The Kremlin commented on the reports of the American media that President Putin and Obama allegedly stopped communication in connection with futile attempts to find a decision of the Ukrainian crisis. At the same time, the press secretary of Putin did not call the exact date when the last conversation of the leaders of Russia and the USA took place.

On Friday, the shares of the largest Russian Internet company continued to decline on Friday, starting a decrease the day before after the statement of Russian President Vladimir Putin that Yandex was in Western influence at the first stages of his work. According to Kommersant , on Friday, April 25, the cost of the company's shares decreased at the beginning of trading on NASDAQ by 11.53%, to 23.6 dollars per paper. Recall, on the eve of the paper, fell by 5%.

Washington plans to apply at this stage only targeted, and not so -called sector, sanctions covering entire sectors of the Russian economy, said Ben Rhodes, deputy assistant to the US National Security President. At the same time, sanctions can affect not only "influential" people, but also the company.

A number of settlements of the Chelyabinsk region were left without power supply as a result of heavy snowfall, Interfax reports with reference to the regional GU EMERCOM of Russia. According to the agency, by 7:00 Moscow time, energy supply was restored 53 settlements (more than 20 thousand residential buildings, about 28 thousand people). Without electricity, 13 settlements remain in five municipal areas (more than 6 thousand houses, over 9 thousand people).

Russian skater Julia Lipnitskaya, who has become one of the heroines of the Sochi Olympics, now reaping the fruits of his efforts, accepting numerous congratulations from fans and “unusual” gifts from the powers that be. “When I returned to Moscow, we were handed a warrant for inspection of the apartment. In a fairly good area. But housing there is a middle peasant. Well, we went, looked. We liked the area. Therefore, we decided not to“ show off ”and agreed to this housing.

Due to the hungry flag of Ukraine on the building of the Majlis of the Crimean Tatar people in Simferopol, a member of the Mejlis of Riza Shevkiev received an official warning from the Crimean prosecutor’s office on the inadmissibility of violation of the Russian Federal Law "On Combating Extremist Activities", the Ukrainian BBC service reports.

The helicopter in which the military personnel of international security assistance forces in Afghanistan (ISAF) were crashed in the south of the country, five people died, RIA Novosti reports with reference to AFP. The ISAF statement says: "Five military personnel of international security assistance in Afghanistan died as a result of a helicopter crash in southern Afghanistan.

The leaders of the Big Seven countries agreed not to hesitate on the issue of new sanctions against Russia, Reuters reports with reference to the G7 statement (USA, Germany, Japan, Great Britain, France, Italy and Canada). At the same time, the statement states that the "large seven" is ready to solve issues related to Ukraine.

Three participants in the gang underground who resisted the employees of the federal forces were liquidated in private household in the city of Derbent (Dagestan), Interfax reports with reference to law enforcement agencies of the republic. “After the examination of one of the households, from where the militants fired, the bodies of three bandits who found weapons were found for the employees of the federal forces,” the agency’s source said.

The explosion thundered on Saturday in one of the residential buildings in Vienna, part of the building collapsed. As a result of an emergency, at least five people were injured, people are under the rubble, RIA Novosti reports with reference to the Ar. According to ITAR-TASS, hospitalization was required by two. Due to the explosion in the 15th district of the capital of Austria, part of the building collapsed at the level of the 2-4th floors along with the roof.

Due to the Ukrainian crisis, the United States increases the contingent of its armed forces in Eastern Europe. On Saturday, April 26, about 150 military personnel of the airborne brigade arrived in Lithuania. According to President Lithuania, Dali Grybauskaite, we are talking about the "holding measures" of the situation in the region. “In this situation, we know who our real friends who are ready to help,” the Gribauskaite “Interfax” quotes.

Russia takes measures to resolve the situation that arose in connection with the detention of the OSCE military observers located near the Slavic, the Russian Foreign Ministry said. The separatists declared NATO detainees and stated that they did not intend to let them go.

The leaders of Russian television channels in joint appeal to international organizations called for protecting the rights of journalists from Russia working in Ukraine: their activities are hindered by the authorities, often they do not even allow the border to cross. In Kyiv, the work of Russian television channels is considered a propaganda aimed at injuring the situation.

The United States and the EU on Monday are going to impose new sanctions against a number of Russian persons and organizations, Reuters reports with reference to anonymous sources familiar with the question. It is expected that 15 people involved in the situation in Ukraine will be included in the US sanctions list. Sources note that among these people "close friends" of Russian President Vladimir Putin.

The Spaniard lost 12 months of a driver’s license, and was also fined 1650 pounds and sentenced to attending courses about the dangers of alcohol for drivers. The incident happened on March 31, when a 21-year-old athlete, already in the morning, returned from the party of his friends. The policeman who was on duty on the highway noticed that Alberto was talking on the phone during driving.