Jim Mattis. Photo: Defense.gov US Secretary of Defense Jim Mattis called possible attacks on the chemical arsenals of the Syrian dictator Bashar al -Assad in response to a recent gas attack on the city of the Duma in the Oasis of East Guta. It is reported by Reuters. “Now I am not excluding anything,” the agency reports Mattis to the question of journalists. The head of the Pentagon also emphasized: "The first thing we should figure out is why chemical weapons are still used (Assada troops.

Fifty years ago, on April 9, 1968, the Central Committee of the Communist Party of Czechoslovakia published the program document "Czechoslovak Road to Socialism". It spoke about economic reforms and the democratization of public and political life, including the abolition of censorship. This document played a role in the decision by the Soviet leadership to send troops to Czechoslovakia.

Oleg Deripaska. Photo: deripaska.ru As a result of the collapse of the Russian stock market, oligarch Oleg Deripaska, which happened on Monday, lost $ 1.3 billion, that is, almost a quarter of his condition. This was reported by RBC with reference to monitoring, which is the Forbes experts in real time. The total condition of the 50 richest people in Russia for April 9 decreased by more than 11.7 billion dollars, experts say.

One hundred years ago, on April 9, 1918, the parliament of the Moldavian Democratic Republic (Sfatul Tarii) voted for unification with Romania (86 deputies in favor, 3 against, 36 abstained, 13 were absent from the meeting). Mostly representatives of the German, Bulgarian, Ukrainian and Gagauz minorities abstained.

April 9 at 12 o'clock the judge of the Kromsky district court of the Oryol region Ruslan Erokhin will announce the verdict to the poet Alexander Byvshev. Prosecutor Aleksey Tryanzin requested two and a half years in a colony-settlement for the defendant. Hearings on the merits of the case have been ongoing since December 26 last year. 45-year-old Byvshev was charged with Part 1 of Article 282 of the Criminal Code (inciting hatred or enmity).

PPP "Chongar". Photo: dpsu.gov.ua Officials of the Russian Consulate General in Kharkov again tried to take out from the continental Ukraine nine members of the team of the Russian Seiner of the Russian Seiner, this time in the annexed Crimea. Such information appeared on the FB page "Civil Blockade of Crimea".

Oleg Deripaska. Photo: Wikipedia The Office of Great Britain suspended the British’s financial regulation and supervision of EN+ Russian oligarch Oleg Deripaska on the London Exchange. This was reported by "Vedomosti" with reference to the exchange website. When the auction is supposed to be resumed, the publication does not say on the site. According to the assumption of the Vedomosti interlocutor in the banking sector, there will be no trading shares of EN+ on Monday at all.

Oleg Deripaska. Photo: deripaska.ru The group of metallurgical companies Rusal Oligarch Oleg Deripaski warned of the risk of technical default due to US sanctions against a businessman. The message about this is placed on the website of the Hong Kong Stock Exchange. The group’s statement says that American sanctions "can lead to technical defaults in connection with certain credit obligations." Also, Rusal said that they may not publish a financial report for 2017 on time.

Alexander Formoshev after the verdict. Photo by Yuri Timofeev/Grani.ru The judge of the Kromsky District Court of the Oryol region Ruslan Erokhin sentenced the poet Alexander formerly by 330 hours of compulsory work for publishing a poem "for the independence of Ukraine" on a personal VK page. This was reported by the correspondent of "faces" from the courtroom in the village of Treosna, Kromsky district.

Currency exchange. Photo from the site finobzor.ru The euro reached 72 rubles on the Moscow currency exchange for the first time since August 2017. According to information on the exchange website, the European currency course as of 11:45 Moscow time was 72.21 rubles. The dollar on Monday also went up very much. As of 11:45 Moscow time, it cost 58.83 rubles - the American currency has risen in price by more than 50 kopecks from last Friday.

70 years ago, on April 9, 1948, the Arab village of Deir Yassin in Palestine was captured by detachments of the radical Zionist organizations Irgun and Lehi. According to various estimates, from 107 to 254 villagers were killed. More than half of the victims were women and children. The attackers lost 5 people killed and 50 wounded. The events in Deir Yassin provoked an exodus of Arabs from areas with a predominantly Jewish population.

Shelling in the eastern guta. Frame Al Jazeera At the T-4 air base (TIFUR) in the Syrian Homs used by the Assad regime troops, a missile blow was delivered, AFP reports with reference to the Syrian state media. It is reported that there are killed and wounded. As the Associated Press specifies with reference to the conflict monitoring group, 14 people were killed, among them there are Iran citizens.

Moscow Exchange. Photo from the FB page of the institution The Russian stock market during the day of April 9 amid US sanctions against Russian oligarchs lost 820 billion rubles, or 8.34 percent, capitalization - it decreased from 9 trillion 835 billion rubles to 9 trillion 15 billion. This was reported by RBC following trading on the Moscow Exchange.

Vladimir Abarinov Accepting the leaders of the Baltic countries in the White House, the US president repeated his usual formula: "Ideally, we want to get along with Russia. To get along with Russia is good and not bad. Almost everyone agrees except very stupid people. Maybe we will get along, or maybe no one was tougher with Russia than Donald Trump." He was asked: who is now Vladimir Putin - a friend or an enemy? The president answered mysteriously: "We will install it. I will let you know.

Moscow Exchange. Photo: moex.com In the morning, investors began the sale of Russian assets due to US sanctions against Russian oligarchs. This was reported by "Vedomosti". By 13:16 Moscow time, the Moscow Exchange index dropped by 9.18 percent to 2071.7 points, and the RTS exchange index - 11.4 percent to 1095.6 points. The quotes of the Rusal shares - the structures of the oligarch Oleg Deripaska, fell under the sanctions - collapsed.