Ukrainian pilot Nadezhda Savchenko, convicted in Russia in the case of the murder of VGTRK journalists for 22 years in prison, on Wednesday, April 27, received a package of documents for extradition to Ukraine from the head of the pre -trial detention center in Novocherkassk. This was reported by TSN by the pilot's sister Vera Savchenko after a meeting with her.

The Minister of Culture of the Russian Federation Vladimir Medinsky admitted that when making important personnel decisions in the musical sphere with a close friend of the President of the Russian Federation, the artistic director of the St. Petersburg House of Music Sergey Roldugin, whose name has recently been mentioned during the coverage of the Panama scandal with offshores.

The Russian anti-doping agency (Rusada) disqualified for two years for violating the anti-doping rules of the professional boxer, the ex-champion of the world according to the version of the International Boxing Federation (IBF) Evgeny Gradovich. According to the official website of Rusad , the disqualification of the 29-year-old Gradovich on the basis of the decision of the disciplinary anti-doping committee entered into force on June 30, 2015.

Russian President Vladimir Putin signed a bill containing an amendment to Article 26.7 to the Code of Administrative Offenses aimed at protecting the rights of drivers when considering disputes about traffic violations: courts are now required to consider as evidence the photographs, audio and video recordings presented by the parties.

On the rocky shore of the picturesque lake of Chelan in Washington, a minizamy is put up for sale, which will be affordable even to a resident of the Russian capital, who survived a heavy blow to his purchasing power due to the weakening of the national currency. Only 89 thousand dollars are asked for an unusual building, which is now equivalent to 5.8 million rubles. As reports The Daily Mail , the area of ​​the building is about 27 square meters. meters.

The first launch of the Soyuz-2.1a missile from the new Russian Cosmodrome Vostochny was postponed for a day. Earlier, the start was scheduled for Wednesday, April 27, at 5:01 Moscow time. A few hours before, the State Commission gave the go -ahead and the automatic cycles of pre -trial training were launched. However, according to TASS, the announcer was announced on the cancellation of the start by the last minute, who ordered to transfer the starting complex "to its original state".

In Russia, since 2019, it is planned to introduce "unified norms and rules for calculating the transport tax, taking into account environmental and other characteristics in relation to trucks and buses." This is stated in the bill of the Ministry of Finance of the Russian Federation containing amendments to the Tax Code, Interfax reports.

In Australia, a 21 -year -old builder from Sydney during a visit to the toilet cabin at the construction site was bitten by the penis with a poisonous spider - the Australian widow of the clan of black widows, the Australian Tabloid The Daily Telegraph reports. The incident occurred in the south of Sydney in the Kogar area at the beginning of the week.

After the victorious season, the Oilman's hockey players on an open bus drove around the hometown of the Brother Cup. The VHL triumphs accompanied the cortege of bikers, and a special gun shot around T -shirts with autographs of local idols. Such a manner of honoring came to us because of the ocean.

The painting "Insight" of the Russian director Alexander Cotta won the "best film" nomination and won the main prize - "Golden Lily" and 10 thousand euros - at the 16th International Film Festival of Central and Eastern Europe ( GEAST ), which took place in the German city of Wiesbaden. The Kotta film talks about a man who unexpectedly lost his vision. Love returns to life.

The investigation considers revenge the main version of the cause of the murder of the ex-head of the Syzrani police, the deputy chief of staff of the Main Directorate of the Ministry of Internal Affairs in the Samara region Andrei Gosta and his relatives. This was announced to reporters on Wednesday in Samara by State Duma deputy Alexander Khinshtein. He noted that the version of the mercenary nature of the massacre is insolvent.

The President of Mitsubishi Motors Tetsuro Aikawa is ready to resign to take responsibility for the fuel scandal , erupted after it turned out that the car concern for more than two decades underestimated the consumption of fuel at least 10 models. It is reported by Mainichi with reference to sources in the company. As expected, the 62-year-old Aikawa will leave his post after the end of the internal investigation.

The players of the English "Manchester City" in their field tied with the Spanish "Real" in the first semifinal match of the UEFA Champions League. The meeting, in which, due to damage to the thigh, the leader of the Madrid club Cristiano Ronaldo did not take part, turned out to be 0: 0. In the first half, the teams looked closely at each other and did not inflict a single strike on a target.

The American SpaceX Corporation, which for the first time managed to successfully carry out a controlled descent of the lower step of the Falcon 9 rocket to the Marine Platform in the Atlantic Ocean, announced its plans to send the Dragon spacecraft to Mars already in 2018. On the official page of the corporation on Twitter, an appropriate message appeared on Wednesday. "We plan to send Dragon to Mars in 2018," the text says.

"I came to the forum of the Safe Internet League. This year's forum is international - Russian-Chinese. Professors of the Chinese Communist Party, pleasing Russian ears, tell why the Internet should be closed. That is, sovereign, as they say. In China, the Internet is already closed. Well, sovereign , that is.