The collection of the State Literary Museum has been replenished with the archive of Alexei Remizov, a writer of the first half of the 20th century. As reported on the website of the Kultura TV channel, archival materials from his Paris apartment were acquired by the Ministry of Culture of the Russian Federation from the heirs of Natalya Viktorovna Reznikova, translator, literary secretary and executor of the writer.

The Chinese Baosteel Group is negotiating the purchase of a blocking stake in the mining company Mechel Mining, the main asset of the Russian metallurgical holding Mechel. newspaper writes about this in its issue dated April 10 The Vedomosti , citing an unnamed minority shareholder of Mechel Mining. According to the publication, the entire subsidiary of Mechel can be valued at five billion dollars, and a blocking stake in its shares at 1.25 billion dollars.

Warner Bros. officially announced a new game from the Batman: Arkham series. According to Polygon, information about the project was published in the latest issue of Game Informer magazine. The game is called Batman: Arkham Origins and is a prequel to the first two parts of the series, Arkham City and Arkham Asylum. The project will be released on October 25. The game will be released on Xbox 360, PS3, Wii U consoles, as well as on PC. It is being developed by Warner Bros. Montreal.

During an NHL match between the Minnesota Wild and Chicago Blackhawks, the puck hit Chicago head coach Joel Quenneville in the head. The incident occurred midway through the second period when one of the Minnesota players threw the puck out of his zone and the sports equipment flew out of bounds. A video of the incident was posted on the league's official website. Quenneville was not injured. The Chicago coach responded with a smile when the puck hit his head.

In the coming months, the Potok corporation, whose main owner is entrepreneur Sergei Polonsky, may find itself bankrupt. This was said in a statement . Representatives of the developer note that the difficult situation within the company is caused by the fraudulent actions of its former chairman of the board and general director Alexey Alyakin.

The finance ministers of Russia and Serbia, Anton Siluanov and Mladjan Dinkic, signed an agreement to provide Serbia with a state loan totaling half a billion dollars. reports this RIA Novosti . The terms of the loan became known earlier: it is issued for 10 years with a grace period of two years. First, Serbia will receive 300 million dollars, and Russia will issue the remaining two hundred after the country concludes a stabilization agreement with the IMF.

In the village of Buturlino, Nizhny Novgorod region, on the night of April 10, a sinkhole formed due to ground subsidence. reports this RIA Novosti , citing information from the regional department of the Ministry of Emergency Situations. The ground collapse occurred at about two o'clock in the morning near house 26A on Zheleznodorozhnaya Street.

Venezuela closed its land borders with Colombia and Brazil on April 9, AFP reports , citing an official statement by local authorities. Such measures were taken in connection with the approaching day of the presidential elections, which will be held in the country on April 14. The Ministry of Internal Affairs said that until the morning of Monday, April 15, strict controls have been introduced on all movements on the borders with Brazil and Colombia.

Life in Pi Duma protected the feelings of believers with an illiterate law Photo: Valery Melnikov / Kommersant The State Duma adopted in the first reading a bill on the protection of the feelings of believers, which claims to be the ugliest document in the entire existence of the Russian parliament.

For conscripts from Dagestan, an institute of guarantee has been established, which will control the behavior of recruits in the army. As Izvestia was told by the presidential administration of the republic, the innovation will go into effect in 2013 at the proposal of the Ministry of Defense.

A native of Dagestan, Magomed Michilov, who was accused of murdering businessman Andrei Burlakov and the attempted murder of his common-law wife Anna Etkina, was released. The Izvestia newspaper writes about this on April 10. As Michilov himself told reporters, he was released at the end of 2012, and in March 2013 the charges against him were completely dropped. He managed to prove that on the day of the murder he was at a wedding in Dagestan.

The heir to the Estee Lauder cosmetics empire, Leonard Lauder, donated 78 Cubist paintings, drawings and sculptures to the New York Metropolitan Museum of Art. According to The New York Times, the total value of the works exceeds a billion dollars. This donation will be one of the largest in the history of an American museum. Metropolitan Director Thomas Campbell noted that any museum director could only dream of such an incredible collection.

The return match between the German Borussia and the Spanish Malaga in the quarter finals of the Champions League ended in scandal. Dortmund scored two goals in stoppage time, with the winner appearing to have been sent into the Malaga goal from an offside position. After the match, both the players of the Spanish club and the owner of Malaga, Sheikh Abdullah bin Nasser Al-Thani, spoke about the injustice, and explained his team’s defeat by racism. Malaga is a team with a difficult destiny.

The Ministry of Regional Development has prepared amendments to the legislation, according to which those who do not pay for utilities and major repairs may lose their only home. The draft law is published on the department's website. It is assumed that companies managing apartment buildings or other organizations that pay for the maintenance of the premises will be able to file an eviction claim in court.

This year, artistic councils will be created on Azerbaijani television channels and radio stations, Trend reports. This is provided for by the state program concerning “the use of the Azerbaijani language in the context of globalization in accordance with the requirements of the time.” According to APA, the National Council on Television and Radio Broadcasting will be in charge of creating councils. How exactly these bodies will function and what powers they will have is not specified.