The cost of housing in the center of Moscow is reduced due to a fall in demand. Prices in the secondary market within the garden ring since the beginning of the year have fallen by 3% amid growth in other districts. The lease sank even more - by 7%, Kommersant reports. Experts indicate that demand is shifted to neighboring areas, where prices are lower. The dynamics of prices in the Central Administrative District tracked the site Domofond.ru.

In January - February 2018, imports of palm oil and its fractions to Russia, which decreased slightly last year, are growing again. In the first two months of the year, it increased by 36.7% compared to January - February last year - to 170 thousand tons, Interfax reports, citing data from the Federal State Statistics Service (Rosstat). In February, imports increased in annual terms by 44.1% - up to 97 thousand tons.

Ihab Balan, a freelance correspondent for ChGTRK "Grozny" in Syria, died in Damascus. He was killed by a targeted shot before Friday prayers (ruzba). The head of Chechnya, Ramzan Kadyrov, announced this on his VKontakte page. “Sad news came from Damascus... May Allah have mercy on him. We mourn together with family, friends and friends.

Chairman of the Russian Presidential Council for the Development of Civil Society and Human Rights (HRC), Mikhail Fedotov, suggested that Roskomnadzor go to court for clarification on how to implement the decision to block the Telegram messenger in Russia. “I suggested that the RKN turn to the court for an explanation of the decision: how to implement it without violating the rights of other persons.

Syrian President Bashar al -Assad returned to the French authorities the Order of the Legion of Honor from the hands of the owner of the Champs Elysee at that time Jacques Shirak in 2001. Assad explained his act by the fact that he refuses to wear the US -Slave Award, reports France 24 with reference to AFP. Damascus explained that the award was returned after France took part in the bombing of Syrian territory last weekend.

“Beggar doctor” for a European is the same oxymoron as “dry water.” What about Europe, this is impossible in most countries of Asia and even Africa. But in Russia, a poor doctor or scientist is the norm,” the sociologist writes on Facebook . “But it’s impossible to imagine a poorly-endowed FSB agent, a judge, a police officer, an employee of any ministry or state corporation, a TV propagandist, a mayor or the head of a district.

The absolute monarch of Swaziland Msvati III on Thursday, April 19, officially announced the renaming of the state into the Kingdom of Esvatini, which means "land of Swazi." He made this statement during the festive ceremony in honor of the 50th anniversary of the independence of the Swazi people and the 50th anniversary of Msvati III itself, Reuters reports. Journalists note that earlier the monarch has repeatedly called his country the kingdom of Esvatini.

The return match of the semi-final of the Turkish Football Cup between the Istanbul teams Fenerbahce and Besiktas was suspended due to unrest at the stadium, which resulted in an injury to the head coach of one of the teams. The game at Fenerbahçe's home ground was interrupted in the 58th minute with the score 0-0 after one of the objects thrown from the stands hit Besiktas coach Şenol Günes in the head. The fans were dissatisfied with the referee's controversial decisions.

The Moscow City Court found guilty of receiving two bribes and sentenced Mikhail Maksimenko to 13 years in the colony of the Great Security Department of the RF IC, reports TASS from the courtroom. “To admit Maksimenko guilty and sentenced to 13 years in a colony with a sentence in a maximum security colony, as well as a fine of 165 million rubles,” said Judge Oleg Muzychenko.

Two residents of the city of Polyarny, which is part of LATO Aleksandrovsk, Murmansk Region, detained the secret cell of Jehovah's Witnesses banned in Russia for organizing a secret cell. Adepts distributed religious literature among citizens throughout the year. In addition, they held meetings of Jehovah's Witnesses and attracted new members to the recognized extremist organization, the website of the regional department of the Investigative Committee reports.

In the near future, the Russian authorities will create a special unit at one of the ministries to help companies that have fallen under American sanctions, the country's finance Minister Anton Siluanov said today on the sidelines of the Spring meeting of the International Monetary Fund (IMF) and the World Bank (WB). Employees prompted such an idea by new tough restrictions on the part of the United States, introduced in early April.

In the United States, for the second time in two months, a national large -scale action took place for restricting the treatment of weapons, in which thousands of American schoolchildren took part. Students throughout the country left the classes at 10 a.m. local time to honor the memory of those who died as a result of the use of firearms in schools, CNN reports.

Detailed satellite pictures recorded progress in the construction of the Disney grandiose Park based on Star Wars: Star Wars: Galaxyʼs Edge. The new detailed images of the NEARMAP operator show that some air conditioning systems have already mounted on some pavilions of the park. And it was not long to wait for the moment when every fan of the saga will be able to fly on the "millennium falcon" - this attraction is planned as one of the two main entertainment of the thematic park.

Hockey players of the Kazan "Ak Bars" defeated the Moscow CSKA in the fourth match of the final series of the playoffs of the Continental Hockey League (KHL). The meeting in Moscow ended with the victory of visitors with a score of 3: 1. As part of the Kazan team, the double was designed by Anton Lander, the best puck was abandoned by the best scorer of the tournament, Justin Azevedo. The only goal of CSKA on the account of Andrei Svetlakov.

The majority of Russians who followed the events surrounding the fire in the Kemerovo shopping center "Zimnyaya Vishnya" consider the owners and managers of the shopping center (65%), as well as local supervisory authorities, including the fire inspectorate and the Ministry of Emergency Situations (60%) to be guilty of what happened first of all.