60 years ago, on May 1, 1960, the Soviet Air Defense Forces shot down the U-2 American intelligence plane in the Sverdlovsk area, which flew at high altitude over the territory of the USSR for photography of secret facilities. The American pilot Francis Gary Powers catapulted, was arrested and sentenced to 10 years in prison after the public trial. A year and a half, in 1962, Powers was exchanged at the imprisoned in the United States of the Soviet intelligence officer Rudolf Abel.

Oleg Sirota Activist of the pro -Khmrelevsky All -Russian Popular Front Syrovar Oleg Sirota registered the brand of the cheese "Putin". The brand with this name is likely to be registered, but he can begin to sell this cheese on the market. The document "Octagon" drew attention to the document.

The Donald Trump administration is developing a list of possible measures that can be introduced against China, and the US president himself tightened rhetoric against Beijing due to pandemia of coronavirus infection. This is reported by Reuters and the Voice of America. During communication with journalists in the White House on Thursday, Trump said that he saw evidence that the virus leak could come from a virological laboratory in the Chinese city of Ujan.

The President of Russia signed a decree on the actual confiscation of land in the annexed Crimea. Why now and how to react in Kyiv? The guests of Vitaly Portnikov are Refat Chubarov, chairman of the Majlis of the Crimean Tatar people banned in Russia, and Daria Sviridova, First Deputy President of Ukraine in the Autonomous Republic of Crimea.

The annual "monstration" took place in self -isolation. The participants in the action met in virtual reality. "Monstrans" posted on the Internet photos with absurd slogans and hashtag #Monstrium 2020, and also posted their posters on balconies.

Residents of Stockholm at mobile dineries with "fast food" The World Health Organization called Sweden a "model" of the struggle against coronavirus at a time when some countries began to gradually remove restrictions. Dr. Mike Ryan, an expert of WHO in emergency situations, said the other day that it was necessary to "learn lessons", which Sweden taught, whose government relied on its citizens, allowing them to determine their behavior in the conditions of the epidemic.

For several days in a row on social networks, the interview , which the director of the information and seal of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the Russian Federation, gave the journalist Mikhail Zygarya for several days in a row. The press secretary of the Foreign Ministry complained that many go on foreign trips without realizing possible risks and not preparing for them, and then have all responsibility for salvation in critical situations for the state.