold and reducing in dollars. The share in international organizations remained unchanged. At the same time, the loss of the regulator for 2018 amounted to 434.7 billion rubles. The share of assets in the yuan increased from 2.8 to 14.2%, in euros - from 21.7 to 31.7%, in gold - from 17.2 to 18.1%.

Forward of the Zenit football club Alexander Kokorin, convicted of beatings from hooligan motives, will receive the Russian champion medal along with his teammates. “Alexander Kokorin will receive the medal of the winner of the Russian Football Championship,” Interfax reports citing an informed source. On the site of FC Zenit it is indicated that this season Kokorin played five matches for the team, including three as part of the Russian football championship.

In the Austrian Vienna, vandals doused a monument to the Soviet soldiers-liberators with red paint. It is reported by TASS . The Austrian police promised that the monument would be brought into a normal state. About whether the vandals were caught is not reported. This is the second case of desecration of the monument in two weeks. On April 25, his facade was doused with black paint. In early April, video cameras were installed near the monument.

Prime Minister of Ukraine Volodymyr Groysman said that the government intends to adopt a resolution according to which Russian passports issued in the Donbass are invalidated. It is reported by RIA Novosti . According to Groysman, the final decision on this will be made on May 8. In particular, the issued passports will be recognized as illegal when crossing the state border and when used in Ukraine.

The Russian government has prepared a bill involving amendments to the rules for maintaining common property in an apartment building. According to this resolution, apartment buildings in Russia will be required to be equipped with lots (openings) for regular ventilation.

Following the launch of the “Unified Map of the Petersburger”, the acting governor of St. Petersburg, Alexander Beglov, plans to build an analogue of the MCC, and will not stop there. He asked the government to introduce 17 infrastructure facilities of the city worth 440 billion rubles to the federal complex plan. In total, in terms of Beglov, projects totaling 6.3 trillion rubles.

The Ukrainian authorities are studying the possibility of canceling pensions of Russian citizenship recipients under a simplified procedure, said the Minister of Veterans, Irina Friz.