Rossiya Airlines, which is owned by Aeroflot, has temporarily abandoned the use of An-148 aircraft on regular flights. The carrier explained this by the low efficiency of the Russian-Ukrainian liner. In the park, Rossiya still has European aircraft Airbus A-320 and A-319, as well as Boeing 767. None of the other Aeroflot subsidiaries, nor Aeroflot itself, use An-148. Rossiya leases six An-148 aircraft.

The government refused to finance from the budget the project of Nikita Mikhalkov and Andrei Konchalovsky to create a catering network. This decision was made at a meeting with Deputy Prime Minister Arkady Dvorkovich. Aliya Samigullina, press secretary, spoke about the results of the meeting. According to her, the project may qualify for support in the general order within the framework of the program to promote small and medium-sized businesses.

In China, they put out a fire at a chemical plant that caught fire on the evening of April 6. Six people were injured in the fire. from houses located near the enterprise . were evacuated Almost 30,000 residents The burning factory is located in Zhangzhou city in Fujian province. It produces paraxylene, a substance that is used, in particular, for the production of polyester.

What does Nikita Mikhalkov earn on Photo: Valery Sharifulolin / TASS / Corbis / Vida Press Today it became known that Nikita Mikhalkov is ready to create a network of fast food-competitor to McDonaldʼs. Mikhalkov, along with his brother Andron Konchalovsky, asked Vladimir Putin to help in creating a catering network “Eat at home!” in the form of 971.8 million rubles. Putin instructed the Deputy Prime Minister to support the project.

The Regional Civil Court in Vienna began to consider a collective complaint against Facebook, which was joined by about 25,000 users. They accuse the leadership of the social network of violating EU legislation on the protection of personal data, as well as in cooperation with the US National Security Agency. The plaintiffs demand compensation in the amount of 500 euros each. About 55,000 more people are expected to join the complaint in the future.

Ahead of a hearing at Russia’s Antimonopoly Service (FAS) to address complaints by the Russian tech company Yandex , Google’s attorney told reporters that its Android software does not violate antitrust laws. In mid-February, Yandex filed a 200-page complaint with FAS to investigate Google for violating Russian regulations against monopolies. Yandex says users should be able to choose which services come installed by default on their devices.

Almost every third Russian company has started cutting the salaries of its employees. This is evidenced by the results of a survey conducted by the HeadHunter Salary Data Bank in March among 481 companies. In January (then a similar survey was conducted among 719 companies), only 21% of respondents announced plans to optimize salaries. The number of companies that do not plan any changes in salaries decreased from 47% in January to 40% in March.

President of Ukraine Petro Poroshenko said that the Second World War in September 1939 was unleashed by Adolf Hitler together with Joseph Stalin. According to Poroshenko, they tried to divide Europe. “Anschluss, annexation, occupation – our eastern neighbor has only refreshed our memory of what it is,” the Ukrainian president said.

The Cinema Fund has approved a list of 23 films that will receive state support in 2015. The list included the projects of eight companies, in particular, the Trite studio by Nikita Mikhalkov (the Upward Movement project about the victory of the USSR basketball team at the 1972 Olympics) and Fyodor Bondarchuk's Art Pictures studio (6 projects, including the sports drama " Warrior”, comedy “Puzya”, fantasy “Librarian”).

Shot: Maxim Russia / YouTube Maxim magazine decided to imagine how Valery Leontyev would look like if he began to sing a trash-metal. The editorial office did not manage to force the singer to change musical addictions, so the magazine simply recorded Rock clip for Leontiev, in which he performs the song “Territory” of the Sepultura group.

This Duma deputy wants to ban foreign films in Russia Yegor Anisimov, a right-wing Duma deputy, has introduced the latest absurd legislation to combat foreign imports: a ban on all films made in countries that have levied sanctions against Russia. The chances of passing Anisimov’s bill are slim, given Russians’ overwhelming preference for foreign movies over domestic films. A state crackdown on cinema could risk upsetting even the most loyal voters.

The net loss of Channel One in 2014 amounted to 938.44 million rubles, according to a report published by the TV company. In 2014, Channel One's revenue grew by 2.9 percent to 30.105 billion rubles. At the same time, revenues from federal advertising decreased to 23.609 billion rubles (23.665 billion rubles a year earlier), while revenues from regional and sponsorship advertising increased by 12.6 and 15 percent, respectively.

Radio Kniga, owned by Nikolai Rastorguev from the Lyube group, will receive a frequency in Moscow. It will broadcast at a frequency of 105 MHz. Nikolai Rastorguev's radio station is the only participant in the Roskomnadzor competition, which will take place on April 29. Frequency in Moscow put up for auction for the first time in 8 years.

Evgeny Malenkin, Vice President of the City Without Drugs Foundation, was sentenced to 4.5 years in prison. The court found him guilty under articles on illegal imprisonment, falsification of evidence and illegal possession of a surveillance device. Two more fund employees received five years in prison. According to the case file, they planted heroin on a drug dealer at the request of traffic police acquaintances.

The actors of the cult TV series "Twin Peaks" recorded a video appealing to director David Lynch with a request to continue work on the next season. On April 6, Lynch released a statement saying he was pulling out of the project because he couldn't negotiate a fee with Showtime. Tamara Ghambashidze«Twin Peaks without David Lynch is like…?» In the video, the actors explain that "Twin Peaks" without David Lynch is not "Twin Peaks" at all, while they finish the phrase differently each time.