Vyacheslav Haustov. Photo from the site "Echo of Moscow" Major General Vyacheslav Haustov was appointed acting commander of the police police unit of the Moscow Central Internal Affairs Directorate by Decree of the Minister of Internal Affairs Rashid Nurgaliev, RIA Novosti reports with reference to the press service of the Ministry of Internal Affairs. Previously, Haustov served as deputy chief of public security police in Moscow - the commander of the police police detachment.

British Tornado fighter. Photo from Jetplanes.co.uk NATO forces inflicted a series of air strikes in the Central District of Tripoli, reports Reuters with reference to the statement of the Libyan government. Blows were struck in the area of ​​the military base of the Bab al-Aziza, which is considered the alleged venue of Muamar Gaddafi. According to the Libyan authorities, three people were killed as a result of a raid.

Mikhail Kozakov. Photo '' Novaya Gazeta '' The relatives of Mikhail Kozakov intend to fulfill his last desire of the artist and deliver his body to Russia from Israel. According to Life News with reference to a source close to the artist’s family, this is unlikely to happen earlier than Monday, since relatives cannot get permission to export the body due to shabbat: neither the consulate nor the morgue works in Tel Aviv.

Nikolai Abroskin and Vladimir Putin. Photo from the site of special construction Dmitry Medvedev replaced the leadership of the Federal Agency for Special Construction of Russia, the Kremlin press service reports. By his decree, the president dismissed the director of the special construction of Nikolai Abroskin. Grigory Naginsky, who previously held the post of deputy minister of defense, was appointed the new head of the agency.

Vladivostok. Photo from the site www.valter.by.ru A series of accidents at pumping stations in Vladivostok left the city without water supply, according to the website of the Primorsky Vodokanal. The accidents occurred at the pumping stations "Ermine" and "Sedanka" with an interval of three hours. According to Interfax, the power supply at the stations was disturbed due to stormy weather.

Chemical troops. Photo from the site www.duty.mil.ru Dmitry Medvedev signed the Federal Law "On Amending Article 5 of the Federal Law" On the destruction of chemical weapons ", the Kremlin press service reports. The law was adopted by the State Duma on April 8 and approved by the Federation Council on April 13.

The procession of the defenders of the Khimki forest. Photos of the newspaper.ru The meeting of the inhabitants of the Khimmok near Moscow grew into a spontaneous procession to the place of cutting down of the Khimkinsky forest near the village of Vashutino, the Grani.ru correspondent reports. About 200 people took part in the action.

The memory of the memory of Yegor Sviridov. Photo by Dmitry Borko. Brani.ru A rally of nationalists was held on Chistoprudny Boulevard in Moscow, ITAR-TASS reports. According to the Central Internal Affairs Directorate, about 250 people took part in the shares agreed with the city authorities, 50 journalists covered the event. Mostly young people took part in the action, many of them were schoolchildren. Some young people hid their faces under masks, scarves and scarves.

April 23, 2011. Defenders of the Khimki Forest are trying to stop the felling. Photographed by Dmitry Zykov.