New poetry of the post-Soviet diaspora, pop culture in translation, and ‘fake news’ in Arkhangelsk Monday, April 29, 2019 This day in history: 201 years ago, on April 29, 1818, Alexander II was born in Moscow. His most famous reform as Russian emperor was the emancipation of the serfs in 1861. He was assassinated in 1881 in one of the earliest modern terrorist attacks.

In California, the police detained former soldier Mark Domingo, who planned to stage a terrorist attack on a demonstration in Long Beach, according to The Los Angeles Times. Domingo, 26, was arrested on April 26 after acquiring the bomb - the man who sold it was an undercover agent. The attack itself was planned during the weekend of April 27-28.

An activist in Arkhangelsk faces double jeopardy over a post on social media Alexey Lipnitsky / TASS / Scanpix / LETA Protesters demonstrate against trash shipments to Arkhangelsk, April 7, 2019 On April 25, 2019, police in Arkhangelsk charged an activist with illegally disseminating “fake news,” after she reposted information about a local demonstration against the construction of a new landfill site.

High-quality oil that meets the requirements of the regulations began to flow to the border of Belarus at 17:00 on April 29, the Ministry of Energy of the Russian Federation said in a statement. As specified in the department, the oil refinery in Mozyr will receive oil on May 2 or 3. Since April 19, an increased content of chlorides has been recorded in the oil supplied to Belarus from Russia. Such oil is dangerous because it can disable the equipment of oil refineries.

Writer Dmitry Bykov was discharged from the hospital. He himself told Interfax about this. As the writer stated, he "had not felt so good for a long time." He confirmed that he is currently not in the hospital and is working. “I am now sitting and writing an article,” Bykov said. Interfax Dmitry Bykov was hospitalized on April 16 after he flew to Ufa to give a lecture. The doctors put him into a medically induced coma; later the writer was transferred to Moscow.

In Belarus, a criminal case has been opened against Andrei Vtyurin, deputy state secretary of the Security Council and former head of security for President Alexander Lukashenko. According to Nasha Niva, Vtyurin was detained by the KGB a week ago. He is suspected of taking a bribe of $150,000. Vtyurin has worked in Lukashenka's security service since 1995, and from 2007 to 2014 he headed it. After that, he went to work in the country's Security Council.

The Islamic State terrorist group has released a video of its leader, Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi. According to the Associated Press, he appeared in front of the camera for the first time since 2014. In the video, al-Baghdadi talks with other terrorists about the battle for the Syrian city of Baghuz. Bagouz is the last city in Syria under the control of the Islamic State.

Activist from Arkhangelsk is pursued by a repost about a rally in VKontakte. But this rally really was Alexey Lipnitsky / TASS / Scanpix / Leta rally against garbage import in Arkhangelsk. April 7, 2019 On April 25, 2019 in Arkhangelsk, they drew up an administrative protocol for the distribution of fake news to activist Elena Kalinin - she made a repost about the procession and rally against the construction of the landfill .

The former head of the NPO Tekhnomash, Dmitry Panov, was arrested in the case of embezzlement. The court authorized the arrest of Panov until June 24. As wrote Kommersant , Panov is a defendant in the case of embezzlement of 410.2 million rubles. According to investigators, this money was transferred to a front law firm allegedly for the reconstruction of the production of composite solid fuels, but in reality the work was not done. Panov headed Technomash from 2012 to 2018.

The Ministry of Justice refused to register the Open Russia movement founded by businessman Mikhail Khodorkovsky. The department explained its decision by improper paperwork, incorrect information contained there, and by the fact that “a registered public association with the same name operates within the same territory.” Open Russia filed documents with the Ministry of Justice in March.

The Federation Council corrected the results of the vote of senators on the law on the isolation of Runet. to this . drew attention Fontanka Earlier, Senator Lyudmila Narusova said that she voted against the bill, but the opposite was displayed in the system due to a technical error. on the website of the Federation Council in the voting protocol Now, a corresponding correction has appeared : “The result of L.B. Narusova consider "Against" on the basis of the letter of April 25.

The long-awaited battle for Winterfell took place in the third episode of the final season of Game of Thrones. While some viewers complained about problems with the Amediateka streaming service (broadcasts the show in Russia), others cursed that the episode turned out to be too dark, because of which they could not see anything. Still others staged a battle on spoilers: Marvel fans spoiled the pleasure of Game of Thrones fans, who in response revealed important plot twists of the new Avengers.

In 2019, Moscow does not expect the arrival of foreign leaders to the celebrations in honor of Victory Day, press secretary of the Russian President Dmitry Peskov told RIA Novosti. Earlier, Peskov said that this year the Kremlin did not invite any foreign leaders to Victory Day in 2019.

Vyacheslav Prokofiev / TASS / Scanpix / Leta Quotes "Putin praised Zelensky for the answer about the passport:" We will agree "" "Putin saw a lot in common with Zelensky" "Putin announced the benefits of common citizenship for Russians and Ukrainians" So the Russian media describe the reaction of Russian President Vladimir Putin to a request to comment on the statement of the elected president of Ukraine Vladimir Zelensky on the issuance of Russian passports.

On April 26, the final vote in Russia’s branch of the international franchise The Voice Kids , a song competition reality show, was announced. Ten-year-old Mikella Abramova won with 56.5 percent of viewers’ votes. Abramova is the daughter of the Russian singer Alsou and the banker Yan Abramov. The following day, Russia’s state-owned Pervy Kanal, or Channel One , told journalists it had organized an investigation due to “certain anomalies” in the final vote.