On May 4 (April 22), 1881, Alexander Kerensky, the chairman of the Provisional Government (1917), one of the most famous Socialist Revolutionaries and Russian emigrants was born. Personal business Alexander Fedorovich Kerensky (1881-1970) was born in Simbirsk (now Ulyanovsk) in the family of the director of the gymnasium. The Kerensky family was associated with friendly relations with the Ulyanovs. Ilya Ulyanov was the head of Kerensky Sr. One of his students was Vladimir Ulyanov (Lenin).

To vaccinate the majority of the adult population of the world from coronavirus in 2022, from $ 35–45 billion is needed, said the head of the World Health Organization (WHO) Tedros Goebreesus. “According to our estimates, next year we will need more $ 35–45 billion to vaccinate most adults around the world,” he said.

In the special receiver of Yekaterinburg, letters were refused to accept letters for those arrested in administrative affairs, which mentioned politician Alexei Navalny and former head of the network of regional headquarters of the opposition Leonid Volkov, writes IT 'S My City. The ex-employee of the headquarters of Navalny in Yekaterinburg Victoria Reich said that the representative of the special receiver called their surnames “forbidden”.

In Moscow, a criminal case was opened after a fire on May 4 at the Eternal Call Hotel, during which one person died. The investigation began under Art. 238 of the Criminal Code of the Russian Federation (the provision of services that do not meet the requirements of security that entailed the death of a person), the press service of the Investigative Committee of Russia said . The rescuers received a message about the fire at 3:27.

In Gomel, the four proxies of the former presidential candidate of Belarus Svetlana Tikhanovskaya were sentenced to four proxies, Interfax reports with reference to the Vesna human rights center. Yuri Vlasov received 6.5 years in a colony of amplified regime, Dmitry Ivashkov and Alexander Shabalin - 6 years of a colony of enhanced regime, Tatyana Kanevskaya - 6 years of colony of general regime. The judge gave everyone exactly as much as the prosecutor demanded, the human rights activists noted.

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.

Publishing houses "Hummingbird" and "ABC-Atticus" represent a collection of works by Mikhail Bulgakov "" I need to see the light ... ". Diaries, letters, documents. " The present publication includes diaries and letters, as well as documentary materials covering the life and creative path of the writer from 1914 to 1940. In fact, this is nothing more than the biography of M. Bulgakov, compiled according to his diaries and epistolary heritage. Among the addressees of his letters are V.V.

CowMen / UNSPLASH May holidays are a great occasion not only to relax, but also to find out something new. We have collected for you ten general educational podcasts on a variety of topics: from scientific to the history of fashion and linguistics. Nice listening! "Evolution" This is a general educational podcast from the Evolution Foundation, which is engaged in the spread of a scientific worldview and rational thinking in Russia.

The Russia 24 television channel showed a special portage in which he issued a journalist working at the Russia Today MIA today, for an ordinary Czech criticizing the position of the republic’s authorities in conflict with Russia. The Czech Radio correspondent in Moscow Ivan Milenkovich drew attention to this.

On May 7, additional restrictions related to coronavirus will come into force on May 7, the press service of the Republican Ministry of Internal Affairs said . In supermarkets, only animal feed, food, cleaning products and hygiene products will be sold. Prohibit the sale of perfumes and cosmetics. Electronics, toys, office, clothing, car accessories, dishes and garden accessories will also fall under the restrictions.

The Grand Prix of the Artdokfest festival awarded the film Valerik's “Quiet voice” about the Chechen gay, whose show did not take place in Russia. The director was awarded a reward of $ 3 thousand, according to the Facebook festival page. The prize was awarded with the words "for the talent to hear inaudible and see the invisible." The organizer of the festival Vitaly Mansky noted that there is no political correctness in this decision.

In Russia, veterans of war on Victory Day will receive 10 thousand rubles, while in Kazakhstan the payment will be more than 1 million tenge (about 175 thousand rubles), and in Uzbekistan - 12 million soums (86 thousand rubles). In April, the Russian Pension Fund stated that participants and disabled people of the Great Patriotic War will receive payments.

In Mexico City, 20 people died during the collapse of the metro bridge, writes El Universal with reference to the head of the city of Claudiu Sheinbaum. According to her, at 1:23 (9:23 in Moscow), 49 people were taken to hospitals.

In the world since the beginning of the pandemic, coronavirus was revealed in 153,551,099, statistics were collected by Jones Hopkins University. The largest number of cases in the USA (32,471,116 residents), India (20 282 833), Brazil (14 779 529), France (5 717 160), Turkey (4 900 121), Russia (4 776 844), Great Britain (4,437 505), Italy (3,540,430), Germany (3 438 186). In total, by May 4, as a result of complications caused by Covid, 3,213,573 people around the world died.

In Moscow, on May 4, at the 76th year of his life, the People's Artist of Russia, a trainer of wild animals, Mikhail Bagdasarov, the press service of Rosgoszirka reports . The press secretary of the department Tatyana Solomina told TASS that Baghdasarov was ill with coronavirus and was treated in one of their Moscow hospitals. The date and place of farewell and funeral has not yet been called. Mikhail Bagdasarov was born on May 23, 1945 in Baku.