The aircraft carrier Vikramaditya (formerly the cruiser Admiral Gorshkov), which India bought from Russia, will begin sea trials in the White Sea on July 3. As reported by ITAR-TASS with reference to a representative of the Sevmash plant, from August 3 to September 30, flight tests of airplanes and helicopters will be carried out on the aircraft carrier in the Barents Sea, and on November 15 the ship is planned to be handed over to the customer.

United Russia deputies Alexei Zhuravlev and LDPR Sergei Zhigarev on the evening of March 26, 2013 introduced to the State Duma a bill to toughen criminal liability for car theft by burglary. From the explanatory note to the bill it follows that increased liability is intended to combat car thefts without the purpose of theft, for example, to “ride”.

In St. Petersburg, a Roma woman, Feodora Stoika, born in 1978, was placed under arrest, in whose house people were allegedly kept who were forced to beg on the “red” metro line. This was reported on the website of the RF IC on March 27. The issue of the arrest of the second detainee, Stojka’s partner Ion Parnik, born in 1979, has not yet been resolved. A case was opened against the Roma under Article 126 of the Criminal Code of the Russian Federation (kidnapping).

Zhores Alferov left the post of chairman of the public council under the Ministry of Education and Science. reports this Interfax with reference to a copy of the application addressed to the head of the department, Dmitry Livanov. In a statement, Alferov said that the reason for his departure from the council was disagreements with Livanov over the role of the Russian Academy of Sciences.

Regions that decide to cancel gubernatorial elections should "be well prepared and explain why a different procedure should be used." This statement was made by Russian Prime Minister Dmitry Medvedev during his lecture as part of the United Russia party project called “Civil University”. The United Russia chairman did not specify to whom the regions should report if they refuse elections. Dmitry Medvedev noted that he “repeatedly spoke” about the need for direct elections.

BP will sponsor an exhibition of Old Master works at Houghton Hall (the residence of Britain's first Prime Minister Robert Walpole), which will be exhibited together for the first time in more than 200 years. According to BBC News, paintings from the Hermitage, purchased in England in 1779 from Walpole's heirs for the collection of Catherine II, will go to Norfolk County.

Between the past and the Mighty BDT they found a new artistic director Andrey Moguchiy. Photo: Sergey Pyatakov / RIA Novosti News from the Bolshoi Drama Theater began to be expected relatively recently - namely from the moment when the now ex-artistic director of the theater Temur Chkheidze announced his resignation. Before this, conversations about the BDT had little to do with premieres or theatrical events.

In a Kharkov clinic, fire safety devices have been removed from the ward in which convicted ex-Prime Minister of Ukraine Yulia Tymoshenko is being held. This was reported by Ukrainian News with reference to the penitentiary service of Ukraine. Fire-fighting devices with sensors attached to the ceiling were also dismantled in some other areas of the hospital where Tymoshenko visits.

Large accounts opened with Cyprus's second largest bank, Cyprus Popular Bank (Laiki Bank), can be charged up to 80 percent. This was stated by Cyprus Finance Minister Michalis Sarris, Dow Jones reports. Sarris noted that for holders of accounts worth more than one hundred thousand euros (who are not covered by the conditions of insurance valid in the EU), the actions of the authorities of the island state will be very painful.

The “Direct Line” with President Vladimir Putin will take place at the end of April 2013. Kommersant writes about this on March 27, citing “several sources in the Kremlin and beyond.” Communication with the head of state is scheduled, according to the newspaper, on the twentieth of the month, possibly on April 25. box#1342841 The first “direct line” with Putin took place in 2001 and has been held annually since then, including after he was replaced as president by Dmitry Medvedev.

Capital Group has become interested in purchasing a project for the construction of an elite multifunctional complex (MFC) on Sofiyskaya Embankment in Moscow with the Four Seasons Hotel. The company is negotiating with A1 (an investment division of Alfa Group), Vedomosti newspaper writes in its March 27 issue , citing unnamed sources. According to the publication, the parties are discussing the transaction amount of 150-155 million dollars.

General Director of the Arkhangelsk Bakery Plant Elena Ivakina was detained and sent to a temporary detention center, the Dvina-Inform agency reports. The investigation believes that the director committed the theft of grain from the strategic reserve with a total volume of 22 thousand tons. The cost of grain is estimated by experts at 220 million rubles.

Foreign tourists visiting the DPRK can no longer access the Internet through the 3G network of the local operator Koryolink, the North Korea Tech blog reports, citing travel agency Koryo Tours. “Tourists coming to the DPRK no longer have access to 3G,” the travel agency says on its website .

The Investigative Committee of the Russian Federation opened a case into the death of residents of the Leningrad region Andrei and Marina Khmelev in Egypt. This was reported on the UK website on March 27. The case was initiated under the third part of Article 238 of the Criminal Code of the Russian Federation (provision of services that do not meet safety requirements, resulting in the death of two persons through negligence).

Former British Foreign Secretary David Miliband, the elder brother of opposition Labor Party leader Ed Miliband, has decided to retire from British politics. He wrote about this on his blog. Miliband plans to take on humanitarian aid projects at the global level and head the International Rescue Committee, based in New York. The organization provides support to people displaced by conflict. The politician will begin his new line of work in September.