Evgeny Fedorov. Photo from the site efedorov.ru The article of the Criminal Code on the state treason can return the provision on "damage to the sovereignty, immunity and territorial integrity of the country," canceled in 1997. This was reported by Izvestia. Such an initiative was made by United Russia Evgeny Fedorov. According to the bill, the Soviet norm will be returned to the code.

NATO flag Large international military exercises "Spring Storm" will be held from May 5 to 23 in Estonia, DELFI.EE reports with reference to the main headquarters of the country's defense forces. About six thousand troops from a number of NATO countries will take part in them. The purpose of three-week maneuvers is to evaluate the combat training of the infantry battalion, equipped with carrier soldiers before sending to the reserve.

Light trolley in Kramatorsk. Photo novosti.dn.ua In eastern Ukraine, a rampant banditry with the capture of hostages, robbery of stores and terror against the local population continues. The Governor of Dnepropetrovsk and billionaire Igor Kolomoisky convenes an emergency congress of the communities of southeast of Ukraine in order to provide coordinated excavated to separatists and external aggressors. Still restless in Odessa, which has become a new focus of tension.

Alexander Skobov. Courtesy Photo The East of Ukraine is covered by armed rashist-fascist rebellion. Terror against opponents, acceleration of the reinforcement of their rallies and processions, hostage capture, media persecution, pogroms - all this leaves no doubt about what orders these people will establish if they manage to gain a foothold in power. These will be fascist orders.

Vladimir Putin and Marina Kovtun. Photo of the Kremlin press service President Vladimir Putin supported the request of the governor of the Murmansk region Marina Kovtun on early resignation, the Kremlin press service reports . She asked the president for permission to go to the governor's elections ahead of schedule in September this year. “Well, please, I have nothing against it. You have done a lot for the region, I will ask you to fulfill your duties.

Vladimir Putin. Photo: Er.ru Vladimir Putin signed the law on the creation of the national payment card system. This was reported by RIA Novosti with reference to the Kremlin press service. In accordance with the document, the Law "On the National Payment System" includes a new chapter - "National Payment Card System".

Switzerland flag. Photo Indexopen.ru By decree of the Federal Prosecutor of Switzerland, bank assets are frozen, possibly belonging to the former President of Ukraine Viktor Yanukovych and his close associates, reports Reuters. The prosecutor's office opened five criminal cases against persons suspected of laundering money. According to media reports, most frozen assets coincide with those bank accounts that were blocked by the Switzerland government on March 10.

Foreign Ministry. Photo by A. Karpyuk/Grani.ru The Russian Foreign Ministry has prepared a “white book” in Russian and English, the press service of the diplomatic department reports . It summarizes the "numerous facts of violations of human rights and the principle of the rule of law in Ukraine" from the end of November 2013 to the end of March 2014.

President Vladimir Putin signed a law providing for the introduction of fines for the use of obscene vocabulary in television and radio, in the film distribution and in the public performance of works of art. The text of the law is published on the official Internet portal of legal information. The law comes into force on July 1. It does not apply to audiovisual and printed products produced earlier than this date.

Flags of the DPRK and Russia. Frame of Channel One President Vladimir Putin signed a law on ratification of an agreement on the settlement of debt of the Korean People's Democratic Republic to Russia on loans provided during the USSR. The corresponding document is published on the official portal of legal information. The Federation Council ratified the agreement at the end of April. The agreement on the settlement of debt was signed in Moscow on September 17, 2012.

Central Bank. Photo by D. BORKO/Brani.ru Since May 5, the Bank of Russia withdrew a license to carry out banking operations and appointed a temporary administration at Atlas Bank and the First Republican Bank. This is stated in the message on the website of the regulator. "Over the course of 2013, Atlas Bank LLC was involved in dubious operations related to the transfer of funds outside the Russian Federation, the total amount of which amounted to about 9 billion rubles," the Central Bank notes.

Alexander Zamaryanov. Photo: msps.su The ECHR has registered a complaint of the Kostroma Center for Support for Public Initiatives Foundation and its executive director Alexander Zamaryanov to recognize this NPO “foreign agent”. This was reported by an open news agency with reference to the lawyer of the Agora Association Damir Gainutdinov, who represents the interests of the Fund in Strasbourg.

Special operation in Dagestan. Photo: Warchechnya.ru In Dagestan, a militant from the Khasavyurt band group Ramazan Labazanov was killed, RIA Novosti reports with reference to the National Anti -Terrorism Committee. His wife is also killed. On Monday morning, it was reported that a house was blocked in Khasavyurt, in which several members of the gang underground are hiding. Law enforcement officers conducted a power operation.

John McCain. Shot CNN Members of the Republican Party invited the US Senate to allocate military assistance to Ukraine in the amount of $ 100 million. According to RIA Novosti, this was announced on the air of the Ukrainian television channel by US Senator John McCain. “A group of republican senators, a very large group, proposes to legislatively consolidate military assistance for Ukraine in the amount of 100 million,” McCain emphasized.

Ilya Milstein The publicist Yegor Kholmogorov in the central newspaper complains at a loss of pace in the relations of Russia with Ukraine, that is, he calls for the introduction of troops. But I would not be in a hurry to blame the author of bloodthirstiness. It is possible that he is simply stupid, not cruel. Nationalists, even the most ornate of them, the people as a whole are simple -minded.