On April 17, the head of Yekaterinburg, Evgeny Roizman, announced his participation in the election of the governor of the Sverdlovsk region, which caused a real information storm Roizman did not say anything sensational: he promised to participate in the elections of the head of the region for a long time, however, on one condition - if the rival is the current Sverdlovsk governor Evgeny Kuyvashev. Kuyvashev resigned, was appointed acting president.

On April 18, British Prime Minister Theresa May announced her intention to hold early elections to the House of Commons on June 8. Why? There is something to be surprised about: last June, May categorically stated that there would be no early elections, since no one needs shocks while the Brexit procedure is underway, and the next elections will be held on the date established by law, namely in 2020. The law referred to by the prime minister at the time is called The Fixed-term Parliaments Act.

The deafening "three sisters" of Timofei Kulyabin on the "Golden Mask" Once, director Vitaly Mansky shot the documentary “Vladimir Vysotsky. The death of the poet ”about the last days of the life of Bard and the actor. Relatives of the hero, categorically without accepting the author’s concept, were forbidden to use Vysotsky’s songs in the film. It was a disaster: it was impossible to cut fragments of concerts and performances of the poet, without them the picture fell apart into pieces.

For the first time in Russian, notes on Joseph Brodsky Karl Profer, his friend and the main lifetime publisher were released for the first time.

NT, together with the children's hospice "House with a lighthouse" continues to collect money for helping sick children Sonya prize for two and a half years. She was born in a prosperous Moscow family, where her older brother Dan was waiting for her appearance with her mother and dad. A few months after birth, it turned out that Sonya had spinal muscular dystrophy (SMA) of the first type-the most severe appearance of this incurable genetic disease.

On April 19, a video appeared on the Internet claiming that opposition leader Alexei Navalny was a loyal follower of Hitler. And the day before, the Dozhd TV channel reported, citing “administration sources,” that the Presidential Administration had created a whole department to fight Navalny, they would fight him “like Hitler,” and videos would also become a weapon of struggle. "What would you do with a man who abused your mother with a smile on his face?" the voiceover asks.

How to live, what to hope for and what to believe if the world is about to explode Friends say that in South Korea in recent days the platforms of commuter trains have been empty, the carriages are half empty, and people have been seized by some strange absent-mindedness - they forget and lose everything in a row. South Korea is a small country, over which a real threat now hangs from two sides: either your brothers-enemies will strike, or your friends-allies.

Not every leader can be sure that the list of holidays of his state lies on the written tables of the leaders of the great powers. But the North Korean ruler Kim Jong -un - maybe. Today, it is this North Korean list that is better than a top -secret intelligence station indicates the days when a nuclear war can begin. In the tradition of the DPRK mode, conduct nuclear and missile tests on solemn dates.

In the spring, the Chukotka is opening the season hunting season, which usually lasts until the fall. In the village of Lorino - the whaling capital of the region - already boast of the first booty. Hunting for whales for commercial purposes is prohibited - this is how the International Commission on Kitoboye Providence decided in 1982. But this ban does not apply to the fishing that the locals lead. In addition, there are international quotas for capturing whales.

Five favorites of the presidential campaign in France-(from left to right) Francois Fiion (“Republicans”), Emmanuel Macron (“Forward!”), Jean-Luke Melanshon (“Unconquered France”), Marine Le Pen (“National Front”) and Benoit Amon (Social Party). Telebate is a rare case when they could not only argue and blame each other of all mortal sins, but also to do, demonstrating goodwill, group photos.

Why change the horse at the crossing, what is the meaning of the petition to the king and what the MBH himself will do - The New Times asked the founder of the Open Russia movement Mikhail Khodorkovsky Questions: Evgenia Albats After leaving the post of the leader of Open Russia, have you left politics? No, I didn't leave. I continue to engage in the activity that I personally consider socio-political, since I myself do not plan to be elected anywhere.

The referendum on April 16 finally brought Turkey closer to Russia: in terms of power, President Recep Erdogan is now quite equal to Vladimir Putin. And they voted for them, as it turned out, people from similar strata.

You try not to think about the Holocaust. A childish desire to close your eyes and ears and shake your head: no, no, this is not real, churiki! But it was for real. And it can happen again at any moment - not only with the Jews, of course. For the most terrible experience of the Holocaust lies precisely in the fact that everyone did this to other people - ordinary people. And it was not a flash in the heat of passion - work, life.

Venezuela - on the threshold of the Civil War. In Karakas, the most powerful anti -government manifestation in recent years was held - more than half a million people protested. President Maduro threw units of the National Guard against them. Bottom line: three dead, more than 400 detainees.

On April 19, the International Court of Justice in The Hague ordered Russia to lift the ban on the Mejlis of the Crimean Tatar people* and remove all other restrictions on the representation of their interests by the Crimean Tatars The decision of the court in The Hague on the Crimean Tatars is not final, but preliminary - it was taken as an interim measure in the lawsuit of Ukraine against Russia. The lawsuit was filed back in January.