Musician Andrei Sapunov, one of the founders of the Sunday music group, announced that the team was leaving. This decision was made against the backdrop of a scandalous situation with a concert in the Crimea, in which eggs were thrown into a group that arrived without Sapunov, Gazeta.Ru reports. “At the end of April, the Sunday group is left by Andrei Sapunov - guitarist, bassist, singer, composer who took part in the record of all albums and all concerts since 1979,” the press release says.

Admiral Vladimir Korolev was approved as the Commander-in-Chief of the Russian Navy, TASS reports with reference to the Ministry of Defense. Korolev, who, since 2011, commanded the Northern Fleet of the Russian Federation, was appointed acting commander -in -Chief of the Navy in January - after Admiral Viktor Chirkov underwent heart surgery. In mid-March, Chirkov resigned due to health problems.

Russian President Vladimir Putin gathered for a nuclear summit in the United States, but did not go on the advice of experts in the field of nuclear activities and the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, TASS reports. “Yes, I was invited, and my colleague (US President Barack Obama) personally invited me,” said the head of state at the media forum of the All -Russian Popular Front (ONF) Pravda and Justice in St. Petersburg.

Deputy Chairman of the Government of the Russian Federation Olga Golodets, who oversees the social bloc of the Cabinet of Ministers, called on the Ministry of Labor and Social Protection to pay more attention to the labor education of children. In addition, the Deputy Prime Minister instructed to work out projects of summer employment for adolescents based on successful regional experience.

The European Union may introduce entrance visas for citizens of the United States and Canada, reports Reuters with reference to the source. Such a decision is caused by the refusal of these countries to include some EU member states into the program of the visa -free entry of citizens. The European Commission will discuss this issue at the meeting, which is planned on Tuesday, April 12. According to the agency, it will take place a week before the visit of US President Barack Obama to Europe.

The foreign press continues to discuss the results of the referendum on supporting the agreement on the EU Association with Ukraine, held the day before in Holland. The outcome of the vote was a double slap for the European Union and the victory of Russian President Vladimir Putin, as well as everyone who longs for the speedy collapse of the EU, writes the German magazine Der Spiegel .

In Volgograd, on suspicion of embezzlement of tens of millions of dollars, the leadership of the Red October metallurgical plant was detained. All six representatives of the enterprise were sent to a temporary detention center.

Shortly after the Latvian authorities blocked the Sputniknews.lv portal, which published the materials of the Russian State Agency "Sputnik", the official Riga decided to ban on the retranding and dissemination of Russia "RTR" in the country for six months, Delfi reports with reference to the National Council for Electronic Media Latvia (NSSMI).

The Arbitration Court of the Saratov Region accepted the lawsuit of a resident of the city of Balakovo Nikolai Suvorov, who demands to send Russian President Vladimir Putin to resign. The ruling on the acceptance of the application was published on the court website on Monday, April 4. The press secretary of the court confirmed to the Rain TV channel the authenticity of the document. The lawsuit of Suvorov talks about "the renunciation of Putin V.V.

President of Ukraine Petro Poroshenko, commenting on the preliminary results of the referendum on the approval of the Ukraine -EU Association Agreement, which took place in the Netherlands, said that the true goal of its organizers is “an attack on the unity of Europe, an attack on the dissemination of European values”. This is also evidenced by the discussion, which was deployed on the eve of the referendum, Poroshenko is sure, whose words are given on the website of the head of state.

The unexpected creation of another power structure in Russia - the National Guard , which is directly subordinate to Russian President Vladimir Putin - forced analysts to say that the Russian leader needs new security forces to strengthen their power. The Financial Times compares Putin with the Roman emperor, who creates a guard during the crisis, including to control the elite.

On Thursday, the Russian Hockey Federation on Thursday, on its official website, published an expanded composition of the Russian junior team for the World Cup, which will be held in the American city of Grand-Form from April 14 to 24. As expected, instead of the 1998 national team, which, under the leadership of Vitaly Prokhorov, was preparing for this club system all year, in the USA, with the exception of five players, will go to the 1999 hockey players with coach Sergei Golubovich.

The hegumen of the Athos monastery Ksenophon Archimandrite Alexy (Majiris) met on Holy Mountain with pilgrims and the ruling bishop of the Zaporizhzhya diocese of the Ukrainian Orthodox Church of the Moscow Patriarchate. During the conversation, he stated that Ukrainians chose a fatal path of their own free will. “Today we see the return of paganism or the offensive of sects, the heyday of the heresy of ethnophility on Ukrainian land.

Speaking on the media forum of the All-Russian Popular Front "Pravda and Justice" in St. Petersburg, Russian President Vladimir Putin announced a low level of culture of respect for copyright in Russia. The head of state admitted that the Russians "download anything" and "without any restriction." According to the president, in the whole in Russia "culture at a high level", TASS reports. “We are one of the leading countries without any exaggeration and without any boast,” Putin said.

The prosecutor's office of the German city of Minz began an investigation against TV presenter Jan Bemermann, who read an insulting poem on the President of Turkey Recep Tyipa Erdogan on the air of the ZDF television channel. This was reported by Spiegel magazine. This is the second round of the scandal in Germany associated with lunges to Erdogan. Initially, in Ankara they were outraged by a satirical video that was released on March 17 on another German channel - ARD .