Alexey and Oleg Navalny. Photo by Yuri Timofeev/Grani.ru Preliminary hearings on the "postal case", excited against the leader of the progress party, Alexei Navalny and his brother, businessman Oleg Navalny, will be held in the Zamoskvoretsky District Court of Moscow on April 24, RIA Novosti reports. The beginning of the meeting at 11:00. Judge Elena Korobchenko will consider the case. The Prosecutor General’s Office announced the shipment of the case on April 11 .

Vladimir Abarinov Calling the government "still the only European in Russia," Pushkin added: "And no matter how rudely and cynically it may be, it would depend on him a hundred times worse." After 178 years, in the second decade of the XXI century, the Russian government not only refuses the title of European itself, but also refuses Russia to be called a European country.

Transnistria on the map The Supreme Council of Transnistria unanimously accepted the appeal to Vladimir Putin with a request to recognize the independence of the region.

170 years ago, on April 16, 1844, the French writer Anatole France (Francois Anatole Thibault) was born, who became famous mainly for his satirical and historical novels. In 1921, he received the Nobel Prize "for brilliant literary achievements, marked by sophistication of style, deeply suffered humanism and a truly Gallic temperament." The writer also showed this temperament in public life: for example, he was among the fighters for justice in the Dreyfus case.

Pavlensky on Red Square November 10, 2013 The case of the artist Pyotr Pavlensky, who nailed the scrotum to the cobblestone on Red Square, is closed. This was reported by the correspondent of "faces".

The shopping center "Brendesti". Photo: 4shopping.ru In the parking lot of the Brendsiti shopping center, located on the 26th kilometer of the Moscow Ring Road, a mined car was found. This was reported by Gazeta.ru with reference to employees "Brendesti". The shopping center is evacuated. The operation to neutralize the laid bomb continues from the early morning. The police refused to inform the publication of any details of the incident before the end of the operation.

Ilya Milstein I must say, the colonel form is very to the face of Vladimir Volfovich. What a handsome man, huh? True, you will not immediately understand who is in front of us, the retired chief of the Israeli General Staff or the elderly Standartenfuhrer of German intelligence, because the Russian person is wide, but epaulets, patch and beret still give out their own.

125 years ago, on April 16, 1889, Charlie (Charles Spencer) Chaplin was born, one of the greatest masters of American and world cinema - actor, director, screenwriter and composer. In 1999, the American Film Institute ranked Chaplin 10th on their list of the 100 Greatest Male Movie Stars. Among his films are such masterpieces as "Gold Rush", "City Lights", "Modern Times" and "The Great Dictator". London-born Chaplin was never an American citizen.

Konstantin Romodanovsky. Photo: FMS.gov.ru The head of the FMS Konstantin Romodanovsky believes that the responsibility for hiding their dual citizenship is necessary, but the question still needs to be worked out. “There should be responsibility. This applies to people working in the civil service, those who, to one degree or another, are involved in resolving state issues,” Romodanovsky said, answering the question of RIA Novosti.

Portrait of Valentina Matvienko in the snow. Photo: sergey-chernov.livejournal.com Russia should suspend participation in the work of the Parliamentary Assembly of the Council of Europe until the end of 2014, said the speaker of the Federation Council Valentina Matvienko. “We should not participate in the end of the year in any PACE events, we should not invite their representatives to Russia,” Matvienko RIA Novosti reports.

Canada flag. Frame "Vesti" Representatives of Canada will not take part in the meeting of the Arctic Council in Moscow due to the situation in Ukraine, RIA Novosti, with reference to the Canadian Minister for Affairs of the Arctic Council, Leon Aglukkak reported. "Canada will not attend a meeting in Moscow at the level of working groups this week," the minister said.

The crash of the ferry in Korea. Photo by Yonhap The passenger steam "Sevol" crashed on Wednesday in the morning off the southwestern coast of South Korea. The ship almost completely went under water. According to RIA Novosti, which refers to the Renhap agency, at the moment it was possible to evacuate almost 370 of 477 people on board, three more people were found dead. Earlier it was reported that all saved are students and teachers of local schools.

NATO headquarters. Photo: NATO.int NATO will soon post additional troops in Eastern Europe. This was reported by Reuters with reference to the Secretary General of the North Atlantic Alliance Anders Fogg Rasmussen. The head of NATO explained this decision by the continuing crisis in Ukraine. Rasmussen promised to carry out the transfer of new forces "immediately, that is, the other day." He noticed that reinforcements would receive both ground and sea troops.

Pavel Durov. Photo: "VKontakte" The founder and general director of the VKontakte social network Pavel Durov refused to comply with the requirement of the authorities to close the opposition communities. “Neither I nor my team are going to carry out political censorship,” Durov wrote on Wednesday on his page. “We will not delete neither the Navalny anti -corruption community, nor hundreds of other communities, the blocking of which is required from us.

Sergey Ruditsa. Frame TV channel "Telemix" The head of the administration of the Ussuri city district, Sergei Ruditsa, was temporarily suspended from the performance of duties. This decision was made by the Leninsky District Court of Vladivostok, reports PrimaMedia. The property of the mayor is seized. On Tuesday, a criminal case was instituted against Ruditsa under the article "negligence".