Mardiros Demerchyan. Photo: "Public Verdict" The judge of the Krasnodar Kraisud, Natalya Golysheva, canceled the verdict of the Sochi worker-builder Mardiros Demerchyan, who received 300 hours of service, for sought to punish the police who tried it. This was reported at the FB page of the Public Verdict Foundation, whose lawyer Alexander Popkov represents the interests of Demerchyan. The case, open against the worker, is aimed at following the investigation.

At the site of the murder of Boris Nemtsov. Photo: Grani.ru Most of the major Moscow sites refused to hold a concert with the participation of Russian rock stars in memory of Boris Nemtsov 40 days after the murder of a politician. This was announced on his Facebook page by producer Mikhail Kozyrev.

Angel on the spire of the Peter and Paul Cathedral. Photo: spbhi.ru Fontanka.ru apologized to the State Museum of the History of St. Petersburg for the April Fools on the sculpture of an angel that disappeared from the spire of the Peter and Paul Cathedral. The corresponding announcement was published on Thursday. The note , judging by the date in her URL, was written in advance. The incident was reported with reference to the readers of the publication.

Mosque in the village of Zhuravki. Photo: Qha.com.ua In the Crimean Tatar villages, Russian security forces made mass searches. In the morning, QHA reported the searches in the village of Zhuravki (Bayrach) of the Kirovsky district. The invaders burst into the houses of local residents, without indicating the goal. The interests of the security forces were attracted by the dwellings of both the Crimean Tatars and those ethnic Russians who communicate mainly with the Tatars.

The logo of the Council of Europe The Council of Europe will require the Russian authorities explanations about blocking the "faces". Within the framework of the new project, non-governmental partner organizations report the most egregious cases of violation of freedom of speech and rights of journalists, and the European Council sends requests to the participating countries and publishes answers.

Vladimir Kekhman. Frame of the Rain TV channel In firms belonging to the owner of the JFC group Vladimir Kekhman, searches were held on Thursday morning, Vedomosti reports. They took place at once in several cities: Novosibirsk, Yekaterinburg, Kazan, Samara, Voronezh, Rostov, Nizhny Novgorod, St. Petersburg and Moscow. The police seized documents, seals and computers.

Alexander Lukashenko with the workers of the village. Photo: President.gov.by President of Belarus Alexander Lukashenko issued a decree "On the Prevention of Social dependency." This was reported on the website of the head of state. The task of the document is “stimulating able -bodied citizens to labor activity and ensuring the fulfillment of a constitutional obligation to participate in financing government spending”.

Igor Puzanov immediately after the detention. Hard video from YouTube channel novostimvd The college of the Moscow City Court, under the chairmanship of Anatoly Kostyukov, sentenced Blogger Igor Puzanov to nine years in a strict regime and a fine of 50 thousand rubles in the case of calls for terrorism, the manufacture and storage of explosives. This is reported by Kasparov.ru.

Sergey Mokhnatkin in the Tver District Court, 12/01/2014. Photo by Ivan Mikhailov Politzek Sergey Mokhnatkin, contained in the capital's pre-trial detention center-2 Butyrka, waiting for the consideration of the appeal for the sentence to him, has been holding a hunger strike from March 2. This was reported by Kasparov.ru with reference to lawyer Denis Levin. Mokhnatkin began his action after he was beaten by the FSIN employees.

Evgeny Urlashov in the courtroom. Photo from the website of the Investigative Committee The Moscow City Court extended the period of detention in the pre -trial detention center to the mayor of Yaroslavl Evgeny Urlashov until June 3. It is reported by "Mediazona". During the meeting, the defendant’s defense stated that 1400 operational-search measures were discovered in the case, which the investigation previously called lost.

Leonid Razvoszhaev on video communications with the Supreme Court, 03/18/2015. Photo: @Chateau_margo The defendant of the case of the "Anatomy of Protest - 2" Leonid Razvozhaev, sentenced to four and a half years of the general regime, will be sent to serve the deadline for Irkutsk. This was reported by Open Russia with reference to Dmitry Agranovsky, a convicted lawyer.

Henry Berry. Photo: Wikipedia The Supreme Court refused the rehabilitation of one of the organizers of mass repressions, the chairman of the OGPU and the People's Commissar of Internal Affairs of the USSR, Heinrich Yagoda, shot in 1938. According to Interfax, this is stated in the decision of the collegium of the Supreme Court, announced by the results of the consideration of a complaint about the refusal to initiate supervisory proceedings (rehabilitation) for the verdict of the berry.

Rescue operation in the crash area of ​​the Trailer "Far East". Frame of Channel One In the Sea of ​​Okhotsk on Thursday night, the Far East freezed the free trawler, Interfax reports. 54 people who were on board the trawler died, 63 people managed to save. The search for another 15 sailors continues. In total, 132 people were aboard the trawler. The Ministry of Emergency Situations noted that all saved sailors stayed in cold water for a long time and suffered greatly.

Alexey Zhuravlev. Photo from the site "United Russia" Foreigners who negatively speak about Russia in social networks may prohibit entering Russia. According to Izvestia, the head of the Rodina party, the State Duma deputy from the United Russia faction, Alexei Zhuravlev, is preparing the relevant amendments to the legislation.

Petro Poroshenko. Photo: President.gov.ua President of Ukraine Petro Poroshenko signed a law on the ban on films and TV shows made in Russia after January 1, 2014, the Observer publication reports. The draft law prohibiting the distribution and demonstration of films and series made by Russian individuals and legal entities after January 1, 2014 was approved by the Verkhovna Rada on February 5.