In Armenia, five people died and four were in hospital after an accident that happened in a gorge on May 1, the republican Ministry of Emergency Situations reports . The car rushed along the road from the city of Goris to the Tatev Monastery, left the roadway near the “Devil's Bridge” and rolled into a gorge where people were resting. The car fell on those gathered for a picnic. Four died, the fifth dead was the driver of the car. An investigation is underway.

A daring robbery took place on Wednesday afternoon at a store on Lyublinskaya Street in south-east Moscow. Three people entered the grocery store and, right in front of the security, used pry bars to tear out the express payment terminal located in the store’s lobby from its mounts, loaded it into a Moskvich-2141 and fled the scene, a law enforcement source told Interfax. organs The terminal thieves are being sought. Interfax-Moscow

Russians should not get drunk and overeat during the May holidays, says Gennady Onishchenko, head of Rospotrebnadzor. Onishchenko's advice is useful for those who "intend to spend all these days lying in front of the TV, unlimitedly consuming not entirely healthy and high-calorie food." “If at the same time there is a commitment to the pagan god Bacchus - to beer or heavier drinks - then this is a disaster,” says the country’s chief state sanitary doctor.

The media report that this year, in total, from 30 to 40 thousand residents of Khabarovsk took part in the festive procession dedicated to the Spring and Labor Day. Khabarovsk representatives of the ruling party "United Russia" report that before the start of a large-scale demonstration, a solemn rally was held. The party leaders of the “Bears” party, who are also the top officials of the city and the region, addressed Khabarovsk residents with welcoming words. “Dear fellow countrymen. Peace!

The grief of parents who have lost their child is a terrible and unbearable picture for any normal person. It is even more terrible to realize that death might not have happened, but the medical error did its dirty work. Every year in the world, due to the incompetence of doctors, several tens of thousands (5-7 thousand in Russia) of small children die in vain due to broncho-obstructive syndrome alone.

The current youth thinks that it was she who came up with walking around the city with stupid slogans. But Shish! After the collapse of the Soviet Union, the so -called parades of fools took place in many Russian cities on April 1. In 1996, in Novosibirsk, Red Avenue from Sl. Lenin to pl. Sverdlova. The action was successfully agreed in the city hall. The organizers submitted an application from the "Siberian Academy of Fine Arts named after Leonardo da Vinci" and received official permission.

Olga Alekina, Chairman of the Board of the Regional Public Organization "Help for Patients with Cystic Fibrosis" writes: I greet all my friends and people who did not remain indifferent and support the Regional Public Organization of the Moscow Region “Help for Patients with Cystic Fibrosis” in the situation with the prosecutor’s inspection. On April 30, the organization filed an official complaint addressed to the prosecutor of the Moscow Region Anikin at a reception with Malinovsky, head.

Regarding the fire in a psychiatric hospital near Tambov, in the village of Buraki, Zherdevsky district, the Investigative Committee is now conducting an investigation, since on the night of May 1 there was a fire in a wooden building. Thanks to the fact that the fire alarm went off, 52 patients managed to escape, as did the staff. A single woman died, having fallen asleep with an unextinguished cigarette, which was presumably the cause of the disaster.

The holiday season officially opens in Sochi, and quite officially, residents and guests of the resort can send a ton of curses at officials led by the mayor of the city, Anatoly Pakhomov , since the city is absolutely not ready for the opening of the season.

Photo: Vladimir Fedorenko/RIA Novosti On May 1, 1993, the police dispersed the May Day procession of the Communists. This became a prologue to the constitutional crisis, which happened in the fall of 1993. The riots in Gagarin Square showed that society split into two warring parties. According to official figures, only the OMON fighter Vladimir Tolokneev died in the clashes, there are no data on the victims from the demonstrators.

Well, we celebrated in Orenburg, whoever wanted, another May Day . The merciless fate of the journalist again brought me to the scene of action. Which city authorities, simplifying their lives by minimizing the number of entities (according to Occam’s principle), determined it to be general: from the Atrium-platz - and up along Mother Sovetskaya. Only for the officialdom the start of the procession was scheduled at 10:30, and for those with leftist views half an hour later.

On Sunday I decided to do a little experiment. During the second half of the day I was in the park, playing the guitar, singing songs with Kolya and just relaxing. Of course, he wanted to go to the toilet. Out of curiosity, I went to the bar “On Sennaya”. And then a waiter blocked my way and began interrogating me: “Where are you going, young man.” “How where? I’m going to the toilet,” I was perplexed. To which I received the answer that the toilets are only for visitors.

An explosive device went off on Wednesday in the center of Makhachkala. According to preliminary data, the bomb was placed in a bag or box, Interfax reports, citing the press center of the Ministry of Internal Affairs. The explosion killed two schoolchildren, 14 and 15 years old. They tried to unwrap the dangerous object. Two of their comrades were wounded and are currently hospitalized.

A doll in the shape of Legislative Assembly deputy Vitaly Milonov appeared today at the St. Petersburg May Day demonstration, reports Ekho St. Petersburg . Source: "Echo of St. Petersburg" United Russia deputy Milonov himself walked in the column of the “leftists” wearing a jacket with the inscription “Sunday or Death,” reports Fontanka.ru .

In Estonia, Dmitry Nemtsov, an employee of the Russian Embassy, ​​was detained for driving while drunk, the portal of the broadcasting company ERR reported on Wednesday. “The police detained him on April 27 during an operation to identify drunk driving “Everyone blows” at two o’clock in the morning in an Audi A4 at the intersection of Suur Ameerika and Toom-Kuninga streets in Tallinn,” reports the portal. The car was registered in Estonia and had regular, not diplomatic, license plates.