The World Anti-Doping Agency (WADA) has said that the 2005 doping retest that resulted in the suspension of Russian runner Tatyana Adrianov in 2015 was not conducted correctly. According to WADA, the International Association of Athletics Federations (IAAF) misinterpreted the extension of the sample review period from eight to ten years. “If the eight-year term expired before January 1, 2015, it was no longer subject to extension to 10 years,” the agency said.

At a mass gathering in mid-February while touring Mexico, Pope Francis noticed two young women in the crowd at José María Morelos y Pavon Stadium who wanted badly to embrace him. With a smile on his face, Francis beckoned them nearer, and soon the three were hugging euphorically. In what would prove important two months later (when the Pope “latergramed” a photo of the moment), one of the women carried blue and yellow ribbons—the colors of the Down Syndrome Awareness ribbon.

The terrorist Najim Lashrawi, who staged one of the explosions at Brussels airport on March 22, worked as a cleaner in the building of the European Parliament. It is reported by AFP. Lashravi took the job twice, in the summer of 2009 and a year later. According to the representative of the European Parliament, it was a summer part-time job. In both cases, he worked there for a month.

Iceland will hold early parliamentary elections in the fall of 2016. This was reported by Reuters with reference to the leader of the opposition Pirate Party Birgitta Jonsdottir. An agreement on early elections was reached between the parliamentary opposition and the ruling coalition. According to Reuters, the Pirate Party is leading in the latest opinion polls.

The Ministry of Defense of Azerbaijan has accused Armenia of shelling its positions in the Nakhichevan Autonomous Republic. It is reported by Interfax. According to the statement of the department, the shelling from "large-caliber small arms and grenade launchers" began on April 5 at 12:10 and continued at 12:56 on April 6. The Armenian Defense Ministry denied this information.

Prime Minister of the Netherlands Mark Rutte said that the decision to ratify the association agreement between Ukraine and the EU could be revised if the result of the referendum on April 6 is negative, the BBC reports. “If the turnout is above 30 percent and the answer ‘No’ wins by such a large margin, then the ratification process, in my opinion, cannot simply continue,” Rutte said. According to exit polls, 64 percent of referendum participants voted against ratifying the treaty, AFP reports.

Expenses of the National Intellectual Development Foundation of Katerina Tikhonova, whom the media called the daughter of Vladimir Putin, increased by 46 percent in 2015 compared to the previous year, RBC reports. In 2015, the fund spent about 411.5 million rubles, while in 2014 - 281.6. Expenses in 2013, according to data on the website of the Ministry of Justice of the Russian Federation, amounted to 65.3 million rubles.

Google's Corporation spoke about the strange situations in which unmanned cars fall, being on the streets of cities.

On April 6, the Swiss prosecutor's office raided the headquarters of the Union of European Football Associations (UEFA) in Nyon in connection with possible violations in the sale of rights to television broadcasts. It is reported by Reuters. There are no specific suspects in the case yet, prosecutors said.

Photo in the announcement: Artem Korotaev / TASS for counting, we added the limiting number of all power departments of Russia, including the Ministry of Internal Affairs, the Investigative Committee of the Russian Federation, the prosecutor's office, the Ministry of Emergencies and the newly formed national guard . The population of Russia for calculations was taken on January 1, 2016.

Crazy flash mobs of thin Chinese girls Photo: @fluffyyetimuah / Instagram Some girls in China are so obsessed with thinness that because of this, flash mobs regularly appear on social networks, thanks to which they can boast of their harmony. Medusa chose the most crazy Chinese flash mobs of recent months, whose participants tried by all means to prove that they were thin. One of the first popular flash mobs was called the "Pupa test." It took place in the early summer of 2015.

Film about the film. Premiere on "Medusa" Photo: Bazelevs Distribution On April 7, the film of Ilya Nayshuller "Hardcore" is released. In 2013, the director shot a cheerful bloody clip for his Biting Elbows group - in it everything that happens is shown on behalf of the protagonist. The experience of this shooting forms the basis of one of the most anticipated films of 2016 - and not only in Russia.

The posthumous clip of David Bowie came out The artist Jonathan Barnbrooke, who worked with David Bowie for many years, published a video for the song of the performer I canʼt Give EVERYTHING AWAY. This composition was released on the last album of the Blackstar musician. As Barnbrooke said , he wanted to show that although people are faced with difficulties (such as Bowie's departure), human existence is still positive.

A red-haired cat named Marai got a job in a historical and art museum in Serpukhov. Marai became a span - he must meet guests at the front door. Instead of a salary, the cat will receive food - cutlets and fish (Marai does not recognize cat food). Photo: Serpukhov Historical and Art Museum As they say on the museum’s website , Marai lived for a long time at the establishment.

What is the new power structure in Russia: Interview with Maria Shklyarruk Photo: Alexander Murashkin / All -Russian Civil Forum - 2014 Russian President Vladimir Putin announced the creation of a new power structure - the National Guard number of 400 thousand people. About how influential this structure can become, what powers it already has, and what it will only claim to be, Medusa talked with a researcher at the Institute of Law Enforcement at the European University in St.