To participate in the XIX festival of youth and students received 61 thousand applications

To participate in the XIX world festival of youth and students from the Russians, there were more than 61 thousand applications, according to a press release of the organizing Committee of the event. The most active region was the Republic of Tatarstan, where at one place claimed to 13.3 person. Second and third place was taken by Nizhny Novgorod oblast (12.7 per place) and Sevastopol (12,3 per place). Lot of applicants appeared in the Kemerovo and Tomsk regions and the Altai territory. Most of the applications came to the site of the festival “Art and creativity” — chose it when completing the registration form more than 12 thousand people. The most popular site in the “Sports and healthy lifestyles and the Development of public institutions, NGOs, philanthropy, volunteering”. The average age of applicants was 23 years. Was the most numerous age group of 20 to 25 years. Of the total

The Deputy of St. Petersburg legislative Assembly chided for lack of a St. George ribbon

Boris Vishnevsky The speaker of the Legislative Assembly of St. Petersburg Vyacheslav Makarov made the remark to the Deputy Boris Vishnevsky because he came to the meeting without the St. George ribbon. About it reports the edition “My district” on Wednesday, may 3. “St. George ribbon — a symbol of the victory of Soviet people in the great Patriotic war, the symbol of victory over the brown plague — fascism. The greatest reward of the dead — our memories,” said Makarov after Vishnevsky criticized the refusal to wear the ribbon. Wisniewski, in turn, replied that his jacket has a olive ribbon from the medal “For defense of Leningrad”. “For me, the ribbon colors medal “For defense of Leningrad” — the son and grandson of the blockade, no to a lesser extent will mark this memory. I would ask you not to blame me that is wrong and unfair,” he said.

In the St. Petersburg legislative Assembly refused to consider a referendum on the fate of Isaac

Legislative Assembly of St. Petersburg did not include in the agenda the question of a referendum on the Saint Isaac’s Cathedral Russian Orthodox Church (ROC), reports TASS. The previous attempt to bring the issue of “the voice” taken on 26 April by the deputies of the “Yabloko”, the “party of Growth” and “Fair Russia”. The electoral Commission of Saint-Petersburg recognized the documents of the initiative group for referendum, the relevant legislation on March 28. The vote suggests that the issue of consent of the population to consolidate the Cathedral of Saint Isaac of Dalmatia, of the resurrection of Christ and of the apostles Peter and Paul, the status of state museums, with the possibility of conducting religious rites and ceremonies. The bill on the referendum regarding the status of St. Isaac’s Cathedral was discussed in Committee of the city Parliament on the legislation on April 21 and received a negative

Intelligence agencies have reported about the plans of ISIS to launch its own social network

Intelligence agencies have reported about the plans of ISIS to launch its own social network The militants of banned terrorist group ISIS are developing their own social media, said Europol Director Rob Wainwright. The terrorists ‘ plans were disclosed as a result of 48-hour spetsoperatsii, which is jointly conducted by experts from USA, Belgium, Poland, Greece, and Portugal. On Wednesday, may 3, during a security conference in London said the Director of Europol Rob Wainwright (Rob Wainwright), reports The New York Times. According to Wainwright, the terrorists ‘ plans were disclosed as a result of 48-hour RAID, which jointly conducted by experts from USA, Belgium, Poland, Greece and Portugal. They managed to find over two thousand items of the extremist network 52 social platforms. “In the framework of this operation it was revealed that ISIS now seeks to develop its own social media platform, its own part of the Internet,”

The expert explained how the United States can inflict on Russia, a sudden nuclear attack

MOSCOW, may 3. /TASS/. United States through its missile defense system able to inflict on Russia the sudden nuclear strike, said at the meeting in late April, the VI Moscow conference on international security Deputy chief of the Main operations Directorate of the General staff of the armed forces Lieutenant-General Victor Pozniki. Why stroke can be sudden for the Russian Federation told TASS chief editor of the magazine “Arsenal Fatherland” Victor murakhovski.

