In the temple of the Holy Sepulcher in the old city of Jerusalem, the descent of the Blessed Fire was accomplished, expected by Christians of the whole world into the eaves of Orthodox Easter. Among believers, it is believed that the fertile fire has a divine origin. Pilgrims often talk about spontaneous combustion of candles and other wonderful phenomena during the ceremony.

The Ak Bars hockey club will not renew employment agreements with team captain Alexander Svitov, defender Andrei Markov and the four foreign players who played in the 2018/19 season. The Kazan club lost to Avangard Omsk in the first round of the playoffs with a score of 0:4, and then parted ways with head coach Zinetula Bilyaletdinov. In 2018, Kazan won the Gagarin Cup.

The Russian Guard began to develop a bill proposing to classify the public procurement of the department by analogy with the procurement of the Ministry of Defense, the FSB, foreign intelligence services and their subordinate institutions. The corresponding notification is posted on the portal of regulatory legal acts .

Varvara Karaulova, convicted of 4.5 years in colony for trying to join the Islamic State terrorist group banned in Russia, was released by decision of the court on parole . “Her mood is beautiful, she feels good. No difficulties arose,” Oleg Dimoni, who met a girl from a colony, told TASS. On April 16, the Vologda City Court satisfied Karaulova’s petition for parole, coming to the conclusion that there is no need to isolate it from society.

Russian President Vladimir Putin admitted the possibility of providing Russian citizenship according to a simplified scheme to all citizens of Ukraine, and not only residents of unrecognized Donetsk and Lugansk People’s Republics (DPR and LPR). He announced this at a press conference on Saturday following the results of his visit to China. "We are not only to people who live in the LPR or DPR, we provide such a way of obtaining our citizenship.

Bolton Football Club has been suspended from the Championship (the second highest division in England) because the team's players refused to take to the field due to delayed salaries. The Bolton v Brentford match, which was due to take place today, was canceled 16 hours before the kick-off whistle. The players are demanding payment of delayed salaries for March. "As a result of these events, the League is forced to cancel Saturday's match.

Arsenal goalkeeper Petr Cech, whose contract expires next summer, may return to Chelsea, for which he played before moving to the Gunners' camp, reports The Telegraph . The “aristocrats” have not found a replacement for technical director Michael Emenal and are ready to appoint 36-year-old Cech to this position. Let us remind you that the goalkeeper announced in January that he would retire from playing at the end of the season.

Manchester United midfielder Paul Pogba may continue his career at Real Madrid. According to AS , the Frenchman has already asked the Mancunians to sell him to the Spanish team. Spanish media report that Paul already has an agreement with Real Madrid. If the transfer goes through, Pogba will earn 12 million euros a year. Earlier, information appeared that the midfielder does not consider head coach Ole Gunnar Solskjaer a suitable mentor for Manchester United.

The procession with the absurd slogans "Monstrium" will be held in Moscow on May 1 as part of the "left march" of the left socio-political movements. This was announced by Medusa by one of the organizers of the action Leonid Yuldashev and confirmed the "Poster Daily" ideologist of Monstrium ", Novosibirsk artist Artem Loskutov. Loskutov explained that the "Monstrans" had to join the procession of "left -wing forces" after six rejected applications.

Channel One will check the results of the vote in the final of the Voice. Children project after the sensational and outraged viewers of the victory of Alsu Michella Abramova. This was reported to TASS and RBC in the press service of the channel. "During the final of the sixth season of the project" Voice. Children "of the voting operator was noted by some abnormalities. However, the conclusions can be made only after a detailed audit," they said at the first.

The Brazilian striker of the French Club Saint-Germain Neymar is disqualified for three matches under the auspices of UEFA. On March 6, the Parisian club lost to the English Manchester United with a score of 1: 3 in the reciprocal match of the 1/8 finals of the Champions League and dispersed the fight at the tournament. In the last minutes of the meeting, the chief referee, Damir Skomina, appointed the owners of the penalty, which was implemented by Marcus Rashford.

In Russia, the first case was made on the new law on fake news to the organizer of rallies against the construction of the garbage training ground in the Arkhangelsk region Elena Kalinin.

Changing time control in the match for the chess crown is a delusional and ill -conceived experiment. The International Chess Federation on Friday approved a change in the format of the match for the title of world champion , the maximum number of parties was increased from 12 to 14.

The bodies of 15 people, including six children, were found at the site of a fierce shootout that occurred on Friday evening in the east of Sri Lanka, Reuters reports citing a source in military circles. The shootout between the military and alleged Islamists occurred in the city of Seantamarut south of the city of Battikaloa, where on Easter Sunday, on April 21, one of the eight explosions thundered.

The match of the regional league of the English football championship between the Cherter Sarasenz and Kidlington Development was stopped in the 73rd minute due to the fact that one of the players, upset after removal, turned off the light at the stadium. In the second half, the Kidlington football player Julius Muraga received a red card. Arriving in the locker room, he decided to take a shower and at the same time managed to extinguish the lighting in the arena.