70 years ago, on April 13, 1943, near Smolensk in the Katyn region, the Germans discovered mass graves of Polish officers shot in the spring of 1940 by the NKVD. Although in reality about 4,500 Poles were shot at Katyn, the Germans claimed that about 15,000 corpses were found there, which roughly corresponded to the number of Polish officers and policemen who disappeared without a trace in Soviet captivity since the spring of 1940.

April 13 is the birthday of Maria Baronova, one of the 27 accused in the "Swamp case". The day of solidarity with Maria is the continuation of the campaign "One day - one name." Every day is dedicated to one of the "swamp prisoners". The campaign will end with a large action on the anniversary of the events of May 6. Maria alone brings up a six -year -old son. After the establishment of a criminal case, the authorities tried to press it through the guardianship authorities.

Foreign Ministry. Photo by A. Karpyuk/Grani.ru Russia will not support the new draft resolution of the UN General Assembly for Syria. The corresponding commentary on the information and seal department is published on the website of the Foreign Ministry. "In Moscow, the prospect of a new escalation of tension and confrontation around the Syrian question at the UN is concerned in Moscow," the report said.

In the center of Moscow, dozens of participants in the campaign "Day of Russian anger" were detained. According to the Grani.ru correspondent, at 13 o’clock about 200 activists gathered on Pushkinskaya Square, where the detentions immediately began. About a hundred participants of an inconsistent action, breaking into two groups, walked along Tverskaya and lanes towards the garden ring, chanting "Russia for Russians, Moscow for Muscovites and other xenophobic rivers.

On Red Square, participants in the walk in support of the "swamp prisoners" were detained, the OVD-info reports . In total, about 50 people participated in the action. They walked at the frontal place with white ribbons and portraits of prisoners. After some time, the police closed Red Square. According to the ATS-Info, among the detainees, Alexei Melentyev, Igor Bakirov, Ekaterina Maldon, Ekaterina Mochalova, Denis Yudin, Olga Romanenko, Ekaterina Ryzhova.

Alexander Vinokurov. Frame "rain" The owner of the magazine "Big City" Alexander Vinokurov is ready to give the publication to reporters. He writes about this on his Facebook page. The option when the media belongs to those who do it, he considers "the best design for future media, free and independent." “Maybe it will be correct if I give the“ big city ”of the editorial office? Well, or those from the editorial office who want.

Farewell to Alexander Dolmatov. Photo by L. Barkova/Grani.ru When considering the case of the provision of asylum to the activist of "another Russia" to Alexander Dolmatov, the Dutch authorities acted casually in many areas. " Such conclusions are contained in the report of the Ministry of Justice of the Netherlands. His arrest and premises in the deportation center are called unfair in the document.

130 years ago, on April 13, 1883, Demyan Poor was born (Efim Alekseevich Pridvorov), who was considered the first Soviet poet for a long time.

Picket at the "Bolkonsky House". Photo by Yuri Timofeev/Grani.ru The developer resumed work on disassembling the historical monument of the XVIII -XIX centuries - “Bolkonsky’s houses” on Vozdvizhenka, “Echo of Moscow” reports with reference to the coordinator of Archnadzor Yuri Egorova. Activists intend to call the police to stop the demolition. "Today, the demolition of the Volkonsky House on Vozdvizhenka was resumed.

270 years ago, on April 13, 1743, Thomas Jefferson, the third President of the United States and one of the authors of the Declaration of Independence, was born. He believed that "for the most part, people are more inclined to suffer than to fight in order to eliminate the cause of suffering." Few people know that, being a wealthy planter, Jefferson managed to go bankrupt during his public service, and after his death, his estate was sold for debts.

There were only 18 people on the " Magnitsky list ". There are no senior officials among them - they say they are included in a closed list of Russians banned from entering. Moscow responded with a "symmetrical" list of 18 Americans . In Washington and Moscow, supporters of sanctions do not hide their disappointment. The mountain gave birth to a mouse? Or is the story just beginning?

Exposition of CVMM. Photo from the website of the museum In St. Petersburg, the director of the Federal State Treasury Institution of Culture and Art was arrested, the Central Naval Museum of the Ministry of Defense Andrei Lyalin, the press service of the Investigative Committee reports . A criminal case has been instituted against him under part 4 of Article 159 of the Criminal Code (fraud committed on an especially large amount).

Mikhail Savva. Photo: Livekuban.ru The Oktyabrsky District Court of Krasnodar arrested for two months the director of the grant programs of the Southern Regional Resource Center Mikhail Savva. It is reported by "New Gazeta". The publicist is charged with part 3 of Article 159.2 of the Criminal Code (fraud upon receipt of payments using his official position). He faces up to five years in the colony.

Pavel Vazhenin. Photo: Nataly-hill.livejournal.com Judge of the Presnensky district court of Moscow Dmitry Dolgopolov arrested a new person involved in the manual case - a supporter of the ethnopolitical association "Russian" Pavel Vazhenin. This was reported by the human rights center "Russian Public Movement". So far, 34-year-old Vazhenin, suffering from epilepsy, has to stay in jail until May 12.

Kadyrov with a horse. Photo: vainah.info The head of Chechnya Ramzan Kadyrov responded to the news about the inclusion of him in the closed part of the Magnitsky List with an ironic remark that he had already handed over a ticket to the United States and would not take him anymore. “I just learned from the journalists that I may have been in some“ Magnitsky list, ”RIA Novosti reports Kadyrov’s words.“ I, as I heard this information, passed the ticket to the USA and will never take it back.