Russian President Vladimir Putin proposed to cancel the grounds for providing citizenship to those who joined the ranks of the Islamic State*. So he commented on the statement of his Kazakhstani colleague Nursultan Nazarbayev about changes to the Constitution of Kazakhstan, according to which Kazakhstanis will deprive citizenship for terrorism.

The United States will strike at North Korea in the event of the continuing inaction of China, the Kyodo Japanese agency claims, citing anonymous sources. The interlocutor of the agency said that the representative of the American State Department brought such a position to the Japanese government in early April. Now the strike group of the US fleet, headed by aircraft carrier, is moving to the shores of Korea.

Oil prices are growing on Wednesday for news about the possibility of extending an international agreement on reducing oil production and reducing supplies from Libya. The quotes go up after reports that the leader of the OPEC Saudi Arabia is inclining members of the cartel and other oil producers to extend the global pact for the second half of 2017, reports Reuters.

Three victims of the attack in the metro station of St. Petersburg are in hospitals in serious condition. In total, 47 wounded remain in medical institutions of the Northern capital. This was announced on Wednesday, April 12, vice-governor of the city Anna Mityanina. "As of 13:00 (04/12/2017), 3 victims are in serious condition, medium gravity 4, satisfactorily 40, outpatiently 33," the tweet said. Earlier, 51 victims were reported, undergoing a course of treatment in the city’s hospitals.

More than half of Russians (52%) are “definitely not ready” to participate in politics personally, and 28% are “rather not ready” to participate in it, the Levada Center survey showed. These are the highest indicators in recent years. Every sixth respondent (16%) stated about readiness to show activity in politics. At the same time, only 3% of Russians are “definitely ready” to participate more actively in political processes.

The classmate of Prime Minister Dmitry Medvedev Ilya Eliseev, who heads the observation councils of the DAR and Sotzgosproekt funds, made it clear that the transfer of plots in the Zanamensky businessman Alisher Usmanov to the property of the “Sotzgosproekt” was not a bribe, but a commercial transaction, writes the newspaper “Vedasi” , which devoted this to this The plot is three materials.

The chairman of the State Duma Committee on Security and Countering Corruption Vasily Piskarev said on April 12 that he and his first deputy Ernest Valeev was withdrawn the on the eve of the resonant bill on the eve of the proposing the right to use firearms by police in the crowd with the powers of the FSB and the Russian Guard. "The bill was recalled by the authors and was sent for further discussion to the faction and the United Russia Faction Expert Council," TASS quotes it.

In the Leningrad Region, investigators conduct an audit on the discovery of the body of the 38-year-old lawyer Yevgeny Rusakov. According to preliminary data, he died of a gunshot wound to the head. Some details testify to the version of suicide. Rusakov previously defended one of the accused, justified in the case of the murder of a woman politician Galina Starovotova.

The Investigative Committee of Russia finds out the whereabouts of Mikhail Khodorkovsky, a former co -owner of Yukos accused of committing serious crimes, for his extradition in the Russian Federation, Interfax reports with reference to the official representative of the RF IC Svetlana Petrenko.

Russia strengthened the combat power of its "nuclear triad." Now it is equipped with modern weapons by 60%, the head of the department Sergey Shoigu said on Wednesday at a meeting of the board of the Ministry of Defense. According to him, 99% of the launchers of the strategic missile forces (Strategic Missile Forces) are in a state of military readiness. At the same time, 96% of the installations are ready for immediately launch, the website of the ministry reports.

The authoritarian system in Russia, which was built by Russian President Vladimir Putin over 17 years of reign, shows signs of internal corrosion on the eve of the elections. This is written by the newspaper Financial Times . Against the backdrop of uncertainty about the future in the highest echelons, conflicts flare up - influential faces in the Kremlin are competing for the right to become a successor to Putin, the article says.

The National Anti -Terrorism Committee ( NAC ) announced the liquidation of three bandits in Dagestan, who had armed resistance to the security forces. According to the agency, on April 11 at 21:25, the employees of the FSB special forces and the Ministry of Internal Affairs tried to stop the Chevrolet car on the highway in the Kumtorkalinsky district of the republic near the Tyube village, but the persons who were in the car opened fire on the security forces and tried to hide ..

Four -time Russian champion in short distances and winner of the 2011 team championship in 2011 as part of the Russian national team, Alexander Hutte, was an informant of the International Association of athletics federations (IAAF) for doping in Russian sports. This was reported by the Life.ru portal with reference to the hacker group Fancy Bears. According to hackers, Hutte began cooperation with IAAF on October 13, 2015.

"The native state is going to once again delve into the face once again: it seems that the order to cancel the charters to Turkey is ready ," the political strategist writes in the "Live Journal" . “As they say,“ not even a year has passed.

The press service of the Russian Tennis Federation (FTR) on Wednesday announced the composition of the women's national team for the match with the Belgian team in the playoff match of the world group of the Federation Cup, which will be held on April 22-23 in the Luzhniki small sports arena. Elena Vesnina (15th racket of the world), Anastasia Pavlyuchenkova (16), Daria Kasatkina (29) and Anna Blinkova (134) will be played with the Belgians.