During the fighting in Nagorno-Karabakh in April 2016, 31 servicemen of the Azerbaijani army were killed. This was stated by the press secretary of the Azerbaijani Ministry of Defense Vagif Dargahly. On the evening of April 5, the unrecognized Nagorno-Karabakh Republic announced the death of 29 of its servicemen. Earlier it was known about the death of 16 servicemen from Azerbaijan and 20 from the NKR.

During the fighting in Nagorno-Karabakh in early April, 29 servicemen of the Defense Army of the unrecognized Nagorno-Karabakh Republic were killed. 101 soldiers were wounded, Interfax reports. According to V. Arstamyan, the NKR Defense Army lost 14 tanks, Azerbaijan - 24 tanks, four infantry fighting vehicles, two helicopters, 12 drones, one "Grad" installation. Interfax Earlier, the NKR reported 20 military dead. Azerbaijan has acknowledged the death of 16 of its servicemen.

On April 5, the media drew attention to the February video from the children's holiday, which is the former soloist of the Boyri chanson group Vladimir Zhdamirov. In the video, Zhdamirov performs the refrain of the song “Certificate in the blood”, and the children are actively singing to him.

FIFA President Gianni Infantino, during his years at UEFA, participated in the conclusion of a contract with one of the defendants in a corruption scandal in world football. This is reported by The Guardian, citing documents from the Panama Papers. In 2006, UEFA sold three-year rights to show the Champions League in Ecuador to Cross Trading, owned by Hugo Jinkins, for $111,000 (placed under house arrest in 2015 due to allegations of involvement in FIFA corruption).

Chechen publicists Rizvan Ibragimov and Abubakar Didiev, allegedly detained by security forces on April 1, appeared at a meeting of Chechen scientists and writers at the residence of the head of the republic, Ramzan Kadyrov.

The WhatsApp messenger has introduced full end-to-end encryption for all types of messages, according to a company blog. The innovation will affect text messages, group chats, voice messages, calls, and file transfers. For end-to-end encryption to work, all participants in the conversation must have the latest version of the application installed. The principle of end-to-end encryption implies that encryption is carried out directly on the device - only the addressee can read the message.

The most important thing about the new public service in Russia Photo: Mikhail Klimentyev / RIA "Novosti" / Scanpix Russian President Vladimir Putin created a completely new service on the basis of the internal troops of the Ministry of Internal Affairs and called it the National Guard. At the head of the service, he set up Viktor Zolotov, who led Putin’s security for many years, and headed the internal troops for the past couple of years.

Russian President Vladimir Putin signed a decree abolishing the Federal Drug Control Service (FSKN) and the Federal Migration Service (FMS). The powers of departments and staffing will be transferred to the Ministry of Internal Affairs. The staff of the Federal Migration Service will be reduced by 30 percent.

The Village correspondent Polina Eremenko talked with people living in apartments in which famous Russian writers and poets - Korney Chukovsky, Daniil Harms, Anna Akhmatova, Vladimir Mayakovsky and Osip Mandelstam lived a hundred years ago. The most striking, in our opinion, was a monologue of the 69-year-old artist Nikolai Kotlyarovsky, who lives in the apartment of Daniil Harms. Kotlyarovsky says that in 1941, a bomb entered the house in which Harms lived.

Member of the Public Chamber Artem Kiryanov asked the Federal Tax Service to check whether Novaya Gazeta paid taxes on grants received from abroad. The request, as follows from the text of the appeal, is connected with the participation of the newspaper in an international investigation based on documents from the Panama Archive.

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How to change a face with a star (or your child) In December, the Face Swap Live application appeared on iOS, which allows you to change your face with another person. Not so long ago, a similar opportunity appeared in the famous MSQRD application, which I bought Facebook. And all because it is very fun. And sometimes scary. One of the first popular Face SWAPs appeared in February. In the video, the father changed his faces with his child and pronounced inarticulate sounds.

Commander of the Internal Troops of the Russian Federation Viktor Zolotov, former head of the security service of the President of Russia, headed the National Guard. The corresponding decree was signed by Vladimir Putin. The full name of the new position of Zolotov is Director of the Federal Service of the National Guard Troops of the Russian Federation - Commander-in-Chief of the National Guard Troops of the Russian Federation. He is equal in status to a federal minister.

For what in the Kursk region they are pursuing opposition to Olga Lee Photo: Anton Carliner / "Medusa" In early March 2016, the deputy of the Kursk Regional Duma and the editor -in -chief of the newspaper Narodnaya Journalist Olga Lee published a video message in which she harshly criticized President Vladimir Putin.

Russian officer Vadim Tumakov died in Syria. This was reported by the Orenburg editions orenday.ru and Orenbuzhie . According to media reports, his body was taken to his homeland - to the village of Pokrovka, Sol-Iletsk district, where the funeral took place. This happened a week and a half ago. Publications note that Tumakov served in the Vityaz special forces. Whether he was an active-duty soldier is not clear from media reports.