80 years ago, on April 26, 1937, during the Spanish Civil War, German and Italian aircraft bombed the city of Guernica in Asturias, which was held by the Republicans. It was the first bombing of a peaceful city in history that did not have air defense systems. Of the 5,000 population of Guernica, from 150 to 300 people died, several hundred were injured. Impressed by this tragedy, Pablo Picasso painted the painting Guernica, which became a symbol of the horrors of war.

Emblem "Open Russia" The Prosecutor General’s Office announced two structures registered in the UK Mikhail Khodorkovsky - “Open Russia” and the public network “Open Russia” - “undesirable” organizations. This was reported on the website of the department. The Institute of Modern Russia was also considered "undesirable". This organization, registered in the United States, is headed by the functionary of Open Russia Vladimir Kara-Murza Jr..

Roman Suschenko in court, 04/26/2017. Photo: Yuri Timofeev/Grani.ru The judge of the Lefortovo District Court of Moscow Margarita Kotov extended to the Ukrainian journalist Roman Suschenko, who was arrested in Russia in the “spy” case, the term of maintenance in jail for another two months - until June 30. This was reported by the correspondent of "faces" from the courtroom. The hearings were held closed, since the journalist’s case has the Grif “Top Secret”.

One of the “terrorists” detained in Yuzhno-Sakhalinsk. Field shooting FSB In Yuzhno-Sakhalinsk, the FSB detained two men who were allegedly supporters of the Islamic State and prepared a resonant terrorist attack "at the facility of the mass stay of people." This was reported on the website of the special services. One of the suspects is a citizen of Russia, the other is a native of a certain Central Asian country.

Natalia Kochneva at the award. Photo from FB page Mustafa Nayyem Representatives of the Ukrainian film director Oleg Sentsov, serving a 20-year term in the fabricated case of terrorism in Crimea, awarded the award of the American Pen-Center "Freedom to write" awarded to him. This was reported on the organization’s website. Sentsov was awarded for short films “The Bananka Fish” and “The Horn of the Bull” and the Gamer Fit and the Horn is well caught.

Navalny headquarters in Stavropol. Photo from Twitter @leonidvolkov In Stavropol, unknown people left the inscription "Traitors from the city" on the wall of the building, where the local headquarters of the leader of the progress of Alexei Navalny is located. This was reported on his Twitter by the head of the election campaign Leonid Volkov. Volkov noted that the inscription appeared simultaneously with the attack on the blogger Ilya Varlamov at the airport of Stavropol.

Alexander Shpakov (left) and Yuri Kuli. Photo: VK page Shpakova, Grani.ru The Investigative Committee completed the investigation against the defendants in the "case of March 26" Yuri Kulia and Alexander Shpakov. This was reported by "Mediazona" with reference to the lawyers of the accused. The investigation against Kuli, said the defender of the politicalese Alexei Lipzer, was completed last week.

MiG-31 In Buryatia, the MiG-31 fighter crashed in the area of ​​the test training ground. This is reported by Interfax with reference to the Ministry of Defense. "On April 26, at 12:05 MSC, when performing a planned training flight in the area of ​​the Telembba (the Republic of Buryatia), the MiG -31 Eastern Military District fighter was accidentally affected," the Ministry of Defense said. There were two pilots on the plane.

Stanislav Zimovets. Photo with personal VK page The Moscow City Court examined the arrest of the person involved in the “March 26” case Stanislav Zimovts secretly from the independent lawyer Svetlana Sidorkina. About this with reference to a lawyer reports by the OVD-Info. On the court’s website, Sidorkina said, a meeting on April 26 considered on April 26 on the complaint of a winter house was not listed.

Yuri Chaika. Photo: genProc.gov.ru The Prosecutor General’s Office advocates the expansion of the grounds for extra -court blocking of sites. This was stated by the head of the department, Yuri Chaika, speaking with a report on the Federation Council, Interfax reports .

Andrey Lugin. Source: Krymr.com A member of the Kerch gang of Laptev, a former deputy of the City Council Andrei Lugin, in 2010 convicted of a life sentence, opened the veins in the Simferopol SIZO-1 on Wednesday, when the Fsinovites tried to take him to the Russian colony. This was reported by "Crimea. Realities" with reference to Irina Lugin, the wife of the prisoner. She later said that Lugin also cut his throat. The victim was taken to the hospital.

The campaign against coorruption on March 26, 2017 in Moscow. Photo by Dmitry Borko Based on the results of the Levada Center survey, almost half of the respondents to one degree or another support Dmitry Medvedev’s resignation from the post of prime minister. These studies were published by RBC. The survey was conducted on April 7-10, 18 percent of the respondents said that they were “definitely for the” resignation of Medvedev, and 27 percent “rather for”.

Sociologist Lev Gudkov. Frame "Grani-TV" Lev Gudkov, director of the Levada Center, called the accusation of bias of the rating of the rating of Dmitry Medvedev’s “inexpensive reaction”, Fontanka.ru reports . Gudkov is waiting for apologies from the press secretary of Prime Minister Natalia Timakova. “I saw these comments. It is best to apologize to us for the false statement that this is a“ political order ”. The study was conducted in an initiative order. At our expense.

Isaac's Cathedral. Photo: Cathedral.ru The Legislative Assembly of St. Petersburg did not include the question of the referendum regarding the transfer of the Isaacievsky Council of the Russian Orthodox Church on the summons of the plenary meeting. This is reported by Interfax. Maxim Reznik, a deputy from the Growth Party, proposed to make a question for consideration by the Chamber “from the Voice”.

Alexander Barinov in court. Photo by Karine Pogosova In St. Petersburg, the Smolninsky district court refused to satisfy the police station to arrest the activist of the New Opposition Alexander Barinov in the case of hooliganism. It is reported by Fontanka. Anatoly Ma-Ni-Fu, interrogator of the Main Directorate of the Ministry of Internal Affairs, addressed the activist’s arrest. However, Judge Natalya Baeva refused to the investigator, letting Barinov on a recognizance not to leave.