Actress Allison Mack pleaded guilty to the case of forced recruitment of women in the sex cult NXIVM under the guise of personal growth courses. Mack admitted that she was a member of the leadership of the organization and on at least two occasions received money for forcing female members to have sexual relations with the leader of the organization. Mack will be sentenced in September. The maximum penalty for each of the charges, including a guilty plea, is 20 years in prison.

The Romanian prosecutor's office has filed formal charges of crimes against humanity against the country's former president, Ion Iliescu. According to the prosecution, at the end of 1989, Iliescu, by spreading deliberately false information through press releases and television, provoked armed clashes and panic among the population - this led to the death of hundreds of people.

‘Meduza’ interviews a high-ranking legislator in Ingushetia, where unusually persistent protests have broken new ground in Russian civil dissent Yelena Afonina / TASS / Scanpix / LETA Ingush residents protest on March 26, 2019 Mass protests have been ongoing in the North Caucasian republic of Ingushetia since the fall of 2018. At first, residents of the Russian federal subject were protesting a land trade that would shift some Ingush territories to the neighboring republic of Chechnya.

US President Donald Trump has ordered the dismissal of US Secret Service Director Randolph Alles, CNN reports. White House press secretary Sarah Sanders said the official resignation would take place "soon." The new Secret Service chief will be career agent James Murray. According to NBC News, the decision to fire Alles was made about two weeks ago, even before the incident in Florida on March 30, when a Chinese citizen was able to freely enter a closed reception at Trump's estate.

Sitraka Rajaonarison / Xinhua / Sipa USA / Vida Press Andry Rajoelina casts his ballot in Madagascar’s second-round presidential election on December 19, 2018 This January, Madagascar inaugurated President Andry Rajoelina, who defeated 35 rivals in two rounds of voting. According to a new report by the BBC Russian Service , at least six of those candidates — possibly including Rajoelina — received campaign financing from Russia.

The Ministry of Culture has issued a rental certificate with a release date of May 9 for the film Brotherhood by Pavel Lungin, which tells about the final stage of the war in Afghanistan. The ministry noted that the tape did not need to undergo additional examinations. At the end of March, Igor Morozov, a member of the Federation Council committee on science, education and culture, demanded that the premiere of the film be postponed.

Media manager Demyan Kudryavtsev is negotiating the sale of the Vedomosti newspaper with businessman Alexei Golubovich, Kommersant reports. According to one of the publication’s sources, the deal was “virtually agreed upon a month ago”; another Kommersant interlocutor said that the parties have been consulting for several months, but have not yet agreed on a price. Kudryavtsev himself refused to comment on specific negotiations, noting that no agreements had been reached.

The governor of the Odessa region of Ukraine Maxim Stepanov refused to leave his post, despite the decree of the President of the country Petro Poroshenko on his removal from office. The decree was published on the President's website on the morning of Monday, April 8. The reasons why Stepanov was dismissed were not explained.

Your Browser Does Not Support the Audio Element. "Don't touch my piles!" Final release of the second season In the final release of the second season, the leading Ilya Krasilchik and Sasha Polivanov discuss how the podcast changed the life of his authors and his heroes.

Esam Omran al-Fetori / Reuters / Scanpix / Leta military personnel of the Libyan National Army of the Field Marshal Haftar are moving from Bengham to take part on the triple of Tripoli Field Marshal Caliph Haftar, which controls a significant part of the territory of Libya, has been conducting the offensive to the capital of the country of Tripoli for several days.

Alina Desiatnichenko for Meduza An IC3PEAK concert in Krasnodar. December 7, 2018 At the end of 2018, official pressure led to the cancellation of more than 40 concerts throughout Russia. A handful of acts appeared to be targeted disproportionately, especially the pop groups IC3PEAK and Friendzone along with the rappers Husky and Eldzhey.

The FSB considers it defendants with terrorists who wanted to overthrow power David Frenkel Viktor Filinkov and Julius Boyarshinov at the meeting on April 8 On April 8, in St. Petersburg, they began to consider the case of the “network” on the merits: 11 left activists from St. Petersburg and Penza are accused of what they wanted to overthrow the current Russian power with the help of terrorist attacks. One of the two anti -fascists who will be judged in St.

The Ministry of Internal Affairs, the FSB and Rosfinmonitoring can receive the right to block operations on accounts that are carried out in order to finance illegal activities: terrorism, extremism, drug dealership and public events in violation of the established procedure. Federal laws now separately stipulate such urgent cases and give law enforcement agencies with broad powers. Photo in the announcement: Vladimir Astapkovich / Sputnik / Scanpix / Leta

As of April 1, 2019, Russia's gold and foreign exchange reserves (GFR) amounted to $487.8 billion, according to the website of the Central Bank of the Russian Federation. This is the maximum level of Russian gold reserves over the past five years. As of April 1, 2014, they amounted to 486 billion dollars, as of March 1, 2014 - 493.3 billion. Over five years, the share of gold in the structure of gold reserves has doubled - from 8.9% to 18.5%.

The United States considers the Iranian Revolutionary Guard Corps a foreign terrorist organization. This was announced by US President Donald Trump. According to Trump, the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps is on the appropriate list of terrorist organizations. U.S. citizens, companies, and government agencies are prohibited from engaging in any way with designated terrorist organizations and their associated individuals or companies.