Photo: John Nash died in a taxi on the road in New Jersey // Global Look Press Mathematician and A Beautiful Mind hero John Nash died in a car accident in New Jersey. The 86-year-old scientist and his 82-year-old wife were in a taxi when it collided with another car on the road and then crashed into a guardrail. The couple died on the spot. Actor Russell Crowe, who played Nash in A Beautiful Mind, expressed his condolences to the family of the victims.

Photo: BMW expands production in Russia // Global Look Press BMW plans to organize the assembly of the X4 crossover in Russia at the Avtotor plant in the Kaliningrad region. This decision was made despite a 20% drop in sales of BMW cars in Russia in January–April 2015. “Currently, BMW 3 Series, 5 Series, 7 Series, X1, X3, X5 and X6 are assembled at Avtotor.

Photo: New rules may increase the number of games being postponed due to poor field conditions // Global Look Press In the new season, the requirements for the home stadiums of participants in the Russian football championship will be seriously tightened. The RFPL positively evaluates its work in the 2014/15 season. However, Arsenal coach Dmitry Alenichev could argue with this.

Photo: Will Dmitry Alenichev become the head coach of Spartak? // Alexander Chernykh / Russian Look The media confirmed the information from Sobesednik that Dmitry Alenichev could become the new head coach of Spartak . According to a number of publications, Alenichev, who currently heads Arsenal Tula, which is struggling for survival, may return to Spartak together with Oleg Romantsev.

Photo: The thief turned out to be an unemployed resident of the Krasnoyarsk Territory // Anton Belitsky / Russian Look On May 23, a woman with a stun gun tried to rob a jewelry store located in the east of Moscow. At 18:50, an unknown woman entered the jewelry store. The attacker, threatening the seller with a stun gun, took two trays of jewelry, after which she attempted to escape from the crime scene.

Photo: Ksenia Strizh // Andrey Strunin / “Interlocutor” Ksenia Strizh explained why she left TV, stood up for Makarevich, and also revealed the secret of peace of mind. In the 90s, the name of Ksenia Strizh was iconic among young people. Hoarse voice, boyish haircut, jerky movements. They imitated her; there were no others like her on television. The programs where she was the host became events - “50/50”, “At Ksyusha’s”...

Photo: Kaluga chefs have a lot of imagination // Shutterstock Culinary and connoisseur “What? Where? When?" Boris Burda tells how Kaluga cuisine has changed under the influence of globalization. Whether you like the cuisine of a particular region or not depends greatly on your first personal impression, and I was lucky with Kaluga cuisine. I first met her in a forest clearing, at the Amateur Song Club festival, where I, an aspiring bard, arrived quite by accident, not properly equipped.

Photo: Sergey Minaev // Anatoly Lomokhov Sergei Minaev spoke about a quarrel with a neighbor who was unhappy that the singer had built a playground in the courtyard of the house: “Unfortunately, in the house where I live now, there is a woman who is unhappy with the fact that I put a playground for children in our yard.

Photo: Alexey Ivanov // Andrey Strunin / “Interlocutor” Writer Alexey Ivanov named the main problem of modern literature and explained why the people cannot be despised. Alexey Ivanov has the main sign of a great writer: he does not repeat himself. At the same time, he has his own handwriting and is instantly recognizable. Some people like to describe adventures, others - relationships, but Ivanov loves and knows how to recreate the environment - traditions, roots, jargon.

Photo: Everyone worked tirelessly to plant the cherry forest, including Pavel Astakhov // Andrey Strunin / “Interlocutor” All the cream of society were present at the planting of the cherry forest at VDNKh, but some decided not to see the frontiers like Makarevich. Nothing prevents top businessman Mikhail Kusnirovich from carrying out the traditional annual planting of the “Cherry Forest” in Moscow, crowned with an open-air banquet with delicious dishes - neither the crisis nor the weather.

Businessman Maxim Freidzon accused Vladimir Putin of corruption Photo: Vladimir Khodakov / Russian Look The editors of Radio Liberty removed from the site an interview in which Vladimir Putin was accused of corruption in the 1990s. On May 24, an interview with St. Petersburg businessman Maxim Freidzon was removed from the radio station’s website, in which he accused Vladimir Putin of participating in corruption schemes in the 1990s in St. Petersburg.

Photo: No one was injured in the fire in Sergiev Posad // Global Look Press In Sergiev Posad, fire destroyed a building belonging to the Trinity-Sergius Lavra. Several thousand square meters burned in the city center. As a result of the fire, rescuers evacuated 10 people, none of them were injured. According to the police, the Trinity-Sergius Lavra owns only one of the floors of the burnt building; these premises have long been empty and not used.

Photo: Måns Zelmerlev admitted that until recently he did not believe in his victory // Global Look Russian Polina Gagarina took second place in the final of the international song contest “Eurovision 2015”. Based on the voting results of the audience and the jury, Polina Gagarina scored 303 points. Her competitor and Eurovision winner, Swedish singer Måns Zelmerlöw, has 365 points.

Moscow City Duma deputy Evgeny Gerasimov supported the renaming of one of the streets of Moscow to Joseph Brodsky Street. Gerasimov made a corresponding statement on the 75th anniversary of the poet’s birth, May 24. According to the politician who heads the Moscow City Duma Commission on Culture and Mass Communications, his other colleagues should support the idea.

Photo: Polina Gagarina took second place, performing the song “A Million Voices” // Global Look Final results of Eurovision 2015: Polina Gagarina brought Russia second place, Swede Mons Zelmerlöw won. “I’m so pleased that everything worked out. I'm so proud of my country. They love us, they believe in us, everything is fine with us,” commented Polina Gagarina on the final results of Eurovision 2015. The singer also thanked everyone who supported her and who helped her.