RIAN.Ru presents a photo review of the main events of May 15–21, 2010.
May 19 saw massive clashes between Kyrgyz and Uzbeks on ethnic grounds in the Jalalabad Province in Kyrgyzstan trigged by supporters of the republic’s former government.
A state of emergency was introduced in the town of Jalalabad.
On April 7, the interim government assumed power in Kyrgyzstan as a result of mass disorder. On May 19, it appointed Roza Otunbayeva temporary president. The interim government decided that Otunbayeva would rule the country until the inauguration of a new president; presidential elections are to be held in October 2011.
Another important political event was President Dmitry Medvedev’s meeting with Namibian President Hifikepunye Pohamba in the Kremlin on May 20. Dmitry Medvedev and Hifikepunye Pohamba discussed future cooperation in various areas, from education to the energy industry. They also signed a memorandum of cooperation on geological exploration and uranium production in Namibia. President Medvedev said Russia was ready to build two hydroelectric power plants and a mineral fertilizer plant in Namibia.
A new accident at a mine in the Kuznetsk Basin occurred on May 19. An inclined shaft collapsed at the Aleksiyevskaya mine in the Kemerovo Region. Twenty-nine people out of thirty-one managed to get out.
The Russian national hockey team’s victory, which took it to the 2010 Ice Hockey World Championships semifinals, became one of the most prominent sports events of this week. The quarterfinal of the 2010 Championships, which took place in Cologne on May 20, ended 5:2 for Vyacheslav Bykov’s players. The Russian team got their revenge from the Canadians after failing in the Olympic Games in Vancouver.
On May 19, the Interstate Aviation Committee demonstrated three flight recorders from late Polish President Lech Kaczyński’s Tu-154 plane, which crashed near Smolensk on April 10.
The technical commission reported that the Tu-154 plane crash had not been caused by a terrorist act, explosion, fire or breakdown. Photo: the flight recorders from the Tu-154M, which crashed near Smolensk on April 10 with Lech Kaczyński onboard.
