Photo: Alexander Demyanchuk / TASS / Scanpix / Leta On April 22, St. Petersburg Zenit held its first official match at the new Zenit Arena stadium on Krestovsky Island-with the Yekaterinburg Urals. The fans had been waiting for this day for 10 years - so many construction was carried out. About 40 billion rubles were spent on the construction of the stadium with an initial estimate of 6 billion.

The head of Chechnya, Ramzan Kadyrov, speaking to the press at the Shashlyk-Mashlyk festival in Grozny, said that journalists should “ask those corrupt shaitans to apologize to the Chechen people” and “kneel for insulting, humiliating, accused." RBC writes that by "corrupt shaitans" Kadyrov meant the authors of articles about the persecution of gays in Chechnya.

Photo: Daniel Leal-Livas / AFP / Scanpix / Leta On April 22, in several dozen countries of the world, “marches in defense of science” were held. Their organizers say that on the one hand, this is a festive action. On the other hand, this is a reminder to politicians around the world that scientific research should be encouraged and respected, not limited. Scientists want politicians to listen to them more, and, on the contrary, hit anti -scientific rhetoric.

In Armenia, in the city of Gyumri, a man in a Russian military uniform was found dead, TASS reports citing local police. The suspect in the murder has been arrested. The Prosecutor General's Office of Armenia told Interfax that the victim was 21-year-old Russian soldier Dmitry Yalpaev. His body was found near the city store. According to eyewitnesses, he was stabbed during a scuffle, reports .

What is the spin-off "in the whole" surpasses the original? Photo: Michele K. Short / Sony Pictures Television / AMC On the AMC channel on April 10, the third season “Better Call the Solu” began - a series that finally turned into the mirror “All Great” and spoke with the viewer about his most hidden fears.

In several regions of Russia, officials are trying to ban schools from sending participants in the annual Man in History. Russia – XX century”, which is held by the “International Memorial”, for the awards ceremony in Moscow on April 26. This is reported by the organizers of the competition. According to Memorial, this happened in the Tver, Volgograd, Astrakhan, Arkhangelsk, Penza regions, in Mordovia and in the Krasnoyarsk Territory.

Russian figure skater Evgenia Medvedeva set a new world record at the World Team Figure Skating Championships in Tokyo, gaining 241.31 points in the total free and short programs. Medvedev sets a world record for the third time since the end of January. Prior to this, the record (228.56) since 2010 was held by Korean Kim Young Ah. The Russian also broke records in the free and short programs. Here is her performance in the free program: figure skating 2014 160over!!!

In Khabarovsk, all the weapons stolen from the Hammer shooting club before the attack on the FSB reception were found. This is reported with reference to sources, the local edition of Komsomolskaya Pravda and the Gubernia website . “This information has not yet been disclosed, but everything that was stolen has been discovered,” Komsomolskaya Pravda quoted a source close to the investigation as saying. "Gubernia" writes that "a cache with two more pistols" was found.

Russia's Chief Military Prosecutor, Deputy Prosecutor General Sergei Fridinsky has resigned. This information was confirmed by Viktor Ozerov, Chairman of the Federation Council Committee on Defense and Security. “The Federation Council received a statement from Sergei Fridinsky with a request to release him from his post in connection with his retirement due to seniority,” told RIA Novosti. Ozerov His application will be considered on Wednesday, April 26, Interfax reports .

Zenit won the Yekaterinburg "Ural" with a score of 2:0 in the first match held at the stadium "St. Petersburg-Arena" ("Zenith-Arena"). Both goals were scored at the end of the second half. "Ural" played out the meeting in eight. In the 60th minute, Eric Bikfalvi and Roman Pavlyuchenko were removed from the field, and in the 86th, shortly after the first goal of Zenit, Roman Yemelyanov was sent off. The goals were scored by Branislav Ivanovic and Joan Mollo.

At least 140 people were killed in an attack by militants from the Taliban terrorist movement on a military base in Mazar-i-Sharif in Afghanistan, Reuters reports, citing a source in the city administration. The Ministry of Defense of Afghanistan reported the death of more than a hundred people. The attack took place on Friday, April 21st.

Cosmonaut Gennady Padalka will leave the cosmonaut corps after April 28, according to the Moskovsky Komsomolets newspaper. The publication does not indicate the source of information. According to MK, Padalka made the decision to leave "the other day." With what it is connected, the newspaper does not specify. The cosmonaut himself told Komsomolskaya Pravda that he "is still in the detachment." “All comments after April 28,” the newspaper quoted him as saying. Update .

The video “Hitler 1945 / Navalny 2018 – WE CAN REPEAT!”, in which opposition leader Alexei Navalny is compared to Adolf Hitler, has been removed from YouTube with the wording “because of a statement of copyright infringement.” This was reported by the TV channel "Rain". The application was submitted by the user Inokentii Traktorist (spelling preserved), on whose channel only one video was uploaded.

Italian cyclist Michele Scarpone, who played for the Kazakh team Astana Pro Team, died on the morning of April 22 as a result of an accident. He was 37 years old. According to the team, Scarpone died during a training session near his home. He was hit by a van at an intersection. The highest achievement in Scarponi's career was the victory in the Giro d'Italia race in 2011, where he became the first in the general and points classifications.

In Wichita, Kansas, KWCH12 reporter Didi Sun was put on live television in the middle of a weather forecast. Sun didn't notice that the broadcast had already started and yawned. At the same time, the report replaced the forecast map. A big yawn for the blooper reel! Adding this one to the blooper reel! Someone accidentally pushes the right button at just the right time to catch my GIANT yawn hahha!