Igor Shuvalov inspected Volgograd’s preparations for the 2018 World Cup Volgograd is in a difficult state and needs investment and new administration. This was stated during a meeting in the administration of the Volgograd region by First Deputy Prime Minister Igor Shuvalov, who made a working visit to Volgograd on Friday. “We need to do everything in a new way,” Shuvalov said. “We came to seriously discuss how Volgograd should prepare for the World Cup.

Dynamo Moscow players played a draw with Lokomotiv in the match of the 21st round of the Russian Championship, reports TASS . The meeting ended with a score of 2:2. Petar Shkuletich and Manuel Fernandes scored for Lokomotiv. William Vanker and Kevin Kuranyi scored the goals for the Blue and Whites. In the 48th minute of the match, Lokomotiv footballer Alexander Sheshukov was sent off from the field. Both teams are unable to win for the third match in a row.

The UN Security Council took a break to consider Russia's proposal to introduce mandatory pauses in the bombing of Yemen to allow for the evacuation of people and the provision of humanitarian assistance. Jordanian diplomat Dina Kawar, who chaired the Security Council in April, told reporters today following the results of a closed meeting convened by Russia.

Russian Prime Minister Dmitry Medvedev, at a meeting on the implementation of anti-crisis plans by the regions, said that the regions are experiencing difficulties in executing their budgets, and the consequences of this situation can be severe. “It is also obvious that risks for certain sectors of the economy have increased.

The Pentagon has tested after upgrading the largest bunker-busting bomb in its arsenal in case negotiations between Iran and the Six fail. As The Wall Street Journal sources note, the bomb is capable of destroying or causing damage to any nuclear facility, even the most fortified. Work on the weapon began long before the last round of negotiations with Iran. The latest tests were carried out at a secret military training ground in Missouri in mid-January.

Saudi Arabia is discussing with Russia comments on a draft resolution of the Gulf countries to respond to the situation in Yemen, said the kingdom's permanent representative to the UN, Abdallah al-Muallimi. “We are discussing their proposals with the Russian side. But there is one point when extending the embargo to the entire country: the party that violated all agreements and UN resolutions is the aggressor party, these are the Houthis.

The commission will decide who to give them to. The White House will hold the first meeting of the government commission on import substitution - it will be headed by Prime Minister Dmitry Medvedev - in May, Deputy Prime Minister Arkady Dvorkovich said yesterday. By this date, a law regulating its powers will be adopted. The commission will have two working groups - on the civil and defense industries, they will be headed by Deputy Prime Ministers Arkady Dvorkovich and Dmitry Rogozin.

Parliamentarians may allow summer cafes to sell alcohol Deputies of Tatarstan intend to revise the law they adopted against the sale of alcohol in night “shops and bars.” The State Council has received amendments that may exclude seasonal cafes from the list of non-stationary objects that are completely prohibited from selling alcohol. They are invited to return to the opportunity to sell beer from spring to autumn.

The foundations of religious cultures are recognized as a secular discipline, but there is no talk of expanding the course yet Yesterday, the Public Council under the Ministry of Education and Science sharply criticized Patriarch Kirill’s proposal to teach the school course “Fundamentals of Religious Cultures and Secular Ethics” (FRCSE) from the second to the ninth grade (currently compulsory only for fourth graders).

All wage arrears for cosmodrome workers will be repaid by April 10, director of Spetsstroy of Russia Alexander Volosov told Kommersant following a meeting this morning with employees of the Stroyindustriya-S company involved in the construction of the Vostochny cosmodrome. “Wages will be paid - this is not even discussed,” Mr. Volosov said.

Former Cuban leader Fidel Castro appeared in public this week for the first time in a long time. The Cuban newspaper Granma published a photograph of Mr. Castro greeting a delegation from Venezuela from the window of a minibus near the building of the Cuban educational center. Fidel Castro, dressed in a tracksuit and baseball cap, is photographed shaking hands with a member of the delegation. Over the years, the former Cuban leader appears less and less in public.

The deputy head of the administration of one of the districts of the Novosibirsk region was caught receiving a bribe in the amount of 53 million rubles, reports the website of the local administration of the Main Directorate of the Ministry of Internal Affairs. “As the police established, the official, using his official position, assisted in the allocation of a land plot of 200 hectares to an interested person,” the message states.

Hockey NHL Championship “Columbus” – “New York Islanders” 4:3 (shootout; Anisimov, 0+1; Bobrovsky (both “Columbus”) stopped 25 of 28 shots). "Detroit" - "Boston" 2:3. “Montreal” – “Washington” 4:5 (shootout; Markov, 0+1 - Ovechkin, 2+0; Kuznetsov, 0+1). "Ottawa" - "Tampa Bay" 2:1 (overtime). "St. Louis" - "Calgary" 4:1. Minnesota - New York Rangers 2:3. "Chicago" - "Vancouver" 3:1. “Los Angeles” – “Edmonton” 8:2. “Florida” – “Carolina” 6:1 ( Khudobin (“Carolina”) stopped 29 of 35 shots).

The Crimean plants "Zaliv", "More" and the Sevastopol Marine Plant can become contractors for a number of shipbuilding and ship repair work, bypassing the competitive procedure. Deputy Prime Minister of the Russian Federation Dmitry Rogozin told reporters about this following a meeting on the development of the defense industry of Crimea, TASS reports.

A serviceman from one of the units stationed in the city of Balashov was detained for the murder of four people, according to the website of the Investigative Committee for the Saratov Region. The crime occurred on April 3. The charred body of a girl, whose identity has not been established, was found in the trunk of a burned car in the city of Balashov.