Employees of the Red Cross, detained in Donetsk in the evening of May 9, were released. It is reported by ITAR-TASS with reference to the press secretary of the International Committee of the Organization (ICRC) for Europe and Central Asia David-Pierre Mark. As Mark noted, we did not talk about the capture of employees of the organization as hostages.

Deutsche Bank has lost the status of the world's largest currency trader, who has held for nine years. It is reported by Bloomberg with reference to the data of Euromoney Institute Investor. Citigroup was the new leader. The last time he occupied the first line among the largest world traders with currency in 2002.

Apple Corporation negotiates the purchase of a manufacturer of headphones and audio equipment Beats Electronics, writes The Financial Times with reference to unnamed sources. The amount of a potential transaction is estimated at $ 3.2 billion. As Bloomberg points out , if the transaction takes place, it will become the largest acquisition in the history of Apple.

The official results of the Crimean referendum, as a result of which the peninsula became part of Russia, give the impression that Crimea itself, without a single effort from Russia (not counting the military), fell into our outstretched arms. However, on the way to the victorious result, there were many roughnesses, in overcoming the Crimea, structures and faces associated with the Kremlin could help.

The referendum on the independence of the self -proclaimed Donetsk People’s Republic did not begin ahead of schedule. This was stated by the chairman of the Central Election Commission of the DPR Roman Lyagin, reports Russia Today. Earlier on May 10, the Agency of RBC-Ukraine, with reference to Lygina, also reported that in two districts of the Donetsk region, the referendum began ahead of schedule due to the aggravation of the political situation in the region.

The picnic participants detained by the police near the Moscow Cooperative near Moscow were released from the police department. This was reported on his twitter one of the detainees. “The nine detainees were released from the Krasnogorsk police department, nothing was written out to anyone. Police: You can appeal everything, ”he wrote. In the next tweet, he added that a local resident came to the Krasnogorsky police department and took part of the released back to the picnic.

The French advertising holding Publicis Group and the American Omnicom Group abandoned plans to unite. This was reported in a joint press release from organizations. The amount of a potential transaction was estimated at more than $ 35 billion. In the event of a merger, the combined structure would become a world leader in the field of advertising.

A civilian activist from Mariupol announced that about 45 people died in the city during the armed clashes on May 9. The source, whose name is not called for security reasons, was said on the air of the Schuster Live program, which, among others, was attended by temporary President of Ukraine Alexander Turchinov. The activist also spoke about the abuse of the corpse of the commander of the battalion "Dnipro" Sergey Demidenko, who was pushed by his eyes and cut off his ears.

Herbalife General Director Michael Johnson earned $ 13 million on the sale of securities of the company in the current week. Bloomberg reports about it. On May 6 and 7, Johnson bought 250 thousand shares of Herbalife at a special price of $ 7.75, and later sold this package in the market of $ 60-61.2. The share already available to the top manager in the capital of the company (1.1 million shares, or 1.1%) has not changed.

The Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Romania demanded that the Russian colleagues explain the statements of the Deputy Prime Minister of the Russian Federation Dmitry Rogozin to Bucharest. This is stated in the official press release of the Romanian Foreign Ministry. Diplomats turned to the Russian Foreign Ministry, asking to publicly clarify whether Rogozin’s words are official position of the Government of the Russian Federation in relation to Romania as a NATO and the EU participant.

The head of the Lugansk Regional State Administration (OGA) Mikhail Bolotsky was dismissed from his position. The first deputy chairman of the Lugansk Regional State Administration Irina Verigina was appointed temporarily acting on May 10, the decree of the interim president of Ukraine Alexander Turchinov said . Bolotsky was appointed head of the Lugansk Regional State Administration on March 2, replacing Vladimir Prostyuk. Prior to this, Bolotsky led the State Emergency Service.

The outflow of capital from Russia since the beginning of an exacerbation of the crisis in Ukraine amounted to 160 billion euros (about $ 222 billion). This was stated by the head of the European Central Bank Mario Draga, according to the official materials of the regulator. Dragons did not specify what this assessment is based on. He also did not name the term for which the indicated amount was withdrawn from the Russian Federation.

German Chancellor Angela Merkel and French President Francois Hollande announced their readiness to impose new sanctions against Russia in the event of a failure of the presidential election in Ukraine, planned on May 25. This was reported by Reuters with reference to the joint statement of the heads of the largest European states.

Seven employees of the Krasny Cross International organization were taken hostage by unknown evening on May 9 in Donetsk. This was reported by Donbass News. The names of the captured are not called. According to the publication, the office of the Red Cross in the center of Donetsk was attacked at about 19:00. The women in the office were released, and seven men were captured. Three of them are the volunteers of the Red Cross from Kyiv, three more from Donetsk, and another is a citizen of France.

The Government of the Russian Federation included aircraft masses from Kaliningrad to Simferopol and vice versa among the subsidized by the state. The corresponding resolution was published on May 10 on the Cabinet website. As noted in the document, the amount of subsidies from the federal budget on these routes will be about 26 million rubles. The authorities expect that the volume of passenger transportation from Kaliningrad to Crimea and back will reach 9 thousand people.