Informant Wikileaks Chelsea Manning (previously Bradley Manning), convicted of disclosing secret documents, was released. It is reported by BBC News. She was serving a sentence in one of the prison in Kansas. https://twitter.com/xychelsea/status/864840675220754436 In May 2010, the American military Bradley Bradley was arrested in May 2010 on suspicion of transferring WikiLeaks more than 700 thousand military and diplomatic documents regarding the US military operation in Iraq.

The Ukrainian segment of VKontakte set a record of attendance after the announcement of the upcoming blocking of the social network in the country. This is stated on the page of the Ukrainian VKontakte team. “VK set a new record in Ukraine: 18 million unique visitors per day - two million more than the last record. Yesterday, our social network has become the most popular Internet resource in the country, ”the report says.

“Renovation was not conceived for the resettlement of Khrushchevs, but to save the banking system,” said one of the theses of the protest rally on May 14 in Moscow. Indeed: new ones will be built on the site of the demolished houses, the city will allocate 300 billion rubles for this for the first three years (from the 20 years allotted for renovation), and this will allow the construction of a construction complex that has been experiencing difficult times since 2014.

In the secret data that US President Donald Trump handed over to the head of the Russian Foreign Ministry Sergei Lavrov, it was about ISIS to organize a terrorist attack on board a passenger aircraft heading for the United States. This was told by ABC News by former and current White House officials. This information was transmitted to Washington Israeli spies in the Islamic State.

The Ministry of Agriculture discusses the idea of ​​limiting the import of meat and meat recyclables from Europe into Russia, in particular, meat and bone flour, from which animal feed is made. About this writes "Kommersant". According to the publication, the authorities explain that this measure is necessary to stimulate Russian production. At the same time, the agency also considers the opportunity to supply raw materials from Brazil, Chile and New Zealand.

Rosneft asked the head of the Ministry of Energy Alexander Novak to coordinate the smooth mechanism to exit in the future from an agreement with OPEC to reduce oil production. This was stated by the head of Rosneft Igor Sechin, Interfax reports. As Sechin explained, the company is worried about stabilization of the ruble exchange rate for investment planning, Prime reports. He emphasized that Rosneft is ready for any oil prices.

The clip of the former soloist of Leningrad Alice VOKS about the opposition rallies was ordered by "government agencies". It is reported by "Medusa" with reference to sources close to the singer. VOKS allegedly told the interlocutor of the publication that she was offered to “overlay the opposition”, and paid about 2 million rubles for this. The musicians agreed to this, counting on future corporate orders.

Quell device. Photo: quellrelief.com If there is no doubt in the modern world, it is that the future has come. At least in the field of science and medicine: genetic engineering, stem cell treatment, diagnosis with artificial intelligence - that which seemed an incredible decade ago becomes the norm. But the truth is that these technologies seem far from the average person: most of us most likely solve our medical problems about the same as 5, 10, 15 years ago - the same drugs and drugs.

The Chairman of the PRC Xi Jinping, whom Vladimir Putin met the other day in Beijing, invited the Russian colleague to "strengthen mutual political support for the protection of sovereignty." A significant part of the problem is financial markets, the sphere in which the West is still dominated by the general oversight, leaders are convinced.

The owner of the ECH group Grigory Berezkin, in case of purchase of RBC, will create a single media holding on the basis of his assets. The businessman himself told about this on the sidelines of the Congress of the RSPP Bureau, RNS reports . “There are different audiences everywhere, there is a lot of synergy between them, it will, of course, be a single holding. There we will be as much as possible to use all the synergy, which is in this business, there are a lot of it, ”he explained.

The President of the European Parliament Antonio Tayani and the Minister of Internal Affairs of Malta (presides in the EU) Karmelo Abel on May 17 signed an agreement on the introduction of a visa -free regime with the European Union for citizens of Ukraine. This was reported by the UNIAN correspondent. The ceremony in Strasbourg was attended by President of Ukraine Petro Poroshenko. Earlier, he called the visa -free regime with the EU “final divorce” of Ukrainians with Russia.

Photo: PA Images / TASS Last week, in one of the oldest scientific reviewed magazines The BMJ published the results of a new study of the influence of painkillers on human health. According to scientists, non -steroidal anti -inflammatory drugs (NSAIDs) increase the risk of heart attack, and regardless of the dose and duration of the drug.

The Kremlin refused to appoint a State Duma deputy, deputy secretary of the General Council of United Russia Sergey Zheleznyak to the post of curator of the State Duma. This was reported to RBC four of the source close to the administration of the president. According to sources, Zheleznyak did not have been a check of personnel officers, in particular, the inspectors had questions for the deputy’s declaration, after which his candidacy was rejected.

The state corporation of Vnesheconombank (VEB) is checked for possible participation in the financing of the construction of the International Hotel and Tower hotel in Toronto, which is under the control of the Trump Organization business empire. This was reported by The Wall Street Journal, referring to the sources familiar with the deal. Now the transaction has been included in the investigation of the prospective relations of US President Donald Trump with Russia.

The project to create the Sputnik search system will not be closed. This was told by the president of Rostelecom, Mikhail Oseevsky, reports RNS. “This project will undoubtedly continue. In any case, we will optimize our expenses, ”he explained.