After the sale of Leonardo da Vinci's painting “Salvator Mundi,” the Christie's auction house transferred the painting to its new owners. This was stated by the press service of Christie's Russia and CIS, quoted by RIA Novosti. “We confirm that the painting has been safely transferred to its new owners under the supervision of appropriate experts in a manner acceptable to all parties concerned. We confirm that payment has been made in full,” the press service said.

Mikhail Voskresensky / Sputnik / Scanpix / Leta houses on New Arbat in Moscow, illuminated by blue as part of the international campaign “Silching Blue”. It is dedicated to the World Day of the dissemination of information about autism, which is celebrated on April 2. "Medusa" all April will talk about people with autism as part of the Meduzacare philanthropist program. Here you can see the materials that have already come out.

The government has abandoned its recommendation to the low-cost airline Pobeda to purchase Russian MS-21 aircraft instead of Boeing 737 MAX airliners. This was reported by Vedomosti and RBC , citing sources. As the sources of both publications said, the purchase of the MS-21 will disrupt the economy of the low-cost airline, which implies a single fleet of aircraft. Currently, Pobeda has 26 Boeing 737-800 airliners, writes RBC. Pobeda planned to purchase 50 Boeing 737 MAX aircraft.

Algerian President Abdelaziz Bouteflika has notified the country's Constitutional Council of his resignation, the Algerian state news agency Algеrie Presse Service (APS) reported. According to the Algerian constitution , in the event of illness, the president has the right to ask the Constitutional Council to resign. If the council approves it, the country's parliament then votes on the appointment of an interim head of state.

British Prime Minister Theresa May has announced the need to again postpone Brexit, which is due to take place on April 12. This is stated in a statement by May, published on the website of the British government. The prime minister said she intends to use the delay to negotiate with opposition Labor Party leader Jeremy Corbyn over terms of leaving the EU. “I have always said that in the long run, a no-deal exit can be a success. But going out with a deal is the best solution,” May said.

Commentator Vasily Utkin was splashed in the face with an unknown liquid near the Loko-Sport sports complex in Moscow. Utkin himself reported this on his Telegram channel. "A young guy in a hoodie, a gray hoodie under a jacket, in front of the exit from Loko-Sport, near my car, in the dark. He was filming everything on his phone - for the record," Utkin wrote. He said he did not know what liquid was used against him.

The St. Petersburg edition of Fontanka published a video of the explosion at the Mozhaisky Military Space Academy. Fontanka ru The moment of the explosion in the moza hit the video Fontanka writes that the video was shot by the reader of the publication, which was passing by the Academy building. The record shows that the explosive wave knocked out glass in one of the windows of the educational institution. The explosion at the Mozhaisk Academy occurred on April 2.

Elena Perchikova and her daughter Tasya moved from the village of Tomsino in the Pskov region, where they began to be persecuted after a letter from 12-year-old Tasya to Russian President Vladimir Putin. Yelena Perchikova reported this to Meduza. According to her, on April 1, she and her daughter moved to the Velikoluksky district of the Pskov region. There the family bought a private house. He was issued an interest-free loan for 330 thousand rubles.

The singer Monetochka released a clip for the song “Nymphomaniac”, which entered her album “Coloring for Adults”. The video talks about a family whose members are watching the same clip of coins, but see it differently. Monetka Monetochka - Nymphomaniac (Prod. Vitya Isaev) Some frames of the clip refer to the Soviet era. Monetochka told Komsomolskaya Pravda, which was inspired by the stage of the USSR in the late seventies - early eighties, performances by Alla Pugacheva and Sofia Rotaru.

Ruslan Shamukov / TASS In January, opposition politician Alexey Navalny created a labor union designed to hold state officials accountable for carrying out executive orders signed by Vladimir Putin on May 7, 2012.

When purchasing a ticket at the Aeroflot baggage-free rate , the cost of transporting one piece of baggage weighing up to 23 kilograms will be from 2,000 to 3,675 rubles. This is reported on the Aeroflot website. One piece of baggage on flights within the Russian Federation costs two thousand rubles, subject to advance payment — via the website, Aeroflot mobile app, or at the airline's sales offices. If paid at the airport, the cost of baggage on domestic flights will increase to 2,500 rubles.

The accused in the case of an explosion in the St. Petersburg metro told how he was tortured for a month in the "Secret Prison of the FSB" Dmitry Serebryakov / TASS / Vida Press accused of the terrorist attack Muhamadyusup Ermatov On April 2, in St. Petersburg, a consideration began on the merits of the case of a terrorist attack on the metro on April 3, 2017 .

Briefly about two large novelties on TV Channel One On April 1, two large series began to be released on Channel One and on Russia-1: “On the edge” and “Subbing”. One is interesting to the topic - the recruiters of the “Islamic state”, the second - performance. The film critic Yegor Moskvitin talks briefly about the new series.

The Moscow City Court sentenced Bakhtiyer Matyakubov to life imprisonment, accused of killing five women in Moscow and the Moscow region. It is reported by RIA Novosti with reference to the press service of the court. Matyakubov committed murders from January to April 2015. He hunted down women in deserted places and inflicted multiple stab wounds on them.

Natalya Shilova, who formerly worked for a company called Moskovsky Shkolnik that provides lunches for Moscow schools, appeared several weeks ago in an investigative video report by the Anti-Corruption Foundation (FBK). In the video, Shilova spoke about sanitary violations committed by her former employer, which is allegedly tied to the Putin-allied businessman Evgeny Prigozhin.