State Duma chairman Vyacheslav Volodin advocated amendments to the Constitution of the Russian Federation, allowing the lower house of parliament to participate in the formation of the government. He said this in an interview published on the State Duma website . "It would be advisable - I emphasize, in my opinion - to additionally consider the issue of participation of the State Duma in the formation of the Government of the Russian Federation," said Volodin.

World champion in the Argentine national team Diego Maradona said that he will leave the post of head coach of the Mexican club Dorados at the end of the Mexican championship in the second league. The 58-year-old Argentine was extremely unhappy that the referee did not award a penalty in his team's favor at the end of the championship match with Venados (1:1), which took place on Friday. “As soon as the championship is over, I will leave Dorados. I am very sorry, but this is my decision.

The police department in Balashikha Moscow Region was evacuated on Saturday due to the discovery of a suspicious object with wires, a representative of emergency services of the region told RIA Novosti . The incident occurred on Lenin Street, 10 in the Zarya microdistrict. According to the interlocutor of the agency, the service dog of dog handlers "was worried" when examining the find, thus showing the presence of explosives in it. The subject was taken out for disposal.

Premier League clubs have opposed changes to the Champions League format proposed by UEFA, which plans to stage matches on weekends to boost television audiences. Now in some countries the time difference makes it difficult to watch matches on weekdays, causing UEFA to lose audience. The changes mean that clubs in national championships will have to play more frequently during the week.

The residents of Great Britain began to issue passports without the previous inscription "European Union" on the cover despite the delay in Brexit. The "non -European" documents have been put into circulation from March 30, that is, the day after Britain was supposed to leave the EU, reports Independent . The Ministry of the Interior explained that passports with the inscription "European Union" will be issued until they end.

14-year-old Joao Mendes, son of former Brazilian national team player Ronaldinho, has signed a contract with the Cruzeiro club. The promising football player’s agreement with the team is for six years. For the foreseeable future, Mendes will play for Cruzeiro's youth teams. It is emphasized that Ronaldinho Jr. successfully passed the trial at the club, without disclosing that he is the son of the 2005 Ballon d'Or winner . “He has interesting characteristics.

The wife of the senior teacher of the A.F. Mozhaysky in St. Petersbug, Colonel Rifat Zakirov, who suffered the most during the explosion on April 2, asked for support in social networks. Svetlana Zakirova told VKontakte that her wounded husband was interrogated "late at night, with hard pressure", and now he is in the hospital in full insulation under the protection of the Academy.

In Moscow, CSKA hockey players with a score of 3-0 outplayed SKA from St. Petersburg in the fifth match of the semifinal series of the Gagarin Cup. As part of the capital's army, the washers were abandoned by Mat Robinson (20 '), Maxim Mamin (28') and Sergey Andronov (60 '). The 23-year-old goalkeeper CSKA Ilya Sorokin, who finished the previous meeting on the bench, reflected 19 shots on goal.

Russian Prime Minister Dmitry Medvedev commented on the idea of ​​the State Duma speaker Vyacheslav Volodin about the participation of the lower house of the parliament in the formation of the government, which will require changes in the constitution. According to the prime minister, now in the adjustment of the Basic Law of the Russian Federation there is no need.

Scientists of the Institute of Geochemistry and Analytical Chemistry named after V.I. The Vernadsky Russian Academy of Sciences discovered the alleged place of falling a meteorite in Evenkia of the Krasnoyarsk Territory. He entered the atmosphere of the Earth on March 15, approximately at 19:30 in Krasnoyarsk time. Now in the Evenki taiga lies deep snow. The expedition members reached the place of the alleged fall in the object by helicopter and snowmobiles.

The military-medical commission of the military enlistment office of Bashkiria considered a sign of a mental disorder of a tattoo on the face of a native of Ufa Raper Face (real name Ivan Dremin). As a result, he received a delay from military service in 2018. This was announced by the chairman of the commission Boris Usatov, whose words are quoted by AiF - Ufa .

The UN Security Council, following a closed meeting , held on the night of April 6, called on the Libyan National Army, controlled by Field Marshal Halifa Haftaru, to avoid a military clash. “The military path of resolution of the conflict cannot be,” said the chairman of the Security Council in April - German Permanent Representative Christoph Hoysgen (quote for TASS).

The multiple Olympic champion in athletics, the Yamaisky runner, Usayn Bolt, visited the training base of the Palmeiras Brazilian club. The legendary sprinter held a lesson with the main team under the gaze of the famous coach Luis Felip Skolari, according to the official website of Palmeiras. After training, the bolt was presented with a club’s T -shirt with its name and with a 9.58 game number, which corresponds to the world record set by him at the world -2009 championship - 2009 in Berlin.

The Columbus hockey players defeated the New York Rangers in a shootout with a score of 3:2 in an away match of the NHL regular season and became the last participants in the Stanley Cup. Russian Columbus forward Artemy Panarin, shortly before the final siren, scored a beautiful puck into the goal of Alexander Georgiev, and then confidently converted the winning shootout.

The headquarters of the Armed Forces of the Government of National Consent (PNS) of Libya, recognized by the international community, confirmed the media reports on the deployment of airstrikes on the locations of the Libyan National Army (LNA) Field Marshal of the Caliphs of Haftar south of Tripoli.