A hundred years ago, on April 14, 1918, the decree of the All-Russian Central Executive Committee "On the flag of the Russian Republic" was issued, which read: "The flag of the Russian Republic is set by the Red Banner with the inscription "Russian Socialist Federative Soviet Republic"".

Milos Forman. Photo: Wikipedia In the United States, at the age of 86, the two -time winner of the Oscar, film director Milos Forman, died, Hollywood Reporter reports . The director died in his house in Warren, Connecticut. The cause of death has not yet been reported.

SPRK "S-300". Photo from the site www.guns.ru After the strike of the United States and its allies in Syria, Moscow may return to the question of the supply of Damascus of the C-300 anti-aircraft missile systems. This was stated by the head of the Main Operational Department of the Russian General Staff, Colonel General Sergei Rudskoy, RBC reports .

Twenty years ago, on April 14, 1998, in Yekaterinburg, police and riot police dispersed an authorized student demonstration against paid higher education and the reduction of scholarships. About 5,000 people took part in the demonstration. Many students were severely beaten.

A rally in Volokolamsk, 04/14/2018. Photo: VK community "Volokolamsk overheard" In the Volokolamsk district, the suburbs of about 500 local residents gathered at the gates of the Yadrovo waste recycling landfill, poisoning air with poisonous emissions, to the agreed rally for its closure, Interfax reports . This is the second action of the dump opponents in a day. The action lasted 15 hours Moscow time.

Vasily Nebena. Square video UN The UN Security Council by eight in votes against three rejected the draft of the resolution proposed by Moscow, condemning the US strike and their allies in Syria. Four more members of the Council of People's Commissars abstained. It is reported by AFP. Only China and Bolivia supported the Russian initiative. Representatives of Kazakhstan, Peru, Equatorial Guinea and Ethiopia did not vote.

Alexander Zykov. Photo with personal FB page The justice of the judicial section No. 30 of the Krasnoselsky district of the Kostroma region Anna Magdalinskaya arrested for 15 days the assistant coordinator of the regional headquarters Alexei Navalny Alexander Zykova. As the activist wrote on Facebook, this happened the day before, after he was detained at the exit of the special receiver, where he was serving the previous sentence of two days. The first time Zykov was arrested on April 11.

Him weapons. Photo from the site http://nwkurier.narod.ru The regime of the Syrian dictator Bashar al -Assad after the official refusal of the country of chemical weapons retained the secret program for the production of poisonous substances. This is stated in the report of the Ministry of Defense of France about Himatak in the Duma - the document is published on the website of the military department.

Vladimir Putin. Photo of the Kremlin press service President Vladimir Putin called the US Act of the US and their allies of objects in Syria. The application is published on the Kremlin website.

Fire in the "Winter Cherry", Kemerovo. Hard video from the YouTube channel Anatoly Kochnev Inspections of compliance with fire safety standards in the burned Kemerovo shopping center "Winter Cherry" were hindered by some "high -ranking officials". This was stated by Chairman of the Investigative Committee of Alexander Bastrykin at a meeting with relatives of the dead in a fire, Interfax reports . Bastrykin did not specify who specifically he had in mind.

Sergey Lavrov. Photo: Mid.ru Former GRU Colonel Sergei Skripal and his daughter Julia were poisoned by BZ poison, which was in service with the United States, Britain and other NATO countries. This was stated by Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov. According to the diplomat, chemists from Switzerland allegedly came to such conclusions, who "on the condition of confidentiality" reported this to Moscow. According to the minister, BZ poison has never been in service with the USSR and Russia.

After an air strike in Damascus. Photo: @21wire The Armed Forces of the United States, Britain and France on Friday morning struck the objects related to the production of chemical weapons in Syria, Reuters reports . Blows were struck from 3:42 to 5:10 Moscow time. The Pentagon said that from the warships off the coast of Syria and aircraft based on aircraft carriers, more than strokes were launched by the main facilities associated with the production of chemical weapons.