European Parliament. Photo: europarl.europa.eu The European Parliament urged the European Union to strengthen sanctions against Russia, the resolution adopted in Strasbourg said . According to the Euro -deputies, it is necessary to take measures against Russian companies in the energy sector, Russian investments and assets in the EU, as well as revise all agreements with Russia in order to suspend their possible suspension.

Militants in the Lugansk head of the SBU. Hard video from the YouTube channel Valy Kotik During the preparation of a referendum in Crimea, Russian troops acted. President Vladimir Putin said this during the "direct line". “Our military personnel stood behind the back of the Crimean self -defense forces. They acted very correctly, but, as I said, decisively and professionally,” said Putin.

Deportation of Crimean Tatars. Photo: Zn.ua Since the beginning of Russian aggression in the Crimea, about 5 thousand Crimean Tatars have been forced to leave the region. According to UNIAN, this was announced by the former leader of the Mejlis of the Crimean Tatar people, the deputy of the Verkhovna Rada Mustafa Dzhemilev. Most immigrants, he added, settled in Western Ukraine. Dzhemilev noticed that relocation is a heavy blow to the Crimean Tatars.

Press conference in Geneva. Frame BBC Participants in four -sided negotiations on the settlement of the crisis in Ukraine accepted a joint statement regarding specific steps to de -escalate tension. This was stated at a press conference by the head of the Russian Foreign Ministry Sergei Lavrov, BBC reports . He noted that the main result of the meeting was the recognition by the parties of the fact that the Ukrainians themselves should resolve the crisis in Ukraine.

Kyiv Airport Borispol. Photo: kbp.aero Aeroflot, citing a certain official notice of the Ukrainian authorities, said that Ukraine introduced tough restrictions on entering the country for Russian citizens. It is claimed that all Russians aged 16 to 60 are prohibited from entering Ukraine. The admission of these people to the country, Aeroflot claims, is allowed only in a number of emergency cases in the presence of certain documents.

Investigator Pavel Karpov.

Leo Rubinstein. Photo by the border.ru Arounded by suddenly and look, mildly, exotic, even in the present time, the "Fundamentals of State Cultural Policy" are not signed by anyone.

The Ukrainian military managed to recapture the attack on the Ukrainian military unit 3057 of the internal troops. This was announced on his Facebook by the head of the Ministry of Internal Affairs of Ukraine Arsen Avakov. According to him, as a result of the battle, three attackers died at the location of the military unit, another 13 were injured. 63 people were detained. The identities of the detainees have not yet been established.

The crash of the ferry in Korea. Photo by Yonhap The number of those who died on the Swed Corean Swed of Sevol reached nine people, RIA Novosti reported with reference to the data of the Kyodo agency. According to the Government of the Republic of Korea, from 462 to 475 people were on board. Nine people died. 287 people are still considered missing. The passenger ship "Sevol" crashed off the southwestern coast of the country on Wednesday.

Dismantled section of the "South Stream". Photo: Bivol.bg Bulgaria dismantled the pipes of the South Stream gas pipeline with the first welded seam, BOVL reports . It is claimed that this was done in connection with the decision of the European Parliament on the termination of the project. RBC, however, noted that the European Parliament only intends to consider the corresponding resolution on Thursday.

Alexey Meanin. Frame "Vesti" Four employees of the Moscow Office of the Federal Property Management Agency were detained when receiving a bribe of 30 thousand dollars, reports Lenta.ru with reference to the Main Directorate of the Ministry of Internal Affairs in Moscow.

David Khakim Picket in Sochi. Photo: @semyonsimonov The Central District Court of Sochi sentenced the activist of the Party of Progress David Khakim to a fine of 20 thousand rubles, Rosbalt reports with reference to Khakim himself. He was found guilty of an administrative offense under Article 20.2 of the Code of Administrative Offenses (violation of the procedure for holding a rally).

Foreign Ministry of Russia. Frame of Channel One The Russian Foreign Ministry demanded explanations from Ukraine in connection with the restrictions on the entry introduced by this country in relation to Russian citizens. "Upon receipt of relevant information from Kiev, possible response measures will be considered," the agency said in a statement.

Boris Stomakhin in court, 04/10/2014. Photo by Elizabeth Nikitina On Thursday, April 17, in the Butyrsky District Court of Moscow (Dmitrovskoye Sh., 54, K. 1), a debate of the parties in the case of the radical publicist Boris Stomakhin will be held. According to the lawyers of Politsek, judge Yuri Kovalevsky, who is conducting the process, intends to hold the debate to one meeting, hearing both the side of the prosecution and the side of the defense.

50 years ago, on April 17, 1969, more than six months after the invasion of Soviet troops in Czechoslovakia, the leader of the Prague Spring, Alexander Dubchek, was removed from the post of first secretary of the Central Committee of the Communist Party and replaced by completely loyal to Moscow Gustav Gusak. The disgraced reformer was sent by ambassador to Turkey.