An Aeroflot Superjet plane burned down during an emergency landing at Moscow's Sheremetyevo Airport. According to preliminary data, there were 78 people in it, there were injured and dead. Whatever the cause, the disaster will worsen the Superjet's reputation as a type, especially with overseas customers. What happened Aeroflot flight SU 1492 Moscow-Murmansk took off on schedule on Sunday at about 18.00 Moscow time from Sheremetyevo airport, but after takeoff the crew issued a distress signal.

The "interim president" of Venezuela, Juan Guaido, admitted that the quick change of power in the country based on part of the military had failed, as well as the "last stage" of the overthrow of the regime of Nicolás Maduro announced by him on April 29. Guaido did not rule out US military assistance, while Maduro is preparing for American aggression, and US Secretary of State Mike Pompeo is preparing for a meeting with Sergey Lavrov.

The most long-awaited IPO year will take place very soon: Uber began a route for investors and should name the price of placement on May 9th. The company hopes to attract about $ 9 billion and get an estimate of about $ 91 billion, writes Bloomberg (previously called the placement range of $ 80–90 billion).

The US Department of Justice and NASA completed a long-term investigation and found the specific culprit of two accidents during the launch of NASA spacecraft, which cost $ 700 million. It turned out that the contractor had been cheating: for years he had falsified the test results of critical components of launch vehicles, “brazenly entering” the necessary data into the certificates.

In the Gaza Strip, a new aggravation: on the morning of Sunday, May 5, the Israel Defense Forces attacked Palestinian targets after a massive rocket attack on Israel from Palestinian territory. Air raids in southern Israel continue. What happened According to the Israel Defense Forces , in less than a day on May 4–5, 430 unguided rockets were fired into Israeli territory.

Starting today, May 5, Russia has new rules for identifying messenger users by phone number. According to the idea of ​​Roskomnadzor, they should exclude anonymous communication. How it should work Now the messenger is obliged to confirm the user's phone number at the first registration and send a request for user identification to the mobile operator.