About 400 US Department of Defense instructors traveled to Turkey and Jordan. There they will train fighters against Syrian President Bashar al-Assad Photo: AP Officially, the US military claims that the purpose of training the rebels will be their fight against other opponents of Assad - militants of the terrorist organization "Islamic State". Allegedly, they will have to return to their cities and be ready to confront armed Islamists.

The Android operating system now accounts for 45.8% of all mobile advertising revenue. Previously, the leader in this indicator was iOS Photo: REUTERS 2015 At the end of the first quarter of 2015, Android became the leader in terms of mobile advertising traffic and, for the first time ever, in terms of revenue from it. Android now accounts for 45.8% of all mobile advertising revenue. This is stated in the State of Mobile Advertising report from Opera Mediaworks, which was obtained by RBC.

Assistant to the President of Russia Andrei Belousov has been nominated to the board of directors of the state holding OJSC Rosneftegaz. The corresponding order was signed on April 30 by Russian Prime Minister Dmitry Medvedev. The order , published on Thursday on the government website, contains a list of candidates for the boards of directors of joint-stock companies, 100% of the shares of which belong to the state.

Igor Sechin proposed that the government conduct a tax experiment in the oil industry. It consists of introducing a value added tax for new deposits President of Rosneft Igor Sechin (Photo: TASS) Rosneft President Igor Sechin proposed that the government introduce an added income tax (AIT) for new fields. about this writes Vedomosti with reference to three federal officials and two representatives of the oil industry.

The prosecutor of the Krasnodar region ordered an investigation into the posting of a video of a dance on a tank, which was performed by cadets of the Novorossiysk Cossack Cadet Corps. this to TASS . The press service of the regional prosecutor's office reported The video was published on YouTube.

Sergey Serdyukov increased his stake in Bank St. Petersburg from 3.19% to 5.7%. This is evidenced by the information of the credit institution posted on the portal of the legal information disclosure center. A source close to the bank confirmed to Interfax that we are talking about the son of the former head of the Ministry of Defense Anatoly Serdyukov.

German Foreign Minister Frank-Walter Stanmeier confirmed that NATO and Russia are resuming military contacts. He stated this at a press conference following negotiations with Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov in Volgograd, Interfax reports . “I am very glad that we are now resuming the exchange of military information, and I think this is important for both sides,” Stanmeier said.

In Kirov, at the request of the prosecutor’s office, the “baby box”, opened on May 3 at the local parish of the Sacred Heart of Jesus of the Roman Catholic Church, is closed. This was reported by the press service of the Kirov Region Prosecutor's Office. The department's statement notes that according to Part 1 of Article 121 of the Family Code of Russia, only guardianship and trusteeship authorities are authorized to identify children left without parental care.

Shortly before May 9, activists of the Glavplakat group hung a banner “The Germans will help them” on Zubovsky Boulevard in Moscow with portraits of Russian opposition members Mikhail Kasyanov, Ilya Yashin, Gennady and Dmitry Gudkov and Alexei Navalny, Novaya Gazeta reports . State Duma deputy Dmitry Gudkov posted this poster on his Facebook page. “That’s why the article in Izvestia about the meeting with Merkel was needed,” commented .

The Ministry of Economic Development has prepared a draft presidential decree on the creation of the Federal Corporation for the Development of Small and Medium Enterprises. The document was published in the draft legislation database. A new state corporation is planned to be created on the basis of the Credit Guarantee Agency. According to the document, the state will retain 100% participation in the new structure.

The Presnensky Court of Moscow on Friday plans to impose punishment on the former head of the Department of Property Relations of the Ministry of Defense Evgenia Vasilyeva and four defendants in the case. They are accused of fraud Former head of the Department of Property Relations of the Ministry of Defense Evgenia Vasilyeva and lawyer Dmitry Kharitonov (Photo: TASS) On Thursday, Judge Tatyana Vasyuchenko read out the verdict in the high-profile case for the second day in a row.

In Moscow, a tow truck took away an illegally parked car with a two-year-old child inside. Towing a car parked in the wrong place. Archive photo (Photo: Ekaterina Kuzmina / RBC) In Moscow, a tow truck took a car to an impound lot with a two-year-old child inside. This was reported by M24 with reference to a representative of the press service of the Moscow Administrative Road Inspectorate. The incident occurred on the afternoon of May 6 on Shabolovskaya Street.

Export duties on grain will be transferred from manual to automatic mode.

The cause of the fire at Rome airport was most likely a short circuit. This was announced by the head of the Italian Civil Aviation Service, Vito Riggio, writes The News Tribune. He said investigators were still investigating the cause of the fire inside the international terminal of Fiumicino airport. Three people were injured as a result of smoke inhalation. In total, the fire covered about 450 square meters. m of retail space.

A case was opened against the State Unitary Enterprise "Moscow Metro" for an administrative violation after the painting of bas-reliefs at the Novokuznetskaya station. This is stated in a message published on the website of the Moscow Department of Cultural Heritage. The press service of the department noted that the Moscow City Heritage did not give permission to paint multi-figure bas-reliefs depicting episodes of battles, necessary for this work, the documents were not agreed upon.