The Presidium of the Supreme Court decided to limit the consideration of cases and access to visitors to Russian courts due to the threat of coronavirus. The decision is published on the court website. The courts are also recommended to apply video conferences more often, and citizens are submitted only through electronic Internet receivers or by mail. It is planned to consider only categories of case of an urgent nature.

The Penza prosecutor’s office recognized the police to allow lawyers to allow the detained activists who came to announce the verdict to the defendants in the case of the “network”. This was reported by "7x7" with reference to the lawyer Stanislav Fomenko.

In the Sverdlovsk region, a resident of Pervouralsk at the entrance to the court stabbed his wife, who accused him of beatings. It is reported by Znak.com with reference to the press secretary of the court. According to him, this happened between 10:00 and 11:00 near the checkpoint of the court section No. 8. A man and wife came to a trial in an administrative case of beatings - Art. 6.1.1 of the Code of Administrative Offenses, however, even before the start of the hearing, he attacked her.

The number of victims of the Coronavirus Covid-2019 in the world reached 7984 people, almost 200 thousand infected, of which 82 thousand people managed to recover. Over the past day, more than 15 thousand people infected coronavirus in the world. Almost all new cases of coronavirus were recorded outside China, only 20 new patients were registered in the PRC per day. Most of the dead per day are recorded in Italy - almost 350 people.

A resident of Kaliningrad was accused under the article on justification of terrorism for repost on social networks. This was reported by North. Realia with reference to lawyer Maria Bonzler. On the anniversary of the school’s capture in Beslan, the suspect posted in the Internet an interview with the organizer of the attack - Shamil Basayev. According to the lawyer, the man wanted to show his friends, "what a rubbish is." The lawyer added that the man is apolitical and engaged in agriculture.

Panic regarding the spread of a new coronavirus infection (Covid-19) is growing, and the number of infected in Russia increases every day. In addition to conspiracy theories and speculation, people have many reasonable issues. For example, why in Russia there are so few (147 at the time of preparation of the article) of registered cases of infection with an extensive border with China and recently a very frequent air show with Italy and Spain? Why is not everyone who has symptoms for tests?

The Moscow health workers will be canceled by vacation until the end of April due to the burden on the hospital in Kommunarka, where patients with coronavirus are located, a source in one of the capital's hospitals told MBH Media. According to him, this was announced at a meeting of the heads of Moscow medical institutions. “There were no official documents about the vacations yet, it was mentioned at a meeting in words.

The police came to the five opponents of the construction of the southeastern chord in Moscow, which on the eve of the criminal case on the corruption of the Radon sensor. This was announced by the MBH Media was announced by the coordinator of "Human Rights Cards" Alexei Pryanishnikov. “This morning, police officers came to the five activists who tried to carry out a forced interrogation drive. The summons for them fell into their hands only yesterday, although they were dated March 13.

Update (21:37) The euro in the Forex market exceeded 90 rubles, RIA Novosti reports . Update (21:02) The euro on the Moscow Exchange, following the dollar, also rested on the permissible maximum of 88.72 rubles, RIA Novosti reports . At international auction, where there are no ceilings, the dollar is already 82 rubles. Update (20:35) Brent oil has fallen below $ 25 per barrel for the first time from May 12, 2003, the data of bidding testify .

The dollar exchange rate on the Moscow Exchange exceeded 79 rubles - for the first time since February 2016. This was reported on the site of the site. According to Mosbirzhi, immediately after the start of the session, the dollar rose sharply to 79.22 rubles, but soon fell below 77 rubles and at 10:10 MSC is traded at 76.9 rubles. The euro also grew up to almost 84.7 rubles - by 1.8 rubles to close previous bidding.

Updated (13:22) Mikhail Maksimenko, the former head of the Office of the UK, sentenced the court to 14 years in a colony and a fine of 250 million rubles, and the ex-head of the Investigative Department of the IC in the Central Administrative District of Moscow Alexei Kramorenko-to 10 years in the colony. All of them were also deprived of their titles, a colonel of justice.

Vladimir Putin dismissed Valery Maksimenko, Deputy Director of the Federal Penitentiary (FSIN), Deputy Director of the Federal Penitentiary Service. It is reported by TASS. “In accordance with the Decree of the President of the Russian Federation of March 18, 2020, Valery Maksimenko, deputy director of the Federal Penitentiary Service of Russia, was dismissed,” the press service of the department noted. Maksimenko served as deputy director of the service since 2016.

Vladimir Putin admitted that the universal vote on amendments to the Constitution on April 22 could go at home due to the pandemic of coronavirus, RIA Novosti reports . “Voting on amendments to the Constitution will be held with all precautions, it is possible to vote at home,” the president said. He added that the possibility of voting through the public services portal is also discussed.

The Institute of State and Municipal Administration of the Higher School of Economics conducted a study to assess the complexity of the language that Russian laws written, experts created an index that allows you to evaluate the difficulty of reading the laws, and found out that the law has complicated in Russia over the years. It is reported by Kommersant. One of the factors complicating the reading of texts is the passivity of the Russian language: verbs are rarely used in it.

The investigation in the criminal case against the former associate professor of St. Petersburg State University Oleg Sokolov, accused of the murder of a graduate student Anastasia Eshchenko, was completed. This was reported by TASS with reference to the official representative of the Investigative Committee Svetlana Petrenko. “In the Main Investigation Department of the IC of Russia, an investigation into a criminal case was completed against the former associate professor of St.