Alparslan Celik, the alleged killer of the pilot of the Russian Su-24 attack aircraft, was detained in Turkey on charges of fraud and making counterfeit money. This is reported by the Turkish newspaper Hurriyet, citing sources in the police. Celik was detained on 30 March in a restaurant in the city of Izmir along with 13 other suspects. The police arrived on a call from an anonymous informant who said that there were armed men in the restaurant.

The largest Russian banks marked in their own way on April 1. Sberbank and Tinkoff Bank were the first to begin. Organizations have changed the syllables and color palettes on Facebook. Posted by Sberbank: Friends Bank On Thursday, March 31, 2016 Posted by Sberbank: Friends Bank On Thursday, March 31, 2016 Posted by Tinkoff Bank On Thursday, March 31, 2016 In Vladivostok and in Moscow, in the Caucasus and Kamchatka - we are always there!

Meduza asks a PR specialist to explain Photo: Mikhail Klimentev / TASS / Vida Press In late March, Dmitry Peskov, Vladimir Putin's official spokesman, warned that an “information attack” by the West against the Kremlin was imminent. Just a few days later, on March 31, the Organized Crime and Corruption Reporting Project published a report detailing suspicious real estate dealings involving individuals thought to be close to Putin.

Hafton Bjerson, known as a mountain from the Game of Thrones, and part -time Powerlifter from Iceland and “The strongest man on earth” starred in water advertising. HEAVYBBEBLES water bottles are made in the form of dumbbells so that they can train on the way from the store home. The product description says: "Soda water that makes you sweat." The advertisement presents HEAVYBBUBBLES bottle weighing two, five and ten kilograms. Heavy Bubbles Heavybubels ™ TV Commercial

And five more books about man and time A weekly literary critic Galina Yuzefovich tells at Medusa about the most interesting and important books published in Russia. The current review is dedicated to the Aviator, the new novel by Evgeny Vodolazkin, the author of Lavra, the most popular book in Russian literature in 2013. The novel, following a truly great success, is always very difficult. It is difficult for the writer - which is understandable, but for the reader too.

in the Meduza conference Buzzfeed Vice President of International Development Scott Lemb will take part dedicated to native advertising. He will talk about how native advertising is done in Western media. The Meduza Native Advertising Conference will take place on May 21 at the Moscow DI Telegraph.

Former German Foreign Minister Hans-Dietrich Genscher, one of the politicians who prepared the collapse of the Berlin Wall and the reunification of Germany, has died. Genscher was 89 years old. The cause of death was cardiovascular failure. “With his death, Germany has lost an internationally recognized statesman, and for me personally, a highly respected adviser,” said German Chancellor Angela Merkel. She noted that Genscher gave hope for change to millions of people in Eastern Europe.

What first -Aprilous draws did Google prepare in 2016 Google Nederland / YouTube Each year, by April 1, the most different Google units are preparing unexpected draws and “Easter eggs”: for example, last year the real PAC-man was hidden in the cards. In 2016, Google also prepared a lot of first-April jokes, and almost all of them were a success. "Medusa" collected in one place the main drawing of the corporation for today.

Video footage from a mid-March meeting of city officials in Irkutsk is causing a stir online, thanks to a particularly obnoxious comment by Mayor Dmitry Berdnikov, who refused to let a senior police colonel add a last-minute item to the agenda. “Vladimir Vladimirovich, did you want something?” the mayor asked, when he saw the police colonel motion for his attention. “I would like to make a few additions, to include on the agenda. Just two minutes,” the police colonel said.

How do Russians live with HIV and hepatitis C Photo: Vladimir Song / RIA Novosti / Scanpix nanny and a child in a specialized center for children born of mothers with HIV infection On Tuesday, March 29, in Moscow a conference was held on the situation with HIV and AIDS in the countries of Eastern Europe and Central Asia. Experts evaluated the situation with the disease in Russia as an “epidemic” and compared it with African countries.

The trade union of journalists, established in Russia in March 2016, called the proposal to report on the income and expenses of their members, which is contained in the national anti-corruption plan, discriminatory. This plan was approved by Russian President Vladimir Putin on April 1. “We thank the Kremlin for the recommendations, but with our income and expenses, as well as other obligations of a property nature, we are able to deal with it ourselves,” the union said in a statement.

On the evening of March 30, an opinion piece written by Vladimir Markin, the spokesman for Russia's Federal Investigative Committee, appeared on the news website Vecherny Chelyabinsk .

Explains the political specialist PR Andrei Sharomomov Photo: Mikhail Klimentiev / TASS / Vida Press At the end of March, Presidential spokesman Dmitry Peskov warned that “information stuffing” was being prepared with respect to the Kremlin. A few days later, a publication appeared, which told about businessman Grigory Baevsky, who transferred real estate to the relatives of Alina Kabaeva and owned the apartment, in which the proposed daughter of the President Katerina Tikhonova was registered.

American singer Taylor Swift published on April 1 a commercial for the music service Apple Music. In the commercial, she turns on a workout playlist on her iPhone, after which the song " Jumpman " by Drake and Future starts playing. Swift starts to run along the treadmill, singing along to the musicians and waving his arms. And then the unexpected happens. Let's not spoil the impression: Apple Music ad with Taylor Swift released on Apple's 40th birthday.

Virgin Australia published a special class advertisement in an airplane in which only children are served. In the "children's" class, everything is done for the convenience of small passengers: special pillows hang on the standing seats that can be drunk; They are fed with fruits and sweets; They are given to choose a toy bear for a more comfortable flight. Virgin Australia Virgin Australia Kids Class Each year, the airline transports 900,000 children.