On April 9, the U.S. House of Representatives Committee on Energy and Commerce released testimony from Facebook founder Mark Zuckerberg about the data breach of Facebook users. Zuckerberg's testimony details not only the Cambridge Analytica scandal, but also the story of alleged Russian interference in the US election. It also describes what steps the social network has taken to avoid a repetition of these situations.

The Ministry of Finance has proposed lowering the duty-free entry threshold for online purchases to 500 euros per month from July 1, and not from 2019, as previously planned. The draft government decree, prepared by the Ministry of Finance, also proposes to speed up the reduction of the threshold for duty-free importation of online purchases to 200 euros and introduce it from 2019, and not from 2020.

The FBI raided the New York office of Michael Cohen, the personal lawyer of US President Donald Trump. This was reported by The New York Times with reference to Cohen's lawyer Stephen Ryan. According to Ryan, the search is partly related to special counsel Robert Mueller's investigation into possible ties between Trump's circle and Russia and alleged Russian interference in the US presidential election.

The problem of an unpleasant smell from the Yadrovo test site in Volokolamsk will be resolved in a month and a half at the latest. This was stated by the Minister of Ecology and Natural Resources of the Moscow Region Alexander Kogan. He said that since April 14, garbage will no longer be delivered to Yadrovo, and degassing of the landfill will begin. In addition, in the next six months, it is planned to build a plant for the neutralization of organic waste near the landfill.

The remains of the An-148 aircraft who died in the disaster have not yet been completely removed from the scene in the Ramensky district of the Moscow Region. About this Medusa was told by the daughter of one of the victims of the catastrophe of Julia Sinitsyn.

Update. On April 10, the Belgrade authorities dismantled the bust of Gagarin. Goran Vesić, a representative of the mayor's office, said that the Ministry of Culture, the Office for the Protection of Cultural Monuments and the city administration did not approve the appearance of the monument. The bust of Gagarin will be remade. “Gagarin in Belgrade will have a memory worthy of his contribution to the development of mankind,” Vesic said.

April 9. Rolling and falling ruble exchange rate The euro for a day went up by three rubles , the dollar - by two. The RTS index collapsed by 12%. The reason is the new US sanctions , the introduction of which was announced on Friday. Under sanctions, in particular, were Oleg Deripaska and Victor Vekselberg - the co -owners of Rusala, who supplies aluminum to the American market. The company's shares at the auction on Monday fell by 30%.

Only the shares included in the database of calculating the index of the Moscow Exchange were taken into account. Read about other consequences of sanctions here . Photo in the announcement: Alexander Kryazhev / Sputnik / Scanpix / Leta

St. Petersburg seal Kroshik made friends with people and did not want to swim away from them: "Paper" At the end of March 2016, a tiny seal came out to the fishermen, who surprised them near the village of Sviritsa, Leningrad Region, and began to ask for help. One of the fishermen took pity on the animal and took it to specialists. They called the seal Kroshik, went out and tried to set him free. But they didn't succeed.

Aristotle also guessed that the Earth has the shape of a ball, but there are still people who are confident that our planet is flat. How to determine the shape and size of the Earth without rising into the air? And most importantly - why will conspiracy therapists still fail to convince? Explain in six minutes. Subscribe to our YouTube

In India, 22 carriages of a passenger train carrying about 1,000 people left the station and reversed about 12 kilometers. The carriages of a train between Gujarat and Orisha left the station during a locomotive change. In India, an uncontrolled train with passengers traveled 12 kilometers In India, 22 cars of a train with passengers rolled away from the station. They were stopped after 12 kilometers.

Polina Zabrodskaya, creative director of the Publicis London advertising agency, told how she became the prototype of the main virtual heroine of the film “The First Player to Get ready” - Art3MIS (in the “real world” - Samantha Cook). A few years ago, the husband of Zabrodskaya, the concept of Jama Dzhurabaev, asked her to be permitted to use her image as a basis when creating one character. “She is cool, you would like it,” said Dzhurabaev.

Update . The fire was extinguished at 20:23 local time (19:23 Moscow time), Interfax reports. According to preliminary data, careless handling of fire could be the cause of the fire. In Samara, a two-story building caught fire next to the Zvezda cultural and entertainment center, the local Samru newspaper reports. There is no information about the victims yet, Interfax writes with reference to the press service of the Ministry of Emergency Situations in the Samara region.

Deputies in Russia’s State Duma have drafted a new version of legislation that would impose additional regulations on social networks. This is an important document. This is hard to summarize, but here goes nothing: Every major social network would be required to establish representation in Russia, to make it easier for the Russian authorities to communicate with these companies. All major social networks would be forced to identify their users by their phone numbers.

On April 8, Disney released the final trailer for Solo. Star Wars: Stories". Attentive viewers found in the video a frame with Chewbacca, who hugs a Wookiee woman. Here is that moment: Twitter began to speculate who it could be. Chewbacca's girlfriend? His mother? Sister? "Chewbacca has a girlfriend/wife" "Wait, wait, wait, is that Mrs. Chewbacca?" Most likely, this is Chewbacca's wife named Malla.