A rally on the Square of the Republic in Yerevan April 22 photo: Azatutyun.am In Armenia, after the detention of the opposition leaders, mass protests continue. According to the Armenian Service "Radio Liberty", in the evening, a long -term rally gathered in the Square of the Republic in Yerevan with a demand for the resignation of Prime Minister Serge Sargsyan. According to various estimates, from 35 to 100 thousand people took part in it.

One hundred years ago, on April 22, 1918, the Transcaucasian Seim in Tiflis proclaimed the creation of the Transcaucasian Democratic Federative Republic within the territory of Baku, Elizavetpol, Erivan, Tiflis, Kutaisi provinces, Batumi and Kars regions, Zakatal and Sukhum districts of the former Russian Empire. The creation of the ZDFR was one of the conditions put forward by Turkey for the cessation of hostilities.

In Yerevan, the leader of the opposition Nikol Pashinyan was detained at the protest march in the Erebuni area, the Armenian Service "Radio Liberty" reports . The police dispersed with the use of special equipment, including light-shum grenades. As of 15 hours, 192 demonstrators were detained, seven were hospitalized. It was decided to stop the demonstration, said the official representative of the police Ashot Agaronyan.

Boris Karpichkov. Photo: Sunday Mirror The 54-year-old ex-agent of the FSB under the cord name Gordon is suspected of poisoning Sergei and Julia Skripaley, reports The Sunday Mirror. According to the British special services, in total, six people were involved in the operation to eliminate the ex-colonel of the GRU in Salisbury, the newspaper writes. Gordon uses a passport in the name of Mikhail Savitskis and impersonates the owner of a successful security business.

Emmanuel Macron and Angel Merkel. Photo: Elysee.fr The leaders of France and Germany will try to convince US President Donald Trump to soften sanctions against Russian companies, primarily Rusal. According to The Financial Times, this issue will be discussed next week during the visits of President Emmanuel Macron and Chancellor Angel Merkel to Washington.

Registration of voters in Afghanistan. Frame 1tvnews.af In Kabul, the suicide bomber arranged an explosion at the center of registration of voters, reports BBC News. According to updated data, 48 people were killed, 112 were injured. The terrorist with the "belt of Shahida" exploded in the crowd at the entrance to the center located in the Dashte-Barchi area in the west of the Afghan capital. Among the dead there are many women and children, reports Reuters.

Google Doodle 2011 Roscientzor began blocking the main services of Google: the IP address of the Google.com site has been included in the unloading for providers. From the evening of Saturday, users have problems with the search engine, Gmail and other Internet giant services in a number of Russian regions.

Photo by David Frenkel In the center of St. Petersburg, at the house of the book on Nevsky Prospekt, activists of the Russian Prisoners of Russia arranged a performance against the war in Syria, the publication "My District" reports . Four participants of the action doused with red paint and lay on the ground, wrapped in Syrian flags. Another activist stood above them in the mask of Vladimir Putin, waving a fake club with the inscription "chlorine".

The campaign of the National Bolsheviks in the Presidential Administration 12/14/2004. Photo: nbp-info.ru The European Court of Human Rights awarded 24 Limonov residents of the Decembrists compensation in the amount of 300 thousand euros in the case of the seizure of the reception of the presidential administration. The decision is published on the court website.