The man who killed a policeman in the center of Paris on the evening of April 20 was known to the French secret services. citing sources This is reported by the Reuters agency and the BFM-TV channel, . In connection with what he came to the attention of the special services, it is not reported. The Associated Press reports that he was known to authorities "as an extremist". in his home in the east of the city Searches are being carried out .

One of the policemen injured in a shootout in the center of Paris on the evening of April 20 has died. It is reported by Reuters, citing a police source. Thus, as a result of the shootout, two policemen were killed. Update. The French Interior Ministry denied the death of a second policeman. According to the department, he is in critical condition.

In the center of Paris on the Champs Elysees, a shootout took place, as a result of which one policeman was killed and at least two were injured. The man who opened fire on the police was also killed, the agency writes. Reuters, citing the police, writes about two attackers. According to unconfirmed reports, the second attacker is at large. According to eyewitnesses, a man who ran out of the car started shooting at the police.

Tesla, Elon Musk's electric car company, will recall 53,000 vehicles due to possible problems with the electronic parking brake. Some S and X models may have trouble releasing the brakes due to a defect made by a third party parts manufacturer. The company notes that this problem, in their opinion, does not pose a danger to car owners. The marriage was found in cars produced between February and October 2016.

In Tatarstan, criminal investigation officers Timur Garifullin and Ilgam Safin have been charged with beating several people in a bar in Naberezhnye Chelny in August 2016 and later falsifying a criminal case on illegal arms trafficking. This was reported by the human rights organization "Zone of Law" with reference to the lawyer Irina Khrunova. The policemen are accused of abuse of power with causing grave consequences, illegal circulation of weapons and falsification of evidence.

Nikolai Lyaskin, an employee of the Anti-Corruption Foundation, was released after 25 days of arrest. He was arrested after an anti-corruption rally in Moscow on March 26. On March 27, the court found Nikolai Lyaskin guilty of repeated violation of the procedure for holding the rally (paragraph 8 of Article 20.2 of the Code of Administrative Offenses). Lyaskin himself said that in the paddy wagon, a policeman hit him on the head.

How meetings were held in Moscow areas dedicated to the demolition program for five -story houses On April 20, the State Duma adopted in the first reading a bill on renovation - the demolition of most Moscow five -story buildings and the resettlement of their inhabitants to new houses.

In the Perm Territory, they began to give subsidies to young mothers, if they are married. Now the law is required to fix Photo: Pavel Bednyakov / TASS Maxim Reshetnikov On April 19, the temporarily acting Governor of the Perm Territory Maxim Reshetnikov demanded that the regional law “On the Protection of Family, Motherhood, Paternalism and Childhood”, which violates the rights of single mothers and their children.

The Supreme Court of Russia recognized the organization "Administrative Center of Jehovah's Witnesses" as extremist and banned its activities. The meeting was broadcast on the center's website. The organization will be liquidated, its property will be confiscated in favor of the state. Representatives of the organization said they intend to appeal the decision. Consideration of the case by the Supreme Court continued intermittently from 5 April.

Photo: Ferhat Dervisoglu / Dogan News Agency / Reuters / Scanpix / Leta the Syrian in a stretcher in the Turkish hospital, April 4, 2017 In two weeks that have passed from the bombing of the Syrian city of Khan-Sheikhun in the province of Idlib, Russia and Syria have repeatedly said that there was no evidence of the use of chemical weapons by the troops of Bashar al-Assad against the civilian population. Western countries are confident in the opposite, they demand to punish Assad for war crimes.

On April 18, Russian Major Sergei Bordov, who served in the Marine Corps, died in Syria. It is reported by Reuters with reference to his former colleague Vyacheslav Pavlyuchenko. “Covered them with mortar fire. Two of ours, Russian, and two Syrian soldiers were killed," he said. The name of the second deceased Russian Pavlyuchenko is unknown. In which region of Syria Bordov came under fire and who opened fire on him, it is not reported.

The State Duma adopted in the first reading a bill on a renovation program in Moscow, under which it is planned to demolish all five-story buildings in the capital. 397 deputies voted for the document, 4 voted against, and one abstained. The meeting is broadcast on the Duma website. During the discussion, the Just Russia faction opposed the bill.

The Basmanny Court of Moscow arrested Akram Azimov, the brother of the alleged organizer of the terrorist attack in St. Petersburg, Abror Azimov. During the meeting, Azimov said that he was not involved in the attack.

Photo: Tempus / Wikimedia Commons building of the Russian Institute of Strategic Research on Navyskaya Street in Moscow On April 20, Reuters reported that the plan of the propaganda campaign to intervene in the election of the US President by Russia was developed at the Russian Institute of Strategic Research (RISI).

A bill proposing to deprive Russian citizenship of those convicted of terrorism has been withdrawn from the State Duma. It is reported by the BBC. There is no information about the bill at the time of writing the news in the State Duma database (the card was located at this address ). According to the publication's sources in the State Duma, the initiative was withdrawn at the request of the leadership of the chamber due to the fact that its provisions are contrary to the Constitution.