Yuri Pivovarov. Photo: Inion.ru Academician Yuri Pivovarov was dismissed from the post of director of the Institute of Scientific Information on Social Sciences of the Russian Academy of Sciences of his own free will. This was reported by Interfax with reference to the press service of Fano. Pivovarov filed an application as early as April 18, the FNAO said. It is assumed that he will take the post of scientific director of INION.

Poster to the film "Present" Nikita Mikhalkov Unknown people fired at Nikita Mikhalkov’s studio “Trith”, located in the center of Moscow at 11 Kozikhinsky per., 11. Investigated by RIA Novosti. The incident occurred on Sunday, April 26; Then the studio employees turned to the police. Nevertheless, in the media, they reported what happened only on Tuesday. According to Ren-TV, on the spot the police seized metal balls with a diameter of 12 millimeters.

Leonid Lebedev. Frame "Vesti" Member of the Federation Council from Chuvashia Leonid Lebedev ahead of schedule lures the powers. This was stated by the head of the Commission on the reliability of information on income, property and property obligations, the vice-speaker of the upper house Yuri Vorobyov, TASS reports .

Ilya Yashin in Bolotnaya Square. Photo by V. Maximyuk/Grani.ru The criminal case, open against a member of the Federal Political Council of the RPR-Parnas Ilya Yashin after a fight in Yaroslavl, was terminated in an amnesty for the 70th anniversary of the victory over Germany. The functionary himself reported this on his Twitter. “I am satisfied: I gave a scoundrel in the face, and escaped a criminal record,” Yashin later remarked on Facebook.

Nadezhda Savchenko in court 02/10/2015. Photo: Andrey Novichkov/Grani.ru The Ukrainian pilot, deputy of the Verkhovna Rada, Nadezhda Savchenko, was transferred from the medical unit of the Lefortovo pre -trial detention center to the city hospital. This was stated by the official representative of the FSIN Kristina Belousova, Interfax reports .

Eston Kokhver. Photo: Office of the President of Estonia The FSB made a final charge to an abducted security police officer Estona Eston Kokhver. This was reported by Interfax with reference to an interview with Evgeny Aksenov, a Kokhver lawyer, given to the BNS agency. The materials of the officer’s case were transferred to the prosecutor to approve the indictment.

Flag of the Party of Progress. Photo: PartyProgress.org The Ministry of Justice revoked the registration of the progress of Alexei Navalny. This was reported on the website of the department. As the ministry explains, if in 44 constituent entities of the Russian Federation the Party branches by October 2014 passed the necessary registration, then the rest of the departments did not fit in this period.

Central Bank. Photo by D. BORKO/Brani.ru The Central Bank considers it inappropriate to introduce restrictions on the use of foreign currency in Russia. This was reported by TASS with reference to the press service of the Central Bank. Earlier, the media reported that such measures were proposed by the Security Council. "Administrative measures to restrict the use of foreign currency in the Russian Federation at a meeting of the Interdepartmental Commission were not considered.

The start of the Soyuz rocket with the ship Progress. Photo: Federalspace.ru The Progress M-27M cargo spacecraft did not reach the calculated orbit due to the incorrect operation of one of the stages of the Soyuz -2.1A missile. This was reported by TASS with reference to a source in the space industry. The Soyuz missile did not attend the ship for about 70 km, as a result of which there was no connection with the Progress ship.

Lyudmila Alekseeva at a public hearing in the "Swamp Business". Photo by Dmitry Borko/Grani.ru The head of the Moscow Helsinsky group Lyudmila Alekseeva is ready to return to the Human Rights Council. She herself reported this to Interfax. “If this issue is resolved, then, most likely, not earlier than summer. Maybe he will decide on my 88th anniversary, I have it at the end of July,” said Alekseeva. “I was offered to return more than once, I refused.

Igor Plotnitsky. Lifenews frame The leader of the self -proclaimed Lugansk People’s Republic Igor Plotnitsky denied reports of his arrest or resignation. He said this to the Lugansk information center. “I am in Lugansk, I am fulfilling my duties,” Plotnitsky assured. Earlier, the fact that Plotnitsky was detained in Russia was announced by the coordinator of the ATO press center in Kramatorsk Alexander Briginets.

Logo VRNS The World Russian People’s Cathedral called on at the state and international level to condemn Russophobia as one of the most dangerous xenophobia. The Memorandum of VRNS on this topic is published by interfax religion. The document discusses several types of Russophobia: household, civilizational, ideological. The latter, according to the authors of the Memorandum, is observed even within Russian society.

Self-propelled artillery installation "MSTA-S". Photo: mil.ru A self-propelled artillery installation exploded in the Rostov region, Interfax reports with reference to the press service of the Southern Military District. As a result, there was a fire at the field of ammunition.

The scene from the opera "Jalil". Photo: Kazan-opere.ru The head of the Communist Party of the Communist Party in the State Council of Tatarstan Khafiz Mirgalimov asked the republic’s prosecutor's office to check the Dzalil opera of the Tatar Academic Opera and Ballet Theater, Interfax reports . According to the communist, in the play "equalized" Adolf Hitler and Joseph Stalin. “One of the scenes is eloquent: Stalin, a sickle and a hammer, and on the contrary, Hitler, Swastika.

Swift system logo Western banks refuse to make foreign exchange payments to citizens registered in the Crimea, reports Vedomosti with reference to a representative of one of the payment systems. According to the interlocutor of the publication, if the bank sees in the SWIFT system that the person who has sent the payment is registered in the Crimea, he does not hold it.