A car loaded with explosives exploded in a road tunnel under construction in the Zhuzhou area of ​​China's Hunan province on Saturday, killing 20 people, Xinhua reported, citing local authorities. The explosion occurred at about 8:30 local time (4:30 Moscow time) during the unloading of an "agricultural vehicle" that had delivered explosives to the tunnel. The cause of the explosion is being determined.

The first privately-owned spacecraft will launch Saturday to the International Space Station, carrying half a ton of food and equipment. Previously, the ISS was visited only by Russian, American, European and Japanese ships designed by state enterprises. The launch vehicle was assembled by SpaceX.

The G8 summit of heads of state and government has opened in the United States. The meeting is taking place at US President Barack Obama's country residence, Camp David, located approximately 100 km northeast of Washington. Russia is represented at the summit by Prime Minister Dmitry Medvedev.

In Moscow, a flash mob in support of Pussy Riot near the Cathedral of Christ the Savior ended in conflict. According to Ekho Moskvy, on Wednesday at about 11:00 a.m. several dozen people wearing characteristic multi-colored masks with slits came to the temple. In their hands they held posters with the inscription “Blessed are the merciful,” each letter on a separate poster.

Reports of possible explosions at two Moscow markets on Saturday were not confirmed, a law enforcement source told RIA Novosti on Saturday. "No explosives or devices were found on the territory of the markets. They are currently operating as usual," the agency's source said.

Moscow Mayor Sergei Sobyanin predicts an increase in the number of summer cafes in the capital due to the simplification of obtaining permits for opening verandas. Sobyanin stated this at a meeting with representatives of the Moscow restaurant business, which took place in a summer cafe on Pyatnitskaya Street on Saturday.

The weather on the Croisette is not going to clear up. It is overcast, it rains every now and then, yesterday the crowd bristled with umbrellas for half a day. But something interesting is always happening. Sacha Baron Cohen, who came to promote his film The Dictator, almost fell off his camel.

The Federation of Russian Car Owners (FAR) intends to continue the fight for a complete ban on flashing lights for officials, said FAR President Sergei Kanaev.

Participants in the opposition "people's festivities", who changed several strongholds in Moscow over the past night, were again detained by law enforcement agencies on the pedestrian Arbat Street near the monument to the poet Bulat Okudzhava. "I was violating the composition of the monument" and "attracting the attention of citizens with my demagogy." This is the reason for my arrest," activist Vadim Dergachev described the motivation of the police officers who arrested him in his microblog.

Moscow authorities have found a technical possibility of reconstructing Dmitrovskoe Highway and connecting it to the Moscow Ring Road by March 2014, said Deputy Mayor of Moscow for Urban Development Policy and Construction Marat Khusnullin following a tour of the area on Saturday. The Deputy Mayor noted that the tender for the reconstruction of the highway has been held and the contractor has been selected.

Four trains traveling from Vladivostok are delayed due to an emergency at an artillery warehouse in Primorsky Krai, the press service of Russian Railways (RZD) reported on Saturday. Trains No. 351 Vladivostok - Sovetskaya Gavan, No. 133 Vladivostok - Penza, No. 1 Vladivostok - Moscow and No. 239 Vladivostok - Moscow are delayed en route. The delay time ranges from 2.5 to almost 10 hours.

Opposition politicians have become disconnected from the people and that is why they did not understand President Vladimir Putin's decision to appoint the head of the Uralvagonzavod workshop, Igor Kholmanskikh, as the presidential envoy to the Urals Federal District, said the secretary of the presidium of the General Council of United Russia and vice-speaker of the State Duma, Sergei Neverov, on Saturday.

President Vladimir Putin signed a decree "On regulating the use of devices for transmitting special light and sound signals installed on vehicles," the Kremlin press service reported on Saturday.

Experts from the American company SpaceX, the manufacturer of the first private space truck, will inspect and check the engine on Saturday, due to problems with which the launch of the Falcon 9 launch vehicle with the Dragon spacecraft was postponed. "Our technicians should begin a detailed inspection of the engine as early as noon... This will include a visual inspection of the combustion chamber, we will also check the fuel pump.

European Council President Herman Van Rompuy noted the key role that Russia plays in resolving the political crisis in Syria. "We know that within the G8 there are different approaches (to this), but I am convinced that Russia's role is key in setting the right direction and moving forward," Van Rompuy said in a statement received by RIA Novosti on Saturday in connection with the opening of the G8 summit at Camp David.