Will Vladimir Putin leave without blood? The leaders of the new election alliance believe in the peaceful scenario of the change of power. They believe that the national driver is not crazy. At the same time, they are inspired by a historical example of a hundred years ago - the renunciation of Nicholas II. Mikhail Kasyanov, Alexey Navalny, Vladimir Milov, Andrey Zubov, Dmitry Oreshkin and others in the video report from the conference "Elections 2015 - 2016: A summons for the opposition".

150 years ago, on April 18, 1865, the Provisional Rules for the Press were adopted, significantly limiting prior censorship. Under this law, censorship remained only for pamphlets and short essays. Books over 160 pages for Russian and over 320 pages for translated editions could be published without censorship. Book publishers were liable to the courts if they found anything illegal in the books.

Forest Fire. Photo: Rosleshoz.gov.ru The Ministry of Defense has created a group of duty forces to combat emergency situations of a natural and technogenic nature. This was reported by TASS with reference to the management of the press service and information of the department. "In total, about 12 thousand troops and 1700 units of engineering and special equipment, about 100 aircraft and helicopters are in readiness from Kaliningrad to Vladivostok," the agency’s interlocutor said.

Mikhail Khodorkovsky after liberation. Frame The New Times The head of the public organization Open Russia, Mikhail Khodorkovsky, supported the decision of the RPR-Parnas and the Party of Progress on the creation of the coalition on the eve of the State Duma elections. He reported this on his website. “Open Russia”, due to the fact that it is a public organization, cannot have its own separate election list, Khodorkovsky said. "We support a list of democratic candidates.

Vladimir Putin. Photo of the Kremlin press service Vladimir Putin left the answer to the question of whether he can imagine a situation in which Moscow will be considered the recognition of the self -proclaimed Donetsk and Lugansk "people's republics". According to RBC, the question was asked the president in the Vesti on Saturday program on the Russia 1 TV channel. “I wouldn’t want to say on this subject now, because no matter what I say, everything can be counter -productive,” Putin said.

Greece Prime Minister Alexis Tsipras and Vladimir Putin. Photo of the Kremlin press service Greece and Russia intend to sign a bilateral agreement under which Athens, as an advance payment for the construction of the Turkish Stream gas pipeline, can receive up to 5 billion euros, RIA Novosti reports with reference to Der Spiegel. The German edition was told about this by a high -ranking member of the ruling in Greece of the Levoradical Party of Siriz.

Copenhagen. Photo: Wikipedia Listers with threats to the implementation of new terrorist attacks in Denmark were distributed unknown throughout Copenhagen on Friday evening, RIA Novosti reports with reference to the local TV2 television channel.

Pavel Plotnikov. Photo: Yoshkar-Olya information portal The mayor of the city of Yoshkar-Ola Pavel Plotnikov went missing. The fact that on the eve he did not appear at home, reports RBC with reference to the wife of an official. According to the press service of the Main Directorate of the Ministry of Internal Affairs in the Republic of Mari El, Plotnikov on Friday went to the Stroitov Street on the outskirts of the city. Since then, nothing is known about his whereabouts.

Alexander Lukashenko. Photo from the site www.navina.org President of Belarus Alexander Lukashenko does not plan to take part in the Moscow Victory Parade on May 9, RIA Novosti reports. “The president will be in Minsk on May 9. On May 9, we have our own parade as in Moscow,” the agency quotes his quoted.

Dmitry Peskov. Photo: Kremlin press service The press secretary of the President of Russia Dmitry Peskov denied information about the agreement with Greece on an advance payment of 3-5 billion euros for the construction of the Turkish Stream gas pipeline, RIA Novosti reports. “Putin himself said at a press conference that no one was addressing for help. Naturally, the issue of energy cooperation was raised.

The demolition of the monument to Lenin in Kharkov. Frame "Gramydsk TV" In Kharkov, two monuments to Lenin were demolished on Friday, Gromadske TV reports . According to the channel, monuments were demolished on the territory of the Zhukovsky and Kharkov Polytechnic Institute of the National Aerospace University. Also, according to Gromadske TV, on the same day another monument to Lenin was demolished - on the central square of Kramatorsk Donetsk region.

85 years ago, on April 18, 1930, a historian, writer and literary critic Nathan Yakovlevich Eidelman, one of the most popular Soviet historians engaged in the history of the XVIII-XIX centuries, was born. He wrote in his diary: “The need for a personality-psychological approach to the history of the XIX century has risen. I broke the wall between objective and subjective. I thought - what am I, what are we? ”

Evgenia Chirikova. Photo by the border.ru The leader of the "Movement in Protection of the Khimkinsky Forest" Evgeny Chirikova, together with his family, emigrated to Estonia, RIA Novosti reports with reference to one of the Estonian television channels. According to Chirikova, in Estonia she can more effectively engage in her socio-environmental projects. In addition, the politician noted, Russia is located close, which is very convenient.