Investigators conducted a series of interrogations and searches in apartments and offices in the case of toys with a swastika, which appeared on sale in the Central Children's Store on Lubyanka (Children's World). According to a representative of the Moscow head office of the Investigative Committee, the toys have been withdrawn from sale, it is being established where else they can be located. Who exactly was searched, is unknown.

Two Russian planes with 300 people on board flew from the Yemeni capital Sanaa to Moscow. These are mainly residents of Tajikistan and Uzbekistan who worked in Yemen under a contract. There are 70 Russians on board. In the future, Russia plans to organize another export from Yemen, but when this will happen has not yet been specified.

The American state first introduced restrictions on water consumption. Photo gallery Photo: Jae C. Hong / AP / Scanpix The drought in California has been going on for several summer seasons. Every year it becomes more dangerous. In 2015, the state authorities were first forced to introduce restrictions on consumption: water suppliers should reduce the sale by 25%. Medusa shows what the drought has already led to in 2015 and what it was in 2014.

Photo: @divexl23 On April 4, residents of some regions of the Earth, including the western coast of the United States, the Far East and Australia, became witnesses to the lunar eclipse - the shortest in the 21st century. If the eclipse usually lasts about an hour, then this time it took about five minutes. The lunar eclipse occurs when the sun, earth and moon line up in one line - and the earth's shadow closes the satellite of the planet.

Moscow "Dynamo" and "Locomotive" in the 21st round of the Russian Football Championship played a draw - 2:2. The most interesting thing in this match happened in the second half, when referee Vladislav Bezborodov awarded three penalties and sent off Lokomotiv defender Alexander Sheshukov. In the first half, the teams exchanged goals - first Dynamo player William Venker scored, and then Lokomotiv player Petar Shkuletich scored.

The builders of the Vostochny cosmodrome have stopped their hunger strike, which they announced earlier on April 4. Thus, the protest lasted about 12 hours. In their own words, Deputy Prime Minister Dmitry Rogozin convinced the builders to stop the hunger strike. Earlier, he wrote on Twitter that the head of Spetsstroy, Alexander Volosov, went to the cosmodrome to solve the problem.

The Islamic State destroyed the remnants of the ancient city of Hatra in Iraq, which was a member of the UNESCO World Heritage List. The video of this "Islamic State" posted on the Internet. The militants occupied Hatru last month, and even then it was clear that significant damage was inflicted on the city’s architecture. Nevertheless, it was not clear how much the architectural monument was destroyed.

A criminal case has been initiated into the sale of soldiers and busts with Nazi symbols in the Children's World on Lubyanka (officially called the Central Children's Store). According to the representative of the Moscow prosecutor's office Elena Rossokhina, the director of the store was issued a warning. The sale of soldiers with Nazi symbols became known from a report shown on the Rossiya-1 TV channel on April 3.

In Ufa, on April 4, a picket was held by ambulance officers, who demanded an end to administrative pressure on them and staffed mobile teams. About 35 people took part in the picket. It was agreed with the authorities of Ufa. It is not reported whether the ambulance officers, who earlier went on a hunger strike, took part in the picket. In total, 11 people are starving in Ufa; two - a paramedic and a nurse were persuaded to leave the hunger strike for health reasons.

The Minister of Internal Affairs of Ukraine Arseniy Avakov dismissed the head of the traffic police Anatoly Sirenko. According to Avakov, Sirenko himself filed a resignation letter. The minister added that Sirenko is responsible for what happens in the traffic police system. “We practically have the leadership of the [Kyiv] city traffic police either arrested, or “on the run”, or under investigation, we have a very serious, far-reaching case on this matter […].

The Pentagon has tested the most powerful anti-bunker bomb the United States has. According to a source of The Wall Street Journal, such bombs are needed in order to destroy nuclear facilities in Iran if necessary. According to the source, the tests took place in mid-January at one of the US test sites. The bomb was dropped from a B-2 strategic bomber. Nothing is reported about the test results.

The Novosibirsk State Academic Opera and Ballet Theater in September 2015 will show the opera Boris Godunov directed by Andrei Konchalovsky. According to the new theater director Vladimir Kekhman, an agreement has already been reached with the Regio theater in Turin, where the performance is being staged. Kekhman added that the Italians are ready to provide scenery, and conductor Gianandrea Noseda will come to Novosibirsk for rehearsals and premiere performances.

Concerts of the Serbian musician Goran Bregovic, scheduled for the end of May in several cities of Ukraine, have been cancelled. The reason for this was his March performance in the Crimea, at which Bregovic said that he was not worried about the possibility of canceling concerts due to visiting the peninsula. Bregovic was supposed to perform on May 16 in Kyiv, on May 26 in Zaporozhye, on May 27 in Dnepropetrovsk, on May 28 in Kharkov.

Workers of Stroyindustry-S, engaged in the construction of the Vostochny cosmodrome, went on a hunger strike. According to one of the builders, 26 people are on hunger strike, and about a hundred are on strike. A few hours before the hunger strike became known, Deputy Prime Minister Dmitry Rogozin tweeted that the head of Spetsstroy, Alexander Volosov, had flown to the cosmodrome construction site.

In the Saratov region, the offender killed four people: two adults and two minors. The suspect has already been detained - he turned out to be a 38-year-old soldier (according to other sources - 37). According to Interfax, the suspect served in one of the Air Force units stationed in the city of Balashov; he has already confessed to the murder. The Investigative Committee names the suspect - according to the Investigative Committee, this is Ensign Alexei Makarov.