Top news for the weekend of May 6-9 – Kommersant
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Near Nizhny Novgorod on May 6 it was committed an attempt on the life of a writer, public figure, former riot police Zakhar Prilepin, who was returning from a business trip from the Donbass. Mr. Prilepin was seriously wounded, his driver Alexander Shubin, known by the call sign Evil, died. The investigation is working out the version of the involvement of the Ukrainian special services in the attack. Arrested accused of attempting to assassinate a writer. The ICR qualified the incident as a terrorist attack.
Russian President Vladimir Putin spoke May 9 with a speech at the Victory Parade on Red Square. He congratulated everyone on the Victory Day, after which he said that a war had been unleashed against Russia again. According to him, “neo-Nazi evil spirits” were gathered in one place and directed against the Russian Federation, but the country will ensure its own security.
The founder of PMC “Wagner” Yevgeny Prigozhin on the morning of May 9 through his press service distributed a video recording in which he said: the PMC received only 10% of the requested amount of ammunition, they will last until the middle of the day on May 9, on May 10 the PMC will leave Bakhmut if there are no new arrivals.
On May 6, fashion designer Valentin Yudashkin, who died on May 2, buried at the Troekurovsky cemetery in Moscow. Before the funeral, an open farewell ceremony for Valentin Yudashkin took place in the funeral hall at the Troekurovsky cemetery.
In the border town of Shebekino in the Belgorod region on May 8 and 9 due to shelling damaged windows in 124 apartments. According to Governor Vyacheslav Gladkov, the restoration of window structures will begin in the second half of this week.
During fires in the Kurgan region died 21 people. Since the beginning of the year, 46 perpetrators of major natural fires have been identified, and seven criminal cases have been initiated against alleged arsonists.
Kazan “Zenith” won the final series of play-offs of the Russian championship in volleyball with a score of 3:0 and conquered gold medals. Having won two victories at home, he defeated Dynamo Moscow and in the third match he was already on the road. Kazan lost 0:2 in sets and prevailed in the tie-break – 3:2 (23:25, 23:25, 25:17, 30:28, 15:13). Zenit became the champion of Russia for the 11th time.
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