Meduza looks at the businessmen, state officials, and companies targeted in the latest U.S. sanctions Donat Sorokin / TASS / Vida Press Rusal President Oleg Deripaska and Skolkovo Foundation President Viktor Vekselberg, February 2017 On Friday, the world got a look at the latest U.S. sanctions against Russia. The U.S.

Your Browser Does Not Support the Audio Element. Why release new series of Prostokvashino? 34 years have passed! Alexey Ponomarev and Sasha Sulim discuss the release of new series of the cartoon about Prostokvashino with one of the founders of the insomnia animated festival Igor Petrushov, and also hear representatives of the conflicting parties: (remarkable) writer Eduard Uspensky and the lawyer of Soyuzmultfilm Anton Strugkov.

Donat Sorokin / TASS / VIDA PRESS President of Rusal Oleg Deripaska and President of the Skolkovo Foundation Victor Vekselberg, February 2017 On April 6, the US Treasury announced the imposition of sanctions against 24 Russians who appeared on the Kremlin list, as well as several Russian companies.

April 6th. TECHRAM COLOCKING AND NEW US sanctions Main Roskomnadzor filed a lawsuit to block Telegram. The reason was the messenger’s refusal to provide the FSB with encryption keys. Telegram considers the requirements of the Russian special services to be unconstitutional, as well as technically impossible.

The probable cause of the fire in the Moscow Perseus for Children shopping center could be a malfunction of lighting devices, Ilya Denisov, head of the Moscow Department of the Russian Emergencies Ministry, told RIA Novosti. Earlier, the agency, citing a source , said that an overload in the electrical network, which caused a short circuit, could lead to a fire. The fire in the shopping center "Persey for Children" in the east of Moscow occurred on April 4.

TV presenter Jimmy Fallon asked his followers on Twitter to tell about the strangest neighbors in the room they faced. Among these stories, published under the tag #MYWEIRDROMMATE, there are absolutely crazy ones. The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon Hashtags: #MYWEIRDROMMATE According to one of the spectators of the Fallon show, his neighbor ate Cheetos chips, putting on his socks in his arms - because he was afraid that his fingers would forever be painted in orange.

Geoff Caddick / AFP / Scanpix / Leta Investigators in the garden of the house of Sergei Skripal in Salisbury, March 22, 2018 Who is the person who poisoned the Skripals? The Russian defector and his daughter were poisoned right at their house in Salisbury - the maximum concentration of the poison was found on the front door handle. If the assumption that the creaks could be poisoned themselves, it turns out that someone came and specially applied the poisonous substance “Novice” on the handle.

In an effort to sustain the campaign against State Duma deputy Leonid Slutsky, whom multiple women journalists have accused of making unwanted sexual advances, human rights activist Alena Popova has launched a website called “ No to Harassment!

Investigator Alexander Lavrov, who led the investigation into the Seventh Studio case, was promoted. This is stated in the presidential decree on dismissals and appointments in state bodies. Colonel Lavrov was appointed senior investigator for particularly important cases under the head of the Investigative Committee.

Former GRU Colonel Sergei Skripal is "recovering rapidly," officials at the Salisbury hospital, where he was admitted with symptoms of nerve agent poisoning, said. Skripal is “responding well to treatment” and doctors no longer assess his condition as critical. According to BBC News, he is "conscious and talking". Sergei Skripal and his daughter Yulia were taken to a hospital in Salisbury in early March with symptoms of poisoning.

Human rights activist Alena Popova, together with Project W volunteers, launched website the No to Harassment! dedicated to State Duma deputy Leonid Slutsky. She herself wrote about this on Facebook. The website posted an appeal to the Prosecutor General's Office demanding an investigation into Slutsky. It also published an appeal to the speaker of the State Duma Vyacheslav Volodin; in particular, it refers to the need to amend the gender equality law on harassment.

Vladimir Mashkov headed the "Snufflery", where in the 1990s he played and staged performances Evgenia Novozhenina / SCANPIX / Leta On April 6, actor Vladimir Mashkov headed the Moscow Theater of P/R Oleg Tabakov. The new artistic director was introduced to the troupe by the Deputy Mayor of Moscow Leonid Pechatnikov and the head of the Moscow Department of Culture Alexander Kibovsky.

The United States has imposed sanctions on seven Russian businessmen and 17 high-ranking officials on the "Kremlin list." The list includes, in particular, businessmen Oleg Deripaska, Igor Rotenberg, Kirill Shamalov, Viktor Vekselberg, Suleiman Kerimov, Vladimir Bogdanov and Andrey Skoch, as well as the head of VTB Andrey Kostin, the chairman of the board of Gazprombank Andrey Akimov, the chairman of the board of Gazprom Alexey Miller and President of Zenit, member of the board of directors of

On the Australian island of Rotnest live kwucklers - small funny animals, which are also called short -tailed kangaroo. Kvkki are at risk of disappearance and entered into the International Red Book. These animals are safe on Rotnest: there are no predators and cars in the reserve, and tourists are forbidden to feed and touch Kvkk. But then you can take a selfie with them!

The UN Security Council was held by Russia, a meeting dedicated to the case of the poisoning of the former GRU Colonel Sergei Skripal and his daughter Julia. During the meeting, the Permanent Representative of Russia at the UN Vasily Nebenzya took the book “Alice in Wonderland” and read a fragment about the trial of Valet.