European Parliament. Photo: europarl.europa.eu Polling stations in the elections in the European Parliament opened in the Netherlands, in the first country that takes part in the vote, RIA Novosti reports. The vote began at 7:30 local time and last until 21 hours. In total, about 10 thousand polling stations are opened in the country. Residents of the country choose 26 members of the European Parliament, who will represent the country in the legislative body of the European Union.

Beemoth musicians in the police department. Photo "Teleklub" from the site znak.com In Yekaterinburg, the police detained the musicians of the world-famous Polish rock band Behemoth, playing in the style of Black metal. It is reported by Znak.com with reference to the Telekluba administration, where the group’s concert was supposed to take place on Wednesday. The official reason for the detention, according to the club’s employees, was a violation of the visa regime musicians.

Prochrevskaya action at Echo of Moscow. Photo: echo.msk.ru On the New Arbat near the editorial office of the Echo Moskvy radio station, a toilet was installed on a column, RIA Novosti reports.

Prince Charles. Photo: Royal.gov.uk The deputy Russian ambassador in London, Alexander Kramarenko, met with the representative of the British Foreign Ministry in connection with the recent statements of Prince of Wales Charles about Russian President Vladimir Putin, BBC reports . Moscow regarded them as outrageous. However, the conversation of the two diplomats resulted in a wider discussion about Russia's actions against Ukraine and turned out to be quite sharp.

Officials. Photos of faces In Russia, a new public position of the Internet Ombudsman may appear. According to Izvestia, the corresponding proposal is now considered in the presidential administration and the government. It is assumed that an authoritative person who could find a common language with Internet industry and state bodies may approach the place of the Commissioner for this sphere.

Palace of the President of Montenegro. Photo: Wikipedia Montenegro joined the sanctions of the European Union against Russia. According to RIA Novosti, this was stated by President of the country Filip Vuyanovich. He explained such a decision by the need for Montenegro as an EU candidate and NATO to share the foreign policy of both associations.

Arseniy Yatsenyuk. Photo: kmu.gov.ua Ukraine asks to urgently convene a meeting of the UN Security Council to discuss the situation in the country. This was stated by Prime Minister of Ukraine Arseniy Yatsenyuk while visiting a military unit near Kiev, according to the official website of the head of government. Ukraine is ready to present evidence of Russia's involvement in the escalation of tension and attempts to break the elections in the Lugansk and Donetsk regions.

Musicians Behemoth in the Oktyabrsky District Court of Yekaterinburg. Photo: znak.com Judge of the Oktyabrsky District Court of Yekaterinburg, Ekaterina Green, sentenced the musicians of the world-famous Polish Black-metal-methal group to the "independent controlled departure" from Russia, finding them guilty of violating migration legislation. It is reported by Znak.com.

After the battle in the border department "Stanichno-Lugansk". Photo: dpsu.gov.ua An anti-terrorist operation began in the Luhansk region, the island reports with reference to the press service of the regional branch of the voters committee of Ukraine. The military on armored vehicles advanced towards Lisichansk. Terrorists resisted. In particular, they blew up a pedestrian bridge across the Seversky Donets between the city of Prioli and the village of Staraya Krasnyanka.

Hall of meetings of the UN Security Council. Frame EURONEWS Russia and China imposed a veto on the draft resolution of the UN Security Council on the transfer of dossier in Syria to the prosecutor's office of the International Criminal Court (MUS) in connection with crimes against humanity.

Search in the editorial office of "Vesti". Photo: vesti.ua At about 10 in the morning (11:00 Moscow time) in Kiev a group of armed people entered the building of the Ukrainian newspaper Vesti, according to the website of the publication. The building is blocked with all the employees who were there. Later it became known that the search in the premises of the editorial office was carried out by employees of the tax police as part of the case of the legalization of illegal income.

Zarem Bagavutdinov. Shield of video messages The judge of the Buinak City Court, Uziyulla Vagidov, recognized the member of the Public Organization of Human Rights, Zarem Bagavutdinov, guilty of part 1 of Article 205.1 of the Criminal Code (promoting terrorist activities), the press service of the Memorial human rights center reports. She was sentenced to five years in prison in a general regime colony.

Mikhail Kosenko after the sentence. Photos of faces The Ombudsman Ella Pamfilova connected to the problem of the "swamp prisoner" of Mikhail Kosenko, sent by the court to the psychiatric hospital. This was reported by Gazeta.ru. According to Pamfilova, the president of the independent psychiatric association of Russia Yuri Savenko, who considers the Politzeck in the hospital, addressed it to her unreasonable. “We met with Savenko, I am already doing this,” said the Ombudsman.

Kutuzovsky Prospekt. Photo from the site seng.ru The US citizen received injuries in the explosion of household gas in a residential building on Kutuzovsky Prospekt in the Russian capital, Interfax reports with reference to the head of the press service of the Russian Ministry of Emergencies in Moscow Viktor Biryukov.

Andrey Rudomakh and Sergey Mitrokhin. Photo: yabloko.ru In the Moscow headquarters of Yabloko, a search was searched in the case of slander against a judge from the Krasnodar Territory, the party’s press service reports . The police seized a computer from which, according to the investigation, a text containing insults could be typed.