Russian President Vladimir Putin and Ukrainian President Petro Poroshenko discussed by phone the fate of Ukrainian Nadezhda Savchenko, convicted in the Russian Federation, and Russians Alexander Alexandrov and Yevgeny Yerofeev, who were sentenced to 14 years in prison by a court in Kiev on April 18. “The presidents agreed that the Consul General of Ukraine in Rostov-on-Don will soon have access to N. Savchenko,” the press service of the Russian president said in a statement.

The Head of Russia's Investigative Committee, Alexander Bastrykin, is proposing legislation to make any public pronouncements that “falsify Russian history” to be considered acts of extremism, writes Bastrykin in an article for the magazine Kommersant-Vlast . By the falsification of history, Bastrykin means, for example, any denial of the results of the 2014 referendum on Crimea's status to either remain a part of Ukraine or to join Russia.

Russian photographer Sergey Ponomarev won the 2016 Pulitzer Prize for Breaking News Photography. The announcement of the nominees is broadcast on the award website. Together with Ponomarev, Mauricio Lima, Tyler Hicks and Daniel Etter received the award. They were noted for reporting on the lives of refugees. A separate award in this nomination was given to photographers from the Thomson Reuters Foundation. Sergey Ponomarev won the World Press Photo award in 2015 for reporting from Gaza.

US President Barack Obama in a telephone conversation thanked Russian President Vladimir Putin for his assistance in the release of American Kevin Dawes, who disappeared in Syria in 2012. This was reported by the press service of the Kremlin. Photographer Kevin Dawes went missing in September 2012 while traveling from Turkey to Syria.

The author of The Daily Dot, Luke Winkie, drew attention to the fact that some people on the Internet retouch photos and videos with women, removing their heads from their shoulders. Sometimes they go further and put these heads into the hands of the mistresses. For example, such videos are posted on the Fartemus Dingleberry YouTube channel. The channel itself is not very popular - only a thousand subscribers, but the videos in it have a total of more than half a million views.

We explain why the new Prime Minister of Canada is a very cool Photo: Codie Mclachlan / The Canadian Press / Pa Images / Scanpix On October 19, 2015, 43-year-old Justin Trudeau became the Prime Minister of Canada. Everyone liked Trudo in advance, if only because he is young and beautiful; But in the first six months in the post of head of state, he was able to demonstrate many of his talents to the public. Medusa tells why the current Prime Minister of Canada is very cool. Without politics.

The Presnensky Court of Moscow fined the Golos association 1.2 million rubles for violating the law on “foreign agents.” RBC reports this with reference to the co-chairman of the “Voice” movement Grigory Melkonyants. From the case materials, it follows that the Ministry of Justice demanded that Golos be fined for the lack of labeling about the status of a “foreign agent” in publications on the site.

The Ministry of North Caucasus Affairs supported the idea to place the image of the Grozny mosque named after Akhmat Kadyrov "Heart of Chechnya" on the banknote of 200 rubles. The ministry also approved a proposal to place an image of Derbent on the 2000 ruble note. “This initiative is timely and necessary to continue building a positive image of the region's cities,” said Odes Baysultanov, Deputy Minister for North Caucasus Affairs. “Derbent is an open-air museum of centuries-old history.

The bus that exploded in Jerusalem contained a small bomb. This was announced by the representative of the mayor of Jerusalem. According to the latest data , 18 people were injured in the explosion, two of them were hospitalized in serious condition. The explosion occurred in an empty bus, next to which a bus with passengers was passing. Both buses caught fire. The victims were hospitalized with burns and carbon monoxide poisoning.

How Kiev captured Yerofeev and Aleksandrov Photo: Maxim Pab / TASS / Scanpix Earlier today, on April 18, a court in Kiev convicted Russian nationals Yevgeni Yerofeev and Alexander Aleksandrov of illegal border crossing, illegal weapons possession, and involvement in a terrorist organization. Yerofeev and Aleksandrov were detained last year in the Donbas, and Ukrainian officials say they are active intelligence agents in the Russian military.

The YMF Debut Orchestra Orchestra from Los Angeles performed on April 16 with a concert of Yeethoven. The musicians performed the works of Ludwig Van Beethoven and Kanye West interspersed. MexRFW New Slaves X Overture to Egmont, Op. 84 - Yeethoven The tracks from the album of Kanye West “Yeezus” were interrupted by symphonies and overtures of Beethoven. The performance lasted about an hour. Judging by the applause, the listeners were satisfied.

The British stuntman Damien Walters made a reverse somersault over the formula E. The electric car rushed to him from the back, and the stuntman jumped blindly. Before the final Salto, Walters made several trials, choosing the most suitable time for the jump - he was guided by the timer standing in front of him.

There was an explosion in a bus in Jerusalem. According to preliminary data, 16 people were injured. The cause of the explosion has not yet been established. It is reported that we can talk about both a terrorist attack and technical malfunctions. According to doctors , two of the victims are in critical condition. Two buses and another car caught fire at the site of the explosion. There were no passengers on one of the buses at the time of the explosion.

Russian President Vladimir Putin awarded LDPR leader Vladimir Zhirinovsky with the Order of Merit for the Fatherland, II degree. The corresponding decree is published on the official portal of legal information.

Su-34 fighter-bombers attacked an ice jam on the Northern Dvina in the Arkhangelsk region. This traffic jam, which formed on the administrative border of the Arkhangelsk and Vologda regions, led to the worst flood in 20 years. The press service of the Ministry of Emergency Situations reported that the bombs were dropped from two Su-34 aircraft, which alternately entered the target.