Twenty years ago, on April 28, 1997, an explosion occurred in the waiting room of the railway station in Pyatigorsk, as a result of which two people died and 30 were injured, and the station building was partially destroyed. The attack was carried out by Chechens Aset Dadasheva and Fatima Taymaskhanova. In 1999, Taimaskhanova was sentenced to 19 years in prison and Dadasheva to 16. They claimed to have acted on the orders of Salman Raduev.

70 years ago, on April 28, 1947, the Polish authorities began to deport Ukrainians from the southeastern regions of the country to the northern and western territories that were previously part of Germany (Operation Vistula). This was done in order to suppress the resistance of the units of the Ukrainian Insurgent Army, which enjoyed the support of the Ukrainian population. A total of 138,000 people were deported.

Ivan Nepomnya in the Basmanny Court. Photo by Yu. Timofeeva/Grani.ru The ECHR gave the priority of the complaint of Bolotnik Ivan Nepomnya and the prisoners contained with him Ruslan Vakhapov and Evgeny Makarov for bullying in IK-1 of a general regime in Yaroslavl. This was reported by the Public Verdict Foundation, representing the interests of the applicants. In addition, the Strasbourg court ordered Russia to take urgent measures to complain of prisoners and report them no later than May 4.

Victor Yanukovych. Photo from the red card of Interpol The court decision on the return to the budget of Ukraine $ 1.5 billion from the accounts of the fugitive ex-president of the country Viktor Yanukovych and his environment stored in Oschadbank entered into legal force.

Natalya Fedorova. Photo: mosyabloko.ru The Moscow activist "Yabloko" Natalya Fedorova was blinded, after the offender splashed into her face with a certain chemical solution. This was written on his Twitter by a member of the Party Political Committee Sergey Mitrokhin. According to the website of the regional branch of the party, the attack occurred on Nakhimovsky Prospekt in the southwestern metropolitan district of Cheremushka, 10 meters from the house of the activist.

Ruslan Sokolovsky. Photo: Gleb Eddelev/Grani.ru In the debate of the parties in the case of the Yekaterinburg blogger Ruslan Sokolovsky, accused of extremism, insulting the feelings of believers and using a “spy” handle, prosecutor Ekaterina Kalinina demanded for the defendant three and a half years of general regime. It is reported by Znak.com. The process is conducted by the judge of the Verkh-Isetsky District Court of Yekaterinburg Ekaterina Shoponyak.

Picket against Article 212.1 of the Criminal Code. Photo: Grani.ru The government sent a negative review to the bill introduced by deputies from the LDPR on the cancellation of Article 212.1 of the Criminal Code (repeated violation of the established procedure for organizing or conducting a meeting, rally, demonstration, procession or picket). It is reported by the BBC.

"Million march" on Bolotnaya Square on May 6, 2012 Photo by Evgenia Mikheeva/Grani.ru The organizers of the opposition procession on the anniversary of the demonstration on May 6, under pressure from the Moscow City Hall, abandoned plans to hold a march and will limit themselves to a rally on Sakharov Avenue. On Thursday evening, one of the members of the Organizing Committee, the editor -in -chief of the "Daily Journal", Alexander Ryklin, reported this on Thursday evening.

Emmanuel Macron. Photo EN-MARCHE.FR The headquarters of French presidential candidate Emmanuel Macron refused to accredit the Russian State Media RT and Sputnik as propaganda resources that spread lies. "We do not consider RT France and Sputnik, this two -headed organization, neither the press body, nor the media, but by the real agency of state propaganda," the RFI quoted the representative of the headquarters.

Rex Tillerson. The UN broadcast frame The United States is ready for military measures against the DPRK if other means of influence on the North Korean regime do not result. The US Secretary of State Rex Tillerson said this at a meeting of the UN Security Council dedicated to the North Korean nuclear program, CNN reports . “All options for response to future provocations should be considered,” said Tillerson.

Parliament of Montenegro. Photo: Reuters The Parliament of Montenegro ratified the agreement on the entry of the country to NATO. It is reported by Reuters. For the country's entry into the Alliance, all 46 deputies present at a meeting voted. In total, 81 deputies are in parliament, but 35 opposition representatives will boycott the meetings of the legislative authority after the parliamentary elections in October.

Alexander Shpakov and Stanislav Zimovets on March 26 All the defendants in “Case of March 26” announced a plead of guilt. This became known on Thursday. As the lawyer Svetlana Sidorkina told Medusa, who only the other day managed to meet his client - Stanislav Zimovts - he gave confession. So he advised him to act as a defender for their intended purpose. In addition, the state lawyer convinced the political prisoner to petition for the consideration of the case in a special order.

Mahmud Velitova is shackled into handcuffs. Life frame The Moscow District Military Court sentenced the Imam of the metropolitan mosque "yard" Mahmud Velitov to three years in a general regime in the fabricated case of public justification of terrorism (part 1 of Article 205.2 of the Criminal Code). This is reported by Interfax. At a meeting on Friday , only the introductory and resolving parts of the sentence were announced.

Yuri Kuli on Tverskaya. Photo by Dmitry Borko/Grani.ru Deputy Prosecutor General Viktor Grin approved the indictment in the case of actor Yuri Kulia, arrested on charges of attacking riot police during the anti -corruption campaign on March 26 on Tverskaya. This was reported by the Moscow Agency. On the court’s website, information on the appointment of hearings as of 14:30 Moscow time is absent .

Ilya Milstein. Courtesy Photo Unwanted organization. Life is permeated with simple euphemisms, especially Russian life, and everyone knows that if somewhere the movement is “limited”, this means that they will not let anyone go there. Approximately the same means "access restriction" on the network. This is a synonym for blocking, such as muffles in the era of ideological sabotage on short waves.