At the site of the catastrophe of the Mi-8 helicopter, which sank in Munozer in the Murmansk region, 12 dead were discovered. The bodies of nine of them are identified, including the deputy governor of the region Sergey Skomorokhov, the regional law enforcement agencies reported today. Search work continues, ten divers take part in them. In total, there were 18 people on board the helicopter crashed on May 31, of whom only two survived - they were hospitalized.

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Brad Pitt gives autographs at the premiere of Maleficent on May 28, 2014 The 25-year-old Vitaly Serdyuk, arrested in Los Angeles, denies that he intended to hit actor Brad Pitt when he walked along the red carpet in the premiere of the film "Maleficent". He stated that he was just trying to hug the actor and did not want to cause him any harm. On Friday, Serdyuk was sentenced to three years in prison and to the production of a year under psychiatric observation.

Pavodok in the Far East in August 2013 In the Altai Territory, during the flood, one person died, five more were declared missing, ITAR-TASS reports with reference to the regional administration of the Ministry of Internal Affairs. In the region, about seven thousand residential buildings and the same number of personal plots have been flooded today. Almost 20 thousand inhabitants are evacuated. More than three dozen roads are blurred, 61 bridge is destroyed.

The battle of military personnel of the Lugansk border detachment with the separatists has been going on for more than seven hours. There are victims on both sides, according to the State Border Service of Ukraine. According to the department, 5 of the so -called "militias" were killed, 8 were injured, among military personnel, at least 10 people were injured. On Monday night on the outskirts of Lugansk, armed separatists began the storm of a local border detachment .

Supporters of the opposition at a rally in Sukhumi The Prime Minister of the self-proclaimed Republic of Abkhazia Leonid Lakebay resigned. This was announced by the speaker of the Abkhaz parliament Valery Bganba, who acts as the president. Last week, the Abkhaz opposition, which was supported by the parliament and issued the premiere of the vote of no confidence, demanded the resignation of Lakerbai last week.

The Russian Ministry of Foreign Affairs has published a statement on its website in connection with the events in Lugansk. It, in particular, states that "the Kyiv authorities committed another crime against their own people." The statement notes that people died as a result of the shelling of the building of the Lugansk regional administration by aircraft of the Armed Forces of Ukraine.

Farewell to the People's Artist of the USSR Lyudmila Makarova, who died in St. Petersburg in the 93rd year of his life, will be held on Tuesday, June 3. This was reported by the press service of the Tovstonogov Great Drama Theater. Farewell will take place from 10.00 to 12.00 in the main building of the BDT on the Fontanka embankment. Makarov will be buried on the same day in the necropolis "Literature Bridges" in the territory of the Volkovsky Orthodox cemetery.

Negotiations in Berlin between representatives of Russia, Ukraine and the EU on the supply of Rosia gas Naftogaz of Ukraine sent a draft additional agreement to the Russian company Gazprom, proposing to change the price, volume and conditions of gas supplies in the terms of the 2009 contract, the Ukrainian company said.

In Sochi, the first shows of the competition program of the film festival "Kinotavr" began, which, led by Fedor Bondarchuk, celebrates the 25th anniversary this year. This program includes 14 films, 8 of which were shot by female directors.

The share of coal in the total balance of energy of the European Union was 28% - one and a half times more than gas. For three years, the demand for gas was reduced by a third, and its share in the EU energy balance is 20% The demand of European thermal power plants for natural gas, after the peak of 2010, decreased in the next three years by 51 billion cubic meters per year, which is equivalent to its total consumption in such a country as France.

Fighters of the Vostok battalion at the training base near Donetsk Freedom quotes 02 June 2014 Liveblog about discussions on the network Fresh from above 17:35 2.6.2014 Milonov in the DPR, Donetsk NKVD, common sense and "Right Sector" The leadership of the Donetsk People’s Republic decided to appoint a deputy Milonov by the head of the DPR representative office in St.

The Moscow prosecutor’s office will check the Echo Moskvy website for inciting interethnic razor or enmity. The reason for the verification was the appeal of the ex-blogger of the site of the radio station Yuri Stamov, Izvestia write today. He considered the statements and defaming his statements about interethnic relations in the Stavropol Territory and on the biography of his father, which were published on the Echo Moskvy website in early January on the blog "Who are you, Dr.

Armed supporters of the self -proclaimed "Donetsk People’s Republic" came today to the building of the Donetachin publishing house, demanding to change the editorial policy of the Donbass and Vespers Donetsk newspapers. As one of the employees of the publishing house told Interfax, about 10 armed people occupied two floors of buildings, from which journalists and other employees are not released.