A summary of the annual Q&A with the President Photo: Konstantin Chalabov / RIA Novosti / Scanpix President Vladimir Putin engaged the citizens of Russia in many hours of conversation during his annual hotline Q&A session.

Elon Musk and Petro Poroshenko wrote in Time about the most influential people in the world Time magazine published a list of 100 most influential people in 2015. It included not only politicians, but also musicians, actors, and heads of IT corporations. The editors did not independently describe each of those who have entered the list. Instead, she asked to share her impressions of other famous people - from Barack Obama and Petro Poroshenko to Ilon Mask and Michael Kane.

Frame: Star Wars / YouTube On April 16, the second trailer for the seventh part of the Star Wars was released. The video shows the heroes familiar from the previous parts of the cinema saga: Khan Solo, Chubakka, R2-D2 robot, as well as the broken mask of Darth Vader. Star Wars Star Wars: The Force Awakens Official Teaser #2 The trailer is available in Russian. The first localized version appeared in the search results of Yandex according to the relevant requests .

The car of the criminals who shot the journalist Oles Buzina was found in Kyiv. According to the head of the main department of the Ministry of Internal Affairs of Ukraine in Kyiv, Oleksandr Tereshchuk, the car has Italian license plates. Tereshchuk called the professional activity of a journalist the main version of the murder. President of Ukraine Petro Poroshenko put the murder of Elderberry on a par with the murder of former deputy from the Party of Regions Oleg Kalashnikov.

A maglev train by the Japanese company Central Japan Railway has set a new speed record, accelerating to 590 kilometers per hour. A seven-car train ran at this speed for 19 seconds during testing on a section of the railway from the city of Uenohara to Fuefuki. Next week, the company expects to accelerate the train to 600 kilometers per hour. On April 14, a Central Japan Railway train set a single-day distance record. He covered 4064 kilometers.

Hockey players of the Russian national team came to the Eurotour match with Finland in the form of the Soviet Union team with large letters of the USSR on sweaters. After the meeting, the uniform will be auctioned off with the proceeds going to charity. The players of the Russian national team took to the ice with mourning bandages in memory of coach Valery Belousov, who died in Chelyabinsk at the age of 67. At the moment, the Swedish team is leading in the overall standings of the Eurotour.

‘Meduza’ interviews the US State Department's Rose Gottemoeller Photo: Sergey Karpov / TASS / Vida Press In early April, Barack Obama announced the signing of a preliminary deal on the Iranian nuclear program. Obama called the achievement a “historic agreement” that would rid Iran of its nuclear program and make the world a safer place. The same month, Poland and the Baltic states got a visit from Rose Gottemoeller, US Under Secretary of State for Arms Control and International Security.

The Minister of Culture of the Russian Federation Vladimir Medinsky promised to post the American film “Number 44”, which was withdrawn from distribution in Russian cinemas, on the portal of the cultural heritage of Russia, one of the resources of the Ministry of Culture. According to the minister, this will be done as soon as possible.

Five people witnessed the murder of journalist Oles Buzina on April 16. This was told by the head of the Kyiv police Alexander Tereshchuk. According to him, the journalist was shot with a TT pistol. In Kyiv, the plan "Siren" was announced to intercept the car in which the criminals were. Earlier, Advisor to the Minister of Internal Affairs of Ukraine Anton Gerashchenko said that the journalist was shot from a dark blue Ford Focus car. “Presumably they used a TT pistol of caliber 7.62.

"Direct Line" with the president: the main questions and answers Photo: Konstantin Chalabov / RIA Novosti / Scanpix President Vladimir Putin held another “direct line” - a many -hour conversation with the people. Among dozens of issues repeating from year to year, the same requests for help from different regions of the country and the president’s ritual reports on the situation with milkings and GDP in general, there were several episodes that deserve attention. We talk about them.

Mikhail Khodorkovsky said that the real reason for the searches in the Moscow office of Open Russia was the shooting of a film about the place of the head of Chechnya, Ramzan Kadyrov, in the system of Russian power. Khodorkovsky's statement was published by his press secretary Külle Pispanen. Khodorkovsky called the Interior Ministry's assertion that the search was related to suspicions of making leaflets and banners with extremist content crazy.

The authorities of Novosibirsk refused to agree on the holding of the "Monstration" on May 1 in the center of the city and suggested that the organizer of the procession, Artem Loskutov, move the action to the Ob embankment. The mayor's office said that the date and venue of the "Monstration" coincide with the already planned event, which will be held as part of the celebration of the Day of Spring and Labor.

Continued: Khodorkovsky linked the searches in the "Open Russia" with the filming of a film about Kadyrov The Ministry of Internal Affairs of Russia commented on the conduct of searches in the Moscow office of Open Russia on April 16.

Anonymous International (Shaltai-Boltai) has published correspondence, presumably from the head of Roskomnadzor, Alexander Zharov. There are about 800 letters in the archive; the total volume is about 400 megabytes. The archive contains letters from, possibly, Zharov's deputy Maxim Ksenzov, businessman Konstantin Malofeev and others. Some emails have been removed because they contain personal information.

The Memorial Human Rights Center considers Anna Lepeshkina, Yevgenia Korotkova, Alexander Pogrebov, Alexei Shirokozhukhov and Vladimir Podrezov, defendants in the case of painting a star on a high-rise building on Kotelnicheskaya Embankment, to be political prisoners.