The director of the Federal Troops of the National Guard of the Russian Federation, appointed on April 5, is today equated in the tables of ranks with the federal minister, and in terms of the degree of influence on the first person, it may be the most significant figure among his colleagues in the power block.

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On April 6, the World Bank issued a forecast for the Russian economy: the recession will continue in 2016, and the Reserve Fund may be exhausted by the end of the year According to the Ministry of Economic Development, after a decline of 3.7% in 2015, the country's GDP in 2016 will fall by another 0.3%, but in 2017-2018 it will grow by an average of 1.8-1.9% in year. The World Bank has a different forecast: in 2016, a decline of 1.9%, and in 2017–1918, an average growth of 1.4–1.5%.

On April 10, registration of candidates for the primaries of the democratic coalition ended. At the same time, the vote, originally scheduled for April 23–24, was postponed to the end of May for technical reasons. Whether the preliminary elections of the points will add to the Parnassus list before autumn voting to the Duma - the New Times sorted out At the start of the campaign: the Democial Forum launches the Wave of Changes, Moscow, December 11, 2015.

On April 5, Vladimir Putin signed a decree on the abolition of the Federal Migration Service (FMS) and the Federal Drug Control Service (FSKN) and the transfer of their functions of the Ministry of Internal Affairs. The leaders of both structures - Konstantin Romodanovsky and Viktor Ivanov remained out of work.

Why do those who are rooting for Ukraine should not be upset due to the results of the referendum in the Netherlands At a referendum in the Netherlands on the issue of - to approve or not an agreement on the Association of Ukraine with the EU, according to preliminary results, skeptics won: against ratification of the document - 61.1 %, for - 38.1 %. The turnout exceeded 32 %, which is enough to recognize the results of the referendum.

What is behind the arrest of businessman Dmitry Mikhalchenko Dmitry Mikhalchenko offered a bail for himself - 50 million rubles, *but the court refused , Moscow, March 30, 2016 *. Photo: Anatoly Zhdanov/Kommersant The St. Petersburg billionaire Dmitry Mikhalchenko was charged with alcohol smuggling: according to the investigation, the businessman bought wine and cognac for € 600 thousand under the guise of building sealant.

On April 7, Deputy Irina Yarovaya and Federation Council member Viktor Ozerov submitted two legislative initiatives to the State Duma, both aimed at combating terrorism. In particular, it is proposed to introduce punishment for “failure to report a terrorist crime”, to prohibit the exit of citizens who have been issued an “official warning” by the FSB, and to oblige telecom operators to store any type of messages for three years.

In May in England, a conference on the fight against corruption will be held. At first, this news did not cause resonance - so far London himself has opposed the creation of a pan -European register of transparency of the trusts, which would help to monitor the movement of funds. The publication of the Panama Dossier sharply changed the mood: now from Prime Minister Cameron, who also did not bypass the scandal, are waiting for specific measures.

The New Times followed the ideas that Russians visited the week and admired the places in which ideas lead Accountable patriotism We are a nation of ideological and spiritual people. While others are looking for where it is better, we are looking for what a national idea is. Even the president, at every opportunity, ask: well, what is it? Well, what? So on the ONF media forum, they again molested Vladimir Putin with the same question.

April 17 for those who hoped for the growth of oil prices was a day of disappointment: at the summit of the largest oil-producing countries in Doha (Qatar), it was not possible to reach agreements on freezing oil production.

Why is another power structure to Putin, which will exceed the number of Ground Forces of Russia, and why not army, not a policeman, not a Chekister - a bodyguard at the head of it. The National Guard is already training to disperse rallies, Moscow region, April 7, 2016 The idea of ​​creating the National Guard of Russia, which wandered in the bosses almost since the collapse of the USSR, was implemented last week.

*“Chronicle of current events”-a typewritten human rights information ballot, distributed in Samizdat in 1968-1983 “I hasten to upset both the prosecutor’s office and the Dagestan United Russia: the only source of financing of the FBK is the donations of Russian citizens.