April 23 at 16:00 in Moscow in the Sakharov Center (Zemlyanoy Val, 57, building 6) will be held another charity evening in support of political prisoners . Lev Rubinstein, Dmitry Bykov, Veronika Dolina, Alexei Paperny and others will perform. They will raise money for the actions to help political prisoners and their families, sign postcards in pre-trial detention centers and colonies.

Ministry of Culture. Photo: nppir.ru As part of the investigation of criminal cases of major embezzlement in the Ministry of Culture, the head of the Directorate for the Construction, Reconstruction and Restoration of Boris Tsagaraev was detained. This was reported by Interfax with reference to a source in law enforcement agencies. The Lefortovo Court of Moscow authorized the arrest of Tsagaraev, a source close to the investigation told RIA Novosti.

Arthur House. Photo from a personal page The Sormovsky District Court of Nizhny Novgorod recognized the British journalist Arthur House by a visa -free violator, Kommersant reports . It was fined 4 thousand rubles and should leave Russia within five days. The deputy chief editor of the British Internet publication The Calvert Journal and the chief editor of The Junket House online magazine came to Russia as part of the project of the Calvert 22 Foundation charity foundation.

Igor Trunov. Photo by Dm. Borko/Brani.ru Lawyer Igor Trunov, representing the interests of the relatives of those who died on August 24, 2004 in terrorist attacks on the Tu-134 and Tu-154 aircraft, submits an application in the Investigative Committee with a request to resume the investigation. The lawyer reports this on his page.

North Korean submarine. Photo: wikipedia.org North Korea launched a ballistic missile from a submarine. This was reported by Reuters with reference to the Joint Committee of the Chiefs of Staff of South Korea. As specified in the committee, the launch was made north-east of the east coast of the country at 18:30 local time (12:30 Moscow time). Later, Seoul said they consider the launch unsuccessful.

John Kerry. Photo of the press service of the State Department of the United States The United States invited Russia to introduce a new round -the -clock control system for ceasefire in Syria. This was stated by US Secretary of State John Kerry, reports The New York Times. The idea is to distinguish between the territories of the country free from warfare.

Semyon Vilensky. Photo: epochtimes.ru In the 88th year of his life, a poet, a memoirist, publisher, founder and head of the Return Historical and Log by the Journal of Totalitarian Systems, Semen Vilensky, died. This was reported by Radio Liberty with reference to his son, human rights activist Leo Levinson. In 1948, Vilensky was arrested on charges of anti -Soviet agitation and terrorist intentions. The reason was the verses containing criticism of Joseph Stalin.

Moody's logo Moody's Investors International rating agency confirmed Russia's rating at the BA1 level, the agency reports . The prognosis of ratings is negative. Moody's decided to maintain ratings at the same level, taking into account the stability of the Russian economy against the background of an oil prices that resumed at the beginning of the year. In addition, the agency took into account changes in tax-budget policies that reduce the budget deficit in 2016-2018 to an acceptable level.

"Anti -Platon" near St. Petersburg. Photo by Arsenia Vesnina (@ars_ves) The government approved the draft amendments to the Tax Code, according to which the amount of payments for the Platon system registered in the Plato system will be deducted from the transport tax for truck owners. The message about this is published on the government website. If the amount of payments for heavy loads is equal to the tax amount or exceeds it, individuals will be exempted from taxation.

Police exercises in Smolensk. Smoldaily frame In Smolensk, demonstrative tactical and special exercises were held to develop a set of measures to prevent the police with mass protests in settlements. This was reported by the publication "What Smolensk is talking about" According to the scenario of exercises, protesting against the demolition of illegally built houses blocked the main street of the catchy village. Representatives of the administration and the district police officer were beaten.

Mossack Fonseca logo. Photo: Welt.de During the search in the office of the Panama Law Firm, Mossack Fonseca found ten bags of documents crushed in the shreds, reports Reuters. The company is suspected of illegal activities to open offshore companies. The content of the lost documents is still unknown.