Dmitry Medvedev. Photo by Wikimedia The concepts of “democracy” and “stability” should not be opposed, ”said Dmitry Medvedev in an interview with the editor -in -chief of the NTV information service Tatyana Mitkova, whose full text is published on the website Kremlin.ru. "As for the topic" Democracy and Stability "," Democracy and the possibility of solving the most pressing problems ", it seems to me that in no case should you contrast these things," the president said.

Opposition campaign in Thailand. Photo by ar The Bangkok authorities extended the emergency in the city where the opposition’s mass protests were held since last week, the Associated Press reports. The extension of the emergency is due to the fact that safety on the streets of the capital of Thailand has not yet been restored. “As soon as everything calms down, the regime will be removed immediately,” said the representative of the government, Panitan Wattaneyagorn.

Northern chicken. Frame NTV In the Pacific Ocean, an earthquake of 6.6 points on the Richter scale occurred in the Kuril Islands and Japan area, RIA Novosti reports with reference to the US Geological Service. The epicenter of the earthquake was located at a depth of 35 kilometers 288 kilometers north-east of the city of Kurilsk, 620 kilometers southwest of North-Kurilsk, 1.5 thousand kilometers from Tokyo.

This graffiti. Photo AP In the south-west of France, the police arrested the combat leader of the Basque separatist group of this Jourdow Martitizh, Interfax reports citing BBC. Martitizh was detained along with two more persons suspected of involvement in the organization of the organization in Perpignan, during the joint operation of the special services of France and Spain last Saturday. The Spanish government confirmed the arrest of this leader. The search for militants lasted five months.

Skinheads. Photo from the site www.fontanka.ru A citizen of Tajikistan was killed on Saturday unknown in the north of Moscow, RIA Novosti reports with reference to the law enforcement agencies of the capital. Investigators believe that the murder was committed on national grounds. "On Yablochkova Street, near the house 49 last Saturday, three unknown people caused deadly stab wounds to the worker of one of the large construction companies, a citizen of Tajikistan," the police said.

Hugo Chavez, President of Venezuela. Photo Guardian Venezuela President Hugo Chavez announced the decision to return the ambassador to the United States, reports Associated Press. Chavez said this after a meeting with the American President Barack Obama as part of the "Summit of America's Leaders", held in Trinidad and Tobago.

Accident The accident in which seven people suffered, occurred in the Rostov region, the law enforcement agencies of the region told Interfax. "On Sunday, at the Rostov -Azov Avtrasse, two cars and VAZ -2115 collided in the area of ​​the village of Koysug. As a result of a collision of injuries of varying severity, seven people who were in both cars received," the representative of the law enforcement agencies said.

Georgian Foreign Minister Grigol Vashadze. Frame of the NTV channel Russian citizens on the territory of Georgia "never threaten or threaten." This is stated in a common statement by the Georgian Foreign Ministry, reports ITAR-TASS.

Somali pirates. Photo by ar Somali pirates captured the Belgian vessel Pompeii, heading to Seychelles. According to the Air Force, the ship was attacked by pirates at a distance of 600 kilometers from the coast of Somalia. Representatives of the Belgian authorities said that on board the ship is a team of 10 people, including two Belgian citizens and one Dutchman. After the ship filed two alarms on Saturday morning, there was no connection with it.

Manfred Novak. Photo from the site www.deutsche-welle.de The decision of the US President Barack Obama is not subject to judicial persecution of CIA agents who applied tough interrogation methods against prisoners is a violation of international law. This was announced by the BBC by the special representative of the UN on the problem of torture Manfred Novak.

A gas pipeline. Photo from the site www.radiorus.ru The German energy concern E.on will reduce its share in the North Stream project, which is now 20 percent, RIA Novosti reports with reference to the chairman of the board of the Wulf Bernotat concern. "Negotiations are currently underway. We would be ready to transfer 4.5 percent of our shares," Bernotat said. The negotiation partner is the French gas distribution company GAZ de France.

Jean-Michel Andre. Photo from the site www.lejdd.fr Jean-Michel Andre, the father of Eliza Andre, is ready to withdraw a lawsuit against the mother of the girl Irina Belenka in case of apology on her part, ITAR-TASS reports. “I am ready to make up and withdraw my complaint against Irina Belenka, but it is necessary that she publicly apologizes for what was done,” said Jean -Michel Andre. On the eve of Irina Belenkaya stated that the girl’s father beat “two passers -by”.

Meeting of the UN General Assembly. UN photo The United States will boycott the UN conference on racism, which is planned in Geneva on April 20-25, the ISRA.com portal reports. The White House announced that he was “reporting this with the regret,” but despite the significant amendments, which were included in the text of the conference resolution, it still remains unacceptable for America.

Frame from the movie '' Russia-88 '' On Saturday evening, the film showed the film director Pavel Bardin "Russia-88" was canceled on Saturday evening, Newsru.com reports. Before the session, which was supposed to begin at 19.30, the audience said that another film would be shown. As the journalist Ksenia Prilepskaya told the Internet publication OpenSpace.ru, shortly before the start of the session, the cinema appeared with a riot police.

Ingushetia. Photo by ITAR-TASS In the Nazran district of Ingushetia, a car employee of the road-patrol service was fired on Saturday at night on Saturday. According to Interfax, the policeman was injured and died in the hospital. "At 23.05 local time, in the village of Ekazhevo, the Nazran district, unknown people who moved by car" Zhiguli ", fired at the service car of the traffic police officer in the district.", The law enforcement source said.