Artist and daughter of the President of Kyrgyzstan fights for women's rights On April 11, 20-year-old artist and blogger Aliya Shagieva posted a photo on social media of herself breastfeeding her newborn son Tahir. The picture was accompanied by her reflections on the perception of the female body, the cult of motherhood and the right to openly breastfeed a child.

Chairman of the State Duma of the Russian Federation Vyacheslav Volodin declared in 2016 an income of 62 million 129 thousand and 66.55 rubles. Information about his income is published on the website of the State Duma. In 2015, when Volodin served as deputy head of the presidential administration, his income turned out to be 25 million rubles more - 87.09 million rubles.

Photo: CGTRK "Grozny" representatives of the clergy of the Chechen Republic in the mosque "Heart of Chechnya". April 3, 2017 On Thursday, April 13, the New Gazeta said that at a meeting of theologians and public figures in the main mosque of the Terrible, on April 3, they called on the reprisal of the journalists of the publication.

The first teaser of the eighth episode of Star Wars, which is called the “Last Jedi”, came out. Star Wars Star Wars: The Last Jedi Official Teaser But the duplicated version of the trailer: Star Wars "Star Wars: The Last Jedi"-a teaser trailer Also on April 14, the creators of the picture presented the first post of the film. Here he is: The eighth episode of Star Wars was shot by director Ryan Johnson. Mark Hamill, Daisy Ridley, John Boyeg, Carrie Fisher and others starred in it.

The lawyer of the detainee in the case of a rally on March 26 - of what he is accused of Photo: Arthur Novosiltsev / TASS On April 13, the Investigative Committee announced the detention of four men accused of “applying violence against a representative of the authorities” (Article 318 of the Criminal Code). The investigation believes that they are involved in the injuries to the police at a rally on March 26, they can face up to five years in prison.

In Omsk, near the Boulevard of Architects, the melted snow flooded the sidewalks. And the children who go to school have to choose: it's boring to walk along the road or climb the fence surrounded by water. Naturally, several junior high school students chose the second path. Now they are like the heroes of the Fort Boyard show. Nathan Drift "Fort Boyard" in Omsk: children go to school, climbing the fence

Photo: Randy Duchaine / Alamy / Vida Press Picture of Rembrandt "Girl with Metelka" at the Washington National Gallery sold in February 1931 On April 13, the senior researcher at the Hermitage Alexei Larionov said that archival documents were removed from the museum on the sale of works of art in the 1920s and 1930s. According to him, the Hermitage was accused of distributing “secret” information and forbidden to publish these documents.

United Airlines passenger Richard Bell, on a flight from Houston to Calgary, Canada, was stung by a scorpion that fell on his head from the ceiling. According to Bell, during lunch, he felt something fall on him and grabbed the item. Seeing that he was holding a scorpion by the tail, he threw it on the plate and then tried to take it again; at that moment the scorpion stung him, hitting his nail.

Moscow's Basmanny Court has agreed with the prosecutor's office's request to choose arrest as a preventive measure for former Mari El Governor Leonid Markelov. He will remain in custody until at least June 12. Markelov is accused of receiving a bribe in the amount of 235 million rubles. According to the investigation, he has been receiving bribes from the head of the poultry farm Nikolai Krivash through an intermediary, the head of the Region 12 TV channel Natalia Kozhanova, since 2013.

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Your Browser Does Not Support the Audio Element. Open space, closed Internet Alexey Ponomarev and Evgeny Berg are discussing a new round in the relations of the United States and Russia, the detention of the opposition (and video blogger) Vyacheslav Maltsev, the arrest of the teacher (and Tor user) Dmitry Bogatov, as well as the hype around the film “Time of the First”. The director of the picture Dmitry Kiselev agreed to talk about with us.

Russia and Syria will shoot a joint feature film "Palmyra", RIA Novosti reports with reference to the press service of the Ministry of Culture of the Russian Federation. The film will talk about a doctor from Dagestan, whose wife fled to Syria with their children and joined the terrorists. As producer Andrei Sigle said in August 2016, “the hero will go to rescue them from there.” The film will be directed by Ivan Bolotnikov, who wrote the script for Palmyra.

Senator from the Kamchatka Territory Valery Ponomarev remained the richest member of the Federation Council. In the declaration for 2016, Ponomarev indicated an income of 2.6 billion rubles. The senator also owns three apartments ranging from 150 to 179 square meters, Ponomarev uses another apartment of 175 square meters, owned by his wife. The senator also owns cars: Bentley Arnage R, Porsche Cayenne Turbo, Ferrari F430 and GAZ-21.

The judge of the Tver District Court of Moscow, Alexei Stekliev, was arrested for 15 days of oppositionist Vyacheslav Maltsev on an administrative protocol on the disobedience of the police for the rally on March 26 in Moscow. Photo: Dmitry Serebryakov / TASS / Scanpix / Leta Vyacheslav Maltsev before the meeting Stekliev refused at the request of protection to call police officers to the court who delayed Maltsev and drawn up the protocol.

The Organizing Committee of the National Bestseller Award has announced a short list of contenders for the award for 2017. The shortlist includes seven works - "Shadow of Mazepa" by Sergei Belyakov, "Lives of Murdered Artists" by Alexander Brener, "Motherland" by Elena Dolgopyat, "F20" by Anna Kozlova, "Patriot" by Andrei Rubanov, "Tadpole and Saints" by Andrei Filimonov and " This country" Figl-Migl (Ekaterina Chebotareva).