Twenty years ago, on April 22, 1997, Peruvian special forces stormed the residence of the Japanese ambassador in Lima, where terrorists from the Marxist Revolutionary Movement named after Tupac Amaru had previously held a large group of hostages for 126 days. 71 hostages were released, one died of a heart attack, two servicemen and all 14 militants were killed. The terrorists demanded the release of 400 imprisoned associates, as well as political reforms.

Ramzan Kadyrov. Photo: vk.com/ramzan Publications on the persecution of gays in Chechnya were the "PR campaign" of Moscow journalists. This was stated by the head of Chechnya Ramzan Kadyrov at the barbecue-Mashlyk passing in the formidable festival, Interfax reports . Kadyrov also denied the existence of secret prisons in Chechnya. "Where did they get their argument about secret prisons? All human rights activists of the North Caucasus went to see, there is not a single such case.

A hundred years ago, on April 22, 1917, at the regional congress of authorized representatives from the settlements of the Kuban in Ekaterinodar, the Kuban Rada was created - a self-governing body of the Kuban Cossack army, subordinate to the Provisional Government. In January 1918, she proclaimed an independent Kuban People's Republic with its capital in Yekaterinodar, and later supported the Volunteer Army.

Emblem of the National Anti -Terrorism Committee In the Stavropol Territory, two alleged militants of the Islamic State were killed. This was stated in the National Anti -Terrorism Committee, reports TASS. "When conducting a set of measures aimed at suppressing activities at the Stavropol Treasury of the so -called sleeping gangster cell, which swore allegiance to the ISIS international terrorist organization (the outdated name IG.

Hacker. Photo: spy-soft.net In the United States, it was charged with eight points to a Russian citizen Peter Levashov, who is suspected of hacking thousands of computers for the theft of personal data of users. This was reported by the press service of the US Ministry of Justice.

Vadim Belotserkovsky In the United States, at the 89th year of his life, a public figure, human rights activist, journalist, writer Vadim Belotserkovsky died, Civitas reports . Two weeks ago, Belotserkovsky was hospitalized with acute pain, he was diagnosed with pancreatic cancer Belotserkovsky was born in 1928 in the family of the famous Soviet playwright Bill-Belotserkovsky. He participated in the dissident movement, was a like -minded and ally of academician Andrei Sakharov.

Sergey Friedinsky. Photo: gvp.gov.ru The chief military prosecutor Sergei Fridinsky resigned by length of service. This was reported by RIA "Novosti" with reference to a source in the Federation Council. According to the source, the Soviet will consider this issue at the meeting on April 26. On the eve of April 25, committees on constitutional law and defense and security will pre -discuss it. The discussion will be held closed.

Russian military base in Gyumri. Photo from the site www.dic.academic.ru In the city of Gyumri in the north of Armenia, he was found dead with stab wounds in the neck of the 102nd Russian military base. It is reported by TASS. The Ministry of Defense confirmed the death of a contractor. "On April 22, at about 17:00 local time (16:00 Moscow time) near the location of a military unit, a civilian attempted a military personnel on a Russian military base contract in Armenia was committed.

The winners of the contest "Man in History". Photo: urokistorii.ru Officials from regional ministries of education prohibit schoolchildren and their mentors to come to the awarding ceremony of the winners of the contest "Man in History. Russia - XX century." This was reported on the website of the "International Memorial", the organizer of the competition.

Nikolai Burov. Photo: Cathedral.ru The director of the State Museum-Monetor "Isaac's Cathedral" Nikolai Burov asked him to dismiss him from his position from June 1. This was reported by Interfax with reference to a source familiar with the situation. "Today he was at a reception from the governor and asked for a resignation. Nikolai Vitalievich indicated the state of health as a reason," the source said. He noted that on June 6, the annual contract with the Committee on Culture of St.

"Admiral Kuznetsov." Photo: mil.ru Repair with the modernization of the aircraft carrier cruiser Admiral Kuznetsov will cost almost 40 billion rubles. This was reported by TASS with reference to a source in the defense and industrial complex. The work will be carried out by OJSC "Center for Ship Republic" Zvezdochka. "In September," Asterisk "will sign a contract with the fleet for the second stage of repair with the modernization of Admiral Kuznetsov.