Navalny spouses at the station before leaving for Kirov on April 16. Photo: Yu. Timofeev/Grani.ru On April 17, at 9:00, the Leninsky District Court of Kirov will begin consideration of the criminal case against Alexei Navalny and Peter Officer on the embezzlement of the property of Kirovles .

Plato Lebedev. Photo: Victor Chernov/Russian Look The defense of the former head of Menatep Platon Lebedev filed a complaint to the general prosecutor Yuri Chaika on the lack of an answer to the prosecutor of the Arkhangelsk region, according to the website of the press center of Khodorkovsky and Lebedev. Lawyer Vladimir Krasnov announces a violation by the prosecutor of the 30-day response and requires measures to violators of the established procedure.

The funeral of Margaret Thatcher. Frame BBC In London, the solemn ceremony of the funeral of the former British Prime Minister Margaret Thatcher ended, BBC reports . The head of the British government, David Cameron, called the last funeral of the appropriate tribute to the great prime minister. For the first time after the funeral of Winston Churchill in 1965, the queen attended a farewell ceremony with the British politician.

SS Veles. Photo: Shippingexplorer.net The investigating authorities detained two residents of Vladivostok, owners of Damelo Group, registered in the offshore zone of the Damelo Group, press service. A criminal case was instituted against them on the grounds of a crime under part 2 of article 127.2 of the Criminal Code (the use of human slavish labor committed in relation to two or more persons).

Vladimir Putin and Dmitry Peskov. Photo: Government.rf President Putin did not talk about the possible resignation of the government, it was about governors. According to RIA Novosti, this was stated by Putin’s press secretary Dmitry Peskov, commenting on the video published by Lifenews, in which the president threatens to dismiss the government if his May decrees are not fulfilled.

Dmitry Medvedev and car. Frame from the video blog prime minister Prime Minister Dmitry Medvedev, speaking in the State Duma, proposed to introduce the concept of "insignificant amount of ppm" to the law, RIA Novosti reports. In his opinion, the level of ppm can be set at 0.1. "My position on the use of alcohol before getting behind the wheel is the same: it is impossible to drink, it is harmful and dangerous," Medvedev said.

Sergey Zheleznyak. Photo: Er.ru The Vice Speaker of the State Duma Sergey Zheleznyak, deputy secretary of the General Council of United Russia, made the initiative of the law prohibiting pedophilia propaganda in theatrical productions. It is reported by RIA "Novosti".

Sergey Yushenkov and Galina Starovoitov make their way through the crowd during the holding of the rally prohibited by the authorities in the center of Moscow. March 3, 1991 Photo by Dmitry Borco 10 years ago, on April 17, 2003, Sergey Nikolaevich Yushenkov, a deputy of the State Duma and one of the leaders of the Liberal Russia party, was killed in Moscow.

Dmitry Livanov. Photo from the site m-vremya.ru Prime Minister Medvedev did not support the proposal of deputies to resign the Minister of Education Dmitry Livanov, RIA Novosti reports. “I don’t think that you expect from me that I agree with this. I will say one thing: the minister is, of course, not a ruble to everyone like it,” Medvedev said, answering a question from the deputy from the LDPR Igor Lebedev.

Sergey Davidis. Photo by E. Mikheeva/Grani.ru The Center "E" turned to a member of the Federal Political Council of Solidarity to Sergey Davidis to give him a letter demanding to submit a number of traffic documents. The politician announced this on his Facebook page. The CPE employee, who called Davidis, noticed that he was acting on behalf of the prosecutor's office. “I naturally refused to accept such letters,” the oppositionist wrote.

Nikolai Caucasian. Photo: Grani.ru The Moscow City Court rejected appeals about extending the terms of detention in the Swamp prisoners of Nikolai Caucasus, Alexei Polikhovich and Artem Savelov, Rosuznik reports. Thus, Savelov will remain in custody at least until June 11, Caucasian and Polikhovich - until July 6. The first to consider the Caucasian complaint. He participated in a meeting on the video from the hospital of "Sailor Silence", where the other day he was hospitalized for examination.

Pavel Durov. Photo: "VKontakte" Ilya Shcherbovich’s United Capital Partners investment fund bought 48 percent of VKontakte shares from the co -founders of the social network Vyacheslav Mirilashvili and Lev Levieva, Gazeta.ru reports . The general director of VKontakte Pavel Durov repeatedly opposed the entry into the capital of a social network of third -party investors, considering an independent development with a possible access to the exchange in the future.

In Moscow in the Novopushkinsky square, a rally was held "in support of Navalny, political prisoners, as well as for fair justice and an independent judicial system, against its final fusion with the executive branch." About three thousand people took part in it. Many stood outside the perimeter of the square. Video Andrei Novichkov: Moscow rally in defense of Navalny Watch on YouTube The first was the head of the Moscow Helsinki group Lyudmila Alekseeva.

Pussy Riot in the Cathedral of Christ the Savior The lawyer Irina Khrunova filed a supervisory appeal to the chairman of the Moscow City Court with a request to cancel the verdict of the Khamovnichesky district court to the Pussy Riot group, as well as the Mosgorsud Judicial Collegium confirmed his determination. This was reported by an open news agency. In addition, Pussy Riot protection asks to terminate the proceedings in this case for the lack of corpus delicti.

Irina Reznikova. Photo from a personal page on Facebook The deputy prosecutor of Kostroma, Alexander Smirnov, recognized the regional committee of soldiers' mothers with a foreign agent, since the organization, receiving funding from the United States, allegedly participated in election observations. This was reported by an open news agency with reference to the head of the NGO Irina Reznikova.