Russian President Dmitry Medvedev, by his decree, appointed the commander of the Pacific Fleet, Rear Admiral Sergey Avakianz, the Kremlin press service said today. Earlier, he held the position of chief of staff - the first deputy commander of the Pacific Fleet. Last week, the head of state made several personnel permutations in the leadership of the Ministry of Defense. So, Colonel General Vladimir Chirkin was appointed commander in chief of the ground forces.

Hockey. NHL. Stanley Cup. 1/4 finals "Nashville" - "Phoers" 2: 0 Account in series 1: 2 "Washington"-"New York Rangers" 1: 2 (in overtime) Account in series 1: 2

In the American state of Arizona, a member of a paramilitary detachment to protect borders shot four people, including a one -year -old girl, after which he committed suicide. The tragedy occurred in the suburbs of Phoenix. The police discovered the bodies of the victims and firing in one of the private houses. Among the dead are a man and two women. The girl was still alive when the police arrived, but died in the hospital. The alleged motives of the crime have not yet been reported.

Christina Fernandez Irina Lagunina: On Wednesday, Spain and the European Union demanded compensation from Bolivia for the nationalization of the local power grid, which belonged to the Spanish company Red Electrician. This is the second decision on expropriation on the continent over the past 15 days.

Viktor Rezunkov: Today in the Petersburg studio Radio Freedom-Fantast writer, publisher, director of the Russian science fiction agency Nikolai Utanov and fantast writer Andrei Stolyarov. Just in St. Petersburg, the 15th Congress of Russian science fiction writers “Wanderer” has completed its work. Within the framework of this Congress, the 9th interdisciplinary conference “Forum of the Future” was held. What are the science fiction writers to Russia of the near future?

Football. Championship of Russia. 42nd round "Wings of Soviets" - "Tom" 1: 0 After this defeat, Tom lost the chance to stay in the RPFL next season. Earlier, Spartak lost its place in the League from Nalchik.

The Moscow City Hall postponed the decision to coordinate the opposition "march of millions" on the morning of May 3. The protest rally is dedicated to the Day of the Inauguration of Vladimir Putin. The intention to participate in the "Million Marche" is stated several thousand people. Muscovites themselves help to collect more participants.

Open Russian Festival "Kinotavr" will be held in Sochi from June 3 to 10. In the main competition of this year - 14 films, in the show of a short meter another 20 paintings. The President of Kinotavr, Alexander Rodnyansky, says that the festival costs about 130 million rubles a year, the state’s assistance is important, but not so great: the Ministry of Culture usually gave five million, in 2011 it allocated thirteen milllions.

On torch march MGMSU Students and employees of the Moscow State Medical and Dame University (MGMSU) held on May 3 the torch march " Fire of our memory ". Many public figures opposed this action: the format of the event resembles the processions of the Nazis. In the morning, the organizers of the procession lit one torch from the eternal flame on the grave of an unknown soldier near the Kremlin wall.

Filled Karui In Tunisia, the court today sentenced a fine of one and a half thousand dollars of the director of the television channel, which showed the Franco-Iranian film, which many considered offensive to Islam. The head of the Nessma television channel, the Karui was accused of sacrilege in connection with the demonstration of the full -length cartoon "Persipolis" according to the graphic novel of the French writer of Iranian origin Marzhan Satrapy.

In Moscow, on May 3, the international conference on missile defense, organized by the Ministry of Defense of the Russian Federation, began work. The day before it became known: to prove the potential threat that the American missile defense system in Europe is planned for Russia's security, computer modeling is planned to be used.

The UN Security Council imposed sanctions against three North Korean state -owned companies. This measure was a response to Pyongyang’s attempt in mid -April to launch a satellite into the space - contrary to the prohibition on missile launches in the DPRK. The launch that South Korea, the United States and their allies considered it as a test of a ballistic missile, turned out to be unsuccessful - the rocket fell into the sea shortly after the start.

In the place of the destroyed house bin Laden On the website of the Center for Combating the Terrorism of the American Military Academy, 17 documents from the Archive of Bin Laden , captured by the assault on his house in the Pakistani capital, are released today a year ago . The published documents are a correspondence between Bin Laden and other al-Qaeda leaders between September 2006 and April 2011.

Many Russian voters consider themselves deceived According to the Supreme Court website, the victory of Vladimir Putin, after the Central Election Commission of the Decree "On the results of the presidential election", tried to challenge more than 30 citizens. Like the previous complaints of the CEC in connection with the elections (and only in 2012, almost 100 such cases were registered in the first instance of the Armed Forces), their court refused to consider their court.