At least 154 people have died in the city of Mocoa in southwestern Colombia as a result of flooding that provoked landslides and mudflows, according to the BBC, citing President Juan Manuel Santos. Earlier it was reported about the death of 127 people. 400 people were injured and 220 are missing. Such data are provided by the Associated Press with reference to the Colombian Red Cross.

On April 1, 2017, Yevgeny Yevtushenko died. A day earlier, it became known that he was taken to a hospital in serious condition. "Medusa" recalls the life of Yevtushenko - the last poet who gathered stadiums on his creative evenings. Photo: SOVFOTO / UIG / Rex / Vida Press Evgeny Yevtushenko in the 1950s.

Chechnya comment on the publication of gay persecution in the region Photo: Vladimir Velengurin / Komsomolskaya Pravda / Photoxpress spokesman for the head of Chechnya Alvi Karimov On April 1, New Gazeta reported that in Chechnya, mass raids on people who are suspected of homosexuality have recently been taking place in Chechnya. The newspaper, citing sources in law enforcement agencies, claims that three people were killed, and more than a hundred people were detained.

The poet Evgeny Yevtushenko died in the USA. This was reported by TASS with reference to his friend Mikhail Morgulis. Yevtushenko was 84 years old. The day before it became known that he was in a hospital in serious condition. A few minutes before the publication of the news of the death of Yevtushenko, TASS said that the poet is “in extreme serious condition”, but “in full consciousness”.

The press secretary of the head of Chechnya, Ramzan Kadyrov, Alvi Karimov, called the publication of Novaya Gazeta about the persecution of gays in the region "absolute lies and disinformation", as well as "an attempt to denigrate the Chechen Republic." It is reported by Interfax. “You cannot detain and harass someone who is simply not in the republic,” Karimov said.

Kheda Saratova, a member of the Human Rights Council under the head of Chechnya, commenting on Novaya Gazeta's reports of detentions and murders of gays in the republic, said that Chechen society "will not condemn" "even an extreme measure against such people." This was reported by the radio station "Moscow speaking".

In Makhachkala, on April 1, workers at the Dagelektromash market (also known as the Irchi Kazak market), which burned down the day before, blocked the roadway on Hamidov Avenue. Judging by the pictures published on the Internet, OMON forces were pulled into place. The participants came to the action after meetings with representatives of the mayor's office and the leadership of the market, which took place on the morning of April 1 and March 31.

The largest porn site in the world, PornHub, began showing some of its users a comic banner on April 1, stating that they had successfully shared the video they watched on social networks. “PornHub is now automatically posting videos to your social media accounts,” said the banner with the “Thank you PornHub” and “What the hell, bring it all back!” buttons. Thanks Pornhub!

On March 31, violinist Andrey Osipov was detained in Cheboksary during a rehearsal. He participated in a rally against corruption. The policeman took him to the department "to give explanations, reports . " OVD-Info A violinist was detained for participating in a rally right at the rehearsal A violinist was detained in Cheboksary during a rehearsal. He participated in a rally against corruption. Posted by Meduza April 1, 2017

The Moscow Department of the Investigative Committee of the Russian Federation opened a criminal case under the article “calls for mass riots” (part 3 of article 212 of the Criminal Code of the Russian Federation). Details are not given in the message of the UK. This is allegedly about an unauthorized action in Moscow, scheduled for April 2.

The publication Bird in Flight introduced the neural network Neuraldornnet, which determines the chances of a date with Ivan Dorn. “We asked Ivan Dorn to view 10567 photo portraits and evaluate the attractiveness of the people who are depicted on them on a 100-point scale. Then we found a correlation of these data with biometric parameters of people's faces.

The Investigative Committee of the Russian Federation announced the arrest of a participant in the attack on the military unit of the Russian Guard in Chechnya on March 24. The detainee's name is Ibragim Dzhamalov, he was born in the Naursky district of Chechnya in 1995. The circumstances of his capture are not reported. According to the Investigative Committee, Jamalov has already "confessed".

On April 1, VKontakte made a trick on users, showing them a screenshot of the old social network design - exactly a year after she switched to a new interface. When users opened the news tape in the web version, they briefly displayed the post of posts in the old design. The upper record read: “Very soon we will transfer all users to a new design. We are sure that you will quickly get used to it, and a year later, the old VKontakte look will only cause surprise.

Deputy Prime Minister of the Russian Federation Arkady Dvorkovich said that he opposed the proposal of Senator Sergei Lisovsky to ban hypermarkets from working around the clock. “I am for people to be comfortable. <...> If it is convenient for people to have a store open around the clock, it is better that it be open around the clock, ”Interfax quotes Dvorkovich. The Ministry of Industry and Trade of the Russian Federation also spoke out against Lisovsky's proposal.

According to Novaya Gazeta, more than a hundred men have been detained in Chechnya in recent weeks, whom the security forces suspected of being homosexual. The publication writes that this information was confirmed by "an unprecedented large number of sources", including interlocutors in the local departments of the Ministry of Internal Affairs, the FSB, in the prosecutor's office and the administration of the republic.