“Novorossia should not be pulled up to Russia, because it has many flaws and flaws itself, most of which are rooted in the period of pro-Western and ultraliberal reforms of the 90s, but to build a more Russian, more sincere, more living and organic society-fair, heroic, spiritual,” the philosopher and leader of the Eurasian movement said not so long ago Dugin.

Slon publishes the first interview with the leaders of the group, which for five years secretly tracks the government for stuffing and writing off on the exam Photo: ITAR-TASS / Alexey Pavlishak A week later, a new wave of the exam begins in Russia. A year ago, this ended with massive dismissals of the exam organizers, teachers and even regional ministers - the authorities were forced to recognize the fact of significant falsifications.

The debt of Russian consumers for gas since the beginning of 2014 has increased by 23% and amounted to 141.6 billion rubles on April 1. This was stated by the head of Gazprom Mezhregionagaz, Kirill Seleznev, reports Prime. According to Seleznev, last year the gas debt of Russians increased by 40%. Due to the growing debt, Gazprom has already addressed the authorities of the Moscow, Tver and Yaroslavl regions with a proposal to find another fuel supplier, ITAR-TASS reports .

The leadership of the Twitter microblogs service is considering the possibility of acquiring SoundCloud audio chopping. It is reported by Recode . Officially, this information was not confirmed, both companies refused to comment on a possible transaction. Meanwhile, the German publication Spiegel Online (SoundCloud is based in Berlin) with reference to his own informed sources wrote that Twitter really showed interest in SoundCloud, but is not ready to purchase it.

North Korean society is usually perceived as monolithic: the country's population consists almost exclusively of ethnic Koreans, each of them belongs to one of the five pseudo -caste groups determined by the Song Booning system, traveling abroad is strictly controlled by the state. Men are called up in the army, and if a northerner wants to make a career, he needs to join the party. But there is a small, but very active group of residents in the DPRK, for whom all this does not work.

The Verkhovna Rada of Ukraine voted for the memorandum of peace and consent, which provides for the withdrawal of troops from the eastern regions of the country. The document was supported by 252 deputies, reports Interfax.

Roskomnadzor issued a warning to the TJournal site. The message about this appeared on Twitter of the publication. “TJournal received a notification from Roskomnadzor. These were funny three years, guys, ”the tweet says. TJournal received a notification from Roskomnadzor. These were funny three years, guys.

On May 20, at 18:00, Yegor Lazarev (Columbia University, New York) will perform in the Golden Hall. The performance will present the results of a study of the influence of religious identity on the attitude to Syrian refugees in Turkey. The study is based on an experiment built into a survey of more than a thousand respondents in Istanbul and Gaziantepe - the main Turkish city on the Syrian border.

Chinese investors showed interest in acquiring Rosneft shares. This was told by the Minister of Finance of the Russian Federation Anton Siluanov, Interfax reports. Siluanov did not specify what kind of package in the largest Russian oil company would like to buy the Chinese side.

Deputies of the State Duma supported the first reading a bill, which introduces liability for wearing the symbols of movements that collaborated with fascist organizations. This was reported in the document card on the Duma website.

Forest anti -aircraft missile systems were found in Ukraine detainees in Ukraine. This was stated on the air of the Ukrainian "Channel 5" Deputy Secretary of the Council of National Security and Defense of the country Victoria Symar. According to Sumar, during the arrest, Oleg Sidyakin and Marat Saichenko presented the certificates of journalists, "but they had the MANPADS in the trunk." “Either they helped someone to transport it, or they themselves shot from it-this must be found out.

The tax on mineral mining (NPPs) for Russian deposits supplying gas to China under the future contract may be reset. This proposal was made by Russian President Vladimir Putin, who is on a two -day visit to China, Interfax reports. In turn, the Chinese side expressed its willingness to cancel import duties for gas from Russia. This was told by the president of Rosneft Igor Sechin. “A compromise is always possible when both sides make concessions,” said Sechin.

Gazprom shares on the Moscow Exchange by the middle of the auction on May 20 fell by more than 2%. This happened after the reports that appeared in the media that the contract with China would not be signed during a visit to the country of President of the Russian Federation Vladimir Putin. Earlier, the Vedomosti newspaper, citing sources in the Russian delegation, wrote that negotiations with China were delayed, and the corresponding agreement was not signed with CNPC.

On Tuesday, May 20, VTB signed an agreement on cooperation with Bank of China as part of the state visit of the Russian President to China. The contract was signed in the presence of Vladimir Putin and the chairman of China Xi Jinping, according to the VTB press release . Partners are going to develop cooperation in the field of calculations using national currencies, investment-banking businesses, interbank lending, trade financing and operations in capital markets.

Olympiad in Sochi at all costs On July 4, 2007, members of the International Olympic Committee as a result of competitive selection were declared the venue for the XXII Olympic Winter Games and XI Paralympic Winter Games the Southern Russian City of Sochi.