70 years ago, on April 4, 1949, the United States, Belgium, Great Britain, Holland, Denmark, Iceland, Italy, Canada, Luxembourg, Norway, Portugal and France signed the North Atlantic Treaty in Washington. The military-political North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO) was created. Greece and Turkey joined the treaty in 1952, Germany in 1955, and Spain in 1982.

Centaure. Photo by Umar Dagirov/Wikipedia Residents of the village of Centara (Khosi-Yurt) of the Kurchaloevsky district of Chechnya force them to demolish their houses built near the generic estate of the head of the region Ramzan Kadyrov. This was reported by the "Caucasian Knot" with reference to residents of neighboring auls. In the center of the village is dismantling about a dozen private houses, which the owners themselves lead.

Flags of Great Britain and the European Union. Photo: world-topnews.com The House of Communities of the British Parliament adopted a bill obliging the Prime Minister of Britain Teresa May to ask for a new Brexit delay, if by April 12, the date of Britain’s exit from the EU, the deal with Brussels will not be approved by the parliament. It is reported by The Guardian.

Abduraman Abdovelyev. Photo from the FB page Alexandra Efimenko The justice of Russia, controlled by Russia of the 30th section of the Belogorsky district of Crimea, Alexander Oleinikov, sentenced a 16-year-old resident of the village of Kursk (Kyshel) Abduraman Abdavelyev to six months restriction of freedom on charges of abuse of the flag of Russia (Article 329 of the Russian Criminal Code). This was reported on her FB page by journalist Alexander Efimenko.

European Parliament. Photo: europarl.europa.eu The European Parliament adopted amendments to the gas directive of the European Union. This was reported on the website of the BI. In support of the amendments, 465 deputies voted, against - 95; Abstracted 68.

85 years ago, on April 4, 1934, human rights activist and publicist Kronid Arkadievich Lyubarsky, author of the idea of ​​the day of political prisoner in the USSR was born: on October 30, 1974, Lyubarsky and other political prisoners of Mordovian and Perm camps first celebrated this day with a joint hunger and ignition of candles in memory of the innocently dead.

The wreckage of the shot down by Boeing-777. Photo: @euromadan The European Court of Human Rights Comminized the complaints of relatives of the passengers of the Malaysian Boeing-777, shot down on July 17, 2014 over Eastern Ukraine. This was reported on the court website. Two complaints were filed to the court, one of May 6, 2016, the second - dated November 23, 2018.

Five years ago, on April 4, 2014, the Presidium of the Moscow City Court commuted the sentence of Pussy Riot members Nadezhda Tolokonnikova, Maria Alyokhina, and Yekaterina Samutsevich for one month, assigning each 1 year 11 months in prison instead of two years.

Vladimir Ivantyenko in court. Photo by Dinara Idrisova, Source: Ovdinfo.org The St. Petersburg Opposition activist Vladimir Ivanytyenko, who was in a pre -trial detention center in the explosion’s circulation case, stopped on March 28 a hunger strike, which continued for 34 days - from February 22. This is now, a week later, the OVD-info reported with reference to the human rights activist Dinar Idrisov.

Larisa Bogoraz and Anatoly Marchenko 15 years ago, on April 6, 2004, at the age of 74, human rights activist Larisa Iosifovna Bogoraz died. She took part in the famous demonstration of protest on August 25, 1968 against the entry of Soviet troops into Czechoslovakia, which took place on Red Square, for which she received a 4-year link to the Irkutsk region.

Alexey Bessarabov and Vladimir Dudka to announce the sentence. Photo by Ilya Kavernikova The collegium of the Sevastopol City Court controlled by Russia, under the chairmanship of Danil Zemlyukov, sentenced the defendants in the second case of the "Ukrainian saboteurs" by Vladimir Dudk and Alexei Bessarabov by 14 years of strict regime. This was reported by the Crimean human rights group.

Demolition of the Cross in the partridges. Photo: svaboda.org On the outskirts of Minsk in the tract of the partridge, the place of mass burial of the executed in the 1930s and the 40s, the police detained 15 people who protested against the demolition of memorial crosses. This was reported by Belapan with reference to the Department of Internal Affairs of the Ministry of Council.

George Danelia. Photo: mk.ru In Moscow, at the age of 88, film director George Danelia died. It is reported by "New Gazeta". The director was sick for a long time. In February, he fell into intensive care with pneumonia. He was introduced for some time into the medication. Danelia was born on August 25, 1930 in Tiflis, but already in 1931 his family moved to Moscow. In 1955 he graduated from the Moscow Architectural Institute, and in 1959-the highest directorial courses.

Muslim Aliyev and Emir-Usein Cook in court, 04/04/2019. Photo by Vladislav Ryazantsev for "faces" The North Caucasus District Military Court in Rostov-on-Don began a second process in the second Crimean (Yalta-Alushta) case of Hizb Ut-Tahrir. This was reported by the correspondent of "faces" from the courtroom. Hearing on the merits within the framework of the first process lasted since February last year.

Petro Poroshenko and Vladimir Zelensky The current President of Ukraine Petro Poroshenko agreed to hold debates at the stadium with the leader of the first round of the presidential election Vladimir Zelensky. Video showing Poroshenko is published on his twitter. “We are very different,” said Poroshenko, turning to Zelensky. “The main difference is that the arrows of our geopolitical compasses are shown in diametrically opposite aspects of the world.