Real Madrid and Turin Juventus reached the semi-finals of the Champions League. Real Madrid were stronger than Atlético Madrid in the sum of two matches of the quarterfinals, and Juventus - Monaco. In both confrontations, everything was decided by one goal. The first meeting of the Madrid clubs ended in a goalless draw, and in the second Real Madrid won 1-0. In turn, Juventus won their home match with a score of 1:0, and a draw 0:0 was recorded away.

An unsuccessful launch from the Plesetsk cosmodrome on April 22 was carried out by the Almaz-Antey air defense concern. He tested the upgraded missile of the Antey-2500 air defense system. Why the concern did not immediately announce the tests is unknown. On the afternoon of April 22, it became known that a rocket was launched from the Plesetsk cosmodrome . After flying about ten kilometers, she fell. Who conducted the tests, was not reported.

Google announced the launch of a virtual mobile operator. The project was called Project FI. His partners became Sprint Nextel and T-Mobile-in their networks they will transfer data from Project Fi users. The Google operator will automatically connect the user's mobile device to the network or access point, which provides the fastest connection. The service will be available for Nexus 6 telephone owners in the USA. Google Project Fi: Innovating in Connectivity and Communication

Photo: @Lindsaylohan / Instagram Actress Lindsay Lohan published on Instagram a drawing with the inscription “Youffer Beautiful” (“You are beautiful”) and another line written in Arabic. Apparently, the second inscription was supposed to duplicate the same phrase, but in reality it turned out to be different: the line أimes حمار, written by the actress, means "you donkey." Image: BuzzFeed Instagram Lindsay Lohan Soon after the publication, Lohan deleted the picture.

Former chairman of the Moscow City Duma Vladimir Platonov refused the title of doctor of science. As Platonov said on his Facebook page, he sent a corresponding application to the dissertation council of the Peoples' Friendship University of Russia (PFUR) and the Higher Attestation Commission (HAC). Such a decision, Platonov explained, he made because of accusations of plagiarism that were made against him.

The official symbol of the celebration of the 70th anniversary of victory in World War II for Ukraine is the poppy flower, Prime Minister Arseniy Yatsenyuk said at a government meeting. Yatsenyuk noted that the poppy is a European symbol. “Let all other ribbons be worn in the Russian Federation,” he added.

State Duma deputy from the A Just Russia faction Tatyana Moskalkova proposed renaming the Ministry of Internal Affairs to the Cheka. She came up with this idea at a meeting with the participation of Russian Interior Minister Vladimir Kolokoltsev, who reported to deputies on the results of the police work.

A new photo series by Elena Anosova about Russia's incarcerated women Photo: Elena Anosova Elena Anosova spent several months in 2014 meeting and photographing women incarcerated in Siberia. Some of these women were in prison for the first time, while others are repeat offenders. Anosova asked each of the women in her photographs to hold an object that was dear to her. Some chose the Bible, others held up a cat, and some women could think of nothing in prison that comforts them.

The Ministry of Economic Development proposes to lift the ban on imports from Greece and Hungary of a number of categories of food products: peaches, strawberries, tangerines, nectarines and cherries. “This is not a country relief, but on separate lines,” said Alexei Ulyukaev, head of the Ministry of Economic Development.

Moscow city officials will allow a Russian nationalist organization to hold a march on May 1, says Dmitry Demushkin, leader of the controversial group Russkie . This year’s route through Moscow will reportedly be the same one the nationalists took in 2014. Demushkin promises to do everything he can to keep provocateurs and radicals from giving the police any excuse to make arrests.

Two veterans of the Great Patriotic War returned medals to the Government of Karelia in honor of the 70th anniversary of the Victory. According to them, the veterans took such a step because they could not get the authorities to demolish the illegal extension.

Shot: Laurent Lombard / Facebook On April 13, the French diver Loren Lombar published a video that he made underwater a few hundred meters from the Croiset embankment in Cannes. In a video that has already gained more than 2.7 million views, you can see a dirty seabed, covered with plastic bottles, food packages, wrappers, things, toys and other objects thrown into the water.

The Government of Ukraine has asked the Antimonopoly Committee to launch an investigation into the Russian company Gazprom. According to Prime Minister of Ukraine Arseniy Yatsenyuk, the Russian gas concern "acts on discriminatory, in fact, non-competitive terms and causes damage to the Ukrainian economy." Yatsenyuk also said that Kyiv intends to apply to the European Union for a joint investigation into the Gazprom case.

A resident of St. Petersburg complained to the regional department of the Federal Antimonopoly Service about a commercial for a remedy for a cold, in which the phrase “Mom, but dad is not breathing” sounds. According to the complainant, such a phrase is offensive to people who have recently lost their loved ones, the St. Petersburg department of the Federal Antimonopoly Service said.

The list of the most beautiful women in the world, compiled annually by People magazine, was topped by 50-year-old actress Sandra Bullock in 2015. Bullock's photo is featured on the cover of People's issue, which goes on sale April 24, and the magazine will feature an extended interview with the actress.