70 years ago, on April 3, 1948, US President Harry Truman approved the Marshall Plan - the Economic Cooperation Act, which provided for a 4-year program of economic assistance to Europe. The total amount of appropriations under the Marshall Plan from April 4, 1948 to December 1951 amounted to about 13 billion dollars, including England - 2.8 billion, France - 2.5 billion, Italy - 1.3 billion, West Germany - 1 .3 billion and the Netherlands - $1 billion.

Arsen Avakov. Photo: 24tv.ua The Investigative Committee opened a criminal case against the Minister of Internal Affairs of Ukraine Arsen Avakov for obstructing the presidential election on March 18 in Russian diplomatic departments, according to the website of the Investigative Department. Avakov in absentia was imputed by paragraph "in" Part 2 of Article 141 of the Criminal Code (obstructing the exercise of electoral rights by a group of persons by prior conspiracy; up to 5 years).

Vadim Osipov in court. Photo from FB page Vitaly Cherkasova The collegium of the Moscow District Military Court, chaired by Yevgeny Zubov, sent a 19-year-old cadet of the St. Petersburg Military Space Academy named after Mozhaisky Vadim Osipov, who is accused of fabricated case of terrorism, for treatment in a psychiatric hospital. It is reported by "Mediazona". Hearings are held at an exit session in the premises of the Leningrad District Military Court.

Evgeny Roizman in the Sverdlovsk Legislative Assembly. Photo: znak.com The Legislative Assembly of the Sverdlovsk region in the first reading adopted a law on the abolition of direct elections of the mayor of Yekaterinburg, reports 66.ru. For the initiative proposed by Governor Evgeny Kuyvashev, 42 members of the Jacket of 50 voted, four deputies opposed. The document was adopted at once in three readings. For the entry of the law, Kuyvashev will have to sign it.

Oleg Detkin. Photo with personal OK-page The Soviet District Court of Kazan sentenced to two years in the colony-settlement of the activist of Arthotovka and the participant in “Walking Free People” Oleg Detkin on charges of placing xenophobic publications on the VKontakte social network, the ATS-info reports, citing a participant in Igor Krivtsova-Detkin’s wife informed him about the sentence.

Alexander Formhev. Photo by Sarah Hurst Against the poet Alexander formerly, a resident of the village of Kromia, the Oryol region, the fifth criminal case is open. He reported this on his FB page. Information about the initiation of the case appeared on the eve and on the website of the regional headquarters of the TFR.

Detention for shares against Telegram blocking. Photo by Yuri Timofeev/Grani.ru In Moscow, at the FSB reception on the Kuznetsk bridge, participants in the action against Telegram blocking were detained. This was announced by the correspondent of "faces" from the scene. The action consisted in the fact that the protesters read out loud the correspondence fragments in this messenger with their friends. In total, the ATS-Info clarifies , seized seven participants in the action.

Laboratory of defense research and technology, Porton Daun. Photo: Sky.com The nerve-paralytic poison of the Novice, who was poisoned by the former GRU Colonel Sergei Skripal and his daughter Julia, could be produced only with the participation of the state, since the technology of its manufacture is extremely complicated. According to Sky News, Gary Eitkenhead, director of the British Ministry of Defense and Technology Laboratory and Technologies, where the poison analysis was conducted.

Roman Maryan. Photo: Sibreal.org In Krasnoyarsk, the investigation was completed in the case of the local activist of Artiloving Roman Maryana. This was reported by the OVD-Info with reference to Natalia Mons, the lawyer of the Politzek. The lawyer did not exclude that the consideration of the case would be appointed in the city of Achinsk, Krasnoyarsk Territory, located about 170 kilometers west of the capital of the region.

Vladimir Putin. Photo: kremlin.ru A poisonous substance similar to the novice poison could produce about 20 countries of the world. President Vladimir Putin said this on Tuesday at a press conference in Ankara following negotiations with the Turkish leader Recep Tayyip Erdogan, Interfax reports . "As you know, I myself learned about this incident from the media.

Kirill Kotov in the picket. Moscow, 03/30/2018. Photo by Olgitsy Vishnevetskaya FSB in the Penza region opened against the activist of the Left Resistance Kirill Kotov the case under Article 280 of the Criminal Code (public calls for extremism). This was reported by the OTD-Info with reference to the opposition himself. Some time ago, Kotov left Penza to Moscow. He learned about the initiation of the case from his mother, who visited the FSB, after she was called there.

A year ago, on April 3, 2017, an explosion occurred on the stretch between the St. Petersburg metro stations "Sennaya Ploschad" and "Technological Institute". 16 people died, 87 were injured. According to investigators, the explosion was carried out by a suicide bomber, a Russian citizen, an Uzbek by nationality and a native of Kyrgyzstan, associated with the Islamic State or Al-Qaeda. On this day in St.

Emmanuel Macron and Angel Merkel. Photo: Bundesregierung.de The leaders of the three countries of the "Norman Four" - Germany, France and Ukraine - in May will hold negotiations in German Aachen on the placement of the UN peacekeepers in the Donbass. According to Kommersant, citing a source close to the President of Ukraine, negotiations will be held without the participation of the Russian president.

Oksana Podun. Photo: Sibreal.org In the debt of the parties in the "extremist" case, initiated against the Krasnoyarsk opposition activist Oksana Sdem, the prosecutor demanded for the defendant one and a half years a year of the settlement. The lawyer of Agora Vladimir Vasin, representing the interests of the activist, reported to the Franes about this. At the request of Vasin, a break was announced in the debate.

Revan Suleimanov. Photo: krymr.com "Ukrainian saboteur" Redvan Suleimanov, convicted of the annexed Crimea by 1 year of 8 months of general regime, was released from the colony in the Kirov region of Russia upon departure of the deadline. This was reported by "Crimea. Realities." In the near future, Suleimanov intends to return to Crimea. What kind of colony was contained in the Politsyk, the publication does not specify.