Three people died during the crash of the Robinson helicopter in Bashkiria. It is reported by TASS with reference to the source. “Previously, according to the report, the pilot and two representatives of the customer died,” said Interfax's interlocutor. Earlier, the UK said that the plane expectedly fell, and there were no signals from the crew. “The helicopter is located 20 km from the city of Beloretsk. Investigators went to this place. Presumably, the helicopter crashed, ”the UK said.

Alexey Navalny said that his vision continues to deteriorate. He wrote about this on his blog. According to the politician, his right eye sees 15%, but there is a chance of restoration of vision. Navalny emphasized that he may have to transplant the cornea. “They ask a lot: is it impossible in Russia? Doctors are bad? You can do good doctors. I am intensively treated the most cool. Both professionals and people are wonderful.

The manufacture of tapestry with a portrait of Vladimir Putin in the village of Zavitsy of the Leningrad Region. Photo: Alexey Danichev / RIA Novosti Until the beginning of the 19th century, comparing countries in terms of GDP was quite simple. All states had approximately the same structure of the economy, the minimum use of equipment and, therefore, approximately the same labor productivity. As a result, the more the population of the country was, the more its economy was.

Politician Alexei Navalny commented on the initiation of a criminal case in connection with an attack on him. The opposition was told about this on the air of Navalny Live, the broadcast was carried out on YouTube. He called the fact of initiating a criminal case “strange”, explaining that he did not expect law enforcement agencies to begin an investigation.

In the first half of May, the Kremlin arranged a diplomatic marathon. On May’s second, Angel Merkel came to Vladimir Putin in Sochi (the first visit to the Russian Federation in two years). Officially - to prepare the G20 summit in Hamburg in early July, but in fact - to discuss the key problems in the relations of Russia and the West.

Pilots and employees of the aviation industry sent a petition to the International Civil Aviation Organization (ICAO, UN Institution) demanding to check how the Federal Air Transport Agency controls flight certificates, Kommersant reports .

Roskomnadzor issued a new warning to the site and The New Times for the material of Pavel Nikulin “From Kaluga with Jihad”. This was written on Facebook by the editor -in -chief of the publication Evgeny Albats. According to her, the department found in the publication "signs of justification of terrorism." “This can be stunned.

The oppositionist Alexei Navalny received a passport from the criminal executive inspection and reminded the ban on leaving Russia. This was told by his lawyer Vadim Kobzev. https://twitter.com/navalny/status/860145273816875010 Kobzev told Mediazone that the inspection was not related to the release of the politician abroad.

Graffiti on Boston Street. Photo: Dominick Reuter / Reuters In 2002, Richard Florida, now a business professor at the Toront University, wrote the book “Creative class: people who change the future,” published in Russian . She caused a lot of discussions and made the author a celebrity in the field of urbanism. In early 2017, Florida published another work - also about the creative class.

Russian President Vladimir Putin said that most of the problems from the May Decrees were unresolved. It is quoted by RIA Novosti. “Of course, there are still many problems here, and there are more unresolved questions than what you managed to do,” he said. For five years, the changes managed to give new dynamics, Putin noted. We are talking about healthcare, education, culture and housing and communal services.

Russia, Türkiye and Iran, countries - a ceasefire in Syria, in negotiations in Astana signed a memorandum on the creation of security zones in the Arab Republic. This was reported by the correspondent of Interfax . The memorandum will enter into force on May 6. According to the document, the de-escalation zones will be created for six months, in the future this period can be extended with the consent of all guarantor countries.

The General Prosecutor's Office of the Russian Federation demanded that the investigating authorities start a criminal case on the leadership of the Russian Post after the purchase of two Tu-204 aircraft. This was stated by the official representative of the department, Alexander Kurenna, reports Interfax . “We see in the actions of the leadership of the“ Russian Post ”signs of a crime under Art. 201 of the Criminal Code of the Russian Federation (abuse of powers), ”Kurennoy explained.

The House of Representatives of the US Congress voted for the bill on the abolition of the main parts of the healthcare program adopted by the former US President Barack Obamare. It is reported by Reuters . 217 deputies of the chamber voted. Under the legislation of the United States, to pass the bill to the Senate, it is necessary to gain 216 votes. It is expected that voting in the Senate will be held in June.

The French authorities provided political asylum to the Russian artist Peter Pavlensky and his wife. This was announced by AFP by the lawyer of the shareholder Dominic Beureto Minkov. https://twitter.com/afp/status/860118306300321792 In turn, the lawyer Dmitry Dinze, representing the interests of Pavlensky, told Gazeta.ru that he knew nothing about the provision of asylum to the artist. “I am not aware of Pavlensky’s receipt and I don’t know where the media got such information,” Dinze said.

Foreign companies registered in Russia as payers of the “tax on Google” (VAT on sales of electronic services and content), in the first quarter of 2017, submitted about 2 billion rubles in the Federal Tax Service of the Federal Tax Service. This was reported in the press release of the department. In total, the Federal Tax Service received 92 tax returns. Now the service is checking the received payments.