Moscow, April 8, 2009. Fifth day of the Khodorkovsky-Lebedev trial. Photographed by Dmitry Borko.

Moscow, April 7, 2009. Political scientist Andrei Piontkovsky shares his impressions of the second Khodorkovsky-Lebedev trial. Source: khodorkovsky.ru "Process": Piontkovsky's article in Grany.Ru

Drawers. Photo from the site www.dni.ru About 100 thousand citizens with a repaid criminal record can be called up for military service this spring, the head of the male, Major General Yevgeny Burdinsky, told Interfax. "This applies, first of all, to those citizens who have the conditional terms of criminal record, and not to those who went through prisons and colonies," Burdinsky said.

At the door of the Khamovniki Court of Moscow before the hearing of the Khodorkovsky case. Photo by D. BORKO/Brani.ru At the building of the Khamovnichesky Court in Moscow, where the trial of the former head of Yukos is Mikhail Khodorkovsky and ex-head of the MELIATEP MFO Platon Lebedev, the defense coordinator Alexei Kazakov and three civilian activists were detained (three civilians ( VIDEO ).

Opposition rally in Chisinau. Photo AFP In Moldova, participants in protest shares suspect the ruling party of falsification of the results of the parliamentary elections. The authorities accuse the opposition of attempting a coup with support from outside. What is this a new color revolution in the post -Soviet space? The opinions of Fedor Lukyanov, Nikolai Petrov, Sergey Markov, Igor Bunin.

The author of the video is Dmitry Zykov.

Wine. Photo from RIA Novosti website Rospotrebnadzor established the facts of the re -export of prohibited Moldavian wine in Russia through the territory of Belarus, the head of the department Gennady Onishchenko told RIA Novosti.

Car on ice. Photo from the site www.rosbalt.ru A car with passengers failed at the ice crossing through the Lena in the Yakutsk region, Interfax reports with reference to the territorial administration of the Ministry of Emergencies. As a result of the incident, two people died. “At about 14 hours of local time, the UAZ car fell under the ice near the village of Pavlovsk on the opposite of the Yakutsk coast of Lena,” said an employee of the Ministry of Emergencies.

Nazbolov poster. Photo from the site www. PUNKSUFA.Do.am A criminal case has been instituted against the two Khabarovsk National Bolshes of the National Bounds, protesting against the transfer of Russian islands on the Amur China Amur. Activists were charged with three articles: “Participation in the activities of an extremist organization”, “Stitting hatred or hostility” and “insulting a representative of power”, according to the website of the prosecutor's office of the Khabarovsk Territory.

Boris Sokolov. Photo from the site www.open-forum.ru The new film by Vladimir Borto film critics are mainly scolded: they say, and there is little from Gogol, and it is poorly shot. I, as a viewer of Taras Bulba, rather liked it. Batal scenes are good - with a large extras, with exciting saber strokes (however, a lack of pyrotechnics is felt, because of which artillery is almost not visible in the battles). The game of the main roles, primarily Bogdan Stupka, is also impressive.

ISS The descent apparatus of the manned ship "Soyuz TMA-13" in the standard mode landed in Kazakhstan, reports RIA Novosti from the Central Department Store near Moscow. The crew of the 18th expedition (American Michael Finn and Russian Yuri Lonchakov) and the space tourist American Hungarian origin Charles Simoni returned from the ISS to Earth. After a short time, space travelers will be removed from the descent capsule, after which a helicopter will be sent to Baikonur.

Arrest. Photo from the site www.reestr.org In Moscow, the FSB was detained by the deputy head of the Russian Foreign Ministry, Alexander Gusev, Rosbalt reports citing a source in the Ministry of Foreign Affairs. Gusev is suspected of abuse of official powers. Today, the Tver court of Moscow will consider the request for the arrest of the official.

Russian Air Force aircraft. Photo from the site www.rusarmy.com The State Duma adopted in the third, final, reading the law, according to which the red five-pointed stars, used as identification marks on the military, border and performing mobilization-defense tasks of aircraft, are replaced by similar red stars, bordered with blue and white stripes and red line along the contour. It is reported by RIA "Novosti". The corresponding changes are made to the Air Code.

Makarov Pistol. Photo namarsh.ru The head of the Krasnoyarsk construction company Elitstroy Alexei Yaroshevich committed suicide, presumably due to big debts, which he himself wrote in a suicide note, a source in the regional law enforcement agencies told RIA Novosti. According to him, the body of a man was found on April 2 in the Oktyabrsky district of Krasnoyarsk in his own car.

Andrey Vavilov. Frame NTV The four -year -old daughter of the Russian senator Andrei Vavilov tried to kidnap in Monaco during a walk, Echo Moscow reports. The child managed to take away from the scene. The Monaco police conduct an investigation. Surrounded by Vavilov, this event is associated with the aggravated contradictions between the senator and his former companion, a deputy from the LDPR Ashot Egiazaryan.