The United States has imposed sanctions on 271 employees of a research center in Syria who may be involved in the development of chemical weapons. As noted by The Financial Times, America has doubled the sanctions list of Syrians. The sanctions were imposed in response to the chemical weapons bombing of the city of Khan Sheikhoun on 4 April. US Treasury Secretary Steven Mnuchin said America will not tolerate the use of chemical weapons.

The Russian programmer Timur Gagiev released the version of the 1996 Tomb Raider game with open source. The Openlara project has been published on GitHub, Gagiev worked on it at least from November 2016. The most interesting in Openlara is a demo version that works right in the browser. If you go to this page , the level from Tomb Raider will start. The player can run, jump, choose weapons and shoot.

Actor Danila Kozlovsky will act as a director for the first time and will shoot the film “Coach” for the 2018 FIFA World Cup. The film tells the story of a national team footballer who misses a penalty at a crucial moment. After that, he ends his playing career and becomes a coach of the provincial team "Meteor". “It is with this club that he will perform a miracle and believe in himself again,” the Interfax agency quotes the project’s press service as saying.

A big interview with Yandex Technology Director Mikhail Parakhin Photo: "Yandex" After the death of Ilya Segalovich, in 2013, the position of director of Yandex technologies remained vacant for two years. In 2015, this post was taken by a former Microsoft employee and Machine Training Specialist Mikhail Parakhin. Over the next two years, Parakhin did not give a single interview, his name practically did not flash in the media.

In Sevastopol, at a concert dedicated to May 9, the Russian singer Yulia Samoilova, whom Ukraine did not let to Eurovision in Kyiv, should perform. This was told by the deputy governor of the city Vyacheslav Gladkov and the head of the main department of culture of Sevastopol Larisa Dudkina . According to Crimean officials, they had a preliminary agreement with Samoilova.

Ivan Nepomnyashchikh, sentenced to two and a half years in prison in the Bolotnaya case, was beaten in the Yaroslavl colony No. 1, where he is serving a term. This was reported to RIA Novosti by his lawyer Dmitry Dinze. “People from the colony called me and said that the special forces had come to the zone and beat people. Nepomniachtchi was among those beaten,” Dinze said. On April 21, some prisoners of colony No. 1 were transferred to a punishment cell for disobeying guards during searches.

In the NHL there is a playoff stage when the teams play several matches with each other in a row (from four to seven). Due to this format, a strange relationship arises between hockey players of rival teams. So, for example, occurred with the captain of Washington Capitals Alexander Ovechkin and the attacker of Toronto Maip Lephs with a Kadri. In the fifth match of the series, Kadri spent a forceful reception on Ovechkin, after which the Russian left the ice and returned only in the next period.

NASA astronaut Peggy Whitson has set a new record for the longest stay in space among all Americans. For three expeditions, she spent a total of more than 534 days in orbit, beating the previous achievement of Jeff Williams. US President Donald Trump called Whitson's achievement incredible and congratulated her "on behalf of the American people and the world." Peggy Whitson went into space for the first time in 2002.

Alex Jones proves in court that in life he is a calm and balanced person TAMIR KALIFA / AMERICAN-STATESMAN / AP / Scanpix / Leta The main American conspiracyologist and one of the most influential ultra -conservative journalists Alex Jones proves in court that he is a calm and judicious person in his life, although according to his radio programs, videos and texts on Infowars, an opposite view is created.

Photo: Personal page of Alexander Shpakov "VKontakte" On April 24, the Moscow City Court left District from Lyubertsy Alexander Shpakov, who is suspected of applying power to a government representative - investigators believe that on March 26, Spapakov beat the police lieutenant colonel at the anti -corruption procession (which was already the victims as part of the “swamp business”) . The man denies this - according to him, he himself was beaten by the police detaining him.

The New York Times - about the disagreement between two technological giants Photo: Lucas Jackson / Reuters / Scanpix / Leta head Uber Travis Kalanik and Apple leader Tim Cook Uber is the most discussed startup in the world, and Apple is the most expensive company. As the New York Times managed to find out, in 2014-2015 they almost quarreled: Uber tried to get around Apple's rules, but the deception was opened quickly. In 2014, Uber realized that he urgently needed to fight fraud in China.

Reddit users have shared their strange food preferences. Some of them like to eat potatoes with ice cream, while others like to pour cucumber brine over their chips. Meduza has selected the most unusual combinations, but warns us: we haven’t tried them. dbear26 Dip fries in a milkshake. And add marinara sauce and mozzarella sticks to a burger with a garlic bun. So cool! NailPolishIsWet Drizzle a teaspoon of balsamic vinegar over a scoop of vanilla ice cream.

At least 145 investigators are working on the criminal cases opened after the anti-corruption rallies on March 26. This is reported by OVD-Info with reference to its own sources. According to the publication, among the investigators there are those who participated in the investigation of the Bolotnaya case, including the head of the investigation team, Major General of Justice Rustam Gabdulin.

Director Gleb Panfilov will film Alexander Solzhenitsyn's story "One Day in the Life of Ivan Denisovich". This was announced by the widow of Alexander Solzhenitsyn, the president of the Russian Charitable Foundation named after him Natalia Solzhenitsyn. The premiere of the film is scheduled for 2018, when the centenary of the birth of Solzhenitsyn will be celebrated.

The operator of the output unit Tor from Germany - about the case of Dmitry Bogatov and his relationship with the courts Photo: Andrew quilty / Afr / Fairfax Media / Getty Images On April 25, the Moscow City Court will consider the appeal of the lawyers of the teacher of mathematics Dmitry Bogatov. They will ask to cancel the decision on his arrest and choose a softer preventive measure.