The Russian contractor of Bratsk were killed in Syria

MOSCOW, may 3. /TASS/. Russian contract serviceman of the Irkutsk region was killed in Syria, said the city administration of Bratsk. “Today in Bratsk will be a farewell to Bogdan Derevitsky – servicemen from Bratsk killed in Syria… In Syria, he passed military service under the contract”, – stated in the message on the website of the administration. Currently, Syrian government forces with the support of the Russian space forces carried out an operation against the banned terrorist group “Islamic state”.

Egypt has introduced fines for annoying traders

Egypt has introduced fines for annoying traders In Egypt, the annoying souvenir hawkers that pester tourists will be fined. According to the Minister of antiquities and cultural heritage of the country Khaled al-Anani, an appropriate amendment to the legislation was approved by the government of the Arab Republic Wednesday, may 3. It is reported by the Egyptian news portal youm7. As stated by al-Anani, for the harassment of tourists in zones of archaeological excavations merchants can be fined in the amount from three to 10 thousand Egyptian pounds (9.5 to 31.5 thousand rubles). In addition, the Minister said that the punishment for illegal archaeological excavations, theft and trafficking of antiquities will be tightened. Offenders may face imprisonment up to life. Earlier in may, the head of the Federation of Egyptian tourism Karim Mohsen called All Inclusive is harmful to tourism. He offered to raise prices in the hotels, running on

In Russia will limit the operation of the airports for the may 9 parade

In Russia will limit the operation of the airports for the may 9 parade Moscow. May 3. INTERFAX.RU IN connection with the rehearsals of the aerial part of the Victory parade on 4 and 7 may and the may 9 parade in several Russian airports restrictions, according to the Federal state unitary enterprise “state ATM Corporation” on Wednesday. Thus, the Moscow airport “Sheremetyevo” 4, 7 and 9 may will not take and send aircraft from 10.20 to 11.00 GMT, “Vnukovo” — from 10.30 to 11.10 GMT, airports “Domodedovo”, “Zhukovskiy”, “Ostafyevo” — from 10.40 to 11.10 GMT. Close to St. Petersburg airport “Pulkovo” these days is not planned, but a possible one-time short (5-7 minutes) restriction for sending and receiving aircraft, the report says “GK ATM”. In Yekaterinburg “Koltsovo” on may 6 and 7 restrictions are imposed from 10.10 to 10.50 and from 14.30 to 15.10 local time, may 9 from

In the Russian Orthodox Church called for tougher age limit for “the Simpsons” from the episode of pokemon

In the Russian Orthodox Church called for tougher age limit for “the Simpsons” from the episode of pokemon In a new series Homer Simpson plays the analogue of the Pokemon Go in the Church during the sermon. MOSCOW, may 3. /TASS/. Theologians of the Russian Orthodox Church (ROC) has called for tougher age of the American cartoon “the Simpsons” because of the new episode in which main character Homer Simpson catches pokémon in the temple. According to the clergy interviewed by TASS on the media market “began the active propaganda about the moral values in the teenage environment.” They believe that the Russian media market it is necessary to introduce a semblance of sanitation, and to protect children and adolescents from watching “the Simpsons”. In the media there is information on the output 19 of the 28 episode season of “the Simpsons” in which Homer Simpson, like other inhabitants of

Gryzlov: in the events of may 2 in Odessa to blame those who indulged Ukrainian radicals

Photo: RIA Novosti Plenipotentiary representative of the Russian Federation in the Contact group on settling the situation in Ukraine, Boris Gryzlov blamed the tragedy in Odessa gave the freedom of action of right-wing groups. He said this to journalists, commenting on the third anniversary of the events in Odessa on 2 may 2014. “Today is the third anniversary of the tragic events in Odessa. On this day the whole world learned of the brutal crime, which killed at least 50 people. So far there is no clear-cut information about the results of the investigation, although we know exactly who is responsible for this crime, who gave the freedom of action of right-wing groups responsible for the death of people”, – said Gryzlov. In Odessa on 2 may 2014, the radical “Right sector” (organization recognized as extremist in Russia) and the so-called “self-Maidan” burned the tent city on the Kulikovo field